Það er allveg merkilegt hvað talan 12 kemur oft fyrir í bókunum og núna síðast á einu coverinu fyrir fönixregluna.

Dozen=tylft=12

The Number 12

Book 1
*Dumbledore uses his Put-Outer to extinguish the 12 street lamps on Privet Drive.
*Dumbledore's watch has 12 hands.
*The milkman delivers two dozen letter-filled eggs to the Dursley's.
*On Friday, 12 letters arrive for Harry.
*Hagrid is described as being at least twice the height of a normal man. If a normal man is around 6 feet tall, that would make Hagrid approximately 12 feet tall.
*The troll Quirrel let in on Halloween was 12 feet tall.
*The Wizards Duel with Draco was supposed to happen at midnight.
*At the first Quidditch Match, Neville tells Draco he's worth 12 of him.
*There are 12 Christmas trees in the Great Hall.
*Dumbledore is famous for discovering the 12 uses of Dragon's blood.
*At exactly 12:00 AM Harry turns 11, and Hagrid bangs on the door.
*Shortly before the trio leaves to go through the trapdoor, Hermione says that she won't get kicked out because she got 112 percent on Flitwick's exam.
*Harry hears Quirrel sobbing and giving in to someone in a classrom. After Quirrel leaves the room, Harry says he would bet 12 Sorcerors Stones that the other person in the room was Snape.
*JKR said in an online chat that her favorite chapter out of all the books was Chapter 12, Book 1 (The Mirror of Erised)

Book 2
*Harry turns 12 years old.
*After Dobby drops the pudding on the kitchen floor, Harry receives an owl from the Ministry saying that a Hover Charm was used at 12 minutes past 9.
*There are 12 school governers.
*Lockhart says there are 12 dwarf cupids roaming around the school delivering Valentines.
*Lockhart says that in Chapter 12 of his book, Wanderings with Werewolves, he divulges that his ideal birthday gift is to have peace among all creatures.
*We learn that Bill and Percy both got 12 O.W.L.s.
*Ron says he wrote to Harry at least 12 times over the Summer.

Book 3
*Harry was trying to ignore Aunt Marge by remembering page 12 of his book: A Charm to Cure Reluctant Reversers
*Aunt Marge has 12 bulldogs.
*Sirius escaped from Azkaban after being imprisoned for 12 years.
*Harry's Nimbus 2000 was smashed into a dozen pieces.
*Fudge says Black murdered 12 muggles and 1 wizard with a single curse.
*At The Leaky Cauldron, Ron and Percy stay in room #12.
*Buckbeak's wingspan is said to be 12 meters long.
*Sirius tells Harry he got him the Firebolt because of 12 birthdays without presents.
*Harry, Ron and Hermione bring Sirius a dozen pieces of chicken.
*At the Christmas feast, Trelawney counts 12 people at the table and refuses to sit down because she would be thirteen.
*McGonagall isn't happy when Harry asks about the status of his broom for the 12th time.
*Sirius tells Lupin to hurry up with the explanation since he's been waiting 12 years to get back at Pettigrew.

Book 4
*Frank Bryce estimates Nagini to be 12 feet long.
*While Percy is lamenting about Rita Skeeter's complaints that they should be stamping out vampires instead of quibbling about cauldron thickness, he says: “As if it wasn't specifically stated in chapter 12 of the Guidelines for the Treatment of Non-Wizard Part-Humans–”
*“By 12 o'clock the next day, Harry's school trunk was packed with his school things and all his most prized possessions.”
*The basilisk fang from Harry's second year is described as being 12 inches long.
*At the Quidditch World Cup, the Bulgarians insisted on having 12 more seats in the Top Box.
*Crouch's grandfather used to have a magic carpet that could seat 12.
*The letter Harry sends Sirius after the first tast is so heavy that when Harry tosses Pigwidgeon out the window with it, he plummets 12 feet before recovering.
*As Harry is about to enter the Common Room after being picked as School Champion, a dozen hands pull him inside.
*In the Great Hall at the Yule Ball, instead of the usual four house tables there are 12 smaller tables.
*“Harry thought of Sirius, and the tight, tense knot in his chest seemed to ease slightly. He would be speaking to him in just over 12 hours.”
*Hagrid tells Harry to meet him at midnight, and to bring that cloak with him.
*Sirius tells Harry he would need half a dozen wizards at a time to overcome a dragon.
*While Harry and Ron are making up false predictions for Divination, one of their prediction is that Harry will be stabbed in the back by someone he thought was a friend because Venus is in the 12th house.
*We learn that Dumbledore has been Hagrid's guardian since he was 12 years old when his dad died.
*Mundungus Fletcher put in a claim for a 12-bedroom tent with en-suite Jacuzzi.
*Cedric's wand is 12 inches long.
*Prof. Binns drones on about the goblin rebellions of 1612.
*12 Dumstrang students arrive for the Triwizard Tournament.
*During the final task, the spider drops Harry 12 feet.
*Before Harry leaves to get Dumbledore, Crouch tells him that his son Crouch Jr. got 12 O.W.L.s.

Other References
*On the American Order of the Phoenix cover there are 12 candles in the foreground.

Fengið af <a href="http://www.mugglenet.com/oddities.shtml“>Mugganeti</a><br><br>Viltu sjá flottasta HP Fanart á netinu? <a href=”http://kasmir.hugi.is/BudIcer/">Sjáðu.</a> Safnið er <b>89</b> myndir og stækkar enn.

<i>I can't take no more.
What are we fighting for?
You are my brothers.
Each one I would die for.
Please just let it go.
All the heads are blown.
Let's take the stage and remember what we play
for.</i>
<b>Korn - Wake Up</