Dudley's tribute

[dorapye]

dorapye:
Okay, there is an HP-vagueness to this post, but do you remember a 
discussion thread in HPfGU a few weeks (?days? I lose track) ago 
about when exactly Dudley's birthday was? I'm pretty sure Steve from 
The Lexicon had pinpointed it to the 23rd of June (today - Happy 
Birthday, Dudders!)

And I remember thinking, 'Ah, what shame for those HP fans who 
happen to share a birthday with *Dudley*!' and allowed myself to 
feel gratefully smug that my birthday fell a little earlier in the 
month.

And in my relief that my sister hadn't dropped her sprog on my 
birthday (huh!), totally forgot that she might be due around this 
time (actually, I can't remember if I ever discussed her due-date 
with her).

So, yup, you guessed it, she had a little boy today. And then this 
thought occurred to me: 'oh, shame, Dudley Dursley's birthday.'  Not 
a thought I could share with many.  And I expect, now, I will 
remember my nephew's birthday as just that, for the rest of his life.

No name as yet, though I'm hoping it never occurs to them to call 
it 'Dudley'.