Brilliance

It was one of those days, you know the kind that start out like any other and you’d never guess that they could in any way be special but they are just the same.

It was one of those days, you know; the kind that start out like any other and you’d never guess that they could in any way be special but they are just the same.

"But why would I need a nurse? Surely they would not flog me, or would they?"

"I'll just say one word -"

Since we make our days last exactly 24 hours and not 24 hours and 59.178 seconds, a leap year is required every four years (59.178 x 365 x 4 = 86400 seconds = 24 h). - Who said Sirius wasn't intelligent?

I woke up to the sound of uproarious laughter. Staring blearily at my alarm clock I discovered to my greatest dismay that it was 7 a.m.

Years, even decades, later I would always remember that day. It was one of *those* days, you know; the kind that start out like any other and you'd never guess that they could in any way be special but they are just the same.

This time, he spluttered frothing at the mouth, this time the boys wouldn't get away. That had been illegal, that curse had been.

Anyway, it wasn't like this would be the last time we'd prank the Git now, was it?