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#165553 01/27/07 04:55 PM
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A. The concentrated syrup of flavorings used as a base for soft drinks.

B. a newborn wild pig in the remotest part of Africa

C. A big, comical and loveable, clumsy bear-god of the Funafuti Islanders, who is malevolent and mudereous when crossed. He is both a teddy bear and a boogey bear to the Funafuti children who are well behaved.

D. the stiff cardboard disk inside some screw-on bottle-caps, inserted by the manufacturer to provide a good seal, and used by children to play games with. C.f. pog

E. Baby platypus or echidna

F. To falsely frown or pout to receive sympathetic attention.

G. Scots. v., walk slowly through wet heather.

H. The flap on a saddle that lies under the stirrup strap.

I. A new hybrid dog breed, half pug and half poodle; c.f. labradoodle.

J. An inveterate landlubber.

K. a woman to take home for a snuggle just before closing time and the lights come on.

L. To remove air from clay by compression

M. The characteristic rapid, short amplitude, up and down action of a truffle hound’s snout when it has located a truffle. Dogs are preferred by the serious truffle hunter due to their more delicate puggle as opposed to the more violent rooting of the truffle hog.


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I'll break the ice with an H

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What the L, why not?

#165556 01/27/07 09:29 PM
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I like G -- it's so evocative.

#165557 01/27/07 09:52 PM
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So we don't get to know who the perps were?

Ah, well. If so, sobeit.

Just because I like it, OK?

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F for me.

#165559 01/28/07 02:52 AM
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Gimme a D!

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le " M".

If this Universe is a fit place for conceptualizing humans and articulating pigs then the answer is M .

It couldn't be otherwise.

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E. Baby platypus or echidna

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