Snobby Snape?

[Mike]

> > Mike opined:
> > He compared his brains to James' brawn, which in modern times 
> > unlike Godric's times, is code for athlete instead of knight. 
> > It turns out Sev was prescient in this comment as James does 
> > become this "Quidditch hero".
> 
> Pippin responded:
> But there's this huge Quidditch rivalry between Slytherin and 
> Gryffindor, so how can Gryffindor be the one and only jock house?

Mike answers:
I don't know, didn't think so, but Judy made that connection in her 
previous post then explained it in her last post. Kinda makes sense 
to me. But it's not important here. The only important thing here is 
that Snape *thinks* Gryffindor is the House of Brawn.


> Pippin asks another:
> And anyway, how would obviously home-schooled Snape know 
> anything about what brawn vs brain is a modern code for?

Mike:
I went ahead and made a leap of faith and guessed that young Severus 
knew there were no longer knights roaming the realm. I then assumed 
that his brawn comment, though probably made in light of James 
brandishing his imaginary sword, did not put Severus in mind of James 
receiving his knight apprenticeship while at Hogwarts. I had also 
guessed that though Sev probably never competed, he was aware that 
sports did exist in these modern times, and that is where 
the "brawny" compete nowadays.

What do you think Severus was referring to with his "brawny" remark?
 

> Pippin
> noting that Flint's Slytherin Quidditch team is heavy on brawn and
> light on brains except for Draco

Mike, wondering if Pippin adopted her nomme de guerre from that "Fool 
of a Took", the Retriever that fell prey to Bruce in Jaws, or if she 
simply wears knee-high hosiery? <bg>