[Fictionary] Fw: LIRIPIPE RESULTS 7/10/2016

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

This was the first I'd see of it.

Jean-Joseph

On 7/23/2016 9:24 AM, lindafowens at netzero.net wrote:
> 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     7/10/16
> Backwards 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 14^th Century, but 
> grew longer into the 15^th , 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 50^th 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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