15-07-2005 10:00									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Verto You could be cutting a lightning bolt into your forehead like a real fan

Yeah, I don't think the boss would approve .

	15-07-2005 10:04									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui I'd like to see him go like Yoda... needing sleep . I mean without the Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone how long can he live? Has Flammel died yet? I don't want to see Dumbledore get bested in a fight... I'm not sure what could take him. Maybe that is when Rowling introduces vampires into the main story . Or maybe he fights the entirety of the Death Eaters.

I can see Harry getting himself into a pretty bleak situation, with Dumbledore rushing in at the last minute, buying Harry time to run(maybe with some sort of valuable artifact, information, etc). Dumbledore, outnumbered by perhaps all the Death Eaters, succumbs.

oh ****, now im doing it

	15-07-2005 10:07									#33
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The Daily Show is doing a HP piece.

Courdry was hilarious.

ACK!

	15-07-2005 10:07									#34
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HAW HAW!! [/Nelson]

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	15-07-2005 10:16									#35
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui I'd like to see him go like Yoda... needing sleep . I mean without the Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone how long can he live? Has Flammel died yet? I don't want to see Dumbledore get bested in a fight... I'm not sure what could take him. Maybe that is when Rowling introduces vampires into the main story . Or maybe he fights the entirety of the Death Eaters.

I don't think he necessarily used the Sorcerer's Stone. Wizards just live a lot longer than people. As of the beginning of HBP, Hagrid is about 68, McGonagall is about 71, and Voldemort is about 70.

	15-07-2005 10:19									#36
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Oh, a better example: Griselda Marchbanks, one of the examiners for Harry's OWLs. She administered Dumbledore's OWLs herself. She's pushing 160.

	15-07-2005 10:22									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten spoiler(highlight to read): Yeah, what happened to Hermione was really sad. I'll miss her...

spoiler(highlight to read): Was she gutted like a fish and her organs hung around the great dining hall like so many Christmas tree ornaments?

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	15-07-2005 10:23									#38
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Yeah, but Dumbledore doesn't exactly look all the young now. He's gotta be over 100, easily. And Marchbanks may be freakishly old, you never know.

	15-07-2005 10:24									#39
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spoiler(highlight to read): No.

	15-07-2005 10:25									#40
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spoiler(highlight to read): Damn.

	15-07-2005 10:25									#41
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Dumbledore's roughly 150. JKR gave that as his age in an interview post-GoF.

	15-07-2005 10:27									#42
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Clearly I need to get a life. I know Hermione was born September 19, 1979. From memory.

	15-07-2005 10:28									#43
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs spoiler(highlight to read): Damn.

spoiler(highlight to read): It's still really good though. Completely unexpected and heartbreaking.

	15-07-2005 10:32									#44
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I'd remind you that you're not in Canada so you could tell me, but just spoiler it for us later on.

	15-07-2005 10:42									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Tuberski The Daily Show is doing a HP piece. Courdry was hilarious. ACK!

COULD IT COULD HAPPEN HERE?

YES!

	15-07-2005 10:51									#46
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quote: Originally posted by Verto The last two were superb. BTW, got it pre-ordered and will be in line at the Barnes & Noble for the midnight release.

You really are teh Evil, Verto ... Going to the Evil Empire like that and all. And you can't be more than a few dozen miles from a nice friendly Borders ...

* snoopy369 will be spending all night watching little kiddies and their parents and preventing them from going into the room full of books ... and probably holding a few staff back from perusing the books early as well

	15-07-2005 11:02									#47
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I have to try to pick one up in Barajas International Airport. The book gets released on the 16th in English there, so I have a pretty good shot at it.

	15-07-2005 13:52									#48
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I'll buy the paperback , because I have no wish to pay a hugely inflated price . This gives me a chance to get the opinions of those who have read it , too . And I'm patient and not really affected too much by hype , so . . . . . . . . . .

	15-07-2005 14:00									#49
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aren't these kids books?

	15-07-2005 14:35									#50
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If you don't want a spoiler , or are a fan and don't want the surprise spoilt , then don't read the following :

( though I know that having said that , nobody here has the willpower to resist )

spoiler(highlight to read): Dumbledore is killed by snape , around page 606 .

Enjoy !

	15-07-2005 16:59									#51
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Meh. I read the first two HP books. It never got me hooked though. So I couldn´t care less about who kills who.

	15-07-2005 17:21									#52
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Sometime tomorrow I'm going to haul my lazy butt to the bookstore and get a copy. I may end up taking a two-day online vacation to read .

	15-07-2005 18:38									#53
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Several bookstores in my area are holding parties, If that Polymeet doeesn't happen I might go see what it's like.

	15-07-2005 18:46									#54
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we will of course be getting it at midnight tonite - we have preordered the copy for POTM. Apparently we will be going to Borders for their party, cause we made an arrangement with friends, but will cut out to B&N to pick up our copy, cause Borders ran out of copies to preorder. Something like that. POTM, assuming she hasnt finished it by Sunday, will be taking it to camp with her, so i probably wont get to read it for a few weeks.

Ive found the books to b excellent. Not Tolstoy or Faulkner, but as good as any genre novels ive read - much better dialogue and character development than Tolkien, for ex.

	15-07-2005 18:49									#55
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BLASPHEMER !!!

	15-07-2005 18:52									#56
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So far, no replies from Japher. I don't think its going to happen.

	15-07-2005 19:48									#57
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Big weekend
Battlestar Galactica tonight, then...

...picking up HBP tomorrow sometime during the day - my daughter will be at her aunt's for a week, so I will have to fight with my wife to see who will get to read it this week.

	15-07-2005 23:11									#58
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Wooot! Less than 10 hours away . I can't wait!

	15-07-2005 23:14									#59
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Laura is taking Sophie to one of the many HP parties going on at various bookstores. I might as well go and buy the first book to see what the hype is about.

	16-07-2005 02:08									#60
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