OK... theory I read while I was gone

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 56957

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gishstar1" <gishdaydream at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> "What's so cool about the color purple?" 

Because Purple IS cool -- that's real life, not Potterverse.

> "Why are body parts especially LONG fingers and crooked noses so 
> darn important"

Phallic symbols?

Actually, I think the long fingers and crooked noses are like the 
robes, pointy hats, broomsticks, and Dumbledore's long beard: cliches 
of modern fantasy that everyone in the general public recognizes. 
Even people who never read fantasy books understand the bearded guy 
with the star-spangled robe and pointy hat, whether he appears in the 
comic strip "The Wizard of Id" or in a political cartoon.