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#34888 07/07/2001 5:23 AM
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Cast your votes please for:
1. A hunter's call to the hounds to heel and return to the bugler.

2. An Anglo-Saxon silver coin of the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

3. In archaeology, the area where the bones of extinct, often gigantic reptiles of the Mesozoic era are suspected to be buried.

4. One who masquerades as a monster at night to intentionally frighten people.

5. Northern English dialect term, appropriately meaning dialect (from an Anglo-Saxon root).

6. The word you use to say "Shoo" to an elephant.

7. Dung. Old Norse, whence Sc[e]atalogical and Sc[h]eat.

8. Signs used to track game such as deer or elk, specifically excrement or spoor.

9. The peak of a trajectory; apex.

10. A nautical term for the fitting that seals and lubricates the propeller shaft where it passes through the hull.

11. A type of large needle used for making tapestries.

12. A medium's inaugural incantation for summoning spirits at the beginning of a seance.

13. A perfumed chair.

14. Decorative metal inlay on the hilt of a sword.

15. A form of pre-Columbian carving done in animal bone and affixed to temple walls.

Contributors for this round were:
Avy; Bingley; Brandon; caradea; Flatlander; Jazzoctopus; jimthedog; maverick; RhubarbCommando; rodward; Sparteye; squid; Whitman O’Neill; wordcrazy.

Polls close at Tuesday noon WIB (Tuesday 5:00 GMT, midnight Monday/Tuesday board time).


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#34889 07/07/2001 5:11 PM
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Wow. They are all so good, and I haven't a clue. How about 9?


#34890 07/07/2001 5:53 PM
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I am torn between 11 and 2 but I am in a "crafty" state of mind so I will pick 11.


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#34891 07/07/2001 6:24 PM
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None of them sound in the least bit believeable: I have taken a needle and stuck it into the list and hit No. 11.

Now, there's a coincidence
- or is there something in this divine providence mullarky?




#34892 07/07/2001 9:22 PM
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10? No, 2. No, 5. No. definitely 2.


#34893 07/08/2001 1:51 AM
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I haven't played this game in 15 years, so I will see if I have got any better at it by picking number 10.


#34894 07/08/2001 6:34 AM
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I'd like to say 10, but I can't think why any honest person would specify that the word designating a fitting that is necessarily a part of a boat is a "nautical term." I'll say 14--all the while assuming I'm wrong and that the correct answer is 13 which is utterly preposterous. One way or another, my perfect 0 for 0 is shot to hell.


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#34896 07/08/2001 8:48 AM
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I don't think I'm playing legally, since I didn't submit a definition... but FWIW, I'd say...
1... no, 14... no, 11.... um, er...

I have no idea!
Yes, 11

Does one have to have played from the very first round in order to be able to play?


#34897 07/08/2001 11:04 AM
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Hmmm...Should I choose bones, excrement, anglo-saxon or something completely different? They all seem equally believable...or unbelievable!!

I'll take 2 for the money!


#34898 07/08/2001 3:50 PM
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Hmm . . . I like my submission best.

I'll go with 2.


#34899 07/08/2001 4:08 PM
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Does one have to have played from the very first round in order to be able to play?

Shoot, no. Submit definitions when you can, and guess answers when you can. Just beware of scoring too high, or you'll end up being the moderator.




#34900 07/08/2001 11:57 PM
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Playing the law of percentages I'll join Max in this one...14. Will I go down in his flames?


#34901 07/09/2001 9:44 AM
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A large number of plausible entries. Number 4 by a whisker from all the rest.
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2 for me


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As I scrolled down the list of previous voters, I was beginning to get worried because no one had voted for the one I was going to choose, but then there was rodward, who validated my choice for 4.


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then there was rodward, who validated my choice for 4.

Yep, the chad is really out and not just pregnant! On the other hand, if this voting is like queueing, I would never recommend anyone to join the queue I was standing in - I am always just behind the guy who's got 43 letters to different countries that all need weighing separately, or similar.
Rod


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13 made me laugh, 14 tempted me, but i'll go with 2, if only because i'll be in such good company =)


#34906 07/09/2001 2:48 PM
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I'm not worrying that no one chose the one I like best... in fact, I'm voting for 1 in part because no one else has!


#34907 07/09/2001 2:56 PM
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This is making my head spin, so please pass me a No. 10.


#34908 07/09/2001 8:02 PM
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Runs thru the back of my mind something having to do with a shield. Hence, my vote for #2.


#34909 07/09/2001 9:25 PM
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I'm with Bob. 2 for me too.



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