Subject: Vanocka Ballot

From: "lindafowens" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:45:27 -0400

Here is the new ballot. Please vote your 1's and 2's and return to me by next Sunday night. Linda 
VANOCKA BALLOT-A small but delightful compendium

Vanocka, n.   A prize for which the contestants do not know they are competing, and which they would rather not win.  (Named after Lillian Vanocka, inventor of Beano®, winner of the first IgNobel Prize in Medicine [1991], for her research on liquids that prevent bloat, gassiness, discomfort, and embarrassment.)

Vanocka, n. Brandy distilled from honey, lemon peel, and plums.

Vanocka, n.  (fr. Czech, popularized by the Sokol sporting leagues)-A competition involving the performance of fifty push-ups, fifty sit-ups, fifty jumping jacks, and a fifty-meter dash.

Vanocka, n.  (1) Brand name of a failed candy bar containing white chocolate, raisins, and puffed rice, introduced by Cadbury in 1978 and withdrawn from production in 1979; (2) confectioners' slang for a product difficult to sell.

Vanocka, n. [Gerrit van Ocka, Dutch engineer]--A device in a wind turbine for adjusting the pitch of the blades depending on the wind speed and desired torque.

Vanocka, n.  An Eastern European chicken stew with dumplings.

Vanocka, n.  A Swedish filled Christmas pastry with the top braided to resemble the swaddled Christ Child.

Vanocka, n.  Fijian for "Thank You".