Prefect's Table?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 143922

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
>
>  
> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > Sorry, could you come up with a reference in the books (page
> > number, etc...) that mentions the Prefect's Table? There is 
> > a Prefectss Carriage on the train; actually, most likely, 
> > only a Perfect's compartment. But in Socerer's Stone, Percy
> > is sitting right next to Harry, and answers Harry's question
> > about Snape. So, he wasn't sitting at the Prefect's table then.
> >> Steve/bboyminn
> 
> Potioncat:
> Not much help here. But one Christmas there is a scene with
> the twins insisting that Percy join them for the meal rather
> than sitting at the Prefects table. Is that year one maybe?
>

bboyminn:

I think this is just a turn of a phrase and not so much literal. Since
there are so few people around, they probably abondon the House Table
format. So, when Fred/George say 'sit at the Prefects table' what he
is really saying is 'sit with the Prefects' who may or may not have
congregated at their own table. 

Just from a logical sense, groups of friend from varous Houses might
have gathered together in a mixed group, and with equal logic, the
/big-shot/ Prefects might not have wanted to sit with the riffraff
(speaking somewhat humorously). So, what the twins are really saying
is the Percy should sit with family and not his friends the other
Prefects.

I guess the point is that I don't think this instance of 'Prefects
Table' should be taken literally, nor should it imply a permanent
Prefects Table. It's merely a way of saying sit with us instead of them.

Just a thought.
Steve/bboyminn