time line/Potters

[pigwidgeon37 at yahoo.it]

No: HPFGUIDX 21916

Mae wrote:
"But is there any reports of a mysterious explosion/bombing inEngland 
<Oct.31st 1981??
<Mae"

I've not been in this group for *really* long, but OTOH I have always 
liked to question authorities, so I'll stick to my personality and 
ask: Why on earth does it have to be the 31 october? The weatherman 
in PS/SS says that "people have been celebrating Bonfire Night a bit 
early- it's not until next week". So, if the first day of PS/SS is a 
Monday, we could go back as far as the Monday, 24 october  for the 
Potter killing. Or 2 november. I think that assuming the 31 october 
for the Potter tragedy moves the whole thing too close to Nightmare 
on Elm Street. Unless there's another reason for fixing 31 october, 
which I would be glad to know.

Monika wrote:
" have just had an idea about this... When he was at Privet Drive
waiting for Hagrid to arrive, Dumbledore checked his watch and
said 'Hagrid's late' or something like that. The watch resembled
very much the clock in the Weasley's kitchen. I bet it had hands
for James and Lily Potter on it, too. So maybe Dumbledore just
had to check his watch to know that something had happened
to the Potters... What do you think?"

You certainly have a point here: Dumbledore's watch can be no 
ordinary watch. OTOH, what does he see on the watch that makes him 
say that Hagrid's late, if it's not the time?
I checked the messages today and saw (to my enormous satisfaction) 
that nobody had come up with a satisfying explanation for 
the "missing 24 hours". OTOH, I wondered who'd brought up the theory 
that it hadn't been Voldemort to murder James and Lily, but the 
murders had been committed by someone else? Why? I have to admit that 
I obviously got a later version of GoF with the persons coming out of 
Voldemot's wand in the right order, so maybe I was never as problem-
conscious as the others.
I have to agree with the person who wrote that the real secret is 
probably this: what happened in the night the Potters were murdered?
Anyway,it still strikes me as most amazing that Dumbledore could 
learn so quickly about what had happened at Godric's Hollow that was 
able to send Hagrid there in time.


Wonderful discussion about wizards' clothes, folks!!!! Question is, 
when will the admins stampede us for it?? Or is fantasizing about 
Sirius' legs (why hasn't anybody said anything about Snape's legs, he 
referees the Quidditch match in PS and *has* to fly a broom) not 
really OT? The broomstick problem, insofar as sitting comfort is 
concerned, has been torturing me for a while- frankly, I haven't 
found a solution.

Susanna (who is suffering more from Milanese heat than anybody can 
possibly suffer from riding on a broomstick)