Found an Odd FLINT in OotP

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Caius Marcius"
<coriolan at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The 
> Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> > [Saitaina wrote]:
> > 
> > | The Snape name refers to Snape's earlier visit when he was
> > | needling Sirius about being stuck there cleaning...or some such.  
> I know
> > | the scene I just can't remember what he said exactly.


> > [Lee]:
> > 
> > The scene is in the kitchen just before Gred and Forge send the 
> > flying stew, butter beer, bread and knife.  Sirius is talking to 
> > Harry and mentions that he has to listen to how Snape goes out and
> > risks his life while Sirius sits back in comfort and has to clean 
> > up, or something along those lines.  We don't actually hear Snape 
> > speaking, just Sirius's reporting.
> > 

 
> From Chap. 5 of OOP -- 
> 
> ...edited quote...
> 
> 'What cleaning?' asked Harry.
> 
> 'Trying to make this place fit for human habitation,' said Sirius, 
> waving a hand around the dismal kitchen. 'No one's lived here for 
> ten years, not since my dear mother died, unless you count her old 
> house-elf, and he's gone round the twist - hasn't cleaned anything 
> in ages.'
> 
> 
>   - said CMC helpfully


B_Boymn:

OK, I see the quote, and I see the connection to Snape, but it is a
very very thin connection. I still think 'Sirius' should occur in
place of 'Snape' in the original quote I commented on. 

Like I said, it may not be a flint, I just found it odd.

Steve/b_boymn