Small flint?

blenberry blenberry at altavista.com
Fri Jan 11 22:19:28 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 33223

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Fallenhunter" <fallenhunter at n...> wrote:
> > In CoS, Moaning Myrtle dives into the toilet and comes to 
> > rest "somewhere in the U-bend" (p 157).
> > 
> > When we encounter her again in GoF, she is described as "usually 
to be
> > heard sobbing in the S-bend of a toilet three floors below" (p 
461).
> > 
> > <snip> so which do toilets have?
> 
> Both, depending, they have an S bend if it's a P trap, a U bend if 
it's 
> a J trap...  (basically a P trap goes from the sink to the back 
wall, 
> a J trap goes through the floor.)
> 
> Fallenhunter



Aha... so Myrtle's toilet would have one or the other, but not both, 
correct?  So this *is* a minor flint?  I checked the British/American 
part of the lexicon and there's no mention of this, so I'm guessing 
the inconsistency is in the British editions as well.

BB






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