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#31075 06/03/2001 11:26 PM
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The word is dancette, and your choices are:

a) a short dance

b) the setting for a formal ball; esp. a coming-out affair

c) a small Belgian doll from the mid 18th century thought to cure disease

d) From the French dans, "in," and cette, f. form of "this," a repository for items of clothing near the entrance of a house.

e) a small knife with a double-pronged tip, used to sculpt vegetables

f) a portable hardwood surface used on carpetted areas in a hotel or other such establishment with no formal ballroom for people to dance on.

g) In theatre, a brief chorus-line-style dancing interlude whilst the scene is being changed

h) the actions of a football fan immediately after their team scores a goal

i) having large indentations; an architectural molding with a zigzag pattern

j) A short excerpt peformed from a longer work of choreography (a well-established ballet, for instance).




#31076 06/04/2001 1:06 AM
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I like f for this one.


#31077 06/04/2001 2:01 AM
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" j " could be it.

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#31078 06/04/2001 2:50 AM
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i like E.

gee, it just occurred to me that if this hogwash™ game continues, we can all continue moving up in title rankings without ever having to come up with something useful or interesting to say. what a relief; i'm almost out of brain cells and i'm saving the last few for a rainy day.


#31079 06/04/2001 4:09 AM
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Do those of us who contributed daffynitions get to vote? I was confused on this point by the first round. One gets to in Balderdash.

Note to B96: It rained here in Portland, but I didn't save any brain cells. I just went out and stood in it.


#31080 06/04/2001 9:09 AM
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B.

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#31081 06/04/2001 9:23 AM
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i) for I, aye!


#31082 06/04/2001 10:41 AM
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dancette

seeing as the real definition of a minor gynaecological operation is not listed, I am going for C on its sheer implausability.

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#31083 06/04/2001 10:45 AM
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I missed the bluffing this time, but I'll vote for E and try to pick up some points that way.

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#31084 06/04/2001 11:16 AM
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Ditto what Flatlander said... I missed the definition bluff on this round, but if I can be awarded points (or be the benefactor to a well-heeled bluffer), I'll go for E too...


#31085 06/04/2001 12:01 PM
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Shoot! I was away when this one came round, so I don't really qualify for a vote - but I would go for d: d fer nightly.


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#31087 06/04/2001 12:35 PM
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geoff galumphs Do those of us who contributed daffynitions get to vote? I was confused on this point by the first round. One gets to in Balderdash.

yes, in the normal course of the game only the contributors would vote. we've liberalized the rules to let everyone participate. my interpretation was that contributors get the two points for a correct guess, while the "onlookers" get one; also only the participants would be considered for application of rule 3. here are the rules again, as amended to date:

1. One point is given to each player for every vote (or guess) his phony definition receives.
2. Two points are awarded to each player who chooses the true meaning.
3. Three points are given to the moderator only if none of the players choose the true meaning.
4. Three points are awarded to any player who submits a definition which is similar or very close to the correct meaning.
5. If two or more players submit a definition per rule 4 (in the judgment of the moderator), the round will be thrown out with no points scored (or the moderator can disqualify obvious attempts to sabotage the game :-Ţ )
6. A player may vote for her own definition but scores points only for those others she can bluff
into also voting for that definition.. (i.e., you can't get a rule 1 point that way!)

since we're trying to promote the game, anyone can vote but non-players will receive only one (1) point for a correct guess. should a non-player be the only correct guesser, he will be awarded the rule 2 points (2) and the moderator will be awarded the rule 3 points (3)


#31088 06/04/2001 1:14 PM
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yes, in the normal course of the game only the contributors would vote.

OK, then, I'll go with E, because of what Leo Durocher - or was it Casey Stengel - said: "When you come to the fork in the road, take it."





#31089 06/04/2001 2:47 PM
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#31090 06/04/2001 5:53 PM
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I like "f" too.


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"When you come to the fork in the road, take it."

Yogi Berra actually.


#31092 06/05/2001 3:29 AM
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"When you come to the fork in the road, take it."

Yogi Berra actually.


Oh. Well, they all knew each other, and, I suspect, had all been beaned by fastballs a few times!


#31093 06/05/2001 4:59 AM
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I'll for h, even though it always seems to be the football players who do it, not the fans.

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#31096 06/05/2001 10:43 PM
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OK. I'm going to close the voting tonight. I'll post the scores tomorrow morning.



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