[HP4GU-FAQ] SnapeFAQ, and team colors

[Porphyria]

Pip wrote:

> School colours??? I thought most North American schools didn't have
> uniforms unless they're those strange military schools. Or are they
> flags, or something?

Typically they are the colors that the sports teams wear which distinguish 
them from other schools at meets, as well as the colors for the 
cheerleaders uniforms, banners, school crest, yearbook cover, and any 
t-shirts, sweatshirts and pencil cups that the school store can market. 
Also public schools might still have gym uniforms even if they don't have 
regular uniforms, and those come in school colors.

> Pep rallies, cheerleaders, pom-poms I get, having done some Buffy-
> watching in my time - but what is homecoming week please? The phrase
> brings to mind some giant re-union of all who formerly attended the
> school...

Right in one. :-) They are popular Alumni events, usually coordinated 
around the time of the big football game in the fall.

My college's 'mascot' was a Colonial lord, which kind of makes me laugh 
given that there is a lot of controversy in the US now over sports teams 
that are named after Native Americans, like the Atlanta Braves. Every time 
I think of the Lord Jeffs from my alma mater I think "how degrading to 
dead white aristocrats!" ;-) And yes, the games always had a student 
dressed in a tricorn and breeches with a cowbell rousing up support for 
our team. At least that took the place of cheerleaders, of which we had 
none. Of course we did have the worst college football team in the United 
States...

One of the colleges near my home was Holy Cross. I've never attended one 
of their sporting events, but I always did wonder if their opponents 
scream "desecrate the Holy Cross!" at the games.

> Yes! Yes! Sorry, I hadn't mentioned that I think the Snape FAQ is
> great, have I. It is. It would have answered all my questions as a
> newbie. Of course, that was back when I thought Dumbledore never
> lied...

I'm glad you like it. Although I don't believe it states anywhere in the 
FAQ that Dumbledore never lies; the FAQ, at least, leaves that to the 
reader's interpretation. :-) And heck, we even do make reference to MD 
even though I never thought of it as a SnapeTheory per se.

Did you only get the idea for MD after you joined the group? I figured you'
d been percolating that one for ages, given how detailed it is.

Yours in idiosyncratic color schemes,
~Porphyria



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