news in OoP

[Jospehine]

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"Karen" <klekatgirl at y...> wrote:
The news in the first chapter of OoP seems to me like it's hidding a 
clue.  The following were included in the news:

"Record numbers of stranded holidaymakers fill airports as the 
Spanish baggage-handlers' strike reaches it's second week-"

helicopter almost crashed in a field in Surrey

famous actress'divorce from her famous husband

"Bungy the budgie has found a novel way of keeping cool this 
summer.  Bungy, who lives at the Five Feathers in Barnsley, has 
learned to water-ski!  Mary Dorkins went to find out more..."

The first one really strikes my interest, but I just don't see 
anything important in it though I have this weird feeling about it.  
What does everyone else think?



Josephine now:
I think these are actually quite reminiscent of real news stories 
that appeared on the news during the summer JKR would have been 
writing OOP. I don't think they hold anything cryptic. Baggage 
handlers strikes are common during the summer in England and Spain, 
so it may be JKR just establishing the time of year and what was 
going on in the 'real world'. As for Bungy... well the summer is 
usually slow for hard hitting news stories! So something like that 
could well be needed to fill the last news spot. But it would be 
interesting if they did mean something else. But I'm not won over yet.


Jo