Harry Potter Countdown Thread

[Tanniker Smith]

The countdown is on! We're all waiting. Let's talk about it while we're waiting.

This countdown ticks down the time to both the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film.

Countdown clocks can be found at http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:countdowns

[Tanniker Smith]

This is the place to check out every day to see what everyone else is saying about the upcoming book.

On topic: any speculation, guesses, anecdotes, trivia, or whatever.

What SHOULD NOT Be Posted: SPOILERS of any kind. If you have some insider knowledge of something or if another hacker breaks into something or if someone somehow steals a copy of the book . . .
Basically, if you have ANY reasonable belief that you might actual KNOW SOMETHING which might spoil it for folks DON'T POST IT.

At the very least, make it INVISIBLE.
To do that, use the FONT tag with the option COLOR=WHITE. When you do that, the text will only be visible if you highlight it.

Example: This is < FONT COLOR=WHITE> invisible </FONT>. This is NOT.

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[Tanniker Smith]

Okay, I guess you can't embed stuff here. The link didn't work.

Anyway, we all know how much time is left anyway.

[Tax-chick]

How much time? I’m easily confused!

[Politicalmom]

Great. The amnesty bill suspense is killing me, and y’all have to pile on the stress. :p

[Allegra]

Ping!

[Tanniker Smith]

23 days, 11 hours, 7 minutes. Give or take.

[Tanniker Smith]

Whoops, wait!!!

It's only 23 days, 7 hours and 11 minutes!!
Just shaved off close to FOUR HOURS there.

[Tanniker Smith]

So yesterday morning, someone on one of the morning news programs was asking kids about the book, and asking, "Do you think Voldemort will die in this book?"

Now, let me put it this way: Is that a STUPID question or what?
I mean, if Voldemort's not dead at the end of this then the story is NOT finished. There can be no locking him up in Azkhaban or anything like that. No trapping him in the Chamber of Secrets. It's all or nothing with him, that's how he marked Harry in the first place.

Of course he has to die! The questions should be How? and By whose hand?
(Will there be another Darth Vader to save Luke from the Emperor?)

TS

[b9]

Reminds me of that funny scene in “The Devil Wears Prada.”

Meryl Streep, a Cruella deVil clone, threatens her assistant with firing unless she can produce an advance Harry Potter manuscript for her twins. By 3 pm. that day.

[Allegra]

It's only 23 days, 7 hours and 11 minutes!!

And approximatley ten days' shipping for me. (Sigh)

I've got it pre-ordered on Amazon. I'll have to avoid any spoiler threads like the plague once it comes out.

[kanawa]

Okay, I guess you can't embed stuff here

I've heard that's being worked on....

Thanks for starting a "safe" thread.
Last thing I'd want is for the suspense to be spoiled.

[Allegra]

approximatley = approximately

Time for bed. My typing sucks.

[Politicalmom]

Good grief. I intended to re-read all the books and I have company arriving Monday. Guess I better get going tonight....

[Tanniker Smith]

I bought Book Six at 12:09 am the day it came out (according to the receipt). It was a Friday night. I was up. The family was asleep. I drove over to Pathmark. There were maybe a half-dozen to a dozen people there waiting for the book (and others who were actually shopping at midnight and were clueless about it).

I'd love to try that this time -- but it looks like I'll be away camping for the week!! (I'll have to sneak off to Wal-Mart.)

[CholeraJoe]

Would you like me to freepmail it chapter by chapter?

[Politicalmom]

I stopped doing that several books ago. My husband always called from Walmart before mine arrived and said “There’s a huge pile of HP books. Want me to get you one?”

LOL

[dfwgator]

I think the last page will just suddenly go to black.

[Allegra]

I bought Book Six at 12:09 am the day it came out (according to the receipt). It was a Friday night. I was up. The family was asleep.

That sounds like fun.

I got the last one....in the mail from Amazon.

I've been here too long!

[Tanniker Smith]

I think the last page will just suddenly go to black.

LOL!

No, wait!!
It'll "go to Black".
Siriusly.

[Tanniker Smith]

That sounds like fun.

It was. I think I read at least two chapters before I went to bed. I left it on the kitchen table as a surprise for everyone.

... with a Bookmark in place!!