Fw: [Fictionary] Jack Jamb Jaseran - Armored, Opalescent, Aromatic, Pr otective, Smoky, Seated, and Noisy

[Hutch]

Oops! I know better than that. Copying and pasting in too much of a hurry.

Sorry, Linda! I didn't mean to marry you off to Nicholas like that.

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:49 PM, lindafowens at netzero.net <
lindafowens at netzero.net> wrote:

> Hey, guys, I am Linda Owens--someone misspelled that as LInda Ward in one
> place, but you probably had too much jacked stuff.  I have a lousy keyboard
> now, so I forgive you.  Anyway, there are special stones that are used to
> keep rats out of corn cribs or other buildings in England's Cotswolds--they
> are half-round and are called saddle stones. I bought a mini one when
> visiting friends there.   Linda Owens
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> From: Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com>
> To: fictionary group <fictionary at swarpa.net>
> Subject: [Fictionary] Jack Jamb Jaseran - Armored, Opalescent, Aromatic,
> Protective, Smoky, Seated, and Noisy
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 00:08:27 -0400
>
> There are definitely times when certain people really just shouldn't
> bother getting out of bed. I coulda swore I had prepared this and sent it
> off last week, but I can't find the file and I definitely DIDN'T send
> anything.
>
> Anyway, the real definition won, so I'll just pick another ... [shut him
> up / drag 'em off stage / get a rope!] or perhaps not :-D
>
> In reality, we have a tie for the lead between David Randall and J-J Cote.
> However, David's stuffed the ballot box with his "Inspirational Poem"
> included below, so I declare David Randall the winner.
>
> Linda's note echoes my opinion. Eric's "power noise" from "the California
> proto-punk movement" is without a doubt one of the most original
> fictionitions we've had in a long time! Kudos, sir!!!
>
> BB,
> Hutch
> Â
> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> Version: 3.1
> GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$
> N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?
> X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++>
> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
>
> ------------------------------
>
> jack - n - medieval leather coat worn as armour
> jamb - n - metal leg-armour
> jaseran - n - fine chain mail jacket
> by Reality (http://phrontistery.info/j.html) 6
> David Randall, 2
> J-J Cote, 2
> fictioneric, 2 ("Well, that's a real definition of 'jack', one I
> deliberately steered clear of because I thought it was one of the known
> ones we were supposed to ignore. So unless someone's being sneaky, these
> are the real defs. I won't vote for them, since knowing one seems like
> cheating." Ed. Note: This was definitely NOT one of the 'known' definitions
> to ignore; although he disclaimed it because of 'knowing' [one of] the
> correct definitions, I gave it to him as a correct guess anyway.)
>
> jack - v - [fr. Malay] - to dive for pearls
> jamb - n - [fr. Malay] - a black pearl
> jaseran - n - [fr. Malay] a pearl thief
> by David Randall -- 5 (including 2 point correct guess)
> Ranjit Bhatnagar, 1
> Linda Owens, 1
> Nicholas Ward, 1 ("1 point for believable transliteration")
>
> 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.
> by lindafowens -- 3
> David Randall, 1
> Pierre Abbat, 2
>
> 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.
> by Pierre Abbat -- 1
> J-J Cote, 1
>
> 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
> by Jean-Joseph Cote -- 5 (including 2 point correct guess)
> Nicholas Ward, 2 ("2 points for medieval simplicity")
> fictioneric, 1 ("One point because I like my cigarettes jambed.
> Aficionados use a jaseran to evenly distribute the ether in newly-jambed
> cigars; the traditional clockwork device was used to prevent the danger of
> fire from sparking in ether vapor, attendant upon the use of early electric
> motors. Nowadays, cheap battery-powered jaserans are used by hoi polloi.")
>
> 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.
> by Nicolas Ward -- 3
> Linda Owens, 2
> Pierre Abbat, 1 ("One travished point." Ed Note: Was "travished" an old
> fictionary word? Whazzit mean?)
>
> 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 -Â  - 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.
> fictioneric -- 4 (including 2 point correct guess)
> Ranjit Bhatnagar, 2
> Nicholas Ward ("Hehe retronoise")
> Linda Ward ("Honorable mention to the CA music stuff. I'd believe anything
> about CA, even though one of my sons lives there and is quite traditional.")
>
> -----
>
> An Inspirational Poem
> by 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.
>
> [Ed. Note: When I got it, I thought that some/all of the "Iamb"s (capital
> "i") were "lambs" (lower-case "L"). The picture of Jack being eaten by a
> baby sheep had me giggling uncontrollably for quite a while!)
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> *Old School Yearbook Pics*
> View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now!
> <http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5532edd7412a86dd765b0st02duc>
> classmates.com
> <http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5532edd7412a86dd765b0st02duc>
>



-- 
BB,
Hutch

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$
N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?
X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++>
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.swarpa.net/pipermail/fictionary/attachments/20150421/eae73be6/attachment.html