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

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 50805

--- Tanya wrote:
> 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.

Wait a minute, Tanya, there's no need to go throwing in the towel just
yet!  We often referred to the place where my father worked as "Dad's
company" even though he wasn't the owner.  Think how often you've said
things like, "Boy, things sure are annoying at my building".  Now think
how often you've actually *owned* said building. ;)  It's a common enough
turn of phrase.

I will submit, given my penchant for firmly arguing both sides of an
issue, that owning a company does not mean one is automatically
disgustingly wealthy with a huge house.  My father now owns his own
business (incidentally, one that does industrial manufacturing *g*) and
while he's certainly well off, he doesn't have a mansion.  He has a nice
house in a good suburb, just like when he was an executive at another
company.  So I don't think it's necessarily a given that Vernon either IS
or ISN'T the owner of Grunnings.  There really isn't enough to say either
way.  He's definitely upper management at the least, though.



Andrea

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"Reality is for people who lack imagination."

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