Pitch black at 7 pm? 6 AM, Vernon, birthday

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "findmeabargain" <findmeabargain at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "joanne0012" <Joanne0012 at a...> wrote:
> > This same source also gives sunrise as 5:20 AM in London in late 
> July, when Harry allegedly tripped over Uncle Vernon in the dark at 6 
> AM while trying to intercept the postman.  
> 
> Yah, but didn't Vernon have all the windows nailed shut? Stands to 
> reason he and 'Tunia had drawn the drapes, closed the blinds, 
> whatever...!

No, Vernon was sleeping in the hall waiting for the mail to come in through 
the regular mail slot.  He doesn't even nail up the mail slot until after the 
above incident, and the day after *that*, he nails up the doors because the 
letters came in through the door cracks.  But on Saturday, the letters arrive in 
eggs that are passed through the living room window, so apparently the 
windows are never nailed shut, much less boarded over.  It would have to be 
awfully dark to overlook something as large as Vernon!

BTW,  Richard Griffiths, who plays Vernon, has a birthday on . . . July 31!  
(according to IMDb, anyway)