PhD Student Recovers Thesis After Taking Swig of Felix Felicis

Ok, so that’s not exactly what happened, but it’s pretty close.  Jamal Sulaimani, a PhD candidate in Dublin, “fell asleep” in the back of a taxi in the wee hours of a Saturday morning and dazedly left his bag with his laptop and thesis (dissertation in the U.S.) notes behind when he disembarked.  He posted a desperate plea on Facebook in an attempt to find the taxi driver.  Then he took a tiny sip from his precious vial of Felix Felicis and waited.

What happened next will be his party piece for the rest of his life:  J.K. Rowling saw his post and her empathetic writer’s horror at the loss of one’s work led her to Tweet it, leading to the recovery of his bag and its contents.

You could say it was his lucky day.