Favorite Detail - Muggles and Diagon Alley

[Alfredo Ramírez]

No: HPFGUIDX 24934

“Now, you two – this years, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl
telling me you’ve – you’ve blown up a toilet or –“

“Blown up a toilet? We’ve never blown up a toilet.”

“Great idea though, thanks, Mom.”

“It’s _not funny_.”

<SNIP>

“Hurry up!” their mother said, and the three boys clambered onto the train.
They leaned out of the window for her to kiss them good-bye, and their
younger sister began to cry.

“Don’t, Ginny, we’ll send you loads of owls.”

“We’ll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat.”

“­_George!_”

“Only joking, Mom.”

<SNIP>

Harry swallowed and looked around him. He realized he must be in the
hospital wing. He was lying in a bed with white linen sheets, and next to
him was a table piled high with what looked like half the candy shop.

“Tokens from your friends and admirers,” said Dumbledore, beaming. “What
happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a
complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows. I believe your
friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send
you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you. Madam Pomfrey,
however, felt it might not be very hygienic and confiscated it.”

- PS/SS, Page 96-97 & 296, American Paperback Edition

Maybe I’m just weird, but the whole toilet seat thing was really funny to
me.

As for the Muggles and Diagon Alley issue… the same question was raised in
message number 23147. You can look it up in the message archives and read
all of the replies. I believe the general consensus was that different
letters are sent to muggleborn students than the ones sent to wizarding
families. Since Harry was supposed to know about his heritage, he received
one of the latter.

JB






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