The Cup as Portkey Question

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 14072

Trina (?) wrote:
"Only one problem with your logic.  It tells us why the Cup was 
rigged to return to Hogwarts, but it still doesn't tell us why they 
used the Cup for the portkey and didn't use something far simpler 
like (as you suggested, to my considerable amusement) Harry's 
toothbrush.  Surely *that* could have been enchanted to return 
Voldemort & Co. to Hogwarts just as easily as the Cup?"

Margaret wrote:
"Yes, but then they'd all appear in the boys' bathroom.  =Most=
undignified.  :)"

--Not to mention the fact that by using the Cup as a portkey they 
would've been right there at Dumbledore, the other Hogwarts teacher's 
and the Minister of Magic just to name a few. 

Not to mention it would've been far more dramatic than popping into 
the loo and scaring a bunch of teenage boys taking showers... :-)

Scott