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#194893 12/13/10 05:15 AM
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bokeh, choose one:

a) a spidery, wrought-iron storage device used by north African nomads to keep their cooking vessels off the ground when not in use

b) a form of massage based on the shiatsu style from Japan

c) repr. a vulgar pronunciation of bouquet /bəʊ 'keɪ/

d) a practice fight in which the warriors are allowed only to use bokken as a weapon against each other; originally from Japanese

e) the handhold on a camel saddle

f) a dance found at weddings in the rural areas of Morocco

g) a Japanese term used to describe the out of focus quality of a lens

h) a South African man or woman possessing or being accused of possessing malignant witchcraft

i) a short knife used by Andaman Island pygmies to carve the embouchure and finger holes of the bamboo flutes they use in ceremonial music

j) a studious pupil, generally at a religious Jewish day school

k) a retired South African rugby player who has immigrated to Canada


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AAAAhh!!! Impossibly difficult to figure this one out. Help!

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hmmm...seems to be a lot of Japanese and Tribal references...I think the Japanese ones sound more likely from what little of the language I have picked up from the Japanese I know...


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I like i.


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As do I

so therefore I

something about the Andaman Island Pygmies gets to me.


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>I think the Japanese ones sound more likely

that could be a very self-serving statement! : /
-joe (if you had one of those) friday

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I cast my vote for E.

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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
>I think the Japanese ones sound more likely

that could be a very self-serving statement! : /
-joe (if you had one of those) friday


Yes it could but I was merely voicing my opinion and I shall vote for a Japanesey one...I just haven't decided which one yet :p


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Well, there's to things. It's either vulgar or outlandish. I go for the vulgar today.C

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I'll have to a)evoke the "armil" argument and discard all multiples and b) say it sounds African, or at least Caribbean, and therefore go with H

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