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Asa, thank you for starting this game again! I've always loved it and hated to see it abandoned. Let's keep it going, guys. Get your daffys to Asa! Mine's on the way... | |||
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| <Proofreader> |
Isn't this a limerick game? I just sent one to Asa. Oops! | ||
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Proof, this is a daffynition game. That is, we all make up definitions, trying to dupe our fellow players. Therefore, you can't be too ridiculous or no one will select it. When Asa gets about 6 or so, he will post all the daffynitions, along with the true definition, and we will all try to guess the right definition. Arnie rocks at this game! | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
That's OK, Proofreader, we can make your daffynition work, although I may do a bit of editing.  Or you can edit yourself. Just pretend you're writing an entry for Webster's or the OED.Valentine is in with one too. Keep 'em coming! | ||
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| <Proofreader> |
Wow! Do I really come off as that dumb? I just thought of my original daffynition in limerick form and my post was a JOKE! Tell you what .... if anything I write is serious, I'll end it with one of these :-| | ||
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Don't sweat it Proofreader, Kalleh will be the first to tell you that she is rather prone to taking things literally. (And now she'll get all embarrassed that she did so. Oh, how well we come to know each other on these boards.) "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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| <Proofreader> |
:-) | ||
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You should have mine now. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
Yeahbut - it was I, not Kalleh who took him seriously.   | ||
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| <Proofreader> |
Time for Kalleh to enter in her most appropriate role (as I see it): Referee :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Edited typo. :-) :-) :-) :-)This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Proofreader>, | ||
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Well, I have to side with Asa here because I undoubtedly would have taken Proof's post the same way. Yes, Bob is right; I take everything very literally. I've posted this example before, but it perfectly shows my literalism. My friend is half Hawaiian and half Chinese, and her husband is 100% Chinese. Therefore, she felt a little awed by some of the formal Chinese traditions. They were going back to China, and in a very proper tradition she told me she was supposed to "pour tea on my knees," in front of her in-laws. She told me how scared she was about that. Without missing a beat, I responded, "Won't that hurt?" She gave me a confused look, and then she laughed hysterically.  Oh well. | |||
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| <Proofreader> |
I see no reason I should not have written a limerick on "Pultrusion." I've been there many times and have always been impressed by the very traditional "Pouring of the Tea," followed by the "Cavalcade to the ER." Do I really need a smiley face here? | ||
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Mine's in as well-- Wordmatic | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
Nah, I know the difference between smiley faces and smelly feces. Wait, no I don't! They both mean, "you gotta be shi**in' me!" Asa, who, when asked if he have a sense of humor, says, "Yes: black bile." (They NEVER say which humor!) | ||
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| <Proofreader> |
There seems to be some mild confusion If I’ve ever been to Pultrusion, Where tea’s poured onto knees As polite as you please -- Is this just my own mad delusion? | ||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
Last call before I publish the daffynitions and the real one for you to guess. (Or select if you actually know it) | ||
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Mine is in. Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
I'll publish the list tonight. Anyone else got a daffynition? | ||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
Annnnnnd, the Daffynitions (plus the real definition)are: 1. A portmanteau word (pull + extrusion) for a manufacturing process that produces constant cross-section composite materials. 2. Technique in tool-and-dye manufacture. 3. The segment of a pliable substance that is shaped by being forced under pressure through a small openning. 4. An indentation or dimple in leather work, made with a stippling tool. 5. An artistic style in which the surface of the canvass is roughened or scratched before the paint is applied. 6. A birthmark that is felt to enhance the look of a face; a beauty spot 7. Interruptions by children. 8. The abcessed area at the site of a projectile injury where the projectile, such as an arrow, has to be yanked out. 9. The process of laying an egg. 10. In physics, the theoretical bulge in space-time at right angles to the main mass of a pulsar. A portmanteau from pulsar + protrusion. There you have them. Some are similar, but none are exactly alike. Now, will the real pultrusion please stand up?  | ||
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4 for me, please. | |||
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I'll take 1, please. Wordmatic | |||
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| <Proofreader> |
I like #4, too. | ||
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1 for me, 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. | |||
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My favorite is #9!!!! But cast my vote sensibly for #3, please... | |||
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Number 10. Pultrusion does have the feel of a portmanteau word, but number 1 doesn't work for me. | |||
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In my usual spirit of contrariness, I shall try 6. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
One more day for selecting the real pultrusion! Those who didn't submit a daffynition may reply too. | ||
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1 for me. Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
We've been pultruded long enough! Here's the results:
Utter malarkey I threw in just to confuse Valentine! Some good ones there, folks! Who's next? | ||
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Mine was a guess, based on the theory that No 1 was the least unlikely. 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. | |||
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#1 was the least unlikely, in one sense, because it (but for the detail of composite material) is a good definition of "extrusion". Since I didn't really see a need for a new word to describe pulling extrusion, and didn't think in any case that a portmanteau word would be coined, I went for the utter malarkey (thus demonstrating my almost total ignorance of advanced physics). I'm next, with a twist. See the new topic. | |||
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I'd like to claim that I can read Arnie's mind, but mine was just a guess too. I loved Kalleh's and BeThree5's, but could tell they probably weren't real. Almost bit on the space-time continuum, Asa! WM | |||
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| <Asa Lovejoy> |
Im amazed that three of you simply guessed it! Good going! Now, on to Valentine's word(s)! | ||
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