Bertie Botts for the Uninitiated (WAS: A thought.....)

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

Rachel Bray wrote:

> Saw The Two Towers last night at midnight.  They passed out 
> Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans to everyone to...well....to 
> pump us up on sugar, I guess, though it wasn't really 
> needed!
 
> Why would anyone be silly enough to eat those things in the 
> dark?

Now me:

It could be that they weren't Potter fans and didn't know about the 
possibility of encountering a disgusting flavor.  For my son's 6th 
birthday party, we included a bag of Bertie Botts beans in each goody 
bag.  After the guests opened their bags, I noticed one of the kids 
devouring her beans. I went over to her and her mother and explained 
how they should consult the Flavor Guide to make sure they didn't get 
a vomit (or other equally disgusting) flavor.  They were quite 
surprised to hear that the beans came in such flavors!

~Phyllis