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PM me your definitions for widdiful within the next sennight..
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at the start of round 1, max wrote Well, these rules are certainly clear. Too bad that they are cruelly discriminatory against those of us without the wit to create daffynitions. I used to enjoy voting, knowing two things for sure: 1) That I would get it wrong, and C) That in so doing, I would be helping somebody out. Now, if I vote, it's just 1), and that's no fun.
democrat that I am (from time to time), let's put it to a vote..
[ ]have all votes count equally
[ ]leave it as it is
[ ]I really don't give a tinker's dam
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I vote a for the rules. Otherwise you could get either an awful lot of definitions or not many votes.
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Well, I have nothing against a plethora of definitions, and have come to the conclusion that I shall vote C
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I'll join my bro ~ C's the day, no carping
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>I'll join my bro ~ C's the day, no carping Ouch - it appears we have a TEd clone in our midst. 
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I'll take "B"...and I didn't know that tinkers built dams.
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..I didn't know that tinkers built dams.oh, I was hoping somewo'n would comment on that! the word detective: [A] second theory maintains that the phrase should be "tinker's dam," not "damn." A tinker's "dam," goes this theory, was a small piece of dough, clay or paper used to block the hole in a pot while solder was applied. When the job was done, the "dam" was discarded, and thus "tinker's dam" came to mean something utterly inconsequential.
(gee, I wo'nder if this is a yart... more than that; a self-yart!) http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=2432
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[d] Contributors' votes count two points, non-contributor's one vote.
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I vote for aIf ya gotta have steenkin' roolz....  , let all votes count equally.
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[d] Contributors' votes count two points, non-contributor's one vote.
...as long as it's a Democracy, I'll vote for 'D' as well.
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[d] for me, three. If you're gonna go to the effort of coming up with a daffynition (and thereby keeping the game going), you should be rewarded an extra point for getting the right answer. This keeps everyone involved, but offers a little extra incentive to participate.
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I'll take A in the generic, meaning all votes should count whether or not the voter has submitted a definition. I also feel rather strongly that an additional point is appropriate for person or persons identifying the correct definition. (Does that mean I just voted for the status quo ante?)
And if we need extra incentive to have people contribute daffynition®s, then the game has just died a natural death and deserves a quiet interment anyway. (Although I suspect even in that case...maybe we'd find after a little while that the game should be renamed "Phoenix" ?)
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well, I can see that we're anything you like except unanimous on this issue. so here's my last best proposal: everyone's vote counts, but player's votes get double-weighted
on a more positive note, I've got eight def'ns for widdiful so far, including entries from max, Jackie and musick!
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All right already, I'll get on the proverbial s(ch)tick.
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last call in extremis.. (ASp?, Wordwind?)
(I've got 13 daffynitions now)
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Done, chief. Apologies for the delay.
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