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08-06-2003, 07:26 PM
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Found this on Wizard City:
A 4-year-old girl in North Carolina reportedly injured herself trying to fly on a broom like Harry Potter. A 4-year-old girl was critically injured after she apparently tried to fly after watching "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" movie, according to a Local 6 News report.
Authorities in Shelby, N.C., said that the girl watched the movie and then crawled onto a kitchen counter, straddled a broom and then jumped off.
This is yet another case in a few where people haven't thought about their own safety, but of course a young girl cannot be blamed for her actions. The last case of this was when a women blew up her kitchen trying to make a potion. Is it getting to a point where they'll have to label Harry Potter with a "Don't try this at home" note? | |
08-06-2003, 08:43 PM
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| | Veela
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Quote: Originally posted by Claire Biggerstaff@Aug 6 2003, 12:33 PM Found this on Wizard City:
A 4-year-old girl in North Carolina reportedly injured herself trying to fly on a broom like Harry Potter. A 4-year-old girl was critically injured after she apparently tried to fly after watching "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" movie, according to a Local 6 News report.
Authorities in Shelby, N.C., said that the girl watched the movie and then crawled onto a kitchen counter, straddled a broom and then jumped off.
This is yet another case in a few where people haven't thought about their own safety, but of course a young girl cannot be blamed for her actions. The last case of this was when a women blew up her kitchen trying to make a potion. Is it getting to a point where they'll have to label Harry Potter with a "Don't try this at home" note? Hahahahaha!  That sounds funny!
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08-06-2003, 08:56 PM
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| | Niffler
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Oh dear... four year old?! That isn't good.
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08-06-2003, 09:07 PM
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all i have to say is where were her parents?!
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08-06-2003, 09:10 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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It's not the girls fault it's the parents fault for not watching her!
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08-06-2003, 09:29 PM
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Bless.........
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08-06-2003, 09:33 PM
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| | Runespoor
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I can understand the girl but the woman? Oh well.
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08-06-2003, 09:55 PM
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Okay, it is the fault of these people: of course not a 4-year-old, but her parents should've been watching her. I hate when people try to blame their own stupidity or others, on something else.
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08-06-2003, 10:01 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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Seriously now...the kid's parents or someone should have been watching her... we should just be thankful that she didn't try to jump off the roof with a broomstick... As for the lady....well.... she shouldn't have been crazy enough to mix the kind of things that she did to recreate a HP potion to which many of the ingredients don't exist....sometimes people scare me....
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08-06-2003, 10:20 PM
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This cae is almostlike when a 2 year old boy jumped off a boat and drowned because he was looknig for spongebob really though at least the girl's ok :flowersmile:
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08-06-2003, 10:33 PM
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Well, this stinks. I mean, I feel for the girl, but this is what people were afraid of. Kids wanting to become witches and wizards. Now they have amunition to bash Harry Potter some more! But, it IS really sad about the girl getting hurt.  | |
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08-06-2003, 10:58 PM
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The woman blowing up her kitchen is kinda funny, but the little girl story is sad. And everyone is right, WHERE IS GOD'S NAME R HER PARENTS! My little cosin is 4, but she's like a 4 year old in a 12 year olds body.She's really smart, and she would never do that. And she loves HP has much as I do. She pretends, but thats good she has an imagination!
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08-06-2003, 11:21 PM
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ahahahahaha - that's pretty funny, man
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08-06-2003, 11:49 PM
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The incident with the little girl happened along time ago. I live in NC and remember hearing it on the news several months ago, unless it was a different incident. Parents should definitly start trying to teach their children, at a young age, the difference between make-believe and reality.
The lady blowing up her kitchen is just stupidity.
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08-07-2003, 12:13 AM
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i can see a woman blowin up her kitchen funny, cuz adults should know better. but a 4 year old dosent know any better, so they need to be watched careully and tought whats real and whats not. but at least shes ok. 
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08-07-2003, 12:16 AM
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Seriously, don't any of these people have any common sense?!
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08-07-2003, 03:34 AM
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it's amazing what a movie can do when being watched by a silly little girl and her family. LOL!!
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08-07-2003, 05:41 AM
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>.< the problem is, such a young child is too young to understand that brooms don't fly, and the magic is all make believe. it's the parents' fault for not watching the girl. shame shame
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08-07-2003, 06:58 AM
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| | Bowtruckle
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That little girls parents should have explained the difference between fiction and reality to her, I hope she didnt get too hurt. That Witch wanna-be blowing up her kitchen was quite amsuing though, I wonder what ingrediants she used?
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08-07-2003, 11:02 AM
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aww... poor thing!! | |
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08-07-2003, 02:34 PM
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| | Skrewt
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u cant blame people for believing in magic! i mean its so well xplained and blah blah by JK. but people shudnt be stupid enuff to actually do stuff like flying a broom. i mean dint they read Quidditch through the ages, its written there that spells and charms were put on brooms to make it fly. so people shudnt attempt to fly as they do not have a wand and cant do magic. but the "DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME" sign is quite funny!
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08-07-2003, 03:20 PM
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yeah my uncle told me bout dat sum time ago.
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08-07-2003, 03:30 PM
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.[COLOR=gold] :o Woman funny, kid sad. The parents are prolly gonna blame it on HP
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08-07-2003, 05:10 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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Alright i know this is cruel but thats pretty funny! I mean i feel bad for the girl because shes only four but where the heck were the parents and a counter cant be that high... i wonder what kinda injuries she got... hmmm | |
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08-07-2003, 07:06 PM
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| | Glumbumble
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: England
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"BAN HARRY POTTER NOW" How can we let this kind of thing to happen. it's totaly disgusting that they haven't banned these books and films yet. BAN THEM i say BAN THEM.
Yeh right, come on tell the truth who cares about these accidents i dont if people/parents are dumb enough to let them happen then we shouldn't give them the column inches.
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