[Fictionary] An Inspirational Poem

[David Randall]

Jack found himself in a terrible Jamb,
Helpless before the Iamb that Iamb;
"Jaseran!" swore he. "By Jimbo! By Gee!
Jumpin' Jehosophat! Fiddle-dee-dee!"
But swearing was futile, and finally Jack
Was et by the Iamb, with Jamb, for a snack.

On Apr 3, 2015, at 11:44 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did say Sunday evening, didn't I. Make that ...
> 
> You have ~48 hours to get your votes in and break this tie!!!!
> 
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 11:43 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I have four votes in (thanks David, Eric, J-J, and Linda).
> 
> At the moment we have (I think!!!) a five-way tie for the lead. You have ~24 hours to get your votes in and break this tie!!!!
> 
> BB,
> Hutch
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> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> At long last, a ballot. Again, my apologies for letting this round run on the way it did.
> 
> Let's give it a week for voting, so please have your votes in by the end of the day, Saturday, April 4th. I'll tally the votes sometime on Sunday. As usual, give 2-point and 1-point votes (plus as many amusing tie-breaker votes as you wish). Give them to the group of three, rather than to individual fictionitions.
> 
> ==========
> 
> jack - n. - A smooth stone disk fastened to a piling of a jaseran to keep rodents from entering.
> jamb - v. - To fasten netting to the slat walls of a jaseran so as to allow air to enter, in order to dry the grain, but keep flying animals out
> jaseran - n. - An elevated granary built on pilings.
> 
> jack - v. - [fr. Malay] - to dive for pearls
> jamb - n. - [fr. Malay] - a black pearl
> jaseran - n. - [fr. Malay] a pearl thief
> 
> jack - n. - The inner bark layers of a Stone pine (Pinus pinea).
> jamb - n. - The outer bark layers of a Stone pine (Pinus pinea).
> jaseran - n. - A style of chair popular in Moorish Spain whose seat is formed from overlapping jack and jamb.
> 
> jack - n. - a special type of incense used at certain Indian wedding festivals. Jack is slang for many different varieties, but usually flowery and spicy, not intoxicating.
> jamb - n. - the liquid oil poured sparingly over jack to activate the fragrance and make it smoulder.
> jaseran - n. - the container, usually ceramic with inlaid metallic bits, in which jack and jamb are co-mingled.
> 
> jack - n. - Genre of power noise music developed in the 1970s as an outgrowth of the California proto-punk movement.
> jamb - n. - A breadboarded RC (resistive-capacitative) unit used to customize or distort the sound of early Ampex multitrack recorders, repopularized in the retro-noise esthetic of the 1990s.
> Jaseran [styled lowercase jaseran] - Mononym of keyboardist and recording engineer Jason Emkanian, best known for his avant-garde and noise rock work at Grey-Grey-Grey recording studio in Modesto, California, circa  1995-2005.
> 
> jack - n. - A cigarette rolled in birchbark.
> jamb - v. - To soak a cigar in dilute ether in order to tighten the wrapper.
> jaseran - n. - A humidor with a clockwork mechanism to slowly roll the cigars
> 
> jack - n. - medieval leather coat worn as armour
> jamb - n. - metal leg-armour
> jaseran - n. - fine chain mail jacket
> 
> ==========
> 
> P.S. An interesting combination of the two interests that got me into this group in the first place: maps and words. Check out http://www.what3words.com. What's it for? When you need to meet a friend at the largest mall in the US, don't try to tell them the southeast corner. There are (at least) six entrances you could describe that way. Just say to meet at "modify.acoustics.knitted". That three word address identifies a specific spot, 3-meter square. If anyone cares my front door is at "pundits.interacts.inflicts", but my kitchen is at "fight.among.groovy". (I like the last one better :-D ) (Nope, nowhere near the Mall of America; heck, nowhere near ANYTHING!!! :-)
> 
> BB,
> Hutch
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> 
> -- 
> BB,
> Hutch
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