How JKR hired UFOs from Graceland to shoot JFK

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 35273

Interesting conspiracy theory. Carry on with the hunt. The truth is 
out there.

But since this is bugging me (what could be the answer?), I'm going to 
be a spoil-sport and venture a prosaic explanation. It looks to me 
like a grammatical error.

CNN wrote:
 > > There will also be further romance following on from Harry
> > Potter And The Goblet Of Fire in which he has a date with
> > a quidditch team-mate -- and develops more of an interest in
> > pal Hermione. [CNN]

"in which" seems to refer to GoF. Now, that's impossible b/c neither 
of those things happen in GoF, right? Yes, but the person who wrote 
the article hasn't read the book, just other press clippings, in which 
people ask, "Will Harry date Hermione?" and J.K. Rowling goes, "You'll 
see." and reviews of the books, "Harry asks Cho Chang out." 

So, now our friend the illiterate article writer sits down and has to 
put a frame around J.K. Rowling's famous hormone statement. Using his 
gleamed and limited knowledge of the books, he writes a fancy little 
intro about how Book V will follow on to several events in Book IV, 
events that never actually happned.

Whoever wrote the first article is followed by the others, and the 
rumours get more and more interesting.... but also, I think, untrue.

Eileen

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Aberforth's Goat" <Aberforths_Goat at Y...> 
wrote:
> Translated: It's time for good, old fashioned conspiracy theory!
> 
> Back before Christmas, I sent a post through to the list: in a
> preview to the BBC Christmas Special, various articles had stated
> that we'd get some nerve-tingling news in the coming show: Harry
> is going to date Cho - but develop a more romantic interest
> Hermione! But by the time the show hit the airwaves, that
> romantic interest vanished faster than a UFO in Arizona.
> 
> Here are a few of the links that cropped up back then:
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/23/potter.author/
> http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/231201/dLFOR15.asp
> http://www.itv.com/news/Entertainment7297665.html
> 
> Doesn't anyone else find this just a tad odd? Fortunately, I have
> taken a little time to develop a few theories to explain this
> strange disappearance:
> (1) A large group of journalists had a simultaneous mass
> hallucination and/or acid flash.
> (2) Every HP-oriented newspaper article in the whole world (note:
> that's the Hindustani Times up there ... ) is actually written by
> a reclusive, romantic Texan, known only by the initials PN.
> (3) JKR, in collaboration with certain unnamed Poltergeists,
> intentionally spread misinformation to see if she could wind up
> her fans a little.
> 
> I decided to write the book editor of the Guardian (which had
> printed a similar article) and helpfully explained some of my
> theories. He wrote back as follows:
> 
> > Dear Mike Gray
> > Thanks for your email and for drawing the mistake to our
> attention - it happened
> > due to an ambiguity in the pre-release information about the
> programme. We've
> > now amended the story. No acid flashback or evil enchantment, I
> promise.
> 
> Sure enough - the article is now fixed - no more Hermione!
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4326559,00.html
> 
> So: the conspiracy continues - now we are into the Evil Cover Up.
> But a good conspiracy theorist is not so easily daunted. Just
> what sort of "ambiguity" in a press release causes droves of
> professional journalists to write things like this?
> 
> > There will also be further romance following on from Harry
> > Potter And The Goblet Of Fire in which he has a date with
> > a quidditch team-mate -- and develops more of an interest in
> > pal Hermione. [CNN]
> 
> And so, at least in my twisted mind, the hunt continues.
> 
> Baaaaaa!
> 
> Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray, who is thinking of selling
> the movie rights to Oliver Stone ... )
> _______________________
> 
> "Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not
> have been bravery...."
> 
> 
> 
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