Uncle Vernon Tiptoe Through the Tulips (was: Mrs. Figg's 'Cat among the Pixi

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 93693

A lot of snipping from each of the following posts:
> Neri wrote:
> c "Tiptoe through  the  Tulips" as he worked, and 
> jumped at small noises."
> <snip> But what was the joke? Or at least, what does it say about 
Vernon?
>  
> Potioncat:
>   His name was Tiny Tim  <snip> 
> 
> Pippin:
> Tim's schtick was being a harmless weirdo:   
>
> 
> Carol responds to everybody:
> Anyway the idea, IMO, is that Uncle Vernon is so absurdly happy 
that
> he's singing a ridiculous, outdated Muggle song (which I believe is
> actually from the 1940s, when he was either very young or not yet
> born), but also that he seems to be losing his grip on sanity, as
> indicated by nailing up the windows and doors. Which raises the
> question of how they got out to get to the island a day or so 
later.
> ("Daddy's gone mad, hasn't he?")
> 
> Carol, also dating herself and imagining Uncle Vernon following the
> bouncing ball on the movie screen as he chugs his beer and smiles 
happily



Potioncat:  I think Carol has kept us on topic and come up with the 
best canon answer and has wiped my memory of the awful comparison I 
came up with earlier but now has me singing old bar songs at the top 
of my voice and my children are saying "Mummy's gone mad, hasn't 
she?" in adorable little English accents.

Potioncat: who is ever so much more than 20.