In or out?

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 19677

Naama wrote re: Ron's unspoken "eat slugs" hex:

>Anyway, my (extremely tiny) point is that it's not a reversed hex,
>IMO. That is, it's not "slugs regurgitatus" or whatever it would be.
>The curse simply fills the stomach with slugs (hence, "eat slugs,
>Malfoy"), which are then vomited because slugs are not digestible (or
>are they? My dog, at least, who eats EVERYTHING, won't touch them).

You may be right.  I haven't tried "gastropodus regurgitatus" on anyone in 
several months, so my memory is rusty (that, to keep up our nitpicking 
streak, is the proper wording, according to Prof. Flitwick).  I just like 
the thought of "you eat slugs" turning into "me vomit slugs."

But you do have me wondering how else "eat slugs" might work.  Would slugs 
materialize in the air and the victim's mouth would unwillingly open and 
take them in?  Would they materialize =in= the victim's mouth?  Will people 
start turning green if I persist in this line of questioning?

Amy Z

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