Big plastic glasses
Just got back from Barnes and Noble, where I picked up Shannon's ticket number so she'll be relatively early in line for her copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Which she's getting tonight. At midnight. In costume. Carrying a stuffed owl.
You may insert your own punch line.
I never saw so many kids of all ages and races wandering around with oversized black plastic "Harry" glasses (they were being handed out at the door). There was a sizable number of adults in pointy hats and scarves as well, and one cuuuute one year-old Asian girl in her mommy's arms, with a lightning bolt drawn on her forehead.
And then there was this really sleek twenty-something in a tank top with a Gryffyndor scarf around her neck -- oh, HI, Shannon! Um, put the paperweight down...
(Whack)
(Thud)
Comments
See, if you'd been married a bit longer, Chip, you'd've known to just order it in advance from Amazon, thus sparing yourself any possibly dangerous or lethal contact with tank-top-totin', Gryffinder-scarf-sportin' 20-somethings. My copy will arrive roughly 14 hours hence via uniformed government courier and I won't have any paperweight-shaped dents in my skull.
Posted by: Lex | June 20, 2003 10:45 PM