Harry Potter Weekend

Johnny_L.A · June 15, 2005, 2:16am

Amazon.co.uk is giving away a ‘Harry Potter Weekend’:

In mid-July, 70 lucky children from around the world will gather at Edinburgh Castle for a once-in a-lifetime opportunity to report on the new Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Amazon.co.uk has a place to give away for a child and an accompanying adult to attend this exciting event.

Amazon.co.uk will take the winners to Edinburgh for midnight on 15th July, where they will be among the first to hear J.K. Rowling read from the new book, and will receive a free signed copy. Saturday 16th July is for the young reporters to finish reading their copy, before being entertained by a banquet worthy of Hogwarts in the evening. Then on Sunday 17th July, the attention of the world will be on the children as they will be the only journalists worldwide allowed to question J.K. Rowling about the book. Amazon.co.uk’s winning child will then be asked to write a report on the event that will be featured afterwards on Amazon.co.uk.

As much as I enjoy the Harry Potter series, and as much as I like to travel, I don’t have any kids; so I can’t go.

Queen_Bruin · June 15, 2005, 2:31am

whine Why is it only for the kiddies?!

MagicEyes · June 15, 2005, 3:25am

So borrow one! Most of my friends who have kids are always asking me if I want to take them home with me. Maybe you can find someone who wants to get rid of their kid for a weekend.

Sausage Creature, the kids do get all the cool stuff, but do they get to eat Froot Loops for dinner? I think not. It’s good to be a grown-up!

Queen_Bruin · June 15, 2005, 3:31am

Too true! (But can I have Cinnamon Toast Crunch, instead?)

Odinoneeye · June 15, 2005, 3:33am

Well I have two kids in the right age group and I went to register them…

You have to be a citizen of the UK or Ireland.

Grrrrrrr

MagicEyes · June 15, 2005, 2:01pm

Sure! You can have Cinnamon Toast Crunch! With chocolate milk! Yum, yum! We can pretend it’s a Harry Potter-style banquet. Really, who needs roast phoenix? We’re having cereal!

Johnny_L.A · June 15, 2005, 3:57pm

Ar? The copy says ‘70 lucky children from around the world’. Maybe there’s a different page for children from other countries? (Incidentally, I got the notice because I pre-ordered the book from amazon.uk.)

Kythereia · June 15, 2005, 4:00pm

D’you think I could pass myself off as 10 or 12?

No…? Aw, nuts.

Draelin · June 15, 2005, 4:04pm

I’m really short–if I find a way to strap down my boobs and you dye your hair red, I can pass for a 12-year-old, and you can be my mom.

Enright3 · June 15, 2005, 4:15pm

MagicEyes, reading this reminded me of something totally of topic, but I hope entertaining none the less…

A friend of my mother’s would jokingly tell her “My grandchildren are coming to visit this weekend. The little darlings are getting here on Saturday. The little bastards are leaving on Sunday.”

That always cracked me up.

you may now continue to enjoy the rest of your day.

Kythereia · June 15, 2005, 4:31pm

Sweet!

Shirley_Ujest · June 15, 2005, 8:07pm

If I put about 50 pounds on my son, he could go as Augustus Gloop.

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Odinoneeye · June 15, 2005, 9:58pm

I know, I saw that too, but at the end of the registration form there’s a few questions like “Is your child between the ages of 8 and 16” and one of them is “Are you a resident of UK or Ireland” and when you go into “Terms and Conditions” it says all winners must be residents of the UK or Ireland.

eleanorigby · June 15, 2005, 10:13pm

So maybe you have to be an ex-pat to win?

There are Brits and Irish all over the world, so I guess it’s not false advertising…

bastards! I wanna win!