Fw: The old One-Two--Pantechnicon Ballot

[lindafowens at netzero.net]

---------- Forwarded Message ----------
THE OLD ONE-TWO—PANTECHNICON BALLOT
            Give it your one point and two point vote.  Votes are for PAIRS of DEFS.  Linda
1 a) pantechnicon, n—in Greek mythology, the gathering of Vulcan and his assistant demigods.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a two-sided griddle for frying sandwiches.
 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
2 a) pantechnicon, n—a federation of the trade-unions of an ancient Greek city-state, especially the Great Pantechnicon of Corinth.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a reversible argument that can be invoked either way as convenient, e.g. “I’ve waited thirty years and I won’t wait another minute” on Monday and “You’ve waited thirty years, so another minute won’t matter” on Tuesday.
 
3 a) pantechnicon, n—a device that is capable of performing all of the tasks necessary in a given situation.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a garment worn by workers in certain laboratories as protection for the gonads against radiation.
 
4 a) pantechnicon, n—a hardware store.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a classic swindle involving four pairs of trousers.
 
5 a) pantechnicon, n—a warehouse.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a furniture van.
 
6 a) pantechnicon, n—a university.
   b) pantechnicon, n—exhausted disgust.
 
7 a) pantechnicon, n—a military victory won by superior technology.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a competition in which each contestant makes a painting, a sculpture, and a musical performance.
 
8 a) pantechnicon, n—a device used for taking a daguerreotype or tintype, a camera.
   b) pantechnicon, n—a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams.
 
9 a) pantechnicon, adj—characterized by a flowing and expressive melodic line.
   b) pantechnicon, v—to pummel into submission.
 
Get your votes in by Friday, November 3, 2006, any time zone, before I open them on Saturday noon, EST, on November 4.
 
Leftover and joke defs, no points allowed!  In no particular order….
1)      the icon on the laundry-instructions label for a pair of pants.  2) a tin zipper.
3)      a smooth, round stone, suitable for throwing. 4) a convocation of nerds. 5) a gathering of heavy-breathing hedgehogs. 6) the capital city of the clockwork men in John Milton’s epic “Paradise Not Found”.  7) a hedgehog show.
 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.swarpa.net/pipermail/fictionary/attachments/20061026/633be541/attachment.html