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choose one: [results will be posted early tomorrow]

a) pertaining to or connected with fermentation
b) of or relating to caramelized sugar, or the process of producing it
c) a geological transition zone, the zumic layer: the division between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation, characterized by the dispersion of air and water in pore spaces in rocks and soil
d) a small cannon fired from the deck of a xebec [a three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship]
e) the sticky substance, an artificial resin, that renders today's chewing gum chewable; the original gum of centuries past, the sap of spruce and balsam trees, was naturally chewable
f) detachable, used of body parts such as bee-stings
g) of or relating to an Aztec king or nobleman; also applied to Incan counterparts
h) the general labourer who cleans out the animal houses; corr. zoo mick; job traditionally reserved for Irish immigrants
i) a guidebook, consisting primarily of drawings, for a zoological institution
j) a type of volcanic rock found in the South China Sea
k) indigenous to; native




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I choose b because I really like caramelized sugar.


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g for me.


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I think I'll have to agree with Max on this one, and go with E


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I'll take a.


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Voting for things we are fond of leads me to A, especially as I have a heavy weekend of sampling the results of the fermentation process ahead of me (just some chance juxtoposition on the social calendar). My wife's birthday present to me, if I can persuade her, will be her saying "It's all right dear, I'll drive!".

Rod


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As a beer lover I vote for (a), which leads me to wonder if Zima is produced by a zumic process?


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I'll go with F, and no, I don't like bee-stings.


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Give me an E


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