No Sex, Please, We're British (was ethics in the WW )

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 83501

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "o_caipora" <o_caipora at y...> 
wrote:
> "jeffl1965" wrote:
> > Look at the drapes on the boy's beds. Privacy? To do *what*? :) 
> 
> It's more a matter of heating. Castles, and even British country 
> houses, are notoriously ill-heated. Bed curtains keep the heat in. 
> That's what the hot-water-bottles are about, too.
> 
> Though Kipling writes against the dangers of "even a curtain in a 
> dorm" quoted by me somewhere above in thread, with link to to 
online 
> full text. 
> 
> The best magical solution to heating problems is found in a short 
> (175 words) Larry Niven story. I won't reproduce it here (for 
> copyright rather than length reasons) but go to 
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7695/JOKES.HTM's and look 
> for "Air Conditioner".
>  
>  - Caipora

  Jeff:

     Thanks for the link. I was being cheeky about the curtains, but 
you're quite right about the cold. There's no sign of heat in the 
dorms that I can recall, and I had always presumed that the 
quilts/sheets were charmed to give off some heat, since it appears 
that the boys wear thin pyjamas to bed, which would do nothing to 
protect them on cold nights, and trips to the loo. Poor Ron's are 
described as being thread bare, iirc, so if he's not wearing 
underpants, I can tell you that he's *very* uncomfortable.
     Also, being rather old-fashioned, I'd guess that the school 
wouldn't use hotwater bottles, but rather do it the old way, with the 
heated briquets in the pan instead. Rubber is too much of a muggle 
invention for them to use, imho. But I could be wrong.


  Jeff