{"id":85,"date":"2007-07-23T18:29:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/forestforthetrees\/2007\/07\/23\/do-spoilers-have-an-expiration-date\/"},"modified":"2007-07-23T18:29:38","modified_gmt":"2007-07-23T18:29:38","slug":"do-spoilers-have-an-expiration-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/forestforthetrees\/2007\/07\/23\/do-spoilers-have-an-expiration-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Do SPOILERS Have An Expiration Date?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over lunch today Meggan, my resident HP-geek daughter, and I were discussing the events of <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">That Book<\/span> and the subject of <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">spoilers<\/span> drifted into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>So, we wondered, when will it be OK to discuss the plot of <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">That Book<\/span> in the open (say like at the Pub where we had lunch) and not have to worry about spoiling it for someone?<\/p>\n<p>Sure at the moment letting slip who kicked the bucket in the recent J.K. 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