[Fictionary] pink tooth results

[Fran Poodry]

Um...

Hey, what's that over there (I'm pointing behind you) ???

(sound of fast footsteps receding into the distance)


On 8/8/08 11:36 AM, "eLLioTT morEton" <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Fran Poodry wrote:
> 
>> Um, me?  I don't recall any such thing!
>> -Fran
> 
> Yes, indeed!  Here's the election returns (for ``asternal''; I was the
> roundmeister), from the Fictionary archives
> (https://www.swarpa.net/pipermail/fictionary/2000/001581.html)::
> 
> 
> 
> Elliott A Moreton elliott at linguist.umass.edu
> Thu Nov 30 15:15:49 EST 2000
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> Well, yall are not going to believe this, but I've counted and recounted
> the ballots, including the overseas ones, and we have a tie.
> 
> If Fran hadn't voted for Ralph Nader, someone might have won.
> 
> Now Fran and Melissa get to fight it out in the courts for who gets to
> run the next round of the till-the-zax-come-home game!  Anybody
> want to concede voluntarily?
> 
> em
> 
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
>                                  1. asternal -- (adj.)  Moving backwards;
>                                       retromotive.
> By RANJIT.
> 1 = Aussie 1
> Aussie:  because "retromotive" is such a cool word!
> 
>                                  2. asternal -- (adj.)  Not to the rear.
> By JUDITH.
> 0.
> 
>                                  3. asternal -- (n.)  A small white
> Brazilian
>                                       orchid whose petals grow in a
> starburst
>                                       pattern.
> By DAVID.
> 4 = Aussie 2, Eric 2
> Aussie:  Because it is a credible noun.
> 
>                                  4. asternal -- (adj.)  Of a seashore, not
> fre-
>                                       quented by birds of the suborder
> Lari.
> By PIERRE.
> 0.
>                                  5. asternal -- (adj.)  Inhabiting the tree
> canopy
>                                       of tropical forests.
> By MELISSA.
> 8 = Pierre 1, Jean-Joseph 1, Fran 2, Judith 1, David 2, Hutch 1
> 
>                                  6. asternal -- (adj.)  1.  Not connected
> to the
>                                       sternum.  2. Lacking a sternum.
> The REAL ONE.
> 2 = Pierre 2
> Pierre:  LOL! If I shone a flashlight along one, it would be beyond the
> reach
> of my beam.
> 
>                                  7. asternal -- (adj.)  Of boats,
> semi-infinite:
>                                       having a bow, but no stern.  Cf.
> abowate.
> By ERIC.
> 2 = Ranjit 2
> Ranjit:  This one gets two points for passing the laugh-out-loud test.
> BUT HOW
> DO YOU EXPLAIN "AMIDSHIPS," HUH, SMART GUY OR GAL?
> 
>                                  8. asternal -- (adj.)  Of or relating to
> Easter.
> By AUSSIE.
> 5= Melissa 1, Hutch 2, Ranjit 1
> Ranjit : for being believable
> 
>                                  9. asternal -- (adj.)  Relating to the
> area within
>                                       the range of view; visible.
> By FRAN.
> 8 = Jean-Joseph 2, Melissa 2, David 1, Judith 2, Eric 1
> 
>                                 10. (WRITE-IN) ___
> Fran 1 (Ralph Nader)
> 
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