editors' Flints (was Dobby's pillowcase)

[heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 13109

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kimberly" <moongirlk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > I'm so glad I'm not the only one who spent time wondering about 
arm 
> > and leg holes before deciding that it was just a glitch.
> 
> Thank heavens I'm not alone in wondering about something so silly as
> a 
> pillowcase!  You guys make me feel better! 
> 
> 

Nothing silly about worrying over a pillowcase! In fact, pillowcases, 
tie-dyed, especially, make very good halloween costumes for little 
kids.
Which is why I don't think that arm- and leg-holes is a glitch. I 
think it's correct - for one reason - house elves have VERY big 
heads - it soundslike they should be bigger than human heads, even if 
the elves are smaller, which means that it might not be possible to 
pull a pillowcase OVER a house elf's head, with the legs coming out 
of the place where the pillow usually goes into the case. Instead, I 
imagine the house elf cutting arm holes into the sides of the case, 
towards the opening, and cutting leg holes into the closed end, and 
pulling the pillowcase up from the feet, instead of down from the 
head, so it never goes over the head at all.
Does that make sense?