Comic passages in OotP (was:Theoretical boundaries / Dursleys' abuse)

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Carol:
> The "Uranus" joke in PoA would be out of place in OoP, for 
> example, not just because the main characters are older but
> because the situation is darker and direr. (I'm at a loss for comic
> passages in OoP. Were there any?)


SSSusan:
Yup.  Courtesy of those ol' Weasley twins, of course.  Remember the 
fireworks they set off as a diversion for Harry?  And later how all 
the teachers called Umbridge in to their classes to take care of 
them, since they weren't allowed to discuss anything besides their 
curriculum in classes? :-)  

And Minerva's classic, "It unscrews the other way"?

You're right, of course, that they were fewer and farther between, 
as befit the more serious matters at hand & Harry's angrier tone in 
OotP.  But I, for one, was very grateful for those brief humorous 
moments we received.  

I'm also a bit worried about Gred & Forge's absence from Hogwarts in 
HBP.  Unless we get glimpses of them at work in their joke shop, 
where's the levity going to come from?

Siriusly Snapey Susan