Nitpicking, contests, black hair

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21808

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Ender asked the reasonable question:
> 
> >   Where in the books is Harry's hair described as "jet-black" (as 
> opposed to just "black")?  
> 
> Oh, wow, a nitpick question that no one has answered yet!  My inner 
> LOON rejoices.

As founder of L.O.O.N. (the League of Obsessive Nitpickers) I would 
like to thank Amy Z. for answering the above question, which I had 
been meaning to do but had not gotten around to.  However, Amy Z. also
says:
> 
> I am a mature 
> grownup who does not obsess about the hair color of fictional 
> children.

This is entirely the wrong spirit for a L.O.O.N. member.  A good 
L.O.O.N. member proudly obsesses about every little detail in the HP 
books, thus giving him or her an excuse to read them for the 543rd 
time.  Which brings us to this weeks HP4GU Contest.  How does this 
bring us to the contest, you may be wondering, on the offchance 
anyone is still reading?  Well, I will tell you.

This weeks contest (#8) is your golden opportunity to nitpick, 
obsess, complain and whine to your hearts contest, at least about the 
trailers for the upcoming HP movie.  Now, I know that some people 
have the mistaken impression that obsessing and nitpicking and 
whining and complaining are negative activities.  These people have 
clearly never spent much time in my hometown, New York City, where 
complaining is the national sport.  So I grant you all temporary 
Permits to Kvetch.  Go to it!  Deadline is July 10.

Last weeks contest (#7) is still open -- submission deadline is 
tomorrow, Tuesday July 13, midnight EST.  Submit your entry for the 
wizard or witch who is passing as a muggle.  Entries so far include 
Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez, basketball wizard Michael 
Jordan, and director Steven Spielberg.

Please remember to email your entries.  Do NOT post them to the list.

Oh, and just to end this post with a whine, why couldnt they have 
just dyed Daniel Radcliffes hair black?  Is it that hard?

--Joywitch