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If I were Harry Potter for a day

June 07, 2004 17:45 IST

 

 

 

 

We had asked you what you do If you were Harry Potter for a day.

We received tons of responses. Some said they would do make the world a better place to live in. Some said they would enjoy a trip of Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. While some said they would enjoy a ride on Fire Bolt.

Here are the Top 25 responses:

Name: Oishee
Email Address: oishee_m@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: What would I do if I were Harry Potter for a day? Hard to say. The mere thought of being in his shoes is heady enough. The witchcraft, the wizardry! It would definitely be a welcome change from our current education system. I'd study Herbology and potion making instead of algebra and geometry. I'd ride brooms instead of school buses! What a refreshing change! The thing about Harry Potter is that he can't use magic in the muggle world. That's one thing that I'd do, use magic in the muggle world. Just for fun! Imagine the muggles surprised out of their wits to see me flying over the moon on my broomstick, like a cross between Santa Claus and a witch on Halloween night! I'd probably be labelled as another UFO sighting! That would be really funny! But, fun apart, magic should be use for good and Harry does a super job of it! I'd obviously keep that up. Killing Voldemort would be my topmost priority. I would get all the wizards and witches at Hogwarts and from other places, to pool in their special powers and create a new powerful being that would vanquish Voldemort. Something along the lines of our desi Goddess Durga- a combination of several powers to kill someone evil. Yes, if I were Harry Potter for a day, I'd have fun and do good service by killing Voldemort. That way, in the last book, Harry would still be alive! Sigh! If wishes were horses….

Name: Satish Kumar
Email Address: kumarsatishn@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would bring in civic sense to all. Make everyone in this world a literate, which would reduce all the existing problems. Make bribery, scams extinct things. For myself, wish all my loans are absolved and start my financial state fresh. Commit.

Name: Sandhya
Email Address: sandhya_subramaniam@rediff.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: hey u don't get to be a wizard often. So when I am Harry Potter I will take my invisible cloak and my beloved nimbus 2000 broomstick to go and see all the places I love .all around the world. That way no airfare charges. I will surprise my friends too.

Name: Kevin Dawson
Email Address: mauser_712@hotmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I'd spend the day charming the delectable young Hermione, since she has to be the most beautiful young wizard/witch that that this magical warrior has ever seen - the two of us would be able to make REAL magic!!

Name: Gaurav
Email Address: gaurav200x@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would make sure that there are no corrupt politicians & officers. That everyone gets food, cloth & basic amenities. That nuclear weapons aren't being developed & their technology destroyed. There's smile on the face of every child & happiness in heart

Name: Andrew Forrest
Email Address: andyforrest2001@hotmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: If I were Harry Potter for the day, I would join the England team and put a spell on the opposition to make them play like we did against Japan.

Name: Zyskandar A Jaimot
Email Address: jaimot@gbronline.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: oh to be Harry for a day - I would fly with dragons and then feast on all different sorts of sweets - I would cast spells to help the Cubs and Red Sox get to the world series - incredible - I would summon a truth spell on politicians - simply magical

Name: Thamizharasan Panneerselvam
Email Address: psthamizh@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I will just change everybody in the world into children because there won't be any wars, ethnic cleansing, robbery, murder or any unpleasant things. Even if there is a fight between Voldermort, and me I will just push him down and he will start crying.

Name: Pramod
Email Address: pramod021@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would destroy all the Weapons in this world and make the world to live in peace by my wizard techniques. No wars, No killing there after. A world where the music of peace is sung in every ones home.

Name: Kynara Smith
Email Address: sorenkynara@yahoo.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would take part in Quidditch game because I love to fly. Later, I'd go down to Hogsmeade and have a Butterbeer at Madame Rosmerta's as I talk with my fellow students. Then, it's back to the common room for a game of exploding snap and up to bed.

Name: Samyuktha Krishnan
Email Address: crystalflame@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would love to wear the invisibility cloak and wander through the unknown corridors of Hogwarts. Also, I would love to learn how to conjure up my Patronus of James as silver stag and finally; I'd like to see a phoenix rise from the ashes!

Name: Rashmi
Email Address: rmenon72@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: If I were Harry for one day, I'd try and stay out of Voldemort's way, find the Mirror of Erised and discover my deepest desire, gift Luna a copy of Ripley's Believe it or not, steal Polyjuice from the lab, speak to a few snakes, switch to contacts.

Name: Vinodh Kumar
Email Address: vinodhkhanna@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I will go and play with my magic with Osama Bin Laden and by the end of the day I will capture and give him to Mr Bush

Name: Shirsendu
Email Address: shirsendu_db@indiatimes.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: Hey! If I had a chance to be Harry Potter for a day, I would have brought "Aishwarya Rai" to my house and would have chatted with her whole day. Also using Harry's flying car we (I & Ash) would have gone for a long drive in the sky...

Name: Nikhil
Email Address: gvij2000@yahoo.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would give free ice cream for all and make all schools like in the one in Harry potter I would go to each and every place in the world on the broom and to Shah Rukh Khan's house and make all cars fly

Name: Alex Norton
Email Address: achilles18@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: If I were Harry Potter for a day I would love to use the time turner to go to Harry Potter's parents time and tell them that they were going to be killed by lord Voldemort. And tell them to flee to some other safe place with Harry

Name: Sanchit Goyal
Email Address: sanchitc@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: well firstly I would love to attend the classes.... then I would convert my wizard money to muggle and buy all the stuff I've ever wanted. I would take my friends on a ride on fire bolt and amaze them with my tricks and also punish my enemies. Thats it!

Name: Maddy
Email Address: mala_vika@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I would travel on Hogwarts express, go around the restricted areas of the school, go to forbidden forest, have a party with my friends, practice flying broomsticks, see the mirror of Erised, fight Voldemort and use cool and messy spells on my sister!

Name: MaLee
Email Address: dans_web@hotmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: If I were Harry Potter for a day, I would get to know Hermione. Especially Hermione because everyone says I act and look a LOT like Hermione, and I think she's cool. I would try out a bunch of cool spells on Malfoy. It'd be awesome to be Harry Potter

Name: Soma
Email Address: mail4soma@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: Regenerate Homo sapiens of identical colour & creed across the globe. -Take away man's ability and desire to create weapons and destroy all the existing weapons in any form. -Restore environ to its natural self -Reverse time to some golden eras

Name: Deepika
Email Address: dee_chil@rediff.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I'd first use a spell to give all magical powers permanently. I'll try to use spells on my memory power & knowledge so that I get first rank always. I'll help the poor & needy children in some way to bring world peace and make earth a safer place

Name: Keshav
Email Address: imkeshav@yahoo.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: I start the day with a race with the birds on my broomstick. Then I will fly to the peak of Mount Everest being the 1st man to do so I will use invisible cloak to get into Whitehouse to spy the most powerful man on earth I will visit the 7 wonders.

Name: Prasad Kowli
Email Address: prasadkowli@rediffmail.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: If I were to be a Harry Potter for one day, I would reveal more of my secrets to that most creative muggle -- J K Rowling!

Name: Gurmeet Singh
Email Address: gurmeet_iitk@yahoo.com
If I were Harry Potter for a day: Wish it was a day for Quidditch and Dobby is around to add some flavour as well. Michael Schumacher on "Ferrari 2000", is the seeker for other team...oh boy!

Name: Sourav Das
Email Address: souravdas32000@yahoo.co.in
If I were Harry Potter for a day: If I were Harry Potter for a day then I would I would persuade Professor Dumbledore to reinstate Lupin as the Defence Against Dark Arts Teacher.