Indignant Russians object to President's elfin double
January 23, 2003 at 12:01 PM ET
MuggleNet
"How dare the mean bourgeois mock our President?" wrote "Denis," posting on a newsgroup about Putin. "That domestic elf masochist . . . externally reminds me very much of Putin."
If Mr. Putin's poll numbers can be taken seriously, so can those compiled by CBBC, a children's Web site run by the British Broadcasting Corp. With almost 5,500 votes cast as of last night, 54 per cent saw the resemblance between Dobby and the President.
"Who can help it if Putin looks like a house elf? I pity Dobby!" posted "Laura," a visitor to http://www.mugglenet.com.
Others, however, failed to see any resemblance at all. "Give me a break! My word, Putin may be ugly but he is no Dobby and that's a fact!" wrote "Crystal," another MuggleNet patron. "With all the problems Russia has, you think they would be focusing on something a lot more serious than that!"
See? Somebody DOES read those comments you guys post. :)