Austrians sick of the adventures of schoolboy wizard, Harry Potter, will love a telephone service that lets haters of the bespectacled orphan vent their spleen. The "Anti-Harry Potter Hotline" invites callers to air their opinions of the boy with the zig-zag scar whose image adorns products from bubble bath to computer games. "Get it off your chest, tell us how much you hate Harry Potter," a recorded message tells callers, asking them to leave their tirades after the tone. The hotline's founder, Alois Gmeiner, plans to collect callers' messages and publish them in a book dedicated to undermining the popularity of the magical hero. "It's the hype surrounding Harry Potter that gets on my nerves," Gmeiner said.
Harry Potter Backlash
Austrians sick of the adventures of schoolboy wizard, Harry Potter, will love a telephone service that lets haters of the bespectacled orphan vent their spleen. The "Anti-Harry Potter Hotline" invites callers to air their opinions of the boy with the zig-zag scar whose image adorns products from bubble bath to computer games. "Get it off your chest, tell us how much you hate Harry Potter," a recorded message tells callers, asking them to leave their tirades after the tone. The hotline's founder, Alois Gmeiner, plans to collect callers' messages and publish them in a book dedicated to undermining the popularity of the magical hero. "It's the hype surrounding Harry Potter that gets on my nerves," Gmeiner said.
