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Posted By: rodward saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 10:28 AM
Apologies - wrong topic, now posted here!
What an ingeneous lot you are. A high quality selection for you, votes to me by Thursday 2.00 pm GMT, which may allow some of you early risers in US to vote on Thursday. I am away Friday hence the early voting. I may get another round in (if I can think of a word), but then I am away for 3 weeks so I'll have to pass it over anyway.
Good luck! Rod.

saraad
1 - A fine levied by ancient Welsh courts and paid in cattle.
2 - The whip used by jockeys riding racing camels.
3 - From Arabic. A war fought merely to fight, as opposed to a jihad, which is holy.
4 - A colorful East African beetle prized as bait for fishing.
5 - A livestock pen constructed of rush- or osierwork.
6 - A group of rituals performed by a Muslim bride and groom with the help of their wedding attendants and the elders of the community.
7 - A deliberative body composed of Bedouin chieftains.
8 - An uncut and unstitched garment worn by head of households in India, counterpart of the sari worn by the matriarchs.
9 - A narrow sand bank at the outlet of a river.
10 - A tassel traditionally attached to a Bible or Koran as a built-in bookmark.
11 - A formal greeting by persons of the opposite sex.
12 - A Scottish word for frightened, alarmed.


Posted By: jimthedog Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 10:57 AM
I vote for 3.

Posted By: maverick Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 12:59 PM
It's 4

Posted By: tsuwm Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 02:10 PM
just for fun (and 'cuz I'm bored with thinking about conspiracies) heres a play-by-play analysis:
1) possibly...
2) do they really race camels??
3) aren't all Arabic wars considered to be holy, or at least blessed by Allah?
4) that sounds like a scarab
5) I don' thin' so
6) ...
7) ...
8) a good one, but I don't believe it
9) I'm sure there's a word for this, but this ain't it...
10) another tassel? nope... [but I wish I knew the word for this, it'd be a good wwftd]
11) ...naah.
12) maybe...

there's a lot of sentiment here for "southern" concepts, but I kind of like the north... I think it's one of the bookends, 1 or 12. I'm going to say 12.

Posted By: Fiberbabe Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 02:56 PM
7, if only because it would make great beat poetry.

Posted By: Bobyoungbalt Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 03:10 PM
I'm convinced that all these Muslim and Asiatic definitions are red herrings, so I've got it narrowed down to no. 1 and no. 5. I really like five, but I'm voting for no. 1.

Posted By: Brandon Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 05:40 PM
Dem's fightin' words. Gimme a 3.

Posted By: Max Quordlepleen - 07/31/01 07:16 PM


Posted By: Jazzoctopus Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 08:18 PM
This sounded somewhat familiar when I first heard it. I'll go with 11.

Posted By: Vernon Compton Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 07/31/01 08:43 PM
9

Posted By: wordcrazy Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 12:05 AM
3

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 03:19 AM
Got back in to Wordplay at last! 2...yeah, tsuwm, they race camels. I got a hot tip on "Hump" in the fourth!

Posted By: Anonymous Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 03:57 AM
#1

Posted By: Bingley Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 05:08 AM
I'll go for no. 6

Bingley
Posted By: squid Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 06:57 AM
I hope I won't get fined if I get it wrong since my supply of cattle is running pretty low, but I'll take 1 anyway!

Posted By: Flatlander Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 11:14 AM
I think BYB's logic is right on, but I'll go with 5

Posted By: maverick Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 11:17 AM
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Max, huh? Well, that surely counts as the triumph of hope over experience, but you'll be in engaging company at least

Posted By: paulb Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 11:53 AM
8 for me, please

Posted By: 3.14159 Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 04:02 PM
I can't decided over 1 and 3. I guess I'll go with 3!

ScOtT
Posted By: Max Quordlepleen - 08/01/01 08:39 PM
Posted By: Hyla Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 10:12 PM
I think this is the best batch of bluffs yet, and I've no idea which is right, so I'll just pick the first one that made me laugh - 1 - didn't take long.

(Although #8 is brilliant...)

Posted By: Rapunzel Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/01/01 10:59 PM
Oh dear! All of these sound contrived... oh well. I'll go with 3 anyway.

Posted By: Marianna Re: saraad - HW#12 - votes please - 08/02/01 09:55 AM
I had no idea, so I closed my eyes and pointed:
7

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