Dudley Wearing Leather?

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 80691

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> The east side of the UK has a reputation for being chilly and 
windy. 
> I live in Porlock in West Somerset in the Exmoor National Park on 
the 
> south side of the Bristol Channel. All through August and up to 
now, 
> we have had good weather; temperatures in early August were 
> exceptionally high into the high 20s and early 30s in the first 
part 
> of the month. Now, we are still pretty warm during the day but it 
> gets very cool first thing in the morning and during the evening.
> 
> Yesterday for example I was out walking on the moors with my family 
> and I was in shorts without a top for most of the day - temperature 
> about 23. By the evening, I'm into a jumper. If Hogwarts is in 
> Scotland, they'd certainly have cold nights though.

D says -

Whoa!  We are definately in danger of being OT here!  I understand 
that this year, Europe has been experiencing the worst heat wave in 
quite a few years.  Sounded pretty much like our normal southwest 
weather here in the US.

My point was, that being an American, I just don't get the idea of 
sweaters and coats in August, whether it is daytime or evening.  It 
is my fondest desire to visit the UK one day, to experience 
everything your lovely country has to offer.

Now to get back on topic, Dudley is being very "Marlon Brando".  It's 
COOL to wear a leather jacket.  It is also very sterotypical.  The 
tough bad dude wears leather.  It is also another way to contrast the 
treatment of Harry and Dudley.  Harry gets the old hand-me-downs 
while Dudley gets the top of the line stuff.  Leather jackets are 
very expensive.  And I just don't see Harry getting that when Dudley 
grows larger.

D