A need for Filch?

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12074

I saw this one the other Yahoo HPforGrownups group, the one I get the
odd email from. For once, it was an interesting question instead of the
usual, Hi, I love HP, HP rules, etc. (I get the impression lots of them
are very young).

Question being--why does Filch have to clean up all the messes--like the
mud that gets tracked in? Why don't the house elves do that? Why do they
need Filch at all?

Any thoughts? Was this discussed in old, pre-voluble-Amanda days?

--Amanda