Hogwart's toilets

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 72529

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "michaelkgidlow" 
<Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> Does anyone think it odd that Hogwarts is a thousand year old 
castle 
> yet has bathrooms with modern plumbing? And from CoS, it would seem 
> that it has had this modern plumbing since it's founding (since the 
> entrance to the CoS is a sink). Does this mean that Wizards 
invented 
> modern plumbing centuries before muggles did? Yes, ancient Rome had 
> plumbing, but not like the toilets and sinks in Hogwarts. Any ideas?
 

Well, imho, I think that they would have some muggle items there, 
at least ones that they would find useful. They do have boats, 
coaches and modern muggle clothing as near as I can tell from the 
books. Would thier toilets and bathing areas be very modern? Dunno. 
In one book the Twins mention that Oliver is trying to drown himself 
in the shower. I'm guessing that's the Qudditch showers, since many 
older schools in Britian and Europe have large tubs, rather than 
showers. So I think that Hogwarts would have tubs for the students, 
but not as large as the Prefect's bath. :) Now for the boy's loo, I'm 
guessing that they would still have the trough, rather than 
individual urinals, but the lav would be in a stall, but I dunno if 
they'd have doors on them, since they might not want to encourage 
certain activities. But who's to say.

  Jeff