OoP Dudley

[Beth]

No: HPFGUIDX 67129

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Melissa Worcester" 
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 Maybe this was even mentioned in the book and JKR's editors cut it 
out, as one of the things that could go, not really affecting 
anything else.


I guess with all the discussion of what could have been cut, this 
doesn't necessarily affect anything else, except that I kept 
wondering if it was Harry's passive-aggressive means of revenge, and 
for some reason it bothered me more than the curse at Bellatrix. 
Perhaps it was because I was half hoping that Petunia would try it 
(since it's for Dinky Diddydums), and they'd have to be confronted 
with a practical side to Harry's knowledge, rather than just be 
frightened of it. 

Then again, as much as I love chocolate, I couldn't imagine being 
told to choke it down under the circumstances.

Beth