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Harry Potter Birthday Card Shuts Down Post Office
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| 10:16 pm EDT July 14, 2004
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Posted on 07/15/2004 12:46:32 PM PDT by js1138
Harry Potter Birthday Card Shuts Down Post Office
Teen Apparently Adds 'Floo Powder' To Help Envelope Travel
POSTED: 10:16 pm EDT July 14, 2004 UPDATED: 12:50 am EDT July 15, 2004
BUCKNER, Mo. -- A birthday card to a fictional character shut down a Missouri post office for two hours on Wednesday, KMBC-TV in Kansas City reported.
A worker at the Buckner post office spotted white powder on an envelope. The office was sealed off and hazmat crews were called in to check out the situation.
"It's not every day you get a letter with white powder all over it," police Chief Charles Loring said.
The letter turned out to be a birthday card a 16-year-old fan was sending to Harry Potter in England. The teen apparently sprinkled the card with some "floo powder," which turned out to be harmless talcum powder. In the books by JK Rowling, floo powder helps wizards travel.
According to the books, Harry Potter's birthday is July 31.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: anthrax; harrypotter; mail
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To: OSHA
"I know full grown adults who vote democrat" LOL. Well said.
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posted on
07/15/2004 1:35:02 PM PDT
by
laotzu
To: Lil'freeper
Isn't sixteen a little old to be doing that kind of thing?I know full grown adults who read this tripe! They too must be special!
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posted on
07/15/2004 1:39:04 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: js1138
'Floo Powder' Did this writer actually mean FLUE?
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posted on
07/15/2004 1:42:55 PM PDT
by
FreedomFarmer
(No, this is Shineola.)
To: js1138
I mean who is more real, Harry Potter of Britney Spears? Well, since there are certainly parts of Brittney that are likely fake, and no one has ever proved that Harry doesn't actually exist... I'd have to say Harry by a newt-and-a-half.
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posted on
07/15/2004 1:46:07 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(My handle is "kevkrom", and I approved this post.)
To: FreedomFarmer
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posted on
07/15/2004 1:49:21 PM PDT
by
js1138
(In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
To: Revolting cat!
I know full grown adults who read this tripe! They too must be special!Hey - I resemble that remark! BTW, my birthday happens to be July 31st as well.
To: humblegunner; Xenalyte; Allegra
Someone certainly flunked his OWLs!
;-)
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posted on
07/15/2004 2:55:12 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(Involved vs. Committed- take bacon and eggs, for example, the hen is involved, the pig is committed.)
To: Revolting cat!
Well, I've read that tripe. I consider it light, but entertaining fiction. It is unfortunate that this young person has never been taught that fiction isn't real.
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posted on
07/15/2004 3:05:55 PM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: RikaStrom; humblegunner; Xenalyte
Why didn't this 16 year old just give the envelope to Hedwig?
Hedwig don't need no steenkin' post office.
Send this kid a Howler.
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posted on
07/15/2004 10:50:34 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Proud Member of Free Republic Baghdad Chapter - est. July 4, 2004)
To: js1138
oops! sorry... i was in a hurry!
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
07/16/2004 6:54:04 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Middle East n. former name for the region commonly known as Oil Under Glass)
To: JenB; RosieCotton; SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; Fedora
Potter ping...
(Should we ping she-who-must-not-be-amusing?)
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posted on
07/16/2004 6:55:00 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(I'm going on vacation in 14 days...)
To: hermoine_granger
Then why not just use a time turner?
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posted on
07/16/2004 6:57:21 PM PDT
by
js1138
(In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
To: js1138
...[shrug]...I was holiday and didn't bring my whole magic box with me!
To: js1138
Can't say I'm surprised. Years ago, I was helping my father install closed circuit TV cable in a large hotel in Philadelphia. There was a Star Trek convention at the hotel, and you had adolescent males with terminal acne running around in that place in full mufti, with weapons and rank insignia. People
do get immersed in their fictional worlds. Not that that's a bad thing ...
Like I'm one to talk - just look at my profile
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