[Fictionary] Fw: LIRIPIPE RESULTS 7/10/2016
lindafowens at netzero.net
lindafowens at netzero.net
Sat Jul 23 09:24:01 EDT 2016
did everyone get this result form weeks ago?????? LInda
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From: "lindafowens at netzero.net" <lindafowens at netzero.net>
To: lindafowens at netzero.net
Subject: LIRIPIPE RESULTS 7/10/2016
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:18:41 GMT
Liripipe Results 7/10/16Backwards results—Ranjit’s Songbird def got no points but a Belly Laugh from Fran. I would point out that a number of birds sing their name, like the Phoebe and Whip-Poor-Will, and many say an English phrase, like Drink Your Tea from the Towhee. David R surprised me by not knowing what a liripipe actually was, as it’s Medieval, but he did make a winning guess for 1 point. His breakfast of flax and oats did not gather in any hungry votes.Nicolas’s single unbroken weave garnered 4 points from Eric [2], with the suggestion that I knew something about textiles, which is true—I used to weave a lot and I own a number of large and small looms. Nicolas also got one point each from JJ and Pierre, for a total of 4 points!Pierre’s alchemy distillation received one point from Ranjit, plus he gets two points for correct guess for a total of 3 points.JJ’s fungus on coconuts got a Yuck from David R, plus one point from Eric, and he correctly guessed the point on the cap/e, for a total of 3 points.Lastly, there was a tie between the real def and Eric’s Imitation Parchment/Gruel [a Yuck from me, who also makes paper, usually from scrap paper, on occasion] that won a grand total of 6 points each. And a non-vote from Pierre because of the Society for the Prevention of Gruelty to Kids and Lambs. I would point out that if you eat lamb, and many folks do, having raised them for that purpose, there are pieces left over after you harvest the meat and fur. It is a shame to waste all that, when you can use it to make useful parchment. I am also referencing The Knackers motto for that opinion: Eat the Meat and Recycle the Offal. I might also mention that often there are kids, usually males, who do not produce offspring or proper wool, or are in some way inferior, that must be sacrificed for the good of the flock and shepherds. It’s a gruel, gruel world out there. [Yikes! This sounds really nasty!] I tend to have a lot of very elderly farm animals as pets because I don’t have the heart to eat them. As for Liripipe itself, I rediscovered this def when my daughter–in-law was creating a large number of Medieval outfits for her family for the SCA Pennsic Wars to be held as usual this summer for several weeks outside of Pittsburgh. You can check any number of websites for liripipe examples, but I used several books we have collected on Medieval garb. Evidently, the liripipe started as merely a decoration at the peak of capes and caps in the 14th Century, but grew longer into the 15th, and I believe this fashion trend spread throughout Europe [people traveled a lot] as people realized what a handy little invention it was—you could use it as a spare pocket, and some even sheathed their knives therein. So, all that said, yucky, nasty, and otherwise, will the Winner---Eric—please come up with the next fictionition! Thanks for all your participation! Linda. PS When my husband David heard the word liripipe, he thought it might be a switch on the exhaust system of late-model Audis, that can change the sound of the exhaust from soft to Loud to Really Loud. There is such a switch, but he doesn’t recall the real name. PPS Sorry for delay in responding, but we had my husband’s 50th college Reunion, our grandson’s HS graduation, and a meeting with David’s sister and family who came out from CA. These entailed 3 trips to NH/VT [we live in RI], plus we and the Scouts helped with a church fundraiser—it’s where the Scouts meet—and I gave a weaving demo, and two of David’s Scouts became Eagles! Pooped!
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