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#76086 07/18/02 07:38 PM
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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.

dear ___,

boy, you really had me fooled. I had no clue that you were milum.


[how's *that* for a cheap shot]






#76087 07/18/02 09:41 PM
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walks into a drugstore and says to the woman behind the ocunter

Is an ocunter a rough-and-(un)ready form of greeter, TEd? [innocence]


#76088 07/18/02 11:31 PM
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Is Sigmund hiding around here anywhere? Maybe under the ________?

Ditto, Fish: [innocence]


#76089 07/19/02 03:52 AM
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Whitman and his cute dog milo, made fun of my entry in direct violation of...

"Bow-Arf!"

Oops, Milo...did ya hear that? Now ya really gone and done it! Doggie Milo just changed his "J" vote back to G! But he's still smiling! ;)



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well, that was an odd round. as most of you have prolly sussed by now, a retiarius was (f) a Roman gladiator who carried a net with which to entangle his adversary.

number "i", which was "quashed for coming too close for comfort" was actually submitted by teD and read something like this in its original form: A net of metal rings used as a weapon by a gladiator. imagine my initial confusion when teD then proceded to vote for something other than "f".

the following exchange eventually unmuddied the waters, somewhat:

teD: I just voted and then went and looked up retiarius. Didn't I send you a definition that said it was the net used by a gladiator? I am SO confused.

tsuwm: [paraphrasing] yep, that's the one that was quashed. so how come you didn't vote for the actual def'n? gosh, being hogmasterŪ is sure a load of laughs.

teD: The reason i did NOT vote for I was because I could not remember exactly what I wrote (and of course we don;t have copies of our own PMs here).

But I want to assure you that I did NOT know what retiarius really was and I used the root word rete to come up with the definition I sent you. I was gobsmacked to find out how close I was to reality.

I voted for N because I figured that F was what I had sent or was very close to it, and I knew that F wasn't right because I MADE THE DAMNED THING UP!!!

So I guessed N.

Yes, being Hogwash master IS a load of laughs. Of course being a player is too!







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Special to milum:

OK. You've told us what "Bow-wow" means...and what "Arf! Arf!" means...but what about a plain old "Bark!" What does it mean when a dog just hands you a direct, incisive "Bark!"?


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I thought the only dogs that said that were the ones called Marcus, and only when they have a head-cold.


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OK. You've told us what "Bow-wow" means...and what "Arf! Arf!" means...but what about a plain old "Bark!" What does it mean when a dog just hands you a direct, incisive "Bark!"?
Depends on the context.




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OK. You've told us what "Bow-wow" means...and what "Arf! Arf!" means...but what about a plain old "Bark!" What does it mean when a dog just hands you a direct, incisive "Bark!"? - wordwind

It depends on the context. - jimthedog

Ok, sweet ailantis blossom of awad, jimthedog and cute little milo and little cute me admit that our occasional bouts of ferocious barking amount to little more than what you females would call a hissy-fit, but the roar of a mighty lion is but a whimper when we dogs growl low with portent of gashing gnawing things to come, and...

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
Damit tsuwm! Did milum's definition get a vote or not? Grrrrrrrrr...



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"Damit tsuwm! Did milum's definition get a vote or not? Grrrrrrrrr..."

What's the opposite of "Yip! Yip!" in dogtalk?

Bark regards,
WordWhelp


Edit: milum, the correct spelling is ailanthus, aka "Tree of Heaven," my personal sentiments about said tree aside...

Edit the Edit:

Main Entry: ai·lan·thus
Pronunciation: A-'lan(t)-th&s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Ambonese ai lanito, literally, tree (of) heaven
Date: 1807
: any of a small Asian genus (Ailanthus of the family Simaroubaceae, the ailanthus family) of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark, pinnate leaves, and terminal panicles of ill-scented greenish flowers


This tree can break up concrete, no joke.

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