Singing Potatoes
Friday, 13 December 2002
Chamberpot of Secrets

As I've said before, I try not to simply repost articles from Fark, but this one's for Karen and Lisa, who (as far as I know) don't read Fark.

An American collector spent over $45,000 for a 93-word summary of the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, handwritten by JK Rowling and auctioned off for charity. Among the 93 words, according to Sotheby's, are: "Ron ... broom ... sacked ... house-elf ... new ... teacher ... dies ... sorry".

Full story here.

Posted by godfrey (link)
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Something happens to the new teacher at Hogswarts?! I never would have seen that one coming.
I take it, then, that new faculty members distinguish themselves by wearing red shirts?

My God, you could have fed starving people or built a new library or bought a really styling car with that amount of money.