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[spang_b]

No: HPFGUIDX 90032


> Hello all, Fred Waldrop here;
> (chap. 10, page 187 US, page 170 UK, OotP)
> "Liquid squid squirted from every boil on the plant; thick, 
stinking 
> dark green  jets of it. They hit the ceiling, the windows, and 
> splattered Luna Lovegood's magazine; Ginny, who had  flung her 
arms 
> up in front of her face just in time, merely looked as though she 
> was wearing a slimy green hat".
> Ok, I know we are talking about opinion here, but how big do you 
> think a magazine is? I, for one, have not seen one that is so big 
it 
> will cover the entire body, but that is me.
> If you want to claim it was a WW magizine, and is therefore larger 
> than others, and take the part written " and splattered Luna 
> Lovegood's magazine", literately as meaning her magazine, AND ONLY 
> her magazine, I wonder what your take is on "Ginny, who had  flung 
> her arms up in front of her face just in time, merely looked as 
> though she was wearing a slimy green hat"? Do you think she only 
got 
> stink sap on her head or possibly on other parts of her that was 
not 
> covered by her arms?
> Me personally, I think Luna got Stink sap on her legs, her hands 
> (they were holding the paper after all), and possible, seeing that 
> the stink sap splashed off the ceiling, on top of her head.
> 
> Fred

spang:
 Thanks for quoting the para. But if you notice further down the 
page, till the point when Ginny removes the stinksap by her spell,it 
is explicitly mentioned that Ginny, Neville and Harry are the ones 
who got the stinksap treatment.  It is also mentioned how they got 
it. Neville is "drenched", Harry gets a "faceful" and Ginny's hands 
are covered with stinksap because she  covers her face with 
them.There is a possibility that Luna might have got it on her head 
and legs but wouldn't the the author have described it explicitly 
when she does it so elaborately for the other three? It is also said 
that the back of Luna's magazine is covered with the sap. So even 
the magazine is mentioned but Luna is not.
  So I don't think Luna's got it.