[Fictionary] Lirp Results

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There is a party game in which you put the name of a famous person on everyone's back, and by asking yes or no questions, each person tries to find out his secret identity.  Linda

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From: Pierre Abbat <phma at bezitopo.org>
To: fictionary at swarpa.net
Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Lirp Results
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:14:49 -0400

> Pierre Abbat: (3)
> 5) Lirp â&euro;&ldquo; v. To surreptitiously affix a label or card, such as a fish
> cutout, to someone's back.
> -I understand why one might want to "surreptitiously affix" a sign to
> someone's back. What I don't understand is why one would want to put a fish
> there. "Kick me", self insults of many varieties, yes. A fish?????
> -I considered submitting a definition based on "lirpa loof", so no points
> to whoever did.
> -Partial anagram of April?

Yes. In France it is customary to stick a cutout of a fish on someone's back on 
April Fool's Day. This is called un poisson d'avril.

Once there was a Chinese guy at work and someone handed me a label "MADE IN 
CHINA" which was cut out of some box, with a loop of tape, and asked me to 
stick it on his back. I did, and he went around for several hours with this 
tag stuck on his back before he found out.

Pierre
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