<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="direction: inherit;"><div style="direction: inherit;">Hey all! Sorry about the delay. It's been a wild week and I haven't had a chance to sit down and get this done. This was a fun batch!</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Looks like Elliott's infinite chicken loop ekes it out over Jean-Joseph's flatiron rack...</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott 7 + 0 = 7</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Jean-Joseph 6 + 0 = 6</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Ranjit 3 + 1 = 4</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Linda 0 + 2 = 2</div><div style="direction: inherit;">David 1 + 0 = 1</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch 0 + 1 = 1</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Fran 0 + 0 = 0</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Pierre 0 + 0 = 0</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Two of the funniest fictionitions I've seen in a long time here: angry badminton and lawn bowling competitors versus loops in the pecking orders of chickens (a co-worker pointed out that "a cruque is a loop in a coop". Excellent work! ... But if they turn out to be true, I'm just going to have to die *LOL*"</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. An open, treeless park or portion of a park; a mall; a games pitch or fieldcruque, n. An open, treeless park or portion of a park; a mall; a games pitch or field.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Mine. We'll see. The inadvertent doubling will either be interpreted as a signal that this is real or that it is not. It will either win by a landslide or get NO points."</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "Uses ``cruque'' in the definition, but otherwise sounds very plausible and British. Maybe inspired by CROQUET?"</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Linda</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. The top crust of a French-Canadian meat pie if it is brushed with beaten egg and water to give it an improved texture and glossy finish.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Dunno. The two meat pies just don't feel right."</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "Egg def, maybe from CRACK or CREPE?"</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Ranjit</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, v. To exhibit unsportsmanlike behavior; esp. to leave the playing field in anger before the end of the match. Used in badminton and lawn bowling, and less commonly in curling.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">David 2</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Linda 1 "I was taught to be a good sport."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Can't give it any "real" points, but definitely 10 imaginary points for one of the funniest fictionitions in a long time"</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "Maybe from CROQUET, a game whose rules encourage meanness?"</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Wiktionary</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. (Jersey dialect) 1. Shell of an egg. 2. Hull of a ship.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Linda 2 "I like the shape and fragility comparison. Sign on a stone at a memorial on the shore of Narragansett, RI: 'The sea is so big, and my boat is so small.'"</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Ranjit 1</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch 1 "I'm a little less believing in this one that the flatiron rack."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Pierre "De quoi qui y'a neuf? Y'a neuf à la cruque. ? nah"</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "Egg def, maybe from CRACK or CREPE?"</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. 1. Establishment of a new pecking order when two chicken coops are merged into one. 2. A loop in the pecking order which sometimes arises during this process.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Ranjit 2 "for silliness"</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Fran 2</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Pierre 2</div><div style="direction: inherit;">David 1</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Again, can't give it any "real" points, but 20 imaginary points for the other of the two funniest fictionitions in a long time."</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "Sort of an egg def, I guess. When I wrote it I was sure that there must be a word for a flock or gaggle of chickens, but I couldn't (and still can't) think of what it might be. Also, I have no idea whether the def describes a real phenomenon."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Jean-Joseph</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. A rack for holding flatirons over a hearth.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott 2 "No reason why not."</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch 2 "Believable!"</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Fran 1</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Pierre 1</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">David</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. (fr. Occitan) Chamois cheese.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott 1 "I.e., cheese made from milk from a chamois? You need little teeny hands for milking them."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "a cheese you use to polish your car?????? I think I'm afraid."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Pierre</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. 1. A French game similar to hackeysack. 2. The bran-filled leather ball used in this game.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Not bad. Just not good enough for actual points: 0 points If I had more I'd give them here."</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "Another game def; maybe CROQUET-related."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Fran</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. A baked puree of meat or fish.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "Dunno. The two meat pies just don't feel right."</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott "No reason why not."</div></div><div></div></div></body></html>