The Snitch's "flesh memory" (Was: CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: DH7)

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 179051

> > 18.	Could anyone please explain to me why a flesh memory in a 
snitch would be likely to tell the difference between flesh and lips?  
> 
> zgirnius:
> I don't see why not. It remembers the first flesh that touched it. I
presume this means a Snitch that was caught in a more traditional 
manner, would open if the Seeker's hand that caught it, touched it. I
mean, it could be written so it is only the person that matters, but
there is no reason it *has* to be like that.

Carol:
But if a Snitch opens only for the first person who touched it, how
did Dumbledore get it to open so that he could put the Resurrection
Stone inside it (and then reenchant it not to open but to show the
message, "I open at the close" at the touch of Harry's mouth/tongue
and then open, again at the touch of Harry's mouth, at that specific
moment)? Yes, DD is a master magician, a great sorcerer, but he
doesn't have Harry's mouth and he was not the first person to touch
it, so how could he open it in order to do all that other stuff,
including *not* open but only show a message at the touch of Harry's
mouth?

Maybe the Snitch's flesh memory normally reveals a message along the
lines of "You caught me" rather than opening up? After all, the
important thing is to reveal the identity of the Seeker who caught it
(rather like a photo that shows which horse really won a close race)
and most Snitches would be empty since their makers don't normally
hide prizes or anything else inside them. (Or JKR didn't think it
through, which would not surprise me.)

Carol, wondering what Scrimgeour expected to happen when Harry touched
the Snitch