The "Bolshevik Muppet!!" line kills me every time. I can be sitting at work and the screen saver I have in my rotation of that line comes up and I giggle like a child and I rarely see anyone bring that up as a great line from the books.
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My favorite is the exchange between Harry and Elder Gruff when he uses his Summer court favor.
"LIKEST THOU JELLY WITHIN THY DOUGHNUT?"
"NAY, BUT PRITHEE, WITH SPRINKLES 'PON IT INSTEAD, ... AND FROSTING OF WHITE.”
Sorry, non native speaker here, I too found the this scene turned out quite funny, but I never got the part with prithee- what is does that mean ?
It's archaic English. It's a portmanteau of "I pray thee"; it basically means "please", but fancier