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arudshield, choose one:
a) an elegant, logical, theoretical technique for cutting through cant to truth, celebrating the simplest explanation among a panoply of complexities or obfuscations, and resembling Ockham’s razor
b) micro fiber screen used for tent ventilation against aruds or 'knutten' - tiny mosquitos that normal screens will not stop; imperative for summer tent camping in Nordic countries
c) an early computer security program designed to detect and prevent attempts to access files and the information stored within
d) the element of heraldic blazonry centering the MacDuff clan coat-of-arms
e) a tentlike shelter made from animal skins
f) a face covering protecting against windburn
g) a medieval precursor of the velvet rope, used to hold back the masses when royalty was present
h) a barren hillock
i) one of three ceramic covers (a-b-c) on the external fuel tank of the newly fitted space shuttle that protect three titanium struts (which serve as rudders) from any tile or ice damage that might occur before separation
j) a crucifix used for protection against vampires
k) disingenuous posturing, as feigning indifference
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I like C
They're all pretty good, except for a couple which I shall keep to myself for the time being.
we can has the perps, tsuwm?
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>we can has the perps, tsuwm?
opps [sic]...
da perps dey: ÅΓª╥┐↕§, ASp, BranShea, Faldage, Jackie, musick, olly, sjmaxq, themilum, tsuwm, and an unusual suspect
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Ah, the choice. As they are all very good i.e. very phony, and the real one does not distinguish itself to me from the other frauds, I'll take : a.
It's a most instructive one.
I count five words I will have to look up as soon as it's allowed
so as to get a full comprehension of the content.
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I like 'A' but something about it whispers no to me. Not very shield like perhaps.
K on the other hand is not so direct but still a type of defense. I mean, shield has got to figure in there somewhere, surely?
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Good laugh Olly! Everything says no  to me too in a and I see the defense in K , but where's the little arud hiding ?
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Arud? sounds like some sort of windshield cleaner or cleaning product.
"Arudshield, the Drivers choice!"
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Drat! Too late. That's the trouble with tyros they are oft times impatient and so fail to wait for the advice of the initiates. Listen, olly and BranShea, you spin your wheels, you reason with snakes, you forget that this is Hogwash where logic is made to stand on its head. To win at Hogwash is not to vote for the most likey definition of the Hogwash word, but instead, to win is to vote for what you think the Hogmaster thinks is a clever word and definition. And we all know that tsuwm is the Hogmaster, don't we? And we know that tsuwm as Hogmaster has selected the game definition from an "unusual" source, and also we know that he as tsuwm has submitted another definition just to mislead. And I'll bet ten bucks that I can pick out one of the two. 
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>And I'll bet ten bucks that I can pick out one of the two
let's see... he's got (raw odds) two chances out of eleven on the first try, and if he misses that he's left with two chances out of ten on the second guess. that's 2/11 + 2/10 = 42/110 for about 40%, and he's laying even odds.
not much of a gamble for an "initiate" on what's nearly a coin flip.
-joe (play the pot odds) friday
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