<html><div>I have found over the years of raising chickens, ducks, and goats as pets--and mine are mostly long-lived unless they are killed by the many predators we have here--that there is a definite pecking order shuffle every spring and a smaller one in the fall. The old order changeth, I guess, and the fitter males and females advance to the top, then the battles stop. To combine two groups, the easiest way is to divide the pen roughly in two, feed both sides along the barrier, so they can begin to know each other, and gradually let the wall between fall down. With bees, a sheet or two of newspaper is put between two hive boxes that are stacked on top of one another. eventually, the bees from above and below eat through the paper and smell alike, so they are one hive. Currently, our youngest pet is a 15-year-old cat, slightly demented at times. Our youngest outdoor animal is a 16-year-old goat, with 4 old drakes that are 16-20, plus an ornery alpha female goat who is close to 20. LInda<br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Nicolas Ward <ultranurd@gmail.com><br>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<br>Subject: [Fictionary] Cruque Results<br>Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:53:57 -0700<br><br></p><div> </div><div><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;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Linda</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Ranjit</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Wiktionary</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. (Jersey dialect) 1. Shell of an egg. 2. Hull of a ship.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Elliott</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Jean-Joseph</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. A rack for holding flatirons over a hearth.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">David</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. (fr. Occitan) Chamois cheese.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Hutch "a cheese you use to polish your car?????? I think I'm afraid."</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Pierre</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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;"> </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;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">----</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Fran</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </div><div style="direction: inherit;">cruque, n. A baked puree of meat or fish.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"> </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></html>
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