Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Rowling: 'Dumbledore Is Gay'
At a public appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York, author J.K. Rowling announced that Dumbledore, the headmaster character in her popular Harry Potter series, is homosexual. What do you think?
Larry Hahn,
Water Delivery Man
"Wow. I hadn't heard that. I've been really busy lately not caring about the sexual preferences of fictional people."
Cathy Grodin,
Fundraiser
"Dumbledore? I always figured the gay ones were Harry, Draco Malfoy, Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, Dudley Dursely, Ptolemy, Morgana, and Professor Snape."
Ralph Draper,
Tow Truck Driver
"Hey, that wasn't supposed to come out yet. Incloseto putbacko!"
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