Fred Weasley, Customer Suggestions Slips, August-September 1996
Name: Fred Weasley
Format: Slips found in the Customer Suggestions Box of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, Diagon Alley Branch
Date: August-September 1996
Relevance: Reactions of general public to 'political satire' in shop display, death threat
Slip One:
THIS SHOP IS SO COOL!!! - DANNY, 8 AND A HALF
Slip Two:
my dear sirs
your pathetic attempts to poke fun at the dark lord will offer little comfort when he comes after you and your loved ones. we’ll see whose laughing once your being ripped limb from limb and your family’s last screams are ringing in your ears.
Slip Three:
I think that many of your products are quite amusing, but I am concerned about the kind of attitude you are promoting with the ‘You-No-Poo’ campaign. My two boys, Daniel and the youngest, Frankie, don’t seem to understand the dangers of the world today as a result of it and often speak of You-Know-Who as if he were an evil super-villain in a comic book (!). - Mrs Craig Johnston
Slip Four (front and back):
Mr and Mr Weasley,
I cannot believe your audacity and utter thoughtlessness concerning those affected by this new war and the last. I lost both my husband and my brother to You-Know-Who and his followers and making light of a situation so grave as the current political climate is quite frankly disgusting. You should consider yourself lucky that you yourselves have not experienced any / bereavements instead of deriving amusement from the misery of others. If you had any decency or compassion you would shut up shop immediately. I hope fervently that your business will fail.
Yours in disapproval,
Hortense Poppyslate, Durham.
Slip Five:
JUST WANTED TO SAY KEEP UP ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU BOYS ARE DOING. BOUGHT ONE OF YOUR TRICK SWEETS YESTERDAY DURING MY LUNCH HOUR AND FOOLED MY WIFE SOMETHING GOOD WHEN I GOT HOME. SHE SMILED AND LAUGHED PROPERLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BOB.
Format: Slips found in the Customer Suggestions Box of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, Diagon Alley Branch
Date: August-September 1996
Relevance: Reactions of general public to 'political satire' in shop display, death threat
Slip One:
THIS SHOP IS SO COOL!!! - DANNY, 8 AND A HALF
Slip Two:
my dear sirs
your pathetic attempts to poke fun at the dark lord will offer little comfort when he comes after you and your loved ones. we’ll see whose laughing once your being ripped limb from limb and your family’s last screams are ringing in your ears.
Slip Three:
I think that many of your products are quite amusing, but I am concerned about the kind of attitude you are promoting with the ‘You-No-Poo’ campaign. My two boys, Daniel and the youngest, Frankie, don’t seem to understand the dangers of the world today as a result of it and often speak of You-Know-Who as if he were an evil super-villain in a comic book (!). - Mrs Craig Johnston
Slip Four (front and back):
Mr and Mr Weasley,
I cannot believe your audacity and utter thoughtlessness concerning those affected by this new war and the last. I lost both my husband and my brother to You-Know-Who and his followers and making light of a situation so grave as the current political climate is quite frankly disgusting. You should consider yourself lucky that you yourselves have not experienced any / bereavements instead of deriving amusement from the misery of others. If you had any decency or compassion you would shut up shop immediately. I hope fervently that your business will fail.
Yours in disapproval,
Hortense Poppyslate, Durham.
Slip Five:
JUST WANTED TO SAY KEEP UP ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU BOYS ARE DOING. BOUGHT ONE OF YOUR TRICK SWEETS YESTERDAY DURING MY LUNCH HOUR AND FOOLED MY WIFE SOMETHING GOOD WHEN I GOT HOME. SHE SMILED AND LAUGHED PROPERLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BOB.