24hrs

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2" <carolynwhite2 at ...> wrote:

> Likewise Snow. I was simply amazed at that casual comment, buried deep 
> in a long and mainly frivolous interview on Leaky (which also contain 
> some further insights into the making of hogboxes, again, mostly made 
> up on the spot).
> 
> However, seeing the hour long documentary on UK TV at about the same 
> time it was clear that she thought the clues and other trappings of 
> her 'mystery' story came a very poor second to developing Harry, and 
> she was genuinely puzzled at why fans were so bothered about such 
> glitches. Remember the little boy called Evans, who famously had 
> nothing to do with any part of the plot? She seemed to regard the 24hrs 
> thing in much the same light.
> 
> Oh well. Our theories were frankly funnier and cleverer, IMNVHO.
>

Not another Leaky gush?
Oh, dear. Must promise myself never to read it.

As for the TV thingy, sounds as if she really is following in the footsteps 
of that old fraud Aggie Christie:
Bugger the clues, they're only there as framing for this totally fascinating 
main character I've invented.

Of course, if you've never really been enthralled by the H. Potter personality
then possibly you may feel a bit hard done by.

Beedle the Bard.
Did have hopes that Beedle wasn't a proper noun but a verb, preferably
involving something nasty, like blunt skewers. Thus: "Poor devil, he's 
been beedled. Nothing we can do for him now." 

But there's the possibility that its originator may have intended it to have
a wider applicability:

Beedle - verb, trans. To be dismissive of the past imperfect. 

Kneasy