<html>JJ, Rats, We weren't able to make the race, but congrats to both the boys! LInda PS Thanks for telling me--I haven't heard about the race results yet. <BR><BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote@alum.mit.edu><BR>To: fictionary group <fictionary@swarpa.net><BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] YAMEN results<BR>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:32:03 -0400<BR><BR>And one of your grandsons won a national orienteering championship today (coming from behind to soundly trounce the field, with my girlfriend's son hanging on to snag second place).<BR><BR>Back in the day, there was typically a yurt or pope-smoke reference in every round. Or maybe it wasn't really that often, but nostalgia makes it seem that way.<BR><BR>Jean-Joseph<BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 10/19/2013 12:19 PM, <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net">lindafowens@netzero.net</A> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:20131019.121935.24516.19@webmail09.dca.untd.com type="cite"><BR>Yikes! I must have missed that one! Do you all have photographic memories? Two of my kids almost do, and their map skills are incredible, but I usually remember where something is on a page. If that, lately. LInda<BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: Jim Moskowitz <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:jim@jimmosk.com"><jim@jimmosk.com></A><BR>To: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</A><BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] YAMEN results<BR>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:15:47 -0400<BR><BR>At 2:15 PM +0000 10/19/13, <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:lindafowens@netzero.net">lindafowens@netzero.net</A> wrote:<BR>>Sorry, but the joke's on me-- I did not know that yurt was an <BR>>in-joke amongst our group. Or that the word had been used <BR>>previously. Did I miss something? Perhaps it's only my bad memory? <BR>>Or was it used prior to my joining in late '00?<BR><BR><BR>From Elliott's great Introduction to Fictionary, from January 2001:<BR><BR>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:13:27 -0500 (EST)<BR>From: Elliott A Moreton <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:elliott@linguist.umass.edu"><elliott@linguist.umass.edu></A><BR>Subject: For newbies: Rules, and an example<BR>To: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:fictionary@plover.com">fictionary@plover.com</A><BR><BR>Two new players have asked me about rules. Here's my brief summary.<BR>Old-timers should feel free to comment.<BR><BR> [snip]<BR><BR>In-jokes, which you'll get habituated to after a while, include: <BR>* Randall, David, definitions by thought to be easily recognizable<BR>* yurts, Mongolian, definitions containing coded references to<BR>* Pope, combustibility of<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT color=#000000 size=2>____________________________________________________________</FONT><BR><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5262b16655e95316623acst04duc" target=_blank moz-do-not-send="true"><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#004080 size=3><B>Odd Carb-Hormone Trick</B></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000 size=2>1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage<BR></FONT></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=2><A style="COLOR: #000000" href="http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5262b16655e95316623acst04duc" target=_blank moz-do-not-send="true">info.fixyourbloodsugar.com</A></FONT></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></html>