Lupin's Boggart (Was: Re: Etymology of Lupin's name)

[littleleahstill]

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Jen R wrote:: 
>About the cockroach thing, JKR must think they're funny as they show
>up again when Harry is surprised to learn the password for DD's
>office is 'cockroach cluster'. Is there some Scottish or British
>humour in cockroaches or what?? In Texas they are the size and heft
>of...well I can't think of a comparison but they're BIG, and after
>one time of putting your shoe on and feeling a roach in there you
>are too squicked out to laugh much. ;)


Here in the UK, they're just not about in homes in the same numbers 
as in the States- when I encountered them on a visit to  NY about 20 
years ago,  I'd never seen one before. I think that with increased 
central heating, fast food etc that is changing, but they're not a 
day to day occurence for most people here. 

IIRC, cockroach cluster was one of the flavours available in a box 
of choolates which featured in a Monty Python sketch (another was 
crunchy frog), so possibly the name emerged from JKR's subconscious 
or DD was a Python fan.  Lupin (if he ever had access to muggle TV) 
would certainly have been the right sort of age to appreciate the 
show. 

Leah (tongue in cheek).