  He remembered, quite vaguely, his brief, very brief, questions phase. After asking one question he was beat and thrown into the cupboard. Two questions and he swore that Death was grabbing him. Needless to say he stopped asking questions. Now he only listened and watched, that's how he learned how to cook after all. Watching and waiting were the best teachers, failure too but Uncle Vernon hated failures. He thinks you can beat failures out of people. Actually he thinks you can beat anything out of anyone, but Dudley. Dudley was special.