Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Do Wizards Use Planes?

With the ability to Apparate, use Floo Power, and fly on broomsticks, wizards don't exactly need to buy plane tickets for a holiday trip.

But the other day, as I was boarding my AirTran flight to Dallas, I saw a peculiar sign. It read:

Row 10 follows Row 3. 

There are no Rows 4-9

And an image of No. 10 Grimmauld Place, the home of notorious escapee Sirius Black, rose unbidden to my mind.

And then I subconsciously calculated whether that could fit the Weasley family, all the boys' wives, Ginny's husband (guess who?!), children, Teddy Lupin, Lee Jordan, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Headmistress McGonagall, and Auntie Muriel. Check.

I even threw in Victor Krum for good measure. Ron can't be jealous forever, right?

Could it be a huge Weasley family and friends holiday, I thought?

Perhaps Mr. Weasley was finally achieving his heart's desire: to find out how airplanes stay up.

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