?? for all who read all bks and saw all movies:

[potioncat]

> Carol responds:
 BTW, I can't remember
> whether young Severus is suspended by his ankle or not in the film. I
> don't think he is. I certainly don't recall his underwear being
> revealed, only James "your father was a swine" Potter threatening to
> pants him.

Potioncat:
Yes, he is suspended by an ankle--or by his feet. The fact that he's 
upside down wearing standard Muggle trousers takes a lot of the 
embarassment out of it. 
> 
> Carol, who thought that "swine" was exclusively plural, but evidently
> it can be used in the singular to refer to a contemptible person

Potioncat:
I don't recall if Snape calls James a swine in the books (or only in 
the movie), but it brought to mind his comment about Harry in 
DH "..like a pig to slaughter."