Harry Potter Currency Converter

banquo · 08-06-2005 11:49am #1

Alright, I'm guaranteed to get a lot of stick over this, but *I* think its cool:

Harry Potter Currency Converter

McDonald's Happy Meal = 10 sickles, 6 knuts

seamus · 08-06-2005 11:52am

I guess it would be funny if you've seen/read any Harry Potter, unlike me.

*Page* · 08-06-2005 11:57am

seamus harry potter isnt just for kids you know!!!

seamus · 08-06-2005 11:58am

It is. And you all need to grow up.

No, it's like musicals, and Desperate Housewives, and Rugby. Looked like absolute muck on first glance, so I've never bothered.

oneweb · 08-06-2005 12:04pm

seamus wrote:

It is. And you all need to grow up.

No, it's like musicals, and Desperate Housewives, and Rugby. Looked like absolute muck on first glance, so I've never bothered.

I thought similarly but was eventually persuaded to go see it. I have to say I enjoyed it!

Anyway, back on topic... ...this converter is actually on such a serious-business-type-site as CNN?? :eek:

prospect · 08-06-2005 12:05pm

Harry potter - I disagree, its entertaining
Musicals, I fully agree, I suffered Ms Saigon for 2 or three hours once. Never again.
Desperate Housewives - What :eek: Thats Fab
Rugby - I watch in the pub for the craic

Now, Tennis, OMG how painful it is to have to watch tennis.......

Feenikusu · 08-06-2005 1:02pm

I like it.
And Harry Potter rules. No doubt.

toiletduck · 08-06-2005 2:09pm

Thats pretty cool for all us harry potter nuts

LoneGunM@n · 08-06-2005 2:25pm

Some one had way too much time on their hands ... I'm a Harry Potter fan, but :eek:

*Page* · 08-06-2005 2:27pm

id like to know how you found it??

Piste · 08-06-2005 2:28pm

toiletduck wrote:

Thats pretty cool for all us harry potter nuts

Don't you mean Harry Potter Knuts?

I'll get my coat

The Bollox · 08-06-2005 2:38pm

but that is going on the assumption that 1 US cent = 1 knut so after that all you have to do is for every I think its 29 knuts, you give one sickle, and for every 17 sickles give one Galleon (I think thats how it was broke down in the books)

also it really puts into proportion just how poor the Weasleys are, remember in Thje Chamber Of Secrets they didn't have any Galleons

also fyi in the triwizard cup, Harry walked away with $4821.52

*Page* · 08-06-2005 2:41pm

Why would it be to us dollar!! Harry potter is in England surely they'd put it towards the sterling rate rather than the us dollar??

The Bollox · 08-06-2005 2:45pm

also could someone tell me what J.K. is refering to when she says a Galleon is the size of a hubcap. because I for one imagine them to be the size of those things on cars, but at the same time he can fit a load of them into a little moneybag

has anyone else noticed this?

Hitchhiker's Guide to... · 08-06-2005 2:48pm

dollars because of the following reason:

"The secret to our calculator is on the back of those little books, right under the UPC symbol. The price of the book, it says, is "$3.99 (14 sickles, 3 knuts)."

That information, combined with the knowledge that there are 29 knuts in a sickle and 17 sickles in a galleon (which we learned from more careful study of Harry Potter books), told us all we needed to know to build our Harry Potter wizard money calculator."