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Andy Borowitz: Man Commits Suicide after Learning Harry Potter Spoiler
'I No Longer Have a Reason to Live,' Says Despondent Potter Fan
By: Andy Borowitz

A rabid Harry Potter fan took his life yesterday after inadvertently learning a plot spoiler from the soon-to-be-released J.K. Rowling opus, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Jude Ralston, 32, of Hudson, Ohio left a suicide note indicating that since overhearing the plot spoiler at a shopping mall earlier in the day, "I no longer have a reason to live."

Family and friends who gathered for a candlelight memorial outside Mr. Ralston's house remembered a man who seemed to live only for Harry Potter – and wondered if they could have done anything to prevent his tragic fate.

"When Jude got that vanity license plate that said ‘Hogwarts,' that seemed harmless enough," said Polly Clovis, who attended Model U.N. with Mr. Ralston while the two were in high school. "But when he started wearing that wizard hat around town, we really should have seen that as a cry for help."

According to friends of Mr. Ralston, the Potter fanatic had done everything in his power to protect himself from stumbling across Potter plot spoilers, even disconnecting his computer from the Internet and avoiding his favorite vintage comic book store.

Ms. Clovis said that she hoped Mr. Ralston's death would cause federal authorities to tighten the flow of Harry Potter plot information to prevent similar tragedies from taking place.

"In my heart I believe that could have saved Jude's life, even if he didn't have one," she said.

Elsewhere, President Bush called the jailing of a New York Times reporter "a positive step," but warned that many other reporters were still at large.


http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_22620.shtml

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If someone takes their life over "Harry Potter", it's not much of a loss.

OMG.... that is just... pathetic...

Not to sound mean or anything, but.... seriously. :eek:

I hate spoilers, I like to keep in suspense about stuff, BUTFERGAWSHSAKES, MISTER!!!! ohno: I'm not THAT desperate to be kept in suspense.

Now that's a die-hard fan...........literally. Seriously though, I adore Three's Company and John Ritter, I'm a fanatic about it, but I wouldn't commit suicide just because I found out spoilers related to it.

How silly to get that worked up over a movie. ohno: :lol:

lol it's not real

How silly to get that worked up over a movie. ohno: :lol:Wasn't it actually the new book?

Makes me think of "Misery" by Stephen King.

Wasn't it actually the new book?
Yeah, it's the book. The plot is always ruined about the movie because the books are ahead, and if he's a fanatic about it, then I'm sure he's read every book that's out already.

Yeah, it's the book. The plot is always ruined about the movie because the books are ahead, and if he's a fanatic about it, then I'm sure he's read every book that's out already.

Ok, the book. Still silly, though. :lol:

Elsewhere, President Bush called the jailing of a New York Times reporter "a positive step," but warned that many other reporters were still at large.


Oh...My...God. Putting someone in jail for doing their job. What is this world coming to?!:shocked Looks to me like Bush is abusing his power.ohno:

I may be reading this wrong, you never know.

O_O who knows how JK rowling feels.

but i think it's terrible and i don't find it funny at all, regardless how silly the reason is. talk about an unhealthy obsession.

ITS FAKE

ITS FAKE
:lol: oh god, i was hoping so.

ITS FAKE
I was almost ready to extra highlight my comment.

ITS FAKE

Amy, go eat poop.

:lol: God, I came here thinking that was real! That would suck if it was.

ITS FAKE
OMG!!!!! You really had me going there. I thought it was really stupid, but I actually believed it! :brent

I was almost ready to extra highlight my comment.
Good job on being the only one who got it. You get a cookie.

Click the link. It's from a humor column.

I figured it was a joke. It's sad, but it wouldn't surprise me if something like that happened. Harry Potter fans are out of their minds.

Good job on being the only one who got it. You get a cookie.

Click the link. It's from a humor column.
:biglove:

I thought it was real for sec, but I realise dit was fake when I finished it.

oh yeah, I heard about that, everyone dies at the end.




*oops*

:rotflmao:

I never really believed it though

:brent

If someone takes their life over "Harry Potter", it's not much of a loss.

Exactly. What a freak.

OMG!!!!! You really had me going there. I thought it was really stupid, but I actually believed it! :brent
me too. i've heard plenty of true cases that are equally stupid, so that's why i didn't doubt it was real.

something tells me this is going to end up on snopes.

If someone takes their life over "Harry Potter", it's not much of a loss.
if it were true, he would have just needed help for an unhealthy obsession. it wouldn't make him any less of a person.