owl mail

[naama]

No: HPFGUIDX 7124

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "milz " <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> naama wrote:
> > I have a little question regarding the hunderd owls that swoop into 
> > the dining room every morning: Why do all these owls arrive at 
> once? 
> > After all, people get owl mail every hour of the day and night 
> > anyway. 
> > I thought that maybe families that don't have owls of their own 
> would 
> > send an owl in the morning from the post office. But that doesn't 
> > make sense, because the owls come from all over the place and it 
> > would take them different amounts of time to reach Hogwarts. [do 
> you 
> > say that - 'differnt amounts of time'? I sometimes have trouble 
> with 
> > colloquialisms.]
> > 
> > Naama
> 
> Perhaps morning is the scheduled time for mail at Hogwarts. It would 
> be rather inconvenient if owls swooped in at any time of day to 
> deliver a package or letter (doubt Snape would tolerate an owl 
> delivery in the middle of Potions)
> 
> :-) Milz


Thanks for the answer, Milz. I actually thought of a reasonable answer about three minutes 
(obviously) after I posted the message. The owls arrive at the owlery at different times 
during the night, and then "swoop" into the dining room at breakfast. There still remains a 
little question about how they know to wait till morning. On holidays Hedwig brings Harry 
letters and packages during the night too. Well.. I guess its not really important, the owls 
just know that at Hogwarts they have to wait till morning. (Although -  wouldn't it be 
uncomfortable for them to sit on their perches with letters or packages tied to their legs? 
And can you imagine Pigwidgeon just sitting quietly when he has a letter to deliver? He'd 
probably drive the other owls crazy, hopping and flying around with excitment.)

Naama, in obsessive pursuit of consistency.