humour

[sophia mclaughlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 40767

Dear fellow Potterites,

I've noticed that some of you are sharing some of your favourite humour from 
HP. Since I have many,  I can't help joining in, but have managed to pick 
three out of the throng to mention here.

One incident that had me chuckling was when Harry received the Monster Book 
of Monsters from Hagrid. Can't you just see the look on Harry's face as the 
parcel on his bed snarls; or when he finally unwraps it, poised to strike 
with a table-lamp in his hand? But best of all, I love shen tha book flips 
over and crawls away, and Harry has to hunt it down on all fours udner the 
curious collective gaze of Errol and Hedwig. The delicious absurdity of the 
situation just tickles my funnybone, if I may be so banal.

Next up, an even greater favourite of mine that has placed me in danger of 
being considered loopy since it's had me laughing to myself out loud while 
walking down the street when occasionally this image has popped into my 
head: Malfoy and Harry are paired off at the first meeting of the Duelling 
Clug in CoS and hit each other with the tarantellegra and rictusempra 
charms. I vividly picture Malfoy writhing helpless with laughter on the 
floor under the tickling charm, while Harry does an involuntary quick-step 
around him. (Although the text says "quickstep" I rather fancy the idea that 
it looks riverdance-like...) I'm very sorry to say that I believe this 
incident has been altered in a forthcoming presentation that I'm not allowed 
to mention on this list, so on to my third favourite, the CROWNING GLORY of 
funny situations in HP.

This one's also from CoS (in "The Very Secret Diary" chapter)and it's..YES, 
it is...VALENTINES DAY!!!! When I read the following scene, I took a leaf 
out of Malfoy's book and writhed helpless whith laughter. Picture it: (as 
I'm sure you all have)Unbeievably, Lockhart has persuaded a bunch of surly 
dwarfs to dress up as cupids and roam Hogwarts on Valentine's day, 
delivering messages of love and joy. If Lockhart had stayed up all night and 
used both hands, I don't think he could have come up with a worse choice of 
messengers for the occasion. Imagine the surly, grumpy dwarves incongruously 
befitted with gold wings attacking unsuspection victims--and Harry being the 
least fortunate of all the victims. Not only is he approached by a 
grim-looking dwarf with a valentine, it takes place in front of a group of 
first-years, including Ginny.With each attempt Harry makes to get away, the 
situation goes from bad to worse and more people pile up in the corridor to 
witness Harry's impending doom as the dwarf pulls Harry back and all his 
books spill on to the floor. As if this wasn't bad enough Malfoy shows up, 
then Percy, and when they're all assembled as it were adn Harry decides to 
make a run for it, the goblin fells him lika tree and sits on his legs while 
delivering a singing valentine with ludicrous lyrics....Well, you all know 
it and didn't need me to retell it, but I got carried away, and had a jolly 
good time remembering...

Live long and pr....NO, NO, I mean, May the fo...nope...Ah! How about: Draco 
dormiens numnquam titillandus.

Sophia

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