# I can put you anywhere in the Harry Potter universe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126 "2010-09-09T01:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/21 "2010-09-09T16:16:57Z")
Another one for Hogwarts dining hall. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/22 "2010-09-09T16:41:01Z")
Olivander’s. I’d spend half an hour desperately trying to find a wand to suit me, hoping Mr. Olivander wouldn’t throw me out for being a Muggle. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/23 "2010-09-09T17:40:33Z")
“The place where everything’s hidden.” That would be a cool place. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/24 "2010-09-09T17:42:02Z")
No one wants to go to the Riddle House? Or the Shrieking Shack? Or the cave? Or Azkaban? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/25 "2010-09-09T17:51:43Z")
Nineteen years later, next door to Harry and Ginny’s house, on whatever side gets me the occasional glimpse of her half-dressed. Let’s face it, it’s as close as I’m ever going to get. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/26 "2010-09-09T18:38:29Z")
Do I get to bring things back with me? If so I would choose Honeydukes or Flourish and Blotts. If I just get to observe for half an hour I’d want to either be in the Gryffindor common room or in the stands during a quiddich game. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/27 "2010-09-09T18:43:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Hermione’s bedroom. > What? Me too! Damn, it’s going to be crowded in there. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/28 "2010-09-09T20:32:42Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > . . . I’m going with: > > 1. Gryffindor Common Room > 2. Hogwart’s Dining Hall > 3. Room of Necessity I think it’s the Room of Requirement. And that’s where I’d go. It would be interesting to see what I require. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/29 "2010-09-09T20:38:58Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I think it’s the Room of Requirement. And that’s where I’d go. It would be interesting to see what I require. I think you’re right. The Room of Necessity is just a fancy bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/30 "2010-09-09T20:53:37Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > > [@Clothahump](#): > > > > Hermione’s bedroom. > > What? > > Me too! > > Damn, it’s going to be crowded in there. Always is. Or so I’ve heard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/31 "2010-09-09T22:00:07Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Hermione’s bedroom. > What? I agree ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/32 "2010-09-09T22:46:40Z")
I would like to stand on the train platform in London right next to the entrance to platform 91/2 on the day the Hogwart’s Express leaves for school. I would like to observe all the other muggles not seeing the students moving through the wall. I know this lack-of-observing is possible without magical assistance because I have had the good fortune to observe deer standing in the woods 10 yards from a walking/running trail. The deer stood quietly with only their heads moving back and forth like spectators at a tennis match while a minimum of 30 people either walked or ran by them without ever seeing the deer. I was leaning against a tree on the other side of the deer (4 of them) trying to not laugh out loud. At one point one of the walkers (a loud talker) asked her friend if there really were animals in the woods, because she just never saw any! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/33 "2010-09-09T23:55:57Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > > [@Yllaria](#): > > > > I think it’s the Room of Requirement. And that’s where I’d go. It would be interesting to see what I require. > > I think you’re right. The Room of Necessity is just a fancy bathroom. Well, I suppose if I was going to be in the Potterverse for more than half an hour. . . ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/34 "2010-09-09T23:58:40Z")
Dumbledore’s study. Preferably with Dumbledore still inside it, so we can chat and I can ogle Fawkes (and the Pensieve). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/35 "2010-09-10T00:25:45Z")
The best place is **obviously** Weasley’s Wizarding Wheezes - where else are you going to see the most amazing things in a short period of time? Second choice: Room of Requirement (assuming I get to walk back and forth in the corridor and require something in particular), the “students want to hide something here” version. Of course the Room of Requirement doesn’t exist any more, right? Or is it only the “hide something here” version of the Room of Requirement that was destroyed? Third Choice: Hogwarts Banquet Hall during a beginning of school feast. See the sorting, see the food magically appearing, see the enchanted ceiling. Fourth Choice: Ministry of Magic, Department of Mysteries. Except that I’m afraid I wouldn’t survive the visit. Fifth Choice: Quidditch World Cup, box seating. (Something worth seeing, the only reason it’s not number one is that I can’t help but feel that I have a good picture in my mind already of what a quidditch game would look like.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/36 "2010-09-10T00:29:54Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > No one wants to go to the Riddle House? Or the Shrieking Shack? Or the cave? Or Azkaban? Riddle House - some english manor, not too exciting. Now if you said the Black house, or the Malfoy house … Shrieking Shack: old dump with busted-up furniture. Also not too exciting. Cave: you mean the one where I will get drowned by Inferi? No thanks. Azkaban: big giant prison with a dementor sucking out my brain? Pass. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/37 "2010-09-10T01:56:09Z")
Cho’s arm. (i.e. Cho’s boyfriend) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/38 "2010-09-10T03:15:07Z")
In front of the Mirror of Erised. I genuinely have no idea what I would see, and it would be interesting to find out. Then when I returned I could start working on it. The half hour time limit also takes away the danger of staring into it for the rest of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/39 "2010-09-10T03:17:53Z")
\ I’ll be down the pub \ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126/40 "2010-09-10T03:23:30Z")
SEVERUS SNAPES’ BEDROOM :eek: No, I’d be happy in Hogwarts Dining Hall. I do like my pudding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-put-you-anywhere-in-the-harry-potter-universe/553126.md?page=3)