Why did the founders retain Slytherin's house?

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No: HPFGUIDX 117898


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> 
> Olivier wrote :
> " Only me, but I read it as a subtle sex-joke, one of course that
> could not be explained  more clearly. While the other girls
fantasize
> about Firenze, Hermione shows cleverly that she knows why it is
rather
> pointless to have fantasies about him."
> 
> Pippin commented :
> " Erm...if a blast ended skrewt is a cross between a manticore and a
> fire crab and Hagrid is the offspring of a giantess and a human
male..."
> 
> Del replies :
> LOL !
> The image of Parvati or Lavender being actually confronted to the
> practicalities of having a love affair with a Centaur makes me
laugh.
> 
> Though...
> 
> Male horses are considered the epitome of masculinity by some
people.
> And the idea of riding away in the sunset on the back of your
Centaur
> lover is romantic enough, don't you think ?
> 
> " Pippin
>  who had a thing for Mr. Spock at that age"
> 
> Heh, heh. I did too.
> By the way, Mr Spock is a half-breed too...
> 
> Del

And Sue:

Chuckle! Yes, the practicalities ... I always did wonder how Hagrid
could even have ASKED Olympe which parent was the giant. I mean, really! 
Of course, there was that passage in the Morte D'Arthure about a rapist giant
who'd kidnapped a young woman and also raped her old duenna and if 
Malory could consider this sort of thing possible, why not Hagrid? As for
the Centaurs, don't forget Firenze has already been in trouble with his
people for carrying a human (Harry) on his back, in PS - they don't like it. I 
suspect Parvati and Lavender are just teenage girls drooling over a pretty 
male without taking the matter to its logical conclusion.

Me three, Spock fan! Although, again with practicalities, you really
would NOT want to be around during pon farr...