Once it's in this dormant state (picture a broomstick with a dunce cap), the fig tree must not be disturbed.
In an allegation that Mr. Louima later admitted was a lie, but that was seized upon by the public as evidence that the mayor's unequivocal support for the police had led to greater abuses, Mr. Volpe was said to have brandished the broomstick with the words, "It's Giuliani time".
Warm and welcoming, you might find yourself singing karaoke with broomsticks with the table next to you while throwing back grappa shots.
Quidditch, the hybrid sport played on flying broomsticks with three separate balls, one of which acts as a kind of heat-seeking missile, seems perfectly attuned to children accustomed to multitasking.
What sets him apart from the other students at Hogwarts -- aside from his skill at Quidditch, a sport that seems made for special effects, played on flying broomsticks with three kinds of magical balls are his courage, called forth like Frodo's at moments of dire necessity, and his destiny, entangled like Frodo's with that of the saga's Dark Lord.
Some black dye for the sheets to create the look of a cloak, a few broomsticks with the bristles cut off and replaced by maxi-pads, and pointy hats.
According to the report, two of the attackers held down one of the freshmen while the third sodomized the freshman with a broomstick coated with Mineral Ice, a pain-relieving ointment.
As a witch, she becomes a kind of health visitor on a broomstick, helping with births, deaths, arthritis and the cutting of old men's toenails.
And it isn't a journey, either, but a simulator that purports to take visitors on a mini tour of Hogwarts, past the Sorting Hat and through Dumbledore's office before launching them into a broomstick ride with Harry Potter himself.
Combining discarded objects like broomstick handles with absurdist gestures and lighthearted wordplay, Mr. Taylor even based a series of work on dog-urine stains, a joking reference to the so-called accidents and heroic mark making of Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Morris Louis.
Think about it: Would you play softball with a broomstick, or soccer with a tennis ball?
