Humor in the Canon

[ickle_ronniekins]

No: HPFGUIDX 68030

Not all funny parts come from the twins! How about McGonagall's 'It 
unscrews the other way'? And Luna's 'When you say "Sirius", are you
talking about Stubby Boardman?'

-ron yu

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" 
<sweetdh98 at y...> wrote:
> Has anyone considered what JKR (long may she write!) might do for 
> humor now that the Weasley twins seem to have taken their act to 
> Diagon Alley for commercial purposes? I have a feeling that the 
next 
> books will be a lot darker than OoP and that was dark enough. I 
> can't see Ron as a comic character and Hermione has yet to exgibit 
> anything save a know-it-all attitude. Neville is a walking tragedy 
> through no fault of his own and the Dursleys can't carry more than 
a 
> few pages as comedic characters. It ain't gonna come from the 
> Slytherins and I wouldn't be counting too much on Hagrid.
> Fred and George have kept me in stitches through the first five 
> books but unless JKR brings them back for a graduate course 
> (unlikely given their departure in OoP) I just don't see much in 
the 
> way of humor down the road.
> 
> "David"