Sneakoscope(?) on website

[justcarol67]

imamommy wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know what's up with the big red, yellow and blue 
> object that appears on JKR's sight when you go to her rubbish bin?  
> It whirrs when you scroll over it.  Does it do anything else!
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > imamommy
> 
> 
Michele responded:
> I always thought it was a spinning top, something you might have as
a child. You push down on the top, the red part, and the bottom
whirls. Seems to fit in with the small letter blocks that are also
there, just kid stuff.  Just my guess, though...  I've never seen it
do anything more than whirl.

Carol adds:
Shh! I think it's an enchanted Muggle artifact, a child's top charmed
to act as a sneakoscope. Or a sneakoscope charmed to look like a
child's top. So you're both right. (And, no, it doesn't do anything else.)

Carol