It Smells like Cabbage! .....eeeuuuuwww....

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Sorry but I think you are making too big a deal about this smell of
cabage thing. (sub-topic of the search for the meaning of Arabella and
other Mrs. Figg related discussion)

Have you ever been in an old person home that didn't smell,
especially, if they were not psycho cleaning fanatics like Aunt Petunia?

They all smell funny, and smell even worse if the person happens to
fancy cats.

Mrs. Figg is an old English person, her house smells like cooked cabbage.

Mr. Perkins, who Mr. Weasley borrowed the tent from, is an old English
person and his tent smells like cabbage.

I think the key here is 'old English person', not polyjuice or some
other grand conspiracy theory.

As far as the polyjuice tasting like cooked cabbage, I think the
flavor is related to the person who donated a part of themselves to
the potion. Just as each potion took on a distinct appearance related
to the person who's hair was in the potion; I say that they also took
on a distinct flavor reflecting the person who's hair was in the
potion. But, at some point, every author has to compromise on detail.
If the didn't, a seven year story would take seven years to read;
actually, in my opinion, more like 12 years to read. So Rowling only
gave us Harry's perspective.

I think Mrs. Figg is going to be the obvious, an old witch who lived
near Harry to keep an eye on him. Either that, or Rowling is just
jerking us around. Common magicians trick, misdirection; making us
look in one place when the real action is in another. Rowling doesn't
leave much to chance or miss any details, but she does have an unusual
sense of humor, maybe the Mrs. (cabbage) Figg and the Arabella Figg
are just fodder for the Yahoo Groups mill until the next book comes
out. Nothing but Rowling's way of having us on.

Hey, it could happen.

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