Shove a Bezor was Re: many replies to many posts from many people, ALL SPOILERS

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 135887

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
> 
> I can think of only two reasons for writing 'just shove a bezoar down
> their throat' in the antidote section. Once is that Snape's tutor
> wrote it down for Snape to use in class or in life, and the other is
> that the book magically wrote it down for Harry to use in class. I
> mean, it makes no sense to me that Snape would write that down for 
his
> own use -- it is the sort of thing that one can REMEMBER, not like 
the
> detailed corrections to recipes.

I think it is just an prize example of Snape's sarcastic nature.  He's 
read a long and complicated theory explaining how to go about 
extracting the individual componants of a blended poison, how to 
calculate what added ingredient to include to produce an antedote, to 
say nothing of having to know the antedotes for the individual 
componants of said poison.  Then no doubt a long and conveluted 
process to actually make the antedote.  I can just hear Snape 
saying "Fine.  Or you *could* just shove a bezoar down their throat."

Karen