Funniest Report About Harry Potter Ever

An avid Australian Harry Potter fan, waiting in line (in bitter cold temperatures) for the last book in the series lost his pre-paid receipt into the waters of a lake. He dove it to try to retrieve the paper. When they dragged him out, he was suffering from a severe case of hypothermia. Hospitalization was required, forthwith.

Emergency services in Canberra said a 21-year-old man lost his pre-purchase receipt for "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" in the capital's Lake Burley Griffin late Friday and dived into the waters to try to retrieve it.

A security guard had to drag him out of the frigid lake before he was taken to hospital for treatment, emergency services said.

The fan failed to find his receipt but it is believed a doctor at the hospital where he was treated contacted a local bookstore to ensure he could secure a cope of J.K. Rowling's seventh Harry Potter book.

It looks like the record cold June is being followed by a record cold July down under. Canberra Airport is currently reporting 1.3° C (34° F). All of which proves only that Australian has weather, but it is still amusing.

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  By terrence, July 21, 2007 @ 8:40 pm

  Yes, cold is weather, and merely weather.
  Heat is proof positive of manmade global warming.

  ANd the cold is porbably the result of manmade global warming, too – weather today is more unpredictable because of manmade global warming.

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