editors' Flints (was Dobby's pillowcase)

[fire_fly107]

No: HPFGUIDX 68444

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kimberly" <moongirlk at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > > I'm so glad I'm not the only one who spent time wondering about 
> arm 
> > > and leg holes before deciding that it was just a glitch.
> > 
> > Thank heavens I'm not alone in wondering about something so silly 
as
> > a 
> > pillowcase!  You guys make me feel better! 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Nothing silly about worrying over a pillowcase! In fact, 
pillowcases, 
> tie-dyed, especially, make very good halloween costumes for little 
> kids.
> Which is why I don't think that arm- and leg-holes is a glitch. I 
> think it's correct - for one reason - house elves have VERY big 
> heads - it soundslike they should be bigger than human heads, even 
if 
> the elves are smaller, which means that it might not be possible to 
> pull a pillowcase OVER a house elf's head, with the legs coming out 
> of the place where the pillow usually goes into the case. Instead, 
I 
> imagine the house elf cutting arm holes into the sides of the case, 
> towards the opening, and cutting leg holes into the closed end, and 
> pulling the pillowcase up from the feet, instead of down from the 
> head, so it never goes over the head at all.
> Does that make sense?

I always pictured the pillowcases worn almost like a dress, with head 
and arm holes, and an open bottom.