house elves and laundry

[katie_wible]

No: HPFGUIDX 88130

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jade Rauenzahn" 
<RedWingsChica at s...> wrote:
> --- Rachael <bratty_jedi at h...> wrote:
> >Perhaps they have to actually
> >*give* them clean clothes? 
> 
> That wouldn't work out. In CoS, Harry wrapped LV's diary in his 
dirty, nasty, bloody sock. Clearly not clean, yet it set Dobby free.
> 
> My theory (and I've always wondered the whole laundry thing) is 
maybe wizards have some sort of automatic laundry cleaner. They just 
put their stuff in a basket, and wa-lah, it's clean. However, not all 
places have these - just the richer ones (the ones who would have 
house elves).
> 
> -Jade
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Maybe, like scourgify, there is a simple spell that automatically 
cleans your clothes. The students don't have to buy many school 
robes, and if they had to wash them every few days, they would never 
have them back in time for morning classes. I have always wondered 
about trivial things like this, and I have an annoying question. 
Somebody mentioned before about how we have finally heard about 
somebody getting a shower in this book. Ok, we have that, but how do 
they blow dry thier hair? Many girls are said to have pretty hair, 
but how is it possible without all of the electronics. I mean, it's 
drafty in a castle, and people should not be walking around with wet 
heads. Do you guys think there is a simple spell for these kind of 
things? (I know this is picky, and many people will contradict me by 
saying alot of girls seem to have big and curly hairand blah blah, 
but still...)

Katie (who would love to get a letter to Hogwarts that was delayed a 
few years, but would not know how to survive without hair blow 
dryers, muggle radio, and microwaves)