Where do teachers live? ..take a bath.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 97099

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<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Steve (bboy_mn) wrote:
> > > As long as we are on the subject of Prefect's baths, do you 
> > > suppose Ron and Hermione were sneaking off to enjoy the use of 
> > > the Prefect's bath when they claimed they were performing 
> > > important Prefect duties? Perhaps they thought Harry would feel 
> > > bad if they (Ron and Hermy) were bathing in luxury while he was 
> > > stuck in the student showers.

>   
> Del asks :
> > What students showers ? We pretty much never hear of Harry getting 
> > a shower,... It doesn't seem like Harry takes showers, brushes 
> > his teeth, goes to the loo, or ever performs any other mundane 
> > task of the sort.
> > ;-)
>  
>  
> Siriusly Snapey Susan:
> And just to keep the silliness going a little....  Steve, I have to 
> confess when I read this that I thought you were asking whether Ron
> &  Hermione were sneaking off to the Prefects' Bath **together** 
> because they needed a place where Harry wouldn't find them snogging!
> Of course, that wasn't at all what you meant. ;-)
>  


bboy_mn:

No, that's not what I meant, but that thought did occur to me while I
wrote it. However, I don't think Ron and Hermione are quite at that
stage of their relationship yet.

Anyone want to wager whether it's book 6, book 7, or never when Ron
finally wakes up and realizes he has feelings for Hermione?


> Siriusly Snapey Susan:
>
> That lack of attention to personal hygiene activities by JKR is one 
> of the more bizarre things about the books, imho.  I mean, they're 
> already hundreds & hundreds of pages long, and adding in every 
> episode of applying deodorant or running in for a pitstop would only 
> lengthen them, but still.  NEVER a mention of a shower after 
> Quidditch practice or brushing teeth before bed or a girl brushing 
> out her freshly-shampooed hair?  I don't get it.  Kinda makes my
> skin (& teeth) crawl at times.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

bboy_mn:

Let's ask ourselves if we really want a chapter to start with Harry
sitting in the Loo wishing he hadn't had those 12 Bean Burritos for lunch.

Actually, baths and showers have been mentioned in the books. In PoA
after the match is lost because Harry fell off his broom, Wood is in
the shower 'trying to drown himself', and in OoP, after a wet and
dirty Quidditch practice, Ron and Ginny finish their dinner and go for
a bath (not together I'm very sure). There is at least on other
incidence where a bath is mention, but I don't remember which book or
the exact circumstance right now.

In OoP, Hermione mentions stopping to 'spend a penny', and having
other girls in the toilet eager to hear more information about Harry
and the Quibbler article. Also, it in her desperate effort to find the
nearest bathroom that Hermione stumbles across Moaning Myrtle (CoS). 

Then, of course, there is the very luxurious and appealing Perfect's
bath (GoF). How many late night snogging parties do you think have
gone on in there? 

In conclusion, I agree with your point that including these mundane
'Harry brushed his teeth', 'Harry took a shower', 30 or 40 times in
every book would get a bit tedious. Far more important to move the
story along.

Just a thought?

bboy_mn