# Harry Potter Found Lying in a Field! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392 "2003-05-06T14:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/1 "2003-05-06T14:20:25Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=entertainment&cat=harry\_potter](http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=entertainment&cat=harry_potter) “Okay, Jenkins, let’s try to keep this quiet until we found out who dumped Potter here, Okay?” ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/2 "2003-05-06T14:36:04Z")
Obviously it’s Potter’s Field. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/3 "2003-05-06T15:02:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > Obviously it’s Potter’s Field. Particularly since the field in question was close to Clays Ltd. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/4 "2003-05-06T16:59:52Z")
Quoted from the AP story: …“Hogwarts representatives refused to answer questions about how Potter would be disciplined. But, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore said, “This remains a lesson to all of us about the dangers of drinking and brooming.”” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/5 "2003-05-06T17:00:33Z")
I can’t access the site from work…can someone give me a recap? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/6 "2003-05-06T17:06:55Z")
I hope he wipes his feet before he comes in. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/7 "2003-05-06T17:40:39Z")
**ivylass** - here’s your recap. Two first edition copies of the upcoming Harry Potter book “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, were found in a field near Clays Ltd, which will be printing the book. ---
**Author:** ![Jdeforrest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jdeforrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jdeforrest)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/8 "2003-05-07T16:36:43Z")
Now who would go through all the trouble to steal books that are probably kept under tighter surveillance than nukes only to leave them lying in a field. I bet they’ll turn up on the P2P networks in a week or two. Geez, bet you could get a pretty hefty price for them on the black market. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/9 "2003-05-07T17:03:53Z")
Sounds like JK Rowling just got a bunch of free publicity! Just in case there were a few kids who already didn’t have their parents calender marked, they do now. ---
**Author:** ![Jdeforrest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jdeforrest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jdeforrest)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/10 "2003-05-07T17:21:55Z")
Nah, somehow I don’t think so. I doubt she needs any publicity. I’d be suprised if she doesn’t have a holiday named after her soon. Christ! Britain printed legal money with Harry’s picture on it. Doubt she needs any publicity. I think maybe someone had a bag full and a couple fell out. I know if it was me and I went through all that trouble, first of all I wouldn’t let them out of my sight and I sure as hell wouldn’t leave them in a field somewhere where someone could just wander across them. Expecially since they were in the clear at that point. So the only explanations I can deduce are that: A. The criminal is excedingly stupid B. He stole enough that he/she doesn’t care that one or two are lost. C. Hi Opal! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/11 "2003-05-07T17:28:36Z")
Was he wearing scuba gear? If so, I know how he got there. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/12 "2003-05-07T18:15:40Z")
Too much butterbeer? ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/13 "2003-05-07T19:48:09Z")
What’s Hi Opal? ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-found-lying-in-a-field/173392/14 "2003-05-07T20:05:39Z")
[Look here](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/injokes.html#hi-opal)