<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Hmm, I think 1 + 1 + 2 also equals 4...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:9px">Sent from my smahfone.</div><br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: eLLioTT morEton <em@swarpa.net> </div><div>Date:2016/11/19 18:29 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Fran Poodry <fpoodry@gmail.com> </div><div>Cc: fictionary@swarpa.net </div><div>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] PIGWIDGEON results! </div><div><br></div>Oh, sorry, right, Fran. You're tied with Pierre, 4 to 4. Rock, scissors, <br>paper?<br><br>e<br><br><br>On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Fran Poodry wrote:<br><br>> I think 2+1+1=4, but with all that has happened in 2016 maybe I'm wrong.<br>> ;-)<br>><br>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 5:28 AM eLLioTT morEton <em@swarpa.net> wrote:<br>><br>>> Dear Fictionary,<br>>><br>>> Pierre's stone-lifter edges out Josh's iron wedge and Jean-Joseph's fish<br>>> to capture the laurels this time.<br>>><br>>> I had expected some defs involving widgeons (a kind of duck), but didn't<br>>> get any. Several of yall, being better-read than I, knew something about<br>>> this word that I did not:<br>>><br>>> Linda: Hmm, I saw this word somewhere --could it have been in an old Natl<br>>> Geog?<br>>><br>>> Hutch: When eLLioTT posted this word, I was thinking it sounded familiar.<br>>> But when I saw the ballot, I remembered why I thought it familiiar. ... I<br>>> think! ... Unless I'm mistooken, "Pigwidgeon" was the name of one of the<br>>> owls that delivered messages to Harry Potter's Gryffindor housemates at<br>>> Hogwart's. We shall see ...<br>>><br>>> Jean-Joseph: Huh. I thought it sounded familiar. It's apparently also<br>>> the name of Ron Weasley's first pet owl.<br>>><br>>> Haul it away, Pierre!<br>>><br>>> Regards,<br>>> em<br>>><br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (v.t.) To force an oversized joint of meat into a pot or<br>>> kettle.<br>>><br>>> JACOB 2 = Ranjit 2<br>>><br>>> Hutch: Very tempting! Had I not decided it had to be something fairy, I<br>>> coulda gone here. Give this one an imaginary tie-breaker vote.<br>>><br>>> Ranjit: 2 points for the pig-wedging<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) In Welsh lore, a spirit of benevolent chaos which visits<br>>> farms and stirs up animals and objects. Visits result in lost items being<br>>> found, recovery of relationships gone bad, and refreshing change.<br>>><br>>> FRAN 2 = Linda 2 Hutch 1 correct guess 1<br>>><br>>> Linda: Two points for the Welsh benevolent spirit if it cleans up some of<br>>> my clutter.<br>>><br>>> Hutch: Due to the link to Harry Potter, I'm voting for the fairy tale<br>>> definitions: 1 point<br>>><br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) A sugar packet used as a wedge to prop up a wobbly table.<br>>> (v.) To use a pigwidgeon.<br>>><br>>> RANJIT 0<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) The fattest clay pigeon that can be shot out of the<br>>> skeet-throwing machine.<br>>><br>>> LINDA 2 = David 2<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) A device for lifting a stone, consisting of several parts<br>>> that<br>>> are assembled in a hole in the top of the stone.<br>>><br>>> PIERRE 4 = Fran 2 Jean-Joseph 1 correct guess 1<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) A whortleberry tart.<br>>><br>>> DAVID 0<br>>><br>>> Hutch: Also tempting, but from a different point of view. I'm hungry!<br>>><br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) 1. A fairy, dwarf, imp, or elf. 2. (Derogatory) A<br>>> small or insignificant person or thing; a stupid or contemptible person.<br>>><br>>> OED 6 = Fran 1 Pierre 1 Hutch 2 Jean-Joseph 2<br>>><br>>> Hutch: Due to the link (?) to Harry Potter, i'm voting for the fairy tale<br>>> definitions. As my recollection seems to indicate that the owl named<br>>> Pigwidgeon was a very small owl, I'm giving this one my 2-point vote: 2<br>>> points<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) A wedge of iron, used to support a piece of iron which is<br>>> being shaped.<br>>><br>>> JOSH 3 = Pierre 2 David 1<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) A blue and yellow fish, sometimes with spots, sometimes<br>>> with warts.<br>>><br>>> JEAN-JOSEPH 3 = Linda 1 Ranjit 1 correct guess 2<br>>><br>>> Pierre: Of what family? What shape? Any other features? This is about as<br>>> vague as the<br>>> dogdrave.<br>>><br>>> Ranjit: 1 point for the fishy fish fish<br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) Under Elizabethan pre-Imperial unit standardization, the<br>>> amount of wood that one subject may take from a royal forest each winter<br>>> month.<br>>><br>>> NICK 0<br>>><br>>><br>>> ________________________________________________________________________________<br>>><br>>> HUTCH submitted no def, but gets 2 points for a correct guess.<br>>><br>>><br>>> ================================================================================<br>>> Joke defs:<br>>><br>>><br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) A tove with a doupee.<br>>><br>>> JEAN-JOSEPH<br>>><br>>><br>>> pigwidgeon (n.) - the feeling of sheer joy felt on election night when<br>>> your favored candidate, against all probability, wins<br>>><br>>> DAVID<br>>><br>>><br>><br></body>