choose one: [results will be posted early tomorrow]

a) pertaining to or connected with fermentation
b) of or relating to caramelized sugar, or the process of producing it
c) a geological transition zone, the zumic layer: the division between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation, characterized by the dispersion of air and water in pore spaces in rocks and soil
d) a small cannon fired from the deck of a xebec [a three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship]
e) the sticky substance, an artificial resin, that renders today's chewing gum chewable; the original gum of centuries past, the sap of spruce and balsam trees, was naturally chewable
f) detachable, used of body parts such as bee-stings
g) of or relating to an Aztec king or nobleman; also applied to Incan counterparts
h) the general labourer who cleans out the animal houses; corr. zoo mick; job traditionally reserved for Irish immigrants
i) a guidebook, consisting primarily of drawings, for a zoological institution
j) a type of volcanic rock found in the South China Sea
k) indigenous to; native

I choose b because I really like caramelized sugar.

g for me.

I think I'll have to agree with Max on this one, and go with E

I'll take a.

Voting for things we are fond of leads me to A, especially as I have a heavy weekend of sampling the results of the fermentation process ahead of me (just some chance juxtoposition on the social calendar). My wife's birthday present to me, if I can persuade her, will be her saying "It's all right dear, I'll drive!".

Rod

As a beer lover I vote for (a), which leads me to wonder if Zima is produced by a zumic process?

I'll go with F, and no, I don't like bee-stings.

Give me an E

C, please.

It has to be e, doesn't it/

h has a great deal of appeal, except that it is terribly racist, and whoever posted it should be ashamed!

I have little clue for this one - apart from simply not believing E. Quite like the pair about rocks or geology; but I am going to take a guess on A, based purely on the fact that no-one but the dictionary or tsuwm would use the phrase "pertaining to..." (and if it's tsuwm's cunning stunt, he's earned the points!)

In reply to:

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no-one but the dictionary or tsuwm would use the phrase "pertaining to..."

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Oh, you and I need to play Balderdash together...for money!

Put me down for c just because it's so well written.

well written

dispersion?

E

A