WEIRD Observation

[mikesusangray]

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From: mikesusangray
Subject: Re: WEIRD Observation
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5936] Re: WEIRD Observation
Date: 8/7/00 3:29 pm  (ET)

<<NO ONE IN THE BOOKS EVER TOOK A BATH OR WASHED UP!! >>

<Hermione mode on>

Hey--am I the ONLY person who's read the books?? For shame!

In PoA we read:

'Where's Wood?' asked Harry, suddenly realising he wasn't there.
'Still in the showers' said Fred. 'We think he's trying to drown
himeself.'
[PoA, UK ed., ch. 9, p. 135]

I think I can recall another post-match shower reference from PS, but
it's lent out just now.

<glowering> No showers. Humph.

Or are you only counting baths and not showers? And to be perfectly
honest, we read at the beginning of the passage quoted above that "the
Griffindor team, spattered with mud from head to foot, was gathered
arounf his bed." [Idem, p. 134.]

*However*, since Wood is "still" in the showers, we surmise that the rest
of the team has also been in them. Which forces us to conclude that it
is normal Hogwarts practice to come out of showers spattered with mud.

Hmm. Maybe someone DOES need to have a word with Dumbledore about hygene
at Hogwarts. Just don't tell Ms. Skeeter, OK??

<Hermione mode off>
<Normal mode on>

ta ta!

Mike