*whew!* OK....

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Meg Therese Elizabeth-Rose, but Meg for short...  I 
LUV HARRY POTTER!!!!" <megrose_13 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
> > --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> > > Who got a howler in book 1? Am I forgetting something? My kids are
> > > responsible for the untimely death of thousands of brain cells a 
> day, it
> > > wouldn't surprise me.
> > 
> > Nobody got a howler in Book 1.  The first appearance is the one Ron 
> gets from 
> > his mom at the beginnig of Book 2.
> 
> Didn't Neville get one from his Grandmother in book 1?  That;s when 
> we are first exposed to it so we know that it's really bad when Ron 
> gets one in book 2.

Nope, check Book 2 again (chapter 6, page 87 of the American hardcover) when 
Ron gets his howler, he and Neville have to explain it to Harry.   That's our 
first exposure to one, too.