[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I have a great HBP spoiler story, so I'll put the spoiler in tags.

My friend, James, was in line to buy the book at midnight at a Barnes and Noble in Burbank, but his position in line would have put the book in his hands around 1am.

So he went to a nearby Ralphs that was open 24 hours and bought the book in 3 minutes, but ...

Spoiler:

the pimply-faced clerk at the check-out counter scans the book and then says, "Oh, I hear Dumblesomebody dies."

Now, that's an asshole.

Alex is right- we can try to remember to use tags, but I think people need to realize that in most HP circles it's a given that people have read the books, so it's not really even discussed (after the obligatory grace period) that someone might not have read them and is relying on the movies to provide the surprise. We can try to be careful, but lets not be too angry if anyone forgets and posts something that could be considered spoilerish.