#76046
07/14/2002 8:02 PM
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retiarius /reh tee AR ius/
choose one:
a) any of a number of species of bird whose head and tail seem so similar in flight as to appear to be flying backwards (cf. the French word for duck, canard) Geoff
b) a person who is just about to give up working for a living, on a permanent basis Rhubarb Commando
c) retiarina: regency victim of a broken engagement going back 'out' with her best frock on and her bejewelled head held high; hence retiarius: the first ball after said jilting dodyskin, 1 vote
d) a parasitic microbe which feeds on the retina of tropical mammals, swiftly causing blindess WhitmanO'N
e) the name for the Roman hunting tool which resembles the modern-day boomerang; also the word shouted when it was thrown etaoin
f) a Roman gladiator who carried a net with which to entangle his adversary OED2, 4 votes
g) the crest or tuft on the head of a bird Wordwind, 4 votes
h) hilarious consuelo
i) A net of metal rings used as a weapon by a gladiator. TEd Remington, 2 votes (for a null def'n!)
j) in a last ditch effort to salvage a fiasco Ford Motors introduced the Edsel Retiaris which featured a gold chrome grill, a hydro-thermo-glide transmission, and a three tone paint finish; production stopped in mid first shift, only 17 were made, with 2 extant -- the rarest car in the world according to Guinness. darned if I can remember who sent this one, oh well...
k) the original name for Stan Lee's Spiderman FishonaBike (as interpreted by tsuwm)
l) a yellow calcite that forms on metallic artifacts from the Fertile Crescent when exposed to acidic liquids Jazzoctopus, 1 vote
m) the circle of hair surrounding the tonsure, or shaved crown, of a monk's or priest's head slithy toves, 2 votes
n) a compendium of visions; a dream journal Verlangen, 1 vote
o) one skilled in fanciful story-weaving tsuwm
we have a few new players this time; the entrants inclue: WO'N, dodyskin, slithy toves, Jazzo, Wordwind, milum, tsuwm, OED2, consuelo, Fishona, Verlangen, etaoin, Rhubarb & Geoff
so Wordwind tied with OED2 for most votes (4) [nice work Theresa!]. the correct votes were cast by Vernon Compton, Bobyoungbalt, RhubarbCommando and rapunzel, of whom only RC was a 'player'. there were four(4) own votes cast, largely to no avail whatsoever (quite obviously so in three cases!).
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#76047
07/14/2002 10:35 PM
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formerly known as etaoin...
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#76048
07/14/2002 10:57 PM
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#76049
07/14/2002 11:34 PM
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#76050
07/15/2002 12:34 AM
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#76051
07/15/2002 1:26 AM
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Oh shucks. I'm stumped. Me and my big mouth. All of the definitions are so good. Except mine. I was going to fool everybody and have the briefest definition on the board and then somebody submitted... (H): hilarious.
Oh well I guess the safest thing for me to do at this point is to vote for tsuwm's definition, after all he is the Hogmaster. ( J ) I vote for ( J ) , after all he is the Hogmaster.
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#76052
07/15/2002 1:57 AM
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#76053
07/15/2002 2:05 AM
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#76054
07/15/2002 2:14 AM
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Well, I'm going to have to go with G simply because the last of the duck-billed dinosaurs, Retiarisaurus, had a large crest-like protrusion of the top of its head.  See, milum, all this proselytetic strategizing is contagious, and highly addictive! 
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#76055
07/15/2002 2:24 AM
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G or M, G or M... they're both about the same, really... OK - G.
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#76056
07/15/2002 3:43 AM
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they're both about the same, reallyLessee...monk, bird, dinosaur...pretty much... 
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#76057
07/15/2002 7:25 AM
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It has to be F( and I'm not a new player, O mighty tsuwm, I've been playing this game since the beginning - I had a cumulative score of about 4, I think - just beating Max the Magnificent!)
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#76058
07/15/2002 9:42 AM
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I just found that Spider-Man is the same age as me. And that's not the only thing we have in common.. * K * I spend a lot of my working day climbing walls, too. Edit: Oh oh  - can I amend the definition slightly, from "original name" to "AKA name" ?? Pretty please?
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#76059
07/15/2002 10:46 AM
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None of them seemed right to me. I wasn't tempted by a single one this time, although I think all those definitions are good enough to deserve words. Just not retiarius. Retiarius needs a more companionable definition.
All that said, I liked one definition a great deal, with a single reservation. I wish the Fertile Crescent part had been left out. If it had, then I think it would have been a perfect definition for retiarius:
a yellow calcite that forms on metallic artifacts from the Fertile Crescent when exposed to acidic liquids
I can't remember its letter, but that's the definition I'll vote for. I'll come back and add the letter in a minute.
Edit: L I vote for "L."
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#76060
07/15/2002 12:33 PM
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I don't really think it is C, but I like the definition so much that I'll vote for it anyway.
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#76061
07/15/2002 12:42 PM
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#76062
07/15/2002 3:08 PM
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I'll go with M, it sounds just about worthless enough to be right.
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#76063
07/15/2002 3:31 PM
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#76064
07/15/2002 5:01 PM
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Uh...Bill, its been a while since you've played a good ole game of Hogwash hasn't it. The rules have been changed, now you have to send your best-guess definition to tsuwm in secret. Yes, I agree it doesn't seem fair, but bad rules are still rules. Milo
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#76065
07/15/2002 7:22 PM
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Hi Milo! My Milo wants to say "hi!" ("arf! arf!") There...now he's happy!
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#76066
07/16/2002 10:55 AM
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Whitman! Don't you understand dog talk? Your dog Milo didn't want to say Hi ! "ARF! ARF! is dog talk for "I vote " J ". Your sweet cute little Milo wanted to cast his vote for definition ---> " J " <--- . BOW-WOW! (That's dog talk for "Thank You".) -
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#76067
07/17/2002 11:49 AM
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#76068
07/17/2002 12:42 PM
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At this time I would like to make an appeal to all you little folk, you wonderful people behind the scenes who do all the real hard work by lurking about, and never enjoying the benefits of Hogwash. I WANT YOUR VOTE.
Never, since Hogwash became my passion, have I played an entire game without receiving a single vote. Please. This is America, it is legal for you people to vote and your vote does count. Vote with your heart and not with your mind. Vote J now, before tsuwm shuts us down.
Thank you.
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#76069
07/17/2002 1:08 PM
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I WANT YOUR VOTEC'mon milum, take it like a man I'm obliged to, having totally blown it.
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#76070
07/17/2002 4:31 PM
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Aw, c'mon, milum...as you well know, J-walking is illegal. So you're just setting us up for incrimination! BOW-WOW!
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#76071
07/17/2002 5:39 PM
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gosh milum... how can any right-minded person refuse a bathetic plea such as yours? as it costs me little, I will happily throw away my vote on J, without even mentioning that everyone recognized the provenance of J. no thanks required, or expected.
oh... wait a sec.... the hogmaster® has no vote!? [dratted rules]
never mind.
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#76072
07/17/2002 8:10 PM
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#76073
07/17/2002 8:10 PM
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\\\ You can call me Ray\\\or///You can call me Faye///____But you Doesn't have to call me bathetic 
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#76074
07/17/2002 10:07 PM
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AnnaS:
Is that an "L" or an "I"?
My screen has arial and I can't figure out whether it's a lower case "L" or an uppercase "I." (Does the period go inside the quotation marks when it's just one letter? This is a pretty important question to me, so, please, somebody answer it.)
Edit: never mind. I see tsuwm has used all lowercase letters, so it must be an "L." (But I'd still like to know about the period, so I'll leave my question in this round.)
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#76075
07/17/2002 10:27 PM
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I'm guessing that it's an "i", accounting for contrariness (capitalization) and all. (besides which, it looks like an i to me)
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#76076
07/17/2002 10:48 PM
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My screen uses Times, and this does show it as an "I" (eye)
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#76077
07/17/2002 10:56 PM
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J have windows 98 and jt looks like a J.
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#76078
07/17/2002 11:59 PM
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Observes milum: J have windows 98 and jt looks like a J.
Best laugh of the day, Mr. M.
I think it's an "L" because that's the best definition minus the Fertile Crescent part. AnnaS would appreciate that kind of definition.
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#76079
07/18/2002 12:09 AM
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I think it's an I because it looks like an I on my screen. And also, I voted for I.
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#76080
07/18/2002 12:23 AM
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Yup. It's a contrary EYE.
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#76081
07/18/2002 3:18 AM
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"I." (Does the period go inside the quotation marks when it's just one letter?
It goes outside; "I" is not a sentence, and the period in question is ending the entire sentence. I would only put a period inside a quote if the entire sentence is in quotes. Feel free to correct me :-).
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#76082
07/18/2002 11:26 AM
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vote for me, im only six (c) (c) (c)
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#76083
07/18/2002 4:37 PM
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>we have a few new players this time; the entrants inclue: WO'N, dodyskin, slithy toves, Jazzo, Wordwind, milum, tsuwm, OED2, consuelo, Fishona, Verlangen, etaoin, Rhubarb & Geoff
I'm reminded of the story of the fellow who walks into a drugstore and says to the woman behind the ocunter, "Miss, can I have a dozen condoms?"
The woman snarls at him, "Don't you "Miss" me!"
He thought for a second. "OK, make it thirteen."
Anyway. In the end I am voting for N.
TEd
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#76084
07/18/2002 5:00 PM
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Methinks, dear milum, you are becoming a bit J-ded with all this! BOW-WOW! That is, of course, unless J is the best that Science Fiction has to offer!
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#76085
07/18/2002 7:08 PM
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BOW-WOW!
That is, of course, unless J is the best that Science Fiction has to offer! -WO"N and dog.
MISTRIAL! MISTRIAL! Whitman and his cute dog milo, made fun of my entry in direct violation of...
Hogwash Code 23:01b: If any player makes fun of another's entry, at the point of insult, that game shall be deemed invalid and the Hogmaster is to declare,
ALL BETS ARE OFF THIS GAME IS CLOSED. The Hogmaster is further instructed to destroy all definitions pertinent to the corrupted game by burning them to ashes in a metal stove and to send a formal note of apology to the person whose definition was defamed.
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