AlwaysMonday

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 110457


Marita wrote 
<< I believe that in every book, the letters they get from Hogwarts
> mention catching the train on September 1. I don't remember it 
giving
> the day of the week, just the date. Funny, though, I never caught 
the
> next day/first day of classes always being Monday, though. Which, of
> course, is impossible. >>

"Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" wrote:
> Some things are different in magic places like Hogwarts than in 
muggle
> places, like paintings that converse with viewers, and go visit 
other
> paintings. Maybe the day of the week is one of those differences.
> Maybe part of why the kids travel on the Hogwarts Express is to move
> gradually from whatever day it was when they left London into Sunday
> evening. I do wonder a little about ALL THOSE SUNDAYS and no mention
> of ANYONE going to church or feeling bad about missing church. 

Now Romulus Lupin:
I tried to post this yesterday but it bounced, so I'm trying again.

My copy of PS is on loan, so I can't check if September 2nd was a 
Monday, but September 1st couldn't possibly have been a Sunday. 
Here's why. Vernon agrees to drive Harry to King's Cross because he's 
goingo to London to have Dudley's tail removed. This sounds like an 
arranged appointment, most probably at a provate clinic, and beleive 
me, there is no way a hospital (private or otehrwise) would schedule 
surgery on a Sunday. Only emergency surgery during weekends!

One more thing that's bugged me for a while. Why do lessons always 
start on September 2nd? Isn't term supposed to start  on September 
1st? Shouldn't the Hogwarts Expert leave on August 31st and lessons 
start on September 1st? And why did the Dursleys wait till the last 
possible day to have Dudley's tail removed? Shouldn't he have been in 
Smeltings on September 1st? And how did he justify his "appendix" 
with his friends? I'm really confused

Romulus Lupin, who really likes Snape's French name, Rogue...