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Bluffing game: Colporteur
July 10, 2005, 13:23
SunflowerBluffing game: Colporteur
It's not really Sunflower - it's Asa, but since I'm on Sunflower's computer, she gets credit for this round!
If you know French, you'll figure out the literal meaning easily enough, BUT, it's not used literally, soooooo.... Send daffynitions to Asa Lovejoy's PM box, or to ama11285@hevanet.com with "colporteur" in the subject line.
July 10, 2005, 13:32
KallehThanks, Asa or Sunflower or whoever!
Mine is on the way! Nobody has chosen my daffynitions in awhile, and I am getting a bit cranky about that!
July 11, 2005, 19:22
haberdasherI'm in, too. Let me know if there's any glitch in reception.
July 11, 2005, 20:17
TrossLI sent mine earlier... It's so Strolin...
July 12, 2005, 19:07
<Asa Lovejoy>I've got five so far. Keep 'em coming - to Asa, not to Sunflower! I'm home now, alas...
July 12, 2005, 19:19
haberdasherquote:
I sent mine earlier... It's so Strolin...
Must be the one in limerick form, then, right?
July 12, 2005, 19:49
TrossLquote:
Must be the one in limerick form, then, right?
shoot... that woulda been a good idea... now I'll have to re-submit... thanks hab...
July 13, 2005, 18:58
<Asa Lovejoy>Still just the five. BTW, I'm DEEEEEElighted to see you back, TrossL! Is your new spouse on here too?
July 14, 2005, 05:29
TrossLOnly when he's peering over my shoulder... By the way Asa... CONGRATS on the whole nuptual thing going on with you too! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...
July 14, 2005, 21:31
<Asa Lovejoy>Thanks, Trossl!
Hey, I STILL only have five daffynitions! C'mon, git 'em in before Saturday night!
July 14, 2005, 21:33
amnowquote:
Colporteur
Isn't he some guy who's written bunches of music stuffs?
[Obviously, I didn't read the destructions (that's instructions/directions), but I'll leave the message here, anyway.]
July 16, 2005, 06:33
<Asa Lovejoy>I have replies from Haberdasher, arnie, Jo, Caterwauller, Kalleh, TrossL, Sunflower, and Tinman. Get your entires in by tonight, since I'll post them then.
July 16, 2005, 08:17
jerry thomasCount me OUT this time, due to circumstances ...
~~~ jerry
July 16, 2005, 11:07
BobHaleOn the way
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 16, 2005, 19:11
<Asa Lovejoy>Colporteur daffynitions - and the real one!
1. archaic: a midwife
2. From French
col (collar) and
porteur (carrier), Middle Ages up to late 18th Century (same time as Jack Ketch the hangman): Sardonic name given to the pointed stick displaying the head of your slain enemy, to show the Publick-at-Large what happens to those who oppose you, and they better toe the line if they know what's good for them.
3. An assistant to the chef, in charge of salad preparation, in a gourmet restaurant.
4. A term used to describe a writer of love songs for gay men.
5. A movable structure for opening or closing the entrance to a building or room.
6. A tuft of feathers, usually stiff, used as a hat ornament; originally from egrets.
7. The person who places a condemned person in a guillotine.
8. A distributor of religious literature or a peddler of books.
9. A bag, worn strapped around the waist and hanging down behind.
10. A cap worn by engineer's assistants on the railroad around the turn of the 20th Century.
OK, boys and girls, let's see who besides arnie knows this one!
July 16, 2005, 19:26
KallehWhen I read through the definitions, I thought that mine was the most likely! This time, I hope someone picks mine!
I think it is very likely to be 2, simply because Asa is trying to throw us.
However, I will choose
five, most likely a loser!
July 17, 2005, 08:06
haberdasherI'll take
7, even though it's very similar to 2.
July 17, 2005, 09:56
BobHaleAs a lifelong "Call My Bluff" fan I alwys like to plump and this time I'll plump for 8.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 17, 2005, 11:10
<Asa Lovejoy>quote:
Originally posted by jo:
I eight it!
Ohhh, NO, Jo, spit it out, spit it out!
July 17, 2005, 11:28
CaterwaullerI like #1 - she seems so lonely having not been chosen yet. . . . not yet been chosen . . . yet not been chosen . .. oh whatever.
*******
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
July 17, 2005, 15:18
tinmanquote:
Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
quote:
Originally posted by jo:
I eight it!
Ohhh, NO, Jo, spit it out, spit it out!
No,
don't spit! Swallow! (There's a website for everything!)
Tinman
July 17, 2005, 15:31
tinmanI think it's 6 ... or maybe 5 ... 9 looks pretty good, too. Oh, hell, I don't know! I'll guess 6.
Tinman
July 17, 2005, 19:09
SunflowerI'll pick 2, since someone went to a lot of trouble to think that one up.
July 17, 2005, 22:06
TrossLI thought it would be a seller of coal... but the only seller is 8 so I'll pick 8.
Tinman... I can't believe you linked
that... I can't believe I clicked that link...
July 18, 2005, 01:52
arnieI'll go for 8. too.
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.
July 18, 2005, 17:53
tinmanquote:
Originally posted by TrossL:
Tinman... I can't believe you linked that... I can't believe I clicked that link...
Well, you can't ever tell what I'll do.
Tinman
July 18, 2005, 18:15
KallehI have to say, Tinman, I learned something from that site.
(I had only heard the word "cum" said, not spelled.) And to think that my daughter just graduated
magna cum laude!
July 18, 2005, 19:14
<Asa Lovejoy>1. archaic: a midwife
Bob Hale's daffynition, guessed by Caterwauller.
2. From French
col (collar) and
porteur (carrier), Middle Ages up to late 18th Century (same time as Jack Ketch the hangman): Sardonic name given to the pointed stick displaying the head of your slain enemy, to show the Publick-at-Large what happens to those who oppose you, and they better toe the line if they know what's good for them.
Our esteemed Dr. Haberdasher dashed this one off and suckered Sunflower.
3. An assistant to the chef, in charge of salad preparation, in a gourmet restaurant.
Jo jotted this one down but didn't get any bites.
4. A term used to describe a writer of love songs for gay men.
TrossL's daffynition - and one most of us thought of when we saw the word - but nobody picked it.
5. A movable structure for opening or closing the entrance to a building or room.
Sunflower's suggestion, which fooled Kalleh
6. A tuft of feathers, usually stiff, used as a hat ornament; originally from egrets.
Kalle's kreation, kausing Tinman to go astray.
7. The person who places a condemned person in a guillotine.
I threw this one in just to add to the daffynition count, and Haberdasher lost his hat over it. (At least it wasn't his head!)
8. A distributor of religious literature or a peddler of books.
Arnie, Jo, TrossL, and Bob Hale picked the real definition. So you guys been hanging out with Elmer Gantry?
9. A bag, worn strapped around the waist and hanging down behind.
Arnie's creation.
10. A cap worn by engineer's assistants on the railroad around the turn of the 20th Century.
Cat's contribution.
Somehow I don't think this all tallies right, but I'm too tired tonight to figure it all out! Who wants to have the next turn?
July 18, 2005, 20:10
tinmanquote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
I have to say, Tinman, I learned something from that site.
Perhaps you'd better "discuss" that with Shufitz.
quote:
And to think that my daughter just graduated
magna cum laude!
And what did
she major in?
Tinman
July 18, 2005, 21:09
tinmanquote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
(I had only heard the word "cum" said, not spelled.)
According to the
Online Entomology Dictionary, that is a modern spelling. I've always spelled it
come.
Tinman
July 18, 2005, 21:31
<Asa Lovejoy>quote:
And to think that my daughter just graduated
magna cum laude!
Perhaps she's been having a passionate affair with retired Formula One racing driver Nikki Lauda?
July 19, 2005, 03:10
arnieI was very tempted by Sunflower's
A movable structure for opening or closing the entrance to a building or room but suddenly realised we already have a perfectly simple word for that; it's called a
door!
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.
July 19, 2005, 21:04
Kallehquote:
I was very tempted by Sunflower's A movable structure for opening or closing the entrance to a building or room but suddenly realised we already have a perfectly simple word for that; it's called a door!
I wish I'd have thought of "door!"
At least Tinman chose mine! Thanks!
I was absolutely postive that TrossL wrote # 2 because she had mentioned that hers was "so Strolin." Remember how long and involved CJ's daffynitions used to be?
July 20, 2005, 01:58
Caterwaullerquote:
According to the Online Entomology Dictionary, that is a modern spelling. I've always spelled it come.
Have you written about it often?
*******
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
July 20, 2005, 11:28
arniequote:
I was absolutely postive that TrossL wrote # 2 because she had mentioned that hers was "so Strolin."
I thought the same, Kalleh!
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.
July 20, 2005, 15:22
Kalleh Have you written about it often? Who's up next?
if no one objects, I have one I'd love to do.
July 21, 2005, 19:27
<Asa Lovejoy>OK, Jo, where's the new word?
My computer's doing worse than ever, DESPITE supposedly having just had a "tune-up," but I can still navigate Wordcraft as well as before (which isn't well at all!) but I haven't seen a new word yet.
Rex here...
Jo is really really sick and can't do the word. She's begs y'all's forgiveness.
July 22, 2005, 10:33
arnieSorry to hear that, Rex.
Thanks for letting us know.
Jo, get well soon!
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.
July 22, 2005, 21:42
KallehWe are so sorry to hear that, Jo. Please take care of yourself!
Arnie, it has been awhile since you have posted a word, hasn't it? How's about it? I
always look forward to beating you!
July 22, 2005, 22:02
<Asa Lovejoy>Sorry to hear that you're ill, Jo. Get well, please!!!
Go for it, arnie!
July 22, 2005, 22:53
arnieOK.
See new thread.
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.