Statues were so boring. They stood still for too long AND they couldn't talk.

Peeves though? Peeves was an AWESOME statue. He would squeeeeeeze up into the inside of a statue's nostrils and then hang out there until an unsuspecting student would walk by.

Then, wait for it, THEN, the poltergeist would make sniffling sounds and would slowly drriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip out of the statue's nose like real running snot. It was AWESOME, especially when the studentsie raaaaaaan away screaming.

He was currently holed up pun intended within Boris the Bewildered's big ugly honker, just waaaaaaaaaaiting for this big burly boy to go by...boys were best when they screamed like little first year girls....