Silly question - Dumbledore in London
alice_loves_cats
hypercolor99 at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 5 19:32:38 UTC 2003
Hello everybody...
Just come back from my annual relation-visiting trip to England, and
I'm full of stupid, mostly rethorical, questions. Like:
Does Dumbledore's scar include the Jubilee Line Extension and the
Docklands Light Railway?
This came to me when I went to the Museum in the Docklands I hadn't
been to the Docklands since it was all rebuilt, so I was pretty much
amazed. I came out of the Tube at Canary Wharf and found myself in
2083. Futuristic is just not a good enough word.
Question Number Two:
What the Hell is Dumbledore doing on the posters of the Underground's
whopping great new marketing campaign, in full view of several million
Muggles, wearing his usual violet outfit, pictured attacking a Quick
Ticket Machine with the words "You love an easier journey" written on
the top of the poster?
I pondered this several times whilst sitting on the Tube. It's a
lengthy occupation in London at the best of times. I also wondered
whether Dumbledore had undergone laser eye treatment so as to get rid
of his half-moon glasses, which are spectacularly missing from the
picture. Maybe he is trying to stop people recognising him. No chance,
old boy!
My second cousin Eleanor and I are starting a campaign. Our goal is to
convince J. K. Rowling to reveal Harry's exam results at once. We have
decided that making people wait for their exam results for months is
torture anyway (in Hungary, it's a wait of maximum 4 days, by law),
but making millions of people wait possibly several years is beyond
cruelty. As the news triumphantly interviewed the kids with the
best/worst GCSE results, and everybody was seen flapping their papers
and either laughing, crying, or trying to look unmoved, millions of
Harry Potter fans around the world sat, subdued, at the prospect of
their looong wait ahead. Oh. Well. Maybe it was just the two of us
sitting subdued. Anyway, if you would like to become an activist in
the campaign, I suggest contacting J. K. Rowling straight away.
Unfortunately you will get no help from Eleanor and me. We consider to
have "done our bit" by launching the campaign in the first place. :-)
But enough about wizards. Let's concentrate on some other important
characters. Take Dudley, for instance. Unbeknownst to me, several
books have been written about Dudley and Dudley only. This might
console fans of Redeemed!Dudley. Dudley, in the series of books I
mention, is a pig. My favourite book is called "Eat up, Dudley!"
Inside is the story of Dudley consuming an enormous amount of
foodstuff. Fair enough. Other titles include "Dress up, Dudley!" and
"Come along, Dudley!", if I remember correctly.
So much for now. :-)
Love, Alice
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