Harry Potter and the Endless In-Jokes

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Is there a Harry Potter quote, reference or joke that’s crept in to your day to day life?

Sometimes when my family are discussing what we all have planned for the day and I don’t have anything particularly noteworthy to report, I’ll trot out ‘and I’ll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there.’ It always raises a smile.

Does anyone else do anything like this?

[Iverian Gnash]

Now that I've finished my laughing fit yes, I do that all the time too. The biggest thing I'll say is 'riddikulus' instead of 'ridiculous' in any conversation. I do get the occasional strange look, but people mostly ignore it. My sister and I will say 'obviously' in the Snape-like accent and we'll say 'Siriusly' with the insinuation towards Sirius.

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

In-jokes are the best!

Besides the drawing out of the word "Obviously", I also love to use "No need to call me sir" when a person is being particularly condescending.

My favorite though is to use "Dobby is free!" whenever I am done with a particular task, or someone throws a piece of clothing at me.

[Meg Atmoste]

I'm continuously saying "You're going to take someone's eye out!" when my brother is trying to use chopsticks. He waves them around and still can't use them. I love using Hermione's quote for that.

Another one I use is for when my brother, again, starts going crazy over a movie or show so I say Ginny's line, "I think you're in love, Ron" but change Ron's name to my brother's.

[Astoria Thompson]

As Harry Potter is something that is very much intwined with my normal muggle life, I tend to quote from it a lot. The most common one is either me or my husband saying "move...MOVE!" from the first movie at the zoo in the reptile room. We will say this often to our cats if they are reluctant to move out of the way.