Well this one was indeed fun! What do you say we give a week for voting? Votes due a week from the time of posting this message.

A. persons who are able to enter a sleep-like state at will, also being able to revive themselves at will. "Bob found out one day that he was one of the somnae - he blinked during a boring meeting and when he opened his eyes, he was back at his desk."

B. more than one sleeping female

C. A psychological condition characterized by the perception of reality as though one were in a dream state.

D. The person who passes out first at an orgy.


E. those who have left a school, college or university after failing to complete their studies there.


F. An especially large or famous lingam. (from Skt. somnath, one such lingam, and associated temple)

G. Dreams of a particularly gruesome nature; see nightmare.

H. naps (noun)

I. the proverbial bed(s) you have made, but not yet slept in

J. nap, doze (verb intr.)

K. A bedside table

L. Specialists involved in the study of wine. Connoisseurs of specific wine regions.

M. sleeping together

N. the first two words of the person waiting for the automated film developing machine to complete its job:
"Somnae my prints will come."

O. Scottish regional slang. Archaic but still used for poetry containing dialect. Amalgamation of the personal "some (body)" and "nae" meaning no - so "nobody" or "some do not". Opposite of Somdae"

Example: "Somnae whish tae git awae wit 'ye"

P. Female victims of vampirism, caught between the worlds of the living and living dead. First mentioned in the German cult film Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, 1987.

Freedom really is just another word for nothing left to lose, so I shall revel in my traditional freedom, and cast the first stone, aiming to hit number 5.

Egad! The above no longer makes much sense, does it now?

Oh, POO! I just realized taht I numbered the entries rather than using letters. And most people seemed in the past to have fun using the letters. Want me to change the post?

>Want me to change the post?

If it will mean a reversal in my traditional fortunes then, yes, please!

Hand me over an L of a big goblet of that wine!

I like J.

I really like O, if only for its abject refusal to be crammed into the armillary. Man! There's so many good ones that were crammed in. I'll go for the one that just skirts the edges and vote P.

>I like J.

Just give me I, then.

I like N best TEd, but I have no idea,
so, gimme a P!

Grrrr. You people frustrate me...I'm teetering between finding them all possible and finding them all improbable. I can't decide. I'll have to think on them some more.

Belmar! Think as you wish but take note of definition
number (B) more than one sleeping woman.
Ever suspicious, I executed an anagram on the phrase
more than one sleeping woman and got this chilling translettered result...

Another omen foretelling a sheepman!

The odds of this encryption being accidental are about a zillion to one.
But of course, Bel, its your life, you can live it like you want to, but as for me I'll play it safe and vote for the more less-ominous number (G.)

Gee wilikers!

I like both Alpha and Pomega. Meanwhile, N's provenance is pretty obvious. (!) That said, I'll have some of that F, please.

I wanna P too. May I please leave the room?

Somnae.

O.K., this is too complex, I’ll have to break them down by category.
A, B, C, G, H, J, M all have to do with sleep and seem to use the root “Somn” which reminds us of somnambulist so since everybody went that way, I’m thinking they’re all misleading inventions.

D. is out of the question because everybody knows the person who passes out first at an orgy is not a somnae it’s a guy.

F. I’m discounting because I have no idea what that sentence says.

I and K. are related to the bedroom and thus associated with the “sleeping” resemblance – close enough to make us think, that hmmm, maybe this is right - so I’m thinking they’re also inventions.

N. Well, N is just a groaner, so off that one goes.

O. is just too long, somebody is trying too hard to convince us, and also a groaner – so out it goes.

So we’re left with ELP – Ooo, what a coincidence…Emmerson, Lake and Palmer.

E. those who have left a school, college or university after failing to complete their studies there.
L. Specialists involved in the study of wine. Connoisseurs of specific wine regions.
P. Female victims of vampirism, caught between the worlds of the living and living dead. First mentioned in the German cult film Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, 1987.

O.k. that’s it, I’m choosing L because I’m thinking there wouldn’t be such a high-falutin name for flunkies who failed college or university, and there’s too many vowels on the Loranthaceae and Viscaceae – you can’t even pronounce that in German.

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And yes, wofa sweetie, you may leave the room.

Though Palmer was my favorite. Never mind, never mind...I'm going. Sheesh.

I already Love this game.

"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years." -Tom Lehrer

Oh, G, what a tough choice!

8-)

I like bel's analytical approach, but I don't think the conclusion can be right. So, I'd go for oh, K.'Kay?

Give me an A, please! No, really, it's a talent I'd like to have!

E

Bingley

I shall not choose my own offering, but instead throw a fat-erasered pencil at the keyboard and choose: s

No, let me try again: 8

No – a little to the left: ty

Hey, nice shootin', Tex! But how ‘bout a(n): h

Woohoo! ‘H’ it is!

If you're correct, Dgeigh, belMarduk will have to revalue the whole complexity issue.

O. is just too long, somebody is trying too hard to convince us, and also a groaner – so out it goes.

You know me soooooo well, Bel.