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Posted By: Faldage Haar's the results - 08/21/10 04:38 PM
A. A giant rabbit or hare found along the Botswana border in northern South Africa. From the Afrikaans Perp: LukeJavan8 --- Voted for by: jenny

B. A shelf-like outcropping of rock on the side of a cliff. A common nesting place for birds. Perp: olly --- Voted for by: Owlbow

C. In Dutch heraldry, the pattern of two parallel, horizontal bars across the field of a shield. Perp: Coffeebean

D. A right angle prong of the long hook that fits into the holes of the trammel bar, a component of a trammel hook, a device for raising and lowering a kettle in a fireplace. Perp: Owlbow --- Voted for by BranShea, olly

E. A fog; a chill easterly wind accompanied by light fog. Perp: Several dictionaries of note, found in Alexander McCall Smith's The World According to Bertie --- Voted for by Alex Williams

F. A dream guide of the Senoi tribe of the Malay Peninsula. Also known as "halaks" the haars gather each morning to integrate their nightly dreams into Senoi culture. The Senoi people have not had a violent crime in several hundred years. Perp: jenny --- Voted for by: Jackie

G. A Swedish wig Perp: Jackie --- Voted for by: beck123

H. A period of gigantism in animals on the Pacific island of Hoor'n, first discovered in human remains and later seen in all animals of the island. This period is referred to as the Haar Event. Perp: jenny

I. The first thin film of ice that forms on the canals of Holland in the early winter. Perp: wofahulicodoc

J. A dried rhizome and root of a medicinal herb, or a powder or extract of such, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans in treating mental and other disorders Perp: tsuwm --- Voted for by: jenny

K. A garland. From the Hindi. Perp: Avy --- Voted for by: Wofahulicodoc, Coffeebean, tsuwm

L. A type of herb seed added to enhance the flavor of harissa, a Tunisian mixed pepper paste Perp: BranShea

M. A male hair style of the 16th to 18th centuries that mimicked the style in which men's wigs were arranged. Perp: beck123 --- Voted for by: Avy

Alex Williams gets Right Guess Bragging Rights

Avy gets Fooled You Bragging Rights.

The subject line of my post, Haar she blows was a play on the stereotypical whaler cry upon spying a surfacing and exhaling whale, "Thar she blows!"
Posted By: BranShea Re: Haar's the results - 08/21/10 06:25 PM
Pffff...jemig, how did you ever find that word? It's in quite a lot of Onelook dictionaries. A fog! All the definitions seemed false including the real one. smile As good as they were though.
/* */ Dict. Thesaurus: Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Eastern Brit a cold sea mist or fog off the North Sea
[related to Dutch dialect harig damp]( very unlikely )
Thanks Faldage, it's been a pleasure.
Posted By: Jackie Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 01:11 AM
Yep, thanks, Faldage, for a real haard-to-guess one. And thanks, beck, for your vote. I am sorry: this word just made me grin every time I looked at it, so I submitted the first daffynition I could think of!
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 01:13 AM

Thanks for the contest, Faldage.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 01:15 AM

Thanks for your vote Jenny, if indeed there are two of you, which
ever one of you voted for my daffynition, the giant hare of
the Botswana border.
Posted By: Avy Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 01:39 AM
Oh yay! I won one. Of course I fooled myself before fooling anyone else. I posted thinking that was the right answer, and bit ef saab's head off for tweaking my grammar. Thanks for a fun game.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 02:23 AM
I voted for B.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 03:47 AM
Yeh, me too; I voted for B
Posted By: beck123 Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 04:09 AM
I voted wrong, too, but thanks to everyone for a good game!
Posted By: Avy Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 04:57 AM
[Making place]
There's place for two on the stand.
Posted By: Owlbow Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 11:38 AM
It's gratifying to get a couple of votes. I seems I'm still at least partially full of it.

Great round of smart silliness, Thanks.

Olly, I guess we could lie to each other indefinitely and never be the wiser.
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Haar's the results - 08/22/10 01:20 PM
Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Yeh, me too; I voted for B


yes, Luke did, too! I was just coming back to write this. I remember!
Posted By: Avy Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 01:56 AM
Branshea, olly, buffy, luke - one two three four
[Stepping off the stand]
For one nanosecond the world looked good from up there. Now it's back to eye level. Still I've never even mistakenly won anything.
Congratulations obie.
F saab, YOU tweaked my grammar AND you counted wrong!
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 02:50 AM
Thanks for the notice. I've never won anything either.
Some have shelves of trophies, seemingly won without effort,
and I despair. Still having folks here who notice is worth a lot.
Posted By: BranShea Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 07:38 AM
Yes, Luke voted for B in stead of voting for L which of course I have strongly advised him grin . I loved Owlbow's complicated definition with words like prong and trammel which I don't know what it means anyway. All those twist just to put the kettle on. Nice!
Posted By: Faldage Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 11:03 AM
Yup. I neglected to record Luke's and Buffy's votes in the Official Scorebook. Avy and olly tied for FYBR. So you still won something, Avy.
Posted By: Avy Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 11:24 AM
I'm not climbing that stand again. It is much too Sisyphean.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 03:52 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea
Yes, Luke voted for B in stead of voting for L which of course I have strongly advised him grin . I loved Owlbow's complicated definition with words like prong and trammel which I don't know what it means anyway. All those twist just to put the kettle on. Nice!


And Bran's advice has the force of dogma.
Posted By: BranShea Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 06:27 PM
I'm mildly astigmatic and severely adogmatic.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 08:11 PM
Originally Posted By: BranShea
I'm mildly astigmatic and severely adogmatic.


At the risk of offending some, at least you are not
CATa-anything.
Posted By: olly Re: Haar's the results - 08/23/10 09:38 PM
Olly, I guess we could lie to each other indefinitely and never be the wiser.

Thanks for the vote oh wise one.
Posted By: jenny jenny Re: Haar's the results - 08/24/10 06:54 PM
Great game, Faldage! - Jenny


Great game, Faldage darling! - Jenny
Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: Haar's the results - 08/24/10 09:24 PM
Great game, and a joy to spectate!
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Haar's the results - 08/27/10 06:51 PM
Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Originally Posted By: BranShea
I'm mildly astigmatic and severely adogmatic.


At the risk of offending some, at least you are not
CATa-anything.


occasionally catatonic?
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Haar's the results - 08/27/10 07:06 PM
Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu
Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Originally Posted By: BranShea
I'm mildly astigmatic and severely adogmatic.


At the risk of offending some, at least you are not
CATa-anything.


occasionally catatonic?


Being a dog person myself, I hope I'm not CAT-a-anything, ever.
Even occasionally. DOG-matic, maybe; often DOG-eared, for sure.
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