[Fictionary] Cumbol Results

[Hutch]

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Hutch

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 12:38 AM Nicolas Ward <ultranurd at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Ranjit 2
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> Linda 2
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> cumbol, v. To visit uninvited, commonly, at mealtime.
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> Elliott: ENCUMBER?
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> Linda: 2 points for the dinner visitor--in memory of my Grandma Lovey, who
> would not stay but wanted my Mom's full attention while she was preparing a
> meal.  You have to realize that my Dad insisted on supper at exactly 5pm,
> as he walked in the door, something his mother (GL) never got around to in
> her gallivanting.
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No, not "encumber". I was thinking of "Come by" and remembered hearing a
funny story about the single preacher who always managed to visit just
before supper time.

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> Eric 1
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> J-J 2
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> Ranjit 1
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> Elliott 2
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> cumbol, n. A tassel attached to a brass instrument during festive parades.
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> Eric: Should have a name!
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> J-J: Two points for the tassel.
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> Hutch: I marched with trombone and Sousaphone for six years, ~10-20 times
> a year. I've never heard of such a thing.
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> Elliott: I can't tell you how many times I've needed a word for that.
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I've SEEN such tassles many times. You can slip one on the pad on the end
of a trombone's slide very easily. They are horribly distracting.

Just never heard of a special word for them.

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> Elliott 1
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> cumbol, n. The tent that the Pope stays in when visiting Kazakhstan.
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> Eric: Yurt alert!
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> J-J: YURT ALERT! (It's been a while.)
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> Hutch: Somehow I don't think the Pope stays in a tent... not even in
> Kazakhstan.
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> Elliott: Yurt alert!  Yurt alert!  One point for nostalgia value.
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Completely missed both the yurt and the pope smoke references. D'Oh!

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