Which "One liners" do you think most beg for an explanation ?

[Someone]

No: HPFGUIDX 131342

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amis917" <amis917 at h...> 
wrote:
> > When reading OOTP, I question this one each time..
> > 
> > (Aunt Petunia's just heard the howler) "'What is this?' Uncle 
Vernon 
> > said hoarsely. 'What -- I don't -- Petunia?'"
> 
> > I'm not sure why he's so confused. When they took Harry in, was 
he 
> > not included in all of the details? The message clearly makes 
sense 
> > to Petunia, because she made Harry stay. I'm just interested in 
> > knowing what actually happened when Harry was taken in by the 
> > Dursleys.


Karen wrote:
> My personal theory on this is the following (and it's pure 
> speculation):  Petunia is a witch, but an untrained one.  She 
received 
> a letter to Hogwarts, but being a straight-laced little girl and 
> convinced her parents would not approve, she declined to go.  A 
couple 
> of (or however many) years later her little sister also got the 
same 
> letter.  She accepted.  Her parents were delighted to have "a 
witch in 
> the family".  Petunia, astonished and upset by her parents obvious 
> delight made a point of strongly disapproving and making a 
> totally 'normal' life for herself, even down to marrying the most 
> straight-laced and narrow-minded man she could get her hands on.
> 
> At the beginning of PS and owl is seen in Privet Drive, just after 
> Vernon had left for work.  This was from Dumbledore telling her 
that 
> her nephew was now an orphan and needed to stay in her home in 
order 
> to receive the protection of living where his Mother's blood 
resided.  
> Anticipating her almost inevitable refusal, he says he'll tell 
Vernon 
> that she is a witch if she says "No" and asks how her husband 
would 
> react to the news that he is married to a witch.
> 
> I believe that Harry was left on the doorstep so that his arrival 
> would be 'a complete surprise' to them both and Petunia could 
insist 
> that they couldn't possibly stick a baby in an orphanage because 
what 
> would the neighbours think?
> 
> I think "Remember my last" is a sharp reminder that Vernon is even 
> less likey to take the news that his wife is a witch well, and 
Veron 
> is totally baffled as he has no idea that Petunia has had previous 
> correspondance with "his sort" other than the original note that 
came 
> with baby Harry on the doorstep, which probably said little more 
than 
> his parents were dead and he was in need of a home.
> 
> JMHO

John:
This is an intriguing idea; however JKR has confirmed that Petunia 
is indeed only a muggle, albeit one with a little more to her than 
immediately "meets the eye."

Asked at the World Book Day Chat last year (see News section, JKR's 
site):

"Is Aunt Petunia a Squib?"

JKR responded:

"Good question. No, she is not, but – [Laughter]. No, she is not a 
Squib. She is a Muggle, but – [Laughter]. You will have to read the 
other books. You might have got the impression that there is a 
little bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye, and you will 
find out what it is. She is not a Squib, although that is a very 
good guess. Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being shockingly 
indiscreet."

John.