<html><div>There is a party game in which you put the name of a famous person on everyone's back, and by asking yes or no questions, each person tries to find out his secret identity. Linda<br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org><br>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<br>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Lirp Results<br>Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:14:49 -0400<br><br>> Pierre Abbat: (3)<br>> 5) Lirp – v. To surreptitiously affix a label or card, such as a fish<br>> cutout, to someone's back.<br>> -I understand why one might want to "surreptitiously affix" a sign to<br>> someone's back. What I don't understand is why one would want to put a fish<br>> there. "Kick me", self insults of many varieties, yes. A fish?????<br>> -I considered submitting a definition based on "lirpa loof", so no points<br>> to whoever did.<br>> -Partial anagram of April?<br><br>Yes. In France it is customary to stick a cutout of a fish on someone's back on <br>April Fool's Day. This is called un poisson d'avril.<br><br>Once there was a Chinese guy at work and someone handed me a label "MADE IN <br>CHINA" which was cut out of some box, with a loop of tape, and asked me to <br>stick it on his back. I did, and he went around for several hours with this <br>tag stuck on his back before he found out.<br><br>Pierre<br>-- <br>loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji</p></html>
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