The Twin's Bet

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 100235

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gregory_lynn" 
<gregory_lynn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amanitamuscaria1" 
> <saraandra at s...> wrote:
> 
> > I have the same problem with Fudge and Snape (sorry, Professor 
> Snape) 
> > not picking up on Dumbledore's little dig about Harry and 
Hermione 
> > being in two places at once - even if Fudge is a bit dim, Snape 
> > certainly isn't and Time Turners would be just the sort of thing 
> he'd 
> > have read about, I'd think.
> > Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria
> 
> I have heard someone say--I think it was on this group in fact--
that 
> the line you mention was Dumbledore's way of telling Snape that he 
> (DD) was in on it and to shut the heck up.
> 
> The logic is that there's no way Professor Snape was unaware of the 
> Time Turner.  No way at all, it would be completely unprofessional 
> for McGonagall to provide a student with something that could be 
used 
> to cheat without alerting the other professors.  Therefore Snape 
knew 
> that she could be in two places at once and Dumbledore knew that 
> Snape knew and Snape knew that Dumbledore knew that Snape knew and 
> before this gets any more "Get Smart-ish" I'll just say that by 
> intimating that she couldn't be two places at once when he knew 
that 
> she could be, Dumbledore was indicating that he was aware of the 
> scheme.

AmanitaMuscaria again - you're quite right. The staff must have been 
in on the TimeTurner to be available to cover for any little slip-
ups, at the very least. I seem to have missed this bit on the list - 
sigh - so many good posts, so little time ...
Cheers. Amanitamuscaria