What does "Mischief Managed" mean?

Search: mischief managed

Why: On Fuck Yeah Tattoos, during Harry Potter week:

This is my “Mischief Managed” tattoo. Obviously I am a Harry Potter nerd. I wanted something unique (or at least somewhat unique) in a sea of HP geek tattoos.

Etc.

I read all the books and saw all the movies, but I don't remember that. It's been a long time.

Answer: It's how you clear the Marauder's Map!

The map is normally disguised as a blank piece of parchment. To view the map, one must tap it with one's wand and recite, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." The content of the map will reveal itself.

To hide the contents of the map so the parchment appears blank again, one must again tap it and recite, "Mischief managed."

Source: MischiefManaged.com, Wikipedia, Harry Potter Wikia

The More You Know: F, I need to read all these again. I didn't even remember that the Marauders were Remus (Moony), Peter (Wormtail), Sirius (Padfoot), and James (Prongs).

"Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers
are proud to present
THE MARAUDER'S MAP"

I didn't even remember that Prongs was a name! Uch, I have a lot of work ahead of me.

What's the origin of the word "chicanery"?

Search: chicanery

Why: In The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (which I finally finished on the way to work this morning):

As long as he was relatively discreet and did not get involved in any financial chicanery, his future would be assured.

I want to pronounce that word like "Chicano," but the Englishman who narrated my audiobook said it a different (correct) way.

Answer: That's just the word! Maybe originally from Middle Low German shickken, "to arrange, bring about." Then 15c. M. Fr. chicaner, "to pettifog, quibble," and c. 1600 Fr. chicanerie, "trickery."

Pettifog!

1560s, from petty; the second element possibly from obs. Du. focker, from Flem. focken "to cheat," or from cognate M.E. fugger, from Fugger the renowned family of merchants and financiers of 15c.-16c. Augsburg. In German, Flemish and Dutch, the name became a word for "monopolist, rich man, usurer."

A 'petty Fugger' would mean one who on a small scale practices the dishonourable devices for gain popularly attributed to great financiers; it seems possible that the phrase 'petty fogger of the law,' applied in this sense to some notorious person, may have caught the popular fancy. [O.E.D. first edition, in a rare burst of pure speculation]

However, cf. pettifactor "legal agent who undertakes small cases" (1580s), which, though attested slightly later, may be the source of this.

Omg.

Source: EtymOnline

The More You Know: But chicano is different.

1947 (n.), from Mex. Sp. dialectal pronunciation of Mexicano, "Mexican," with loss of initial unaccented syllable. Said to have been in use among Mexican-Americans from c.1911. Probably influenced by Sp. chico, "boy," also used as a nickname.

According the Wikipedia, Mexicans used to use this word to mean "poorest of the poor," but during the Civil Rights movement they used the word to unite themselves.

I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to use it.

I want to see a picture of Kalle Blomkvist

Search: calle blomkvist

Why: I am halfway through The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, and for the 23rd time, Lisbeth has referred to Mikael Blomkvist as "Kalle fucking Blomkvist." I understand this character to be some sort of friend of Pippi Longstocking, who I now know is Swedish. He seems to be a well-known kind of guy in Sweden - and Stieg Larsson seems to have been making some sort of huge joke about these names - but I've never heard of him.

Answer: Well, here are some versions:

I don't know which one he is. ^

Those movies ^ are from 1996 and 1997. Lisbeth was born in 1978, so she totes would have known about these films.

Source: Google Images

The More You Know: In these great United States, Kalle Blomkvist's name is Bill Bergson. He is the Swedish Veronica Mars, except younger and dumber and probably less hilarious. Adults ignore him!, so he solves murders and kidnappings and whatnot with the help of his ragtag gang of charming names: Anders, Eva-Lotta, Sixten, Jonte (Jonte!!), and Benka - but not Pippi. Author Astrid Lindgren wrote 3 books about him:

• Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1946) (original title: Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist)
• Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously (1951)
  
• Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue (1953)
  

I want to see the Harry Potter crop circles

Search: harry potter crops

Why: On Reddit, "Why are people so stupid?"

Pics plz, durr.

Answer: Oh boy! By an English farmer named Top Pearsy:

Source: Gizmodo

The More You Know: Speaking of series of books I've read that are being made into movies, I'm about 70% through the 3rd "dragon tattoo" book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Since I don't know anyone else who has read all of these (I've only listened to the last 2 on audiobook) and is open for discussion, maybe you have, so here's what's been bothering me:

I hate that we keep rehashing the same events over and over. Some characters have a conversation to plan an activity, and they plan why they're doing it, and then they follow through with the activity, and we see everything. Then, after the activity is over, everyone else has conversations by which they try to interpret the actions and motives of the first characters. Why! I already know what happened. I don't need 200 pages (lol jk, 3 discs) recounting a murder. I love dramatic irony as much as the next kid, but this stuff is booooring. Way to make my 100-minute daily commute even more of a drag, Steig.