Divination book title

[kemper]

> >  zanooda:
> > Hi guys, I have a question: one of the Divination books Harry notices at Flourish and Blotts in PoA is called "Broken Balls: When the Fortunes Turn Foul". I'd like to find out what the expression "broken balls" means here. Are they crystal balls? Or some, er, different kind of balls :-)? This is needed for a translation. Can anyone help me with that? Thanks :-).
> 
> Geoff:
> I'll put my money on crystal balls. They are traditionally associated with fortune telling.
> 
> I don't think that Flourish and Blotts would deal with, "er, different kinds of balls".

Kemper:
While I agree with Geoff that it's referring to crystal balls, I think JKR is playing with the expression 'breaking my balls'.

Here's an example,
Fortune:  Hey man, you're going to be house rich in about a year-
Man: Kickass!
F: then the housing market will collapse two months after that-
M: Lame.
F: but you won't mind because you will be madly-
M: 'in love' oh thank god
F: insane-
M: wtf
F: because you will have been tortured for six weeks prior to the collapse.
M: You're really breaking my balls here, Fortune.

So I can see where JKR is using a double entendre with 'Broken Balls'.  

Kemper