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sparrowhawk

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Nov 1, 2005, 7:34:59 AM11/1/05
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does anyone else find it funny that a sixth year student at hogwarts does
not know how to dry their own clothes?

ex. harry when he swims with dumbledore to the cave to get the horcrux,
dumbledore dries harrys clothes

if he can't dry his own clothes, how will he get voldemort?


Aaron

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Nov 1, 2005, 10:55:07 AM11/1/05
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LOL. Good one!

And, in GOF, the morning of the first task, he has trouble putting on
his clothes in the right places, because he's "distracted." He's
putting his hat on his foot. Maybe they don't dress themselves, either,
until the seventh year. Since Harry won't be going back to
Hogwarts...well, I hope Voldy doesn't "distract" Harry when they're
battling it out... =)

-Aaron

Ard Rhi

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Nov 1, 2005, 11:29:25 AM11/1/05
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"sparrowhawk" <sparr...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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As we saw with Tonks, she made it as an auror, but had difficulty with
household-type spells. It's not inconceivable that Harry is similar.

Ard Rhi


Elizabeth Naime

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Nov 1, 2005, 1:39:33 PM11/1/05
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Quoth "sparrowhawk" <sparr...@btopenworld.com> on Tue, 1 Nov 2005
12:34:59 +0000 (UTC),

>does anyone else find it funny that a sixth year student at hogwarts does
>not know how to dry their own clothes?

Maybe they don't teach everyday household magic at Hogwarts. Hmm do they
still have Home Ec in muggle schools?

They don't, after all, normally teach students how to work the automatic
washer and dryer in muggle schools. You're expected to have picked up
that sort of thing at home, hence college students in laundromats having
pink underwear from washing the dark red shirts in hot water with the
white cotton undies... Or else laboriously sorting the reds from the
greens from the blues from the, etc., because they've heard you have to
sort your laundry. (No, I did not make either of those up.)

Good thing for Harry that in fiction, these lapses of
home-and-housekeeping skills seldom occur except as comic relief, or a
bit of local color.


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Toon

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Nov 2, 2005, 3:41:48 AM11/2/05
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Throw a bucket of water on him, turn on a giant fan. Wizards are that
stupid, after all. and the ones how lived in the Muggle world don't
understand that wizards can make fire.

Toon

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Nov 2, 2005, 3:44:27 AM11/2/05
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:39:33 GMT, Elizabeth Naime
<ena...@xyzzy.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Quoth "sparrowhawk" <sparr...@btopenworld.com> on Tue, 1 Nov 2005
>12:34:59 +0000 (UTC),
>
>>does anyone else find it funny that a sixth year student at hogwarts does
>>not know how to dry their own clothes?
>
>Maybe they don't teach everyday household magic at Hogwarts. Hmm do they
>still have Home Ec in muggle schools?
>
>They don't, after all, normally teach students how to work the automatic
>washer and dryer in muggle schools. You're expected to have picked up
>that sort of thing at home, hence college students in laundromats having
>pink underwear from washing the dark red shirts in hot water with the
>white cotton undies... Or else laboriously sorting the reds from the
>greens from the blues from the, etc., because they've heard you have to
>sort your laundry. (No, I did not make either of those up.)
>
>Good thing for Harry that in fiction, these lapses of
>home-and-housekeeping skills seldom occur except as comic relief, or a
>bit of local color.
>


Do you know how many people think that to separate eggs is to
literally move them apart? I understand not knowing it's yolk from
whites, but seriously, what on Earth makes anyone think putting a
little distance between two eggs can result in food being made?
Commons sense alone says that's not what you do. Yet so many people
don't have common sense.

soup

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Nov 2, 2005, 5:03:07 AM11/2/05
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There is a big difference between not knowing something and letting
someone else do it.
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hidden agendas so it should be taken at face value. The wrong words
may be used this is due to my limitations with the English language .


Tuvas

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Nov 2, 2005, 9:33:28 AM11/2/05
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I bet it was just easier for someone else to do it, that's all. Kind of
a scratching back type of thing.

Katie from Uzbekistan

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Nov 2, 2005, 3:33:00 PM11/2/05
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Aaron wrote:

> LOL. Good one!
>
> And, in GOF, the morning of the first task, he has trouble putting on
> his clothes in the right places, because he's "distracted." He's
> putting his hat on his foot. Maybe they don't dress themselves, either,
> until the seventh year. Since Harry won't be going back to
> Hogwarts...well, I hope Voldy doesn't "distract" Harry when they're
> battling it out... =)
>
> -Aaron

Don't worry, during the last battle with LV Harry will not be care
whether he dressed or not!!! :) I think he will have more important
problems to think about. For example, how to survive...

Eric Bohlman

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Nov 4, 2005, 7:53:55 PM11/4/05
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"Katie from Uzbekistan" <ekateri...@mail.ru> wrote in
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> Don't worry, during the last battle with LV Harry will not be care
> whether he dressed or not!!! :) I think he will have more important
> problems to think about. For example, how to survive...

So Book 7 is going to be titled _Harry Potter and the Battle in the Buff_?

Fish Eye no Miko

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Nov 4, 2005, 8:04:55 PM11/4/05
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Eric Bohlman wrote:

> "Katie from Uzbekistan" <ekateri...@mail.ru> wrote:
>
>> Don't worry, during the last battle with LV Harry will not be
>> care whether he dressed or not!!! :) I think he will have more
>> important problems to think about. For example, how to survive...
>
> So Book 7 is going to be titled _Harry Potter and the Battle in the
> Buff_?

And the film adaptation will be adults only...

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Toon

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Nov 5, 2005, 7:07:47 AM11/5/05
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In today's' obese world, more like HPAT Batlle of The Bulges.

Toon

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Nov 5, 2005, 7:08:22 AM11/5/05
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:04:55 -0700, "Fish Eye no Miko"
<fis...@deadmoon.circus> wrote:

>Eric Bohlman wrote:
>
>> "Katie from Uzbekistan" <ekateri...@mail.ru> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't worry, during the last battle with LV Harry will not be
>>> care whether he dressed or not!!! :) I think he will have more
>>> important problems to think about. For example, how to survive...
>>
>> So Book 7 is going to be titled _Harry Potter and the Battle in the
>> Buff_?
>
>And the film adaptation will be adults only...

I sincerely hope Emma Watson skips that one.

Reginald Bautista

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Nov 7, 2005, 9:23:47 PM11/7/05
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"Eric Bohlman" <eboh...@omsdev.com> wrote in message
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>
> So Book 7 is going to be titled _Harry Potter and the Battle in the Buff_?

Let the fanfics begin...

Reg the Mostly Lurker


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