Over the weekend, the new Harry Potter book was released. I stayed clear of all bookstores and shopping centres. If Malaysia celebrated Halloween, it would look darn close to this.
For those who can’t get enough of Potter-mania, here are interesting facts you may or may not already know about the boy wizard and his billionaire writer:
Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Harry Potter by Simon
- The J.K. in ‘J.K.Rowling’ stands for ‘Janji Kaya’. Or ‘Just Kopy’.
- In Book 7, the Weasley family will trade in their Ford Anglia for a Proton Savvy.
- Before the first movie was shot, Tom Cruise turned the role of Harry Potter. He was rumoured to have said the book was ‘utter crap, just like me’.
- During the summer holidays, Hagrid puts on a mask and appears in the WWE as Kane’s brother Bongo the Insane Killer Giant.
- Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series beats the crap out of Potter any day.
- The Malay version of Potter books changed the name Hogwarts to Khinzir-warts.
- Michael Jackson is rumoured to be a ‘huge fan’ of Harry Potter. Why are we not surprised?
- Hermione bribed the Sorting Hat to put her in Gryffindor instead of Ravenclaw. She says ‘Ravenclaw is for geeks and losers’.
- ‘Rowling’ is pronounced ‘rolling’, not ‘rau-ling’. Rowling is French Canadian for “sell your soul to the devil for a billion bucks.’
- Harry Potter is Malaysian. Hogwarts is in Malaysia. Don’t believe? Read this.
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if the British failed to arrest the bloody terrorist, we might think that the culprit was Harry Potter gangs who can sneak into the wall inside King Cross Station…
Simon
Very possible…very possible…
unrealweapon
in melaka there’s a school called SMK Gajah Berang. their old school neck tie is exactly the same as Harry’s necktie.. believe? go and check it out urself.