Lestranges' crime

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 8804







>Steve "So much for 'Constant Vigilance'" Vander Ark

Steve, you may NOT apologize for anything in that lexicon.  It's  
fantabulous.

I think Storm must be right that *somewhere* the Lestranges are specifically 
linked to the torture of the Longbottoms.  Otherwise why are we all dead 
sure that they're the ones?

I just went through an experience like this.  I was in a store, flipping 
through the WB page-a-day calendar, and thought, "Okay, if they don't have 
something special for Harry's birthday, they're complete nitwits" (you may 
have noticed that I devote an unhealthy amount of my life to disparaging the 
churners-out of merchandise . . . while stopping to look at it every time I 
go into a bookstore, natch), and you know, they DIDN'T!  Or so I thought.  
But before I tossed it aside in utter disgust, I flipped through a few more 
pages and there it was:  **July 25**:  Harry's 11th birthday.  I was 100% 
sure they were wrong but for the life of me I couldn't think how I KNEW it 
was July 31st.  Had I dreamed it up?  I just reread GoF and he only says "I 
was born in July."  Thought it must be in PS but couldn't find it in the few 
minutes I had to skim the relevant bits in the bookstore.  Today I got PS 
from the library and found the incontrovertible proof, to my great relief.  
Sometimes you think you know something for certain but it was actually a 
leap of the imagination--usually, though, you're right.

Of course, none of that explains how WB managed to screw it up.  But I must 
admit I'm pleased.

Amy Z,
who hasn't caved in and bought a piece of merchandise yet...
...but who wouldn't say no to a Golden Snitch keychain

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"Aaah, I was going to have a fight.  Okay, I'll lose a bet."
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