This game's been idle for too long, IMHO, so here's a new one: Nestorian (Not having to do with the Homeric Nestor)
I note that several guests sign on here regularly. I invite them to become members, then send a Private Message (PM) to me with a fanciful "daffynition" of this term. If you know the true definition, don't tell anyone until the daffynitions and the true definition are published. If you don't know the true meaning, all the better! Do NOT look it up - that's cheating!This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>,
September 13, 2009, 09:29
<Proofreader>
A Nestorian is the person in charge of keeping the recipes for the Nestle Chocolate Company. Mine is in
September 17, 2009, 17:55
<Asa Lovejoy>
Just moving this game back up for all to see. Come on, send a PM with a daffynition!
September 17, 2009, 19:16
Kalleh
Well, proof stole my thinking. I really had planned to put forth something like that!
September 17, 2009, 21:57
<Asa Lovejoy>
Soooo, get out of the nest and send me something totally cuckoo!
Edit: Oh, I see you did! Thanks!
September 19, 2009, 08:31
<Asa Lovejoy>
Only three daffynitions.
MAY I HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION?
Correction: CW just made it four. Keep 'em coming!This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>,
September 19, 2009, 21:55
wordmatic
OK, mine should make it 5!
WM
September 20, 2009, 08:07
<Asa Lovejoy>
Now we're getting somewhere! Thanks!
September 20, 2009, 11:32
wordmatic
and another...
September 20, 2009, 12:34
<Asa Lovejoy>
Thanks, WM. I'll hold this game open until I get a couple more people. There's gotta be more than five! Welllll, maybe not, but I keep hoping...
September 21, 2009, 20:13
<Asa Lovejoy>
Haberdasher supplied one, so we're getting close to a quorum - if there is such a thing in this game. Heck, I started it, so I ought to know - but I don't.
Senility wouldn't be so bad if I could just remember what it is...
September 26, 2009, 08:40
<Asa Lovejoy>
Last call before I publish the daffynitions and ask the real Nestorian to stand up.
September 27, 2009, 08:19
<Asa Lovejoy>
1. A wise old man.
2. A private investigator who tries to find that nest egg you just know Granny stashed away somewhere. Stella's contribution.
3. A follower of the twentieth-century Gnostic scholar Nestor Perala. I tossed this in. Nestor Perala was a local "colourful character."
4. The time period related to when Ivor Nestorling was Prime Minister of Norway. Proofreader's. (This was my personal favourite!)
5. Concerning the brooding habits of various extinct prehistoric birds. Proofreader the second.
6. Prone to sudden outrageous bursts of anger. Bob Hale's.
7. Concerning the teachings of Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople in the early 5th Century. This, of course, is the winner. Why "of course?" Well, arnie picked it, didn't he? :-)
8. Someone who studies the legends and facts of the Loch Ness Monster. Caterwaulllllllller's.
9. A student of the history of nests; one who identifies birds and other species by the characteristics of their nests. Wordmatic's.
10. An obscure Celtic dialect spoken by a dwindling population of the Outer Hebrides. Wordmatic's second effort.
11. A follower of (Er)nesto (Che) Guevera during the Cuban Revolution. Nestorians were a major factor in some of Castro's most audacious victories, not the least of which was the Bay of Pigs debacle for the US. Haberdasher's.
12. A narrative of fictitious events. Kalleh's.
A dozen from which to pick. Now, will the real Nestorian please stand up?This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>,
September 27, 2009, 09:37
<Proofreader>
I haven't been right yet, so I'll choose 8.
September 27, 2009, 11:41
haberdasher
Free? I'll taKe ten!
September 27, 2009, 22:00
Kalleh
Six for me.
September 27, 2009, 22:58
arnie
No. 7 please.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
September 28, 2009, 11:28
Kalleh
There go my chances of winning.
September 28, 2009, 11:51
BobHale
Some of them seem a bit too comical, some of the name ones seem to be based on first names and second are more usual so I'll go for 7 as well please.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
September 29, 2009, 16:14
stella
Yes, I'd say since the word has a capital N it's probably someone's name - so I'll pick one not yet chosen - #4, thanks. Was there ever a man called Ivor Nestorling? I dunno, but it's a great name!
September 29, 2009, 19:11
<Asa Lovejoy>
There really was a Nestor Perala, but he was Finnish. Now that he's dead, he's Finnished.
October 02, 2009, 20:21
Caterwauller
I'll choose 6 just to be different.
******* "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama
October 03, 2009, 09:09
<Asa Lovejoy>
quote:
1. A wise old man. arnie offered this one.
2. A private investigator who tries to find that nest egg you just know Granny stashed away somewhere. Stella's contribution.
3. A follower of the twentieth-century Gnostic scholar Nestor Perala. I tossed this in. Nestor Perala was a local "colourful character."
4. The time period related to when Ivor Nestorling was Prime Minister of Norway. Proofreader's. (This was my personal favourite!) Stella liked it too.
5. Concerning the brooding habits of various extinct prehistoric birds. Proofreader the second.
6. Prone to sudden outrageous bursts of anger. Bob Hale's. Kalleh bought it.
7. Concerning the teachings of Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople in the early 5th Century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius This, of course, is the winner. Why "of course?" Well, arnie picked it, didn't he? :-) And Bob too!
8. Someone who studies the legends and facts of the Loch Ness Monster. Caterwaulllllllller's Proofreader-fooling effort.
9. A student of the history of nests; one who identifies birds and other species by the characteristics of their nests. Wordmatic's.
10. An obscure Celtic dialect spoken by a dwindling population of the Outer Hebrides. Wordmatic's second effort. She fooled Haberdasher.
11. A follower of (Er)nesto (Che) Guevera during the Cuban Revolution. Nestorians were a major factor in some of Castro's most audacious victories, not the least of which was the Bay of Pigs debacle for the US. Haberdasher's.
12. A narrative of fictitious events. Kalleh's.
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October 03, 2009, 18:50
Kalleh
Great game, Asa!
October 04, 2009, 10:44
<Asa Lovejoy>
We DID finally get a good group to play, for which I'm grateful. Thanks, y'all!
October 06, 2009, 19:46
wordmatic
Aak--we were away from 9/24-10/4 and I forgot to vote while absent from my normal place. Yes--great game!
WMThis message has been edited. Last edited by: wordmatic,
October 07, 2009, 19:46
Kalleh
...And I am sure you would have picked number 7...
