HP merchandise

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "martha" 
<fakeplastikcynic at h...> wrote:

> 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.

I just *had* to repost this charming rant.  As a long time member of 
HPfGU, and Curmudgeon-In-Charge-Of-Ranting-And-Raving, I just wanted 
to express my appreciation for Martha's complaints about the HP spoon.

--Joywitch M. Curmudgeon, who loves a good rant