[It's very common in Remus's world; he doesn't even consider it noteworthy.

He takes Ford's hand, which he notices is exceptional but is practiced and polite enough not to gawk at, and with only a little struggling gets himself to all four feet.]

Phew. Thought I'd never get upright again. As for the irony—ah, have you ever heard the phrase 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'?