Happy Birthday Harry! (And Jo)

[Maria]

I know technically the Harry Potter discussion doesn't start until tomorrow (just finished rereading last night), but today is Harry's birthday (and incidentally also Jo Rowling's ;)), and I thought this needed a celebration.

 

Also, 10 house points for *insert the House of your choice* to the first person who can tell me how old Harry is today.

 

Mia

Head of Hufflepuff

[MsDanya]

yay!!

 

and as in RL of in the movies :? I'm not going to guess cause I dont wanna risk being decapitated.

 

but anyways, Happy Birthday Harry!

 

I love Harry Potter :D

[Maria]

Well.. in the books. Which I guess is like RL, techincally =)

[MsDanya]

well, I'll make a wild guess at 17 :D

[Jhaenara]

Did the books come out yearly though? See this could be confusing. If we're going by what he was when the last book came out and adding a year, then Danya should be correct. :lol:

[JenniferL]

Harry would be 25. He is one year younger than I am. Just like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[Niamh Sedai]

Wrong Kath... Sorry. *lol* Close though. I got it right though and Ravenclaw got 10 points ;)

[Jhaenara]

Okay, so you were going by when the first book came out and counting each actual year I guess. :P

 

And Niamh, you never posted! :P

[Maria]

*Nia "borrowing" Mia's screename"*

 

Mia asked me in person ;) The answer is at the bottom of this post!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26 :p

[Maria]

And this is the actual Mia posting.

 

So here's how you'll know (and Nia is right btw). In Chamber of Secrets Harry and crowd is celebrating Nearly Headless Nick's 500th death day. And he was killed on the 31st October 1492. And if you add 500 years you get 1992. At that point Harry is 12 years old, which means Harry must've been born in 1980.

 

So yes, 10 house points to Ravenclaw (which I find oddly fitting. If you've a ready mind and all that.. =)).

[JenniferL]

Dammit! So he is my age, and not a year younger.

 

Oh well. I'm still older than Buffy. Her birthday is January 8th, 1981.

[Jhaenara]

Ohhh I thought you were going by book publication. Like he was 11 the year it was published. I didn't know there was actually something in the books... haha.

[Kiara]

*brain implodes*

[Maria]

Lol. I'm sorry, dear, I really did not mean to scare you with the geekiness. =)