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OOLLY is…
A. an affectionate nickname for uilleann pipes
B. a city in Tamil Nadu, India. (contraction of Tamil Ullagamandalam)
C. made of, or having the appearance of, small, smooth, regular sized granules
D. a quack remedy for syphilis popular in the early 18th entury
E. the viscous, gelatinous state of meat in final decomposition
F. a small cavity or shallow hole in an ironwood tree from which decay may spread - a perpetual concern for foresters of this hard, durable wood
G. the small piece of albuminous matter attached to the yolk of an egg
H. a lump or loop of iron, as wootz, when taken as a pasty mass from the crucible [India]
I. a small opening, either natural or man-made so that it is just big enough to see through with one eye
J. to appear in disguise: incognito
K. an aggregate formed of egg-shaped stones originally arising as igneous inclusions in bituminous shale
L. cautious; gentle [Sc.]
M. descriptive of a polar bear's pelt
Cast your votes! You don’t have to have submitted a definition to choose your favorite (but it does make the game more interesting…)
Results next Monday, seven days hence.
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Oh, okay, I'll bite. I vote for K if only because I admire the number of multisyllable words whoever made it up used!
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formerly known as etaoin...
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I'll go with the similar, yet different, C~~~ note the time stamps there, eta 
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time stampsI guess you were the phi latelist, eh? 
formerly known as etaoin...
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Based on the hint, I'm voting for D.
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this word looks Indian.. or Scottish! so that leaves me with H or L (throwing out the city name -- that would be simply too mean). H or L.
[what hint??]
following Occam once again, I'll go with L
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I a gree that a place name would be too mean, so I'll go with H.
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I'm with Glinda!
... and welcome aboard... it's Good to see we have another member of the Good faction!
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I echo your greeting to Glinda, Musick! But on a more practical note...I'm not sure whether you're voting for red I or yellow G ? ("You see, they're three to one, which is a strong working majority.") adapted from Iolanthe, Act II)
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T'ain't nuthin like a fork in the yellow brick road.
Just in case it isn't clear yet...
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C or H, C or H...
Think I'll go for... H
Not that I can remember which is which now...
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C[/c]
Dunno why it's so popular though, given that I made it up. :)
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T'ain't nuthin like a fork in the yellow brick road.
Just in case it isn't clear yet...
So I'll register that as one vote for the Inspector General?
But seriously, folks. Yeh only gets to pick one.
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Eye yie yi-yie, I am frijoles refritos.
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Aye, aye, Sir, I it is!
"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle,
But the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true."
(--I know that's from Knock on Wood,
but I can't think of any lines from
The Inspector General...)
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I was thinking of M, but then I thought: what differentiates an oolly polar bear pelt from a non-oolly polar bear pelt? Are all polar bear pelts oolly, so that to call something oolly is in fact to say that it is a polar bear pelt?
I cannot live with this level of uncertainty, so I'll go with C.
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"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle,
But the flagon with the dragon has the brew that is true."
Actually wofa, I think that comes from 'Court Jester'.
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You're sure now, dixbie?
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Well, I'm less sure now than I was, looks like.
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phantom deletion is cheating. 
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Never harmed a Phantom in my life! Ran into the back of a Mercedes in Spain one time.
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"The pellet with the poison's in the chalice with the palace.
The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!"
You're right. Court Jester it is.
Grommitch! (That's the line from Knock On Wood. I think!)
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OK then. Oolly was the name of the Head football coach for the Traverse City Trojans. Oh, wait, that was spelled Ooley. I'm on the stoney ground. Haven't been here in a while ...
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I like C but I'll go with L.
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I think I have most of us tallied, but - did I miss belMarduk and dxb and Rhubarb Commando? Plus of course anyone else who wants to cast an aspersion. Or whatever. Anybody maybe edit a post and edit out the vote?
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Well, a litter of thirteen, and they all seem equally unlikely. So, the hint given seems to narrow it down to two. One of those is my own offering, which leaves me with H. I can't believe it can be correct. Still, H it must be.
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Hint? I gave a hint? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Maybe it was a Freudian slip! Use it at your peril.
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Doesn't that sound like the routine from Goldman's "Princess Bride"?
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...they're both parodying the same practice. (And they called it "chivalry"!)
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When I read the list I liked C, but so did everyone else. And I can't bear to think of giving all those points to one person, so I am gonna vote for F.
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Sorry for holding everybody up....C for me please.
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Me too - I've been immesring myself in French for the past week - and for the next week as well - talk about masochism!!!!
Anyway: to business.
I'm pretty sure that the correct definition is H
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>>>immesring myself in French ...talk about masochism!!!! Hey !!!!
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