By 12:15 AM saturday we had copies of the latest and final installment of the J.K. Rowling franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  It was an evening of standing-room-only at the local Borders bookstore, elbow to elbow with muggle Potter enthusiasts.  Many were in costume but all were anxious to get their copy of the book and once again enter the magical world of Harry Potter.

As we made our way to the parking lot it became apparent that flyers had been affixed under the wiper blades of cars outside the store.  Under the orange afterglow of the evening we could see the colorful flyers festooned with Potter graphics and the congratulations to the reader on their early purchase of the book.  Then the flyer went on to reveal the the fate of the characters!  These flyers were SPOILERS!#&*@!  It was an unthinkable act of desecration forced upon innocent followers of the story. 

For the love of God!!  What kind of fiendish mind could conceive of this heinous act?!  Someone printed these flyers and then, when the moment was right, quietly planted them when anticipation was at its highest.  What mothers child could do this? Who are these sick puppies, these bomb throwing literary terrorists who could execute such a felonious theft of innocence?  Think of the children.

Well, anyway, we intercepted the flyer and tucked it away to protect some unsuspecting citizen from picking up this booby-trap from the ground and reading it.  Unfortunately, Th’ Gaussling suffered some acute exposure to this bit of printed poison. Bummer.