OT chatter, Father Time

[Lyn J. Mangiameli]

I like it Randy, 
The whole idea of DD amassing house elfs at Hogworts to both protect them and build a 
future army is rather elegant in its efficiency. How consistent it would be that the elves 
who do so much to care for the students, all without any recognition from the students or 
anyone else, would also selflessly go to war to protect those same students. I do wonder, 
just what is the predominant hair color of the elves? and also their lifespan?

It also makes me wonder, the Marauders seemed to have more contact with the house 
elves than the typical student (all those clandestine raids on the kitchen). Might they have 
also developed more of a positive relationship with the house elves than is usual. A 
stretch, but just maybe part of the reason Dobby finds Harry so great is because he also 
felt James treated the house elves well. No canon to my knowlege, but something to look 
for.

As for the multi-syllabic words, I suspect there is a lot of preening and strutting and 
prancing taking place by many for many because so many new faces have recently come 
aboard. I bet the erudite references and multi-syllabic words will significantly fall off over 
the next six months.

Lyn  

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Randy Estes <estesrandy at y...> wrote:
> Okay the evidence is merely circumstantial...
> snip> 
> Dumbledore has many house elves at Hogwarts much to
> Hermione's dissappointment.  But like in "Schindler's
> List" perhaps he is protecting them from the ownership
> of others. I think he is preparing for the great
> battle when he can release them all at once and ask
> for their help!  Lucius was easily overcome by Dobby,
> so imagine a room full of elves against a room full of
> wizards.
> 
>snip> 
> Randy 
> (who uses less multi-syllabic words on average than
> anyone else in this group) ;0)
>