[HPforGrownups] Really socks?

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 1257


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Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Really socks? (was Snape//COBOL)


> I assume Dumbledore really saw socks in the Mirror of Erised.
> However...
> Dumbledore's condition could be similar to that of the
> wizards of Earthsea and Discworld, ie.  his ability to fantasize  has
> been suppressed or at least distorted.
> So, much as  Dumbledore would like to get his hands on something warm
> and fuzzy,he, being a mature and magically powerful wizard, just
> can't seem to get any, er,  socks...;).
> JKR is not just winking at us over Harry's shoulder here, I
> notice that people keep twitting Arthur Weasley about the size
> of his family, that most pure bloods seem to have one child at most,
> and that the really powerful wizards  seem to be single, with the
> exception of Crouch Sr., whose family life was a disaster.

No mention of Draco having any siblings.  Harry has none, but he may have
done if his parents had lived long enough.  Also, have you noticed that the
Hogwarts Professors all appear to be single?  At Christmas in PoA, we have
Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall and various others all at the dinner table.
Now granted, some staff need to be there over Christmas to look after the
kids who are staying, but given the handful of pupils there on that
occasion, I find it hard to believe that more than one or two staff would
have been required, and certainly not the Headmaster and Deputy Head.  So...
why aren't they spending the day with their families?  The obvious answer
is, there are none.  Fudge doesn't appear to have any either (no wife or
kids at the Quidditch World Cup).

Jinx