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#142822 06/20/05 11:55 AM
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The link: http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/

Thanks, Rainmaker.

To make a link active, use square brackets around "url" at beginning and "/url" at end. Thus:

http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd

If we newcomers continue to share this sort of esoterica with one another, before long we'll be able to compete in these games on the same footing as the old-timers.




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> we newcomers

yeah, right.


one can always read the FAQ:

http://wordsmith.org/board/faq_english.pl?Cat=



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Of likely interest to the real newcomers, I'd like to point out that maverick posted the link to tsuwm's collection after Sparteye admitted forgetting to do so, in this very thread, more than a month ago, on May 11:

http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=146040


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If we newcomers continue to share this sort of esoterica with one another, before long we'll be able to compete in these games on the same footing as the old-timers.

It's not nice to fool mother/father nature (aka. rainmaker).

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Voussoir

A voussoir is shape shifter whose attacks are experienced most often in large cities. It searches the surface of tall buildings for loose stucco, terra-cotta or other tile pieces and times their fall onto unsuspecting passer-by's. When it can't find any loose building materials it will often take the form of a pigeon and hone its skills at poop-bombing.

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passer-bys?





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Of likely interest to the real newcomers

Dear ASp:

I consider myself a 'newcomer' because when I am not being shunned by Carp, I am being insulted by Carp.

I am not complaining, mind you. On the contrary, I bear this distinction with pride, as a badge of honor.

But there are practical consequences. For instance, I must look to newcomers for polite assistance or find the information for myself.

However, I do appreciate learning that Maverick thought enough about newcomers to post a link which would enable newcomers to join the game.

Too often the Carp have a Carpal-centric view of the universe.

In my opinion, which is obviously heretical in this company, it would be far healthier, and far more representative of the real world, to have a 5:1 ratio of newcomers to Carp, than the present flat-earth ratio of 5:1 in favor of Carp.

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I new I'd git it from sum1 but me didn't tink it wood be yew, eta. It wuz eether dat or "passers-by" witch just dozen't sound wright two me.

EDIT : ...or find the information for myself. Which, in this case, would require actually reading/participating with the thread at hand. I'll be sure to post the intended directions to/of this thread more often in the future.

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I'll be sure to post the intended directions to/of this thread more often in the future.

That would certainly be considerate, musick. Thank you.




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Now can we get back to the game?!?

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The game is newly afoot...


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