Any "real sleuths among you"? Because I'm not so sure about this one.

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 95912

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" 
<greatraven at h...> wrote:
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> > Carol
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> 
> Sue here:
> 
> It may indeed be exaggeration, but as you say, if Grawp IS a 
> full-sized giant (if a runt), maybe not. And don't forget, Hagrid 
> handles the giant horses in GOF easily enough and has a photo 
> of himself as a young child with his normal-sized dad on his 
> shoulder. 
> 
> Which brings me to another thought - why on earth would he 
> have asked Madame Maxime which of her parents was a giant? 
> It HAD to be the mother. Think about it. If you've read Larry 
> Niven's "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" you'll know what I 
> mean. :-)

AmanitaMuscaria here: I think this goes with the POV of Harry - 
Hagrid's size, the number of students in Hogwarts, etc. Harry hasn't 
had even a normal range of experience, so to put him into a fantasy 
world would be much more like putting a Victorian child there. He's 
not been influenced by TV, films, computer games - magic is MAGIC to 
him.
My guess about Hagrid is that he also is limited in his experience. I 
don't think he would have thought of the physical implications of his 
question.
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria