HP merchandise

[martha]

Tracy asked:

> So now I'm curious.  What are some other odd HP merchandise items 
> you've seen?

In the back of some TV listings magazine or other a couple of years 
ago I saw an advert for the "Harry Potter Wizard Spoon". Naturally I 
cut it out and kept it - the ad goes on about how the spoon (which 
costs £7.50, btw) is "dishwasher safe", made of "high-quality 
stainless steel", and comes in a presentation box with the Harry 
Potter logo on it.

It's a spoon!

It's just a spoon!

I mean, "wizard spoon"? From the name one might presume that the 
spoon is significantly different from other spoons - perhaps you can 
perform spells with it? - but no. It is just a spoon. Actually, I 
tell a lie - the handle is all sort of knarled-looking, presumably to 
look like a wand, although whether any self-respecting wizard or 
witch would carry a wand with a spoon on the end is debatable. "Hey, 
I like your new wand, Hermione!" "Thanks, Harry - and look, not only 
can I use it to perform all manner of charms, hexes, curses and so 
on, but it also has this useful spoon built into it. That way, if I'm 
ever engaged in a duel with Death Eaters, say, and feel the need to 
eat a pot of yoghurt, I can do so without having to go and get a 
spoon from elsewhere!" and so on. Hmm.

Tracy again:

> *thinking it would be fun to pour several bottles of Harry Potter 
> Bubble Bath into that fountain at the Ministry Of Magic and watch 
> what happens*

In Plymouth, from whence I come, there is a big sundial thing with a 
fountain as part of it slap bang in the middle of the city centre. 
This sundial can not only tell you the time, it also shows you when 
Plymouth University students have moved back for the start of the new 
term in September. How? Because you can guarantee that the first week 
the students are there, at least one person a day will come up with 
the particularly hilarious notion of tipping a bottle of something 
soapy into the fountain and the next day there are bubbles 
everywhere. Nevertheless, I agree, the Fountain of Magical Brethren 
or whatever it's called could really do with some soaping up.

~ Martha (suddenly worried that everyone on this list is about to 
turn around and say "actually I own a Wizard Spoon and it's the 
coolest thing I've ever bought")