<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>BB,</div><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 12:38 AM Nicolas Ward <<a href="mailto:ultranurd@gmail.com">ultranurd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div>[snip]</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">----</span><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Hutch's</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Ranjit 2</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Linda 2</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">cumbol, v. To visit uninvited, commonly, at mealtime.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Elliott: ENCUMBER?</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Linda: 2 points for the dinner visitor--in memory of my Grandma Lovey, who would not stay but wanted my Mom's full attention while she was preparing a meal.  You have to realize that my Dad insisted on supper at exactly 5pm, as he walked in the door, something his mother (GL) never got around to in her gallivanting.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">----</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No, not "encumber". I was thinking of "Come by" and remembered hearing a funny story about the single preacher who always managed to visit just before supper time.</div><div><br></div><div>[snip]<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">----</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Linda's</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Eric 1</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">J-J 2</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Ranjit 1</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Elliott 2</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">cumbol, n. A tassel attached to a brass instrument during festive parades.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Eric: Should have a name!</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">J-J: Two points for the tassel.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Hutch: I marched with trombone and Sousaphone for six years, ~10-20 times a year. I've never heard of such a thing.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Elliott: I can't tell you how many times I've needed a word for that.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">----</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've SEEN such tassles many times. You can slip one on the pad on the end of a trombone's slide very easily. They are horribly distracting.</div><div><br></div><div>Just never heard of a special word for them.</div><div><br></div><div>[snip]<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">----</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Pierre's</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Elliott 1</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">cumbol, n. The tent that the Pope stays in when visiting Kazakhstan.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Eric: Yurt alert!</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">J-J: YURT ALERT! (It's been a while.)</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Hutch: Somehow I don't think the Pope stays in a tent... not even in Kazakhstan.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">Elliott: Yurt alert!  Yurt alert!  One point for nostalgia value.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;min-height:22px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">----</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Completely missed both the yurt and the pope smoke references. D'Oh!<br></div><div><br></div>[snip]</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>