quotes that entertain

[chanteuse thalia chaunacy]

No: HPFGUIDX 51074

"Do you mean ter tell me," [Hagrid] growled at the Dursleys, "that this 
boy -- this boy! -- knows nothin' abou' -- about ANYTHYING?"

Harry thought this was going a bit far.  He had been to school, after 
all, and his marks weren't bad.

[my first 'aww, the hero makes mistakes too!' moment]

***

"I never know," Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the 
cart, "what's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?"

"Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it," said Hagrid. "An' don' ask me questions 
just now, I think I'm gonna be sick."

***

"The gold ones are Galleons," [Hagrid] explained. "Seventeen silver 
Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it's easy enough."

[a foot is how many inches?! der!]

***

...'Curses and Countercurses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your 
Enemies with the Latest-Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tying and 
Much, Much More)' by Vindictus Viridian.

[JKR's oh-so-subtle naming]

***

... [Olivander's] tape measure, which was measuring between his 
nostrils ...

[often the humor is so sly ... or perhaps just put in to make sure you're 
awake ...]

***

And that's just from what I've read today.  :) I haven't gotten to find 
my very favourite one; I'm fearing that it's in book three and it'll be 
May before I get around to posting it.  ;)

Thalia 'waves furtively to the main list before dashing back to OT-
Chatter' Chaunacy