Drooble's Best Blowing Gum Theory - a question for the English readers

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 70792

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pickle_jimmy" <kemp at a...> 
wrote:
> logic alley wrote:
> To me, it is suspicious that the name of the gum is so odd.   So 
> is "blowing gum" a normal way gum is referred to in England?   Here 
> in the U.S. it would be chewing gum or bubble gum, not blowing gum.
  
Jimmy replied:
> 
> The first time Droobles is mentioned:
> 
>   What she did have were Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, 
>   Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs. Pumpkin Pasties,
>   Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange
>   things Harry had never seen in his life.
> 
> 1) Here in Australia we have both chewing gum and bubble gum, but I 
> cant say that I found "Drooble's best blowing gum" any more odd 
> than "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans". Drooble - presumably 
> invented a gum that was the "best" for "blowing" bubbles. In the 
same way that Bertie Bott invented beans that came in "every flavor". 
The fact that they appear next to the Chocolate frogs that turned out 
to be of relevance doesn't make them any more suspicious than 
Cauldron Cakes (which are at least as odd as best blowing gum)
> 
> 2) Just because words like "St Mungos" or "Muggle Blood" *can* be 
> formed by some of the letters, could that not just be coincidence?
>  
> Minerva McGonagall - has all the letters 
> of "evil", "grimm", "lancing", "craving", "german", "rival" 
> and "galleon" (just to name a few), should we read anything into 
this?
> 
>]
Valky(me):
All valid points Jimmy.
Yet I remain naggingly suspicious of the Gum.
I think that Logic alley has made a good point in that the gum is 
called "blowing" gum as supporting for those who advocate an anagram 
is hidden in it.
The strongest argument for me against anagram theory is the 
unfortunate absence of the word "Best" in the US edition.


Another point for consideration is that Droobles best blowing gum is 
mentioned a third time in POA. 
At HoneyDukes in chapter ten:
"along yet another wall were 'Special Effects' sweets: Droobles Best 
Blowing Gum (which filled a room with bluebell-coloured bubbles that 
refused to pop for days),"

My thoughts, I dont remember the "closed ward" being filled with 
bluebell coloured bubbles on Christmas day. So where did the gum go?

Any thoughts?