Dudley's tribute

[spinelli372003]

Had to laugh when I read the post below.  My daughter had her son on 
Wednesday the 23rd of june.  He is a lovely baby.  no chance of them 
calling him dudley though lol.  He is Ayden.  
sherry

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dorapye" <helenhorsley at h...> 
wrote:
> 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'.