Is this the post that we think was from JKR?

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 120581


> moonmyyst quoted a post from mooseming:
<snip post>
> > > Regards
> > > Jo
> > 
> 
> moonmyst commented: 
> > Notice how it is signed??
> > 
> > 
> Carol responds:
> Yes, but I also notice that she refers to the author as JKR and to 
DD as the narrator--that last is a glaring error and IMO makes it
> impossible that "Jo" is JKR. Nor do I think she would refer to her 
own "humour" and "generous nature." Just my opinion!
> 


Valky:
Hi Carol, trust you to be the voice of reason among us. :D 
It is good that you're willing to help us back to earth here. Yes 
the notion of finding the *Diamond* "post from the First Lady 
herself" is a bit fantasy land really, after all, it's a needle in a 
haystack to start with even if by chance Jo *was* a member. 
Though I personally don't want to dismiss it all so offhandedly, 
myself. and, Why is: the remarkable nature and style of the posts. 
My stand out examples:

1 "Jo" wrote:
I believe Cho is for the chop because of the form her patronus
takes - a swan. In mythology spirits of the dead may visit mortals 
in the form of a swan, also swans mate for life. So the patronus is 
a reference to Cedric and an indication that they belong together 
and therefore she is going to have to join him!!!
>> Jo ;-)


Valky:
Intuitively, mostly, I see the wink here as referring directly to 
the above paragraph. Is this the authoritative word on ?Why on 
Earth? did JKR tell us now-relatively-insignificant-since-Harry-got-
over-her!Cho's patronus ??
Personally I find it *feels* like the "juice" to me.


another word of "Jo":
> By the by I take Lupin tapping Harry's face (specifically not
poking) to mean some sort of reviving charm.
>

Valky:
"By the by" is a phrase that I recall JKR using on occasion, I don't 
remember where, but it really rings a bell to me.
Of course couple that with the forehead slapping revelation that the 
tapping is a reviving charm....
(Note: *specifically, not poking*, this seems an ex officio 
statement to me, it doesn't say "Canon says tapping not poking" but 
instead has a real "*I meant* tapping, not poking feel to it. JMHO) 


more amazing "Jo":
> Your thumbs prickle!
>
> JKR hide something? Not possible!
>

Valky:
Either this Jo is JKR's separated at birth twin sense of humour 
or.... I really slip into fantasy land when I read this one. 
This is just like signature Rowling Humour, or it's a good imitation.
"Jo" latches onto the thumb prickling that Kneasy threw in and 
played it like an irish fiddle all the way through the post. 


and finally the very very *Gospel* "Jo":
> Old magic my son, old magic. Voldy comes from a long line of heirs
> passing on their inner salazar, presumably by some old magic. Lily
is protecting Harry with more vintage witchery. They come together 
and *bang*


Valky:
Now I appreciate and respect your position Carol, entirely, I recall 
moosemings predictions way back when they were first posted. and I 
recall thinking huh? where does this person conjure interhouse swap 
from, reaaally.... and talks like she wrote the books...
I really did think that, and I dismissed the posts and thought no 
more of them. Fortunately, for me I have a pretty open mind and the 
great luck of being in the company of some brilliantly observant 
people on this list, they have given me a second chance to study 
something I glanced over hastily before, and, darn it, could have 
missed something!!
Since it is Christmas day, I think I shall float dreamily in the 
ether for a while and imagine that we *are* so fortunate that JKR 
has dropped a few resplendent jewels in our lap *and* that they have 
been found. 
I suppose I can return to being a little skeptical when the silly 
season is over.  :D