Thin air grows on trees (was: what bothers us about the HP world)

[The Fox]

No: HPFGUIDX 56594

From: "Steve" <bboy_mn at yahoo.com>

>That which is conjured is not permanent. I was made from nothing and in a 
>short (although greatly veriable) period of time it returns to nothing.

How do we know this?  The only thing that I can recall disappearing after a 
period of time is leprechaun gold; we don't really know anything about 
conjuring things, do we?  The food that magically appears on the plates in 
the Great Hall is teleported up from the kitchens -- fine, it's not 
conjured.  But the house-elves cook and prepare and place the stuff on 
parallel tables in the kitchen underneath the Great Hall; surely there's not 
a mini-kitchen underneath wherever the boys are when Dumbledore magically 
presents them with sandwiches and juice.  How do we know he didn't conjure 
those?  And on what basis do we therefore conclude that Molly can't conjure 
an au gratin sauce with her wand?

Fox

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"... I think I'd like it
if he *could* be wicked
and *wouldn't."
-- Anne of the Island
...
Come on, Nature
Just because I don't feel weak
Don't mean I feel so strong.
-- the Proclaimers
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