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#79317 09/04/02 07:29 PM
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the unsubscribes are already starting to arrive

Hey! You can't count me. I was double subscribed and you gave me a chance to talk back.


#79318 09/06/02 08:20 AM
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Well, sortof. When I wake up Monday morning, I'll start to put the round together into some kind of readable form--no edits other than spelling.

Anyway, the round will be posted here sometime on Monday, so, if you have a definition lurking around in the back of your head, bring it to the front, type it out, and send to Wordwind via PM.

Back burner regards,
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Last call for daffinitions!

Will post the round sometime tomorrow, so if'n you got a definitive viewpoint of what prolate could mean, send it on over to Wordwind.

Best regards,
WW


#79320 09/09/02 01:30 AM
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Dear Hog,

mistress or master whichever you prefer, before I vote tomorrow, am I right in assuming that those who know the correct definition to the word "prolate", like capt and tsuwm, have "recused" (a legal term) themselves from participation?

So if I know the real definition and have not recused, will I still get two points?

Post edit: Sure wolf-a-doc, lets hear you say "recuse" after plowing a ten acre field and five rapid shots of J.W.Dant.
Hmmmm?

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Next Hogwash target: "recuse" ?


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I tend to like to bend rules. Now this is what I would suggest to make the round more fun:

1. Seems anybody could vote--I think that's in the bylaws wherever they are.

2. If you already know the definition, then it seems a considerate thing to do would be to vote for something other than the real definition. Instead, be generous and vote for the definition you found to be most interesting. I mean, it's not like there's a big prize out there or anything.

3. If you don't know the definition, then you could vote either for the one you thought was the actual definition and get yourself a useless, but happy point if you guessed correctly... or: vote for one that you thought was clever

4. Sometimes, however, people vote for their own definitions as a kind of strategy to mislead the waylaid.


Should have this round up and running later in the PM.

WW



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I thought everbody was supposed to vote for milum's definition!


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well, since milum knows the word, all we have to do is wait for him to vote and then follow him, that way we all score!

[or not]


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