Quidditch and Mud (was: Astronomy + ideas for classes

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 8186

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Kassie Ostrander" <Kassie21 at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> What about speech and PE... It doesn't seem like flying is all that 
> strenuous...

but getting to classes and meals and the library and back to the dorm 
IS all that strenuous. I keep wondering how physically disabled 
("challenged") students manage.
 
> if Harry is supposed to be flying around on 
> the Quidditch field then how does he get covered with mud?

Harry, as Seeker, has to dive after the Snitch (and PRETEND to dive 
after the Snitch, as the Wronsky Feint). If the Snitch is hiding on 
or near the ground, he has to dive down near to the ground: near 
enough that his grab at the Snitch could splash up mud. I guess the 
Chasers might have to go near ground level if the Quaffle kind of 
fell, but I don't know how the Beaters and Keeper and covered with 
mud.... If their team had WON, it could have happened in the victory 
giant-hug-and-carry-the-star-athlete-on-shoulders.