Do trolls have tailors?

ladyramkin2000 ladyramkin2000 at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Jan 23 16:03:30 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 89461

Re-reading The Philosopher's Stone, I came across something that 
seems to have passed me by on the first umpteen readings.It's on Page 
130 when Harry retrieves his wand from the troll's nostril.
. " He bent down and pulled his wand out of the troll's nose.  It was 
covered in what looked like lumpy grey glue.

"Urgh - troll bogies."

He wiped it on the troll's trousers"
 
The troll's trousers...The troll's trousers!!!!I had always imagined 
that the troll, if it wore anything at all, would be sporting a loin 
cloth, like the cave troll in LOTR.  Presumably baby trolls (if you 
can picture such a thing) aren't born wearing trousers, like Pip's 
deceased little brothers in Great Expectations.  So where would a 
troll's trousers come from?  Is there a special trolls' outfitter? I 
should imagine they would have to be made to order, given the unusual 
measurements of your average troll. I have now got this damned stupid 
picture in my mind of the troll wearing jeans.

Sylvia (who really ought to have something better to do than worry 
about trolls' inside leg measurements) 





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