Where's the bathroom?

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 45457

Steve/bboy wrote:

> The Slytherins, for example, go DOWN to the dungeons from the main
> entryway. I think, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff also go down from the
> main entryway to get to their dorms. So why did they all go up two
> flights of stairs and down those hallways? They seemed to come from
> two directions; coming from two directions seems to imply that
> Harry/Ron/Hermione were at the end of the building or wing, and the
> students came down two parallel hallways. So where were they all
> going? Why would the whole student body go down a hallway that 
doesn't
> really go anywhere?
> 
> Really, I don't have a clue.

Fortunately for JKR, the magical nature of Hogwarts' plan covers up a 
multitude of inconsistencies.  Maybe the stairs have all moved in 
such a way that that night, everyone has to go up before they can get 
into the dungeons.  And a bathroom that's sometimes on one floor, 
sometimes on another is a cinch to explain away.

Amy Z

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