We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.

Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?

He doesn’t use the orthodox forked limb in his snake-killing pursuits, but just takes an ordinary stick and unafraidly flays the reptile.

Two years' blockading made fair Malta ours: A noble struggle! -- yet 't is thought (at Rading) That Britain's island shews superior pow'rs, To bear, and to survive, two years blockheading!