Tuesday, July 12, 2005

That's Kristi With a "K", no "E"

File under "Why can't we be more like Canada?"

Harry Potter Book Sold by Accident

COQUITLAM, British Columbia - A handful of people in Canada got a sneak peak of the latest Harry Potter book, but a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ordered them to keep it a secret.

The book was sold to 14 people who snagged a copy of J.K. Rowlings' much anticipated "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," when it landed on shelves last Thursday at a local grocery store.

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Justice Kristi Gill last Saturday ordered customers not to talk about the book, copy it, sell it or even read it before it is officially released at 12:01 a.m. July 16.


Memo to Justice Gill: In the future, please refrain from smoking crack before work.

I gotta say, I'm more than a little curious to see how many of these 14 people actually obeyed Judge Kristi's order not to even read the book, or actually returned their books to the store.