Blimey!

[deranged_gofer]

Fred, I just e-mailed our book-keeper at Gringotts and it turns out that we're, well, mighty rich.

What do you want to do with all this gold? I was thinking a round-trip to Germany and a swimming pool.

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[waitingfortom]

I've been looking over the female products in your catalogues, and I must say, I'm impressed with the Cheating Boyfriend Vengeance Package. But a lot of times, I find myself thinking that you haven't find the right balance of quantities for some of the items, or the design is slightly off, or you've underestimated demand.

So, I have a proposal for both of you.

I would like to join the payroll at the WWW as a consultant for your female line, and perhaps as a developer for that line as well, if you're interested. You're both doing fantastic work on the pranks, but I think a feminine touch is needed for the other side of things.

What do you say?

[deranged_gofer]

Girls are such suspicious creatures. I suppose they'll be wanting something half-illegal and silly, such as love potions and day dream charms.

Also, I personally like to think of our designs as masculine but in a sophisticated manner. Then again, we suppose there ought to be some changes to gain a larger audience.

So you're in. We'll just type up the papers to complete the fusion.

Welcome to the, er, family.

[waitingfortom]

Love potions? That's stupid. Only stalkers and nutters want those. Who wants a boyfriend who's only with you because of a potion

[deranged_gofer]

Stalkers and nutters are a whole target group of their own and very valuable customers! Even if they are a bit insane.

Is it unethical to deliver to St. Mungo's? I don't know, you tell me.

And yes, Fred is fine with it.

Uh, I'll let the more business-minded twin answer your other questions. How did you get so smart?

[waitingfortom]

True, I've done some decent business with a number of them, but there's some definite conflicts involved in selling LOVE POTIONS to them. If you're going to carry those, I'm not going to sell them myself. That'll have to go through the catalogues.

Um... I think some of the patients there could really use some entertainment to cheer them up, but love potions aren't the way to do it!

Just because you haven't noticed how smart I am doesn't mean I haven't been all this time.

Not getting too Macarena-infected helps, though.

[deranged_gofer]

You raise a very good point. Even though I've attempted, during the inventing process, to empathise with girls and how they might respond to the products, there really is no proper way to go about that without having a girl on staff. Besides, the whole empathising part was a bit awkward for me. So I'll be happy to put that aspect of things into more capable hands.

I don't see our original business goals were ever all that disparate. Our main interest has always been to provide enjoyment, as, I gather, as been yours. They could certainly be added to our inventory. Why not make a full merger of things! Customer discounts should carry over as well, since it will help provide incentive for people to buy our products, I'm sure. As for testers, anyone you've already spoken to would be welcome to join our business focus group as well. The more opinions, the better!

It really is good to have you on the team, Ginny.

[waitingfortom]

I understand. I wasn't very good at figuring out just what boys would want, either, so my male line never really got off the ground. I had a tester lined up, but of course, I had to shut down before we could really start that and he wasn't around for a long time, either. It'll be much more comfortable for both of us if we don't have to deal with too much empathy