MOVIE and MERCHANDISE

[Aleks]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my utter excitement with everyone else here. I 
don't know if some of these things have been announced already but I 
just found them this morning and am still grinning with glee.

Firstly, I work in Argos (hard to explain for our American friends - 
but it describes itself as a catalogue store) and we've just put a 
new display out today with Harry Potter cuddly toys - okay so they're 
not very good and they're certainly not to scale (f.ex. the Hagrid 
toy is the same size as the Hedwig toy) but they're cute. I've been 
unable to stop myself from grinning inanely every time a customer 
buys some Harry-related merchandise, and there's a lot of it :)

Secondly, I went into Somerfield (supermarket chain) to buy my lunch 
and discovered that they're selling "Bertie Botts Every Flavour 
Beans". Judging by the list of flavours on the back, they haven't got 
anything too extreme, it reads: "Pineapple, Horseradish, Sweet 
Popcorn, Coconut, Vanilla, Orange, Carrot, Toffee, Tomato, Lemon, 
Apple". I'm almost ashamed to admit that I squealed in delight when I 
saw them and all the other shoppers gave me funny looks, but when it 
comes to Harry it seems I have no shame.

Then lastly, to round up my morning, as I was getting on the bus I 
saw an advertisement for the movie on the side of another bus on the 
opposite side of the road. It appears that I stared at it a little 
too long as the bus driver asked me what I was smiling at and I ended 
up muttering something incoherent about "It's Harry Potter..." For 
the benefit of those who care about such things, I will describe that 
advert to you, from left to right:

Far left: didn't get a clear look at this part but it appeared to be 
four rather gloomy looking people - though this may be simply because 
the poster was in black and white. 

Left of centre: Ron and Hermione

Centre and right of centre: text "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's 
Stone" next line "In cinemas November 16"

Far right: Harry

Thanks for reading my rambling,
 
Aleks