Do brooms fit in trunks - It's Magic

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 98844

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miller, Gina (JIS)"
<ginamiller at j...> wrote:
> On numerous occasions JKR has mentioned that Harry put his broom in
> his trunk.  Even if he has one of those old steamer trunks, I doubt 
> a broom would fit in it.  How does he do it?
> 
> Neil 
> 
> 
> Gina:
> Silly as it sounds I would associate this with Mary Poppins' bag -
> where she pull the mirror, etc. out.
> 
> ITS MAGIC!!! LOL.
>
> Gina


bboy_mn:

Well, undoubtedly, the answer is MAGIC.

But I think the magic has to be on the trunk, and not as someone
suggested, Shrinking Charms on the contents. 

Since the students are not allowed to perform magic outside of school
they would not be allowed to shrink and enlarge their possessions.
That means that the trunk must have a spell that makes the interior
automatically adjust to accommodate whatever is put into it.

Similar to Mr. Weasley car which is bigger on the inside than it is on
the outside, and similar to the seventh lock on Moody's trunk which
contains an entire room, the standard Hogwarts trunk, which is
unlikely to be more than four feet long, would likely have a permanent
expansion charm on it so as the number of books and general possession
of a student increase, the trunk's interior would grow to accommodate
it all.

Key points-
-it has to be the trunk that is enchanted.
-it has to be automatic.
-it has to be permanent.
-it has to affect only the interior of the trunk.

A a side note, much like Moody's trunk, the Hogwarts student trunks
must also have a 'Weight' charm on them. Once they reach a weight
limit, the functional weight of the trunk never increases beyond that
pre-set amount. Think about the real world weight of Moody's Seven
Lock Trunk as an example. It contains, amoung other things, and entire
room; that can't be light. 

So, not only are time and space malleable in the wizard world, but
mass (or weight) is also a 'relative' commodity.


But then... that's just one man's opinion.

bboy_mn