Vernon's Drill Co; (was Dursley's bribed?, charmed? or afraid?)

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"Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>" <thomasmwall at y...> wrote:

>>And since they spoil Dudley so much, since they can 
>>speculate about purchasing a vacation home in 
>>Majorca if ONE deal goes through, since they can 
>>send Dudley to an expensive private school, and since
>>Uncle Vernon is even able to take the whole family to 
>>a deserted rocky island hotel in order to avoid the 
>>letters from Hogwarts (which means he had to not be
>>at work for that time), he must definitely be a top
>>man.
>>And regarding his position as owner, it's highly possible
>>that he's an owner. Name has nothing to do with it.
>>Ray Kroc was the owner of McDonalds.
>>Although I concur that if he was the owner, JKR would
>>have said so.

ME:

Tom, 
Dagnabbits! I just might have to respectfully agree with you here, 
because I've just come across this passage (PoA/2) that reads:

"...Uncle Vernon bored them all with a long talk about Grunnings, 
his drill-making company..."

*respectful grumbling* I concede.
-Tanya