I was wrong, not so much ingenious as disingenuous.
An exciting time at the polls. jimthedog rushes in as soon as the polls open wearing a huge "Vote for me" rosette and promptly does so, closely followed by maverick wearing an identical rosette, who also votes for himself. tswum then saunters up to the blackboard, draws a line through all the candidates except himself and the real entry and votes for himself anyway. fiberbabe, having made a small fortune selling "vote for me" rosettes outside the polling booth wanders in and picks "the pretty number in the middle". Bobyoungbalt then draws circles in red chalk round the real entry and his own, and votes for the real one (fiberbabe had run out of "vote for me" rosettes by then). flatlander chooses the wrong red circle but at least gives BYb a point. JazzOctopus wanders in a little later wearing a "VfM" rossette he found discarded outside and votes for himself. Some straight voting then from various punters, with Max reverting to form, and WhitmanO'Neill getting the hump (It was Wo'N who thought you might believe I was sneaky enough to heve two tassels in a row) and voting for camels. Congratulations to jimtheDog for gaining 4 votes, and to squid, Hyla, caradea, BobYoungbalt, and oh so nearly pi, for choosing the correct definition. So here are the definitions with their authors and number of votes, followed by the updated scores.
I will take one more round so look out for the post.
saraad
1 Real Definition: (4) A fine levied by ancient Welsh courts paid in cattle
2 Bingley: (1) The whip used by jockeys riding racing camels.
3 jimthedog: (4) From Arabic. A war fought merely to fight, as opposed to a jihad, which is holy.
4 maverick: (0) A colorful East African beetle prized as bait for fishing.
5 Bobyoungbalt: (1) A livestock pen constructed of rush- or osierwork
6 wordcrazy: (1) 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 Sparteye: (2) A deliberative body composed of Bedouin chieftains
8 Brandon: (1) An uncut and unstitched garment worn by head of households in India, counterpart of the sari worn by the matriarchs.
Flatlander provided a very similar definition and they both get a point from paulb.
9 squid: (1) A narrow sand bank at the outlet of a river.
10 WhitmanO'Neill: (0) A tassel traditionally attached to a Bible or Koran as a built-in bookmark.
11 Jazzoctopus: (0) A formal greeting by persons of the opposite sex
12 tsuwm: (0) A Scottish word for frightened, alarmed
Scores are:
Name Prev Entry Guess Guessed Round Total
tswum 23 12 12 1 0 23
squid 21 9 1 1 3 24
Bingley 20 2 6 1 1 21
Jazzoctopus 17 11 11 1 0 17
maverick 15 4 4 1 0 15
Sparteye 14 7 2 2 16
paulb 14 8 0 0 14
wordcrazy 13 6 3 1 1 14
Geoff 13 0 0 13
Flatlander 12 8 5 1 1 13
rodward 11 0 0 11
WhitmanO'Neill 11 10 2 0 0 11
caradea 9 1 0 1 10
Hyla 9 1 0 1 10
Rapunzel 9 3 0 0 9
jimthedog 6 3 3 5 4 10
fiberbabe 5 7 0 0 5
marianna 5 7 0 0 5
Brandon 4 8 3 1 1 5
RhubarbCommando 4 0 0 4
Bobyoungbalt 3 5 1 2 4 7
Avy 3 0 0 3
wwh 3 0 0 3
VernonCompton 2 9 0 0 2
Faldage 2 0 0 2
Jackie 2 0 0 2
frmPennsylvania 1 0 0 1
nuntius 1 0 0 1
AlexWilliams 1 0 0 1
freckled_snout 1 0 0 1
MaxQuordlepleen 1 5 0 0 1
Juanmaria 0.5 0 0 0.5
3.14159 0 3 0 0 0
wordcrazy 0 0 0 0
with congratulations to squid as the new leader.
Rod
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