[HPforGrownups] Re: Vernon knowing Dumbledore

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14806

I am not paying for some crackpot old fool to teach him magic
> > >tricks!"
> > >
> > >These are Vernons words in the beginning of Philosophers Stone.
How
> > >much does this tell abut his doings with Dumbledore? That he
has, in
> > >fact, met him?

Is Vernon possibly reacting to a stereotype of wizard that the Muggle world
has formed? ie Old man, long gray beard & hair, long robe with big sleeves,
pointy hat & wand. Just as Muggles assume that all witches have long noses,
warts, and long skinny fingers with sharp nails, black robe, pointy black
hat.

Doreen