<div dir="ltr"><div>Well, I am computerized again ... and re-discovering why I hate Microsoft and really, truly, and deeply despise Windows 10. With luck I'll be able to switch to Unix.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the results: first, my abject apologies to Linda and J-J. I left their definitions out of the ballot. I had not even seen Linda's definition until today, but I had actually SEEN J-J's and missed getting it into the ballot. Even worse, J-J included a great joke definition (which, I must admit, I didn't actually get until today while writing this email).</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin- n. - dough covering a pill to make it go down better.<br>Linda Owens</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - A drinking vessel made from part of an animal such as ram or rhinoceros horn, or whale tooth.<br>homerkin - n - [joke def] a sweet pickle that you made yourself.<br>Jean-Joseph Cote</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking of joke definitions, Pierre's very first response to the word was ...</div><div><br></div><div>I have never heard of a homerkin, but given that it has something to do with ingesting, I have a suspicion that I saw a platter of homerkins at a Chinese restaurant last night. As they are decapod crustaceans and have neither fins nor scales, I did not eat them. Instead I ate chicken with broccoli and rice, after ascertaining that there is no meat in the rice. (The Chinese default meat is pork.)</div><div><br></div><div>My response to him generated lessons in kashrut and in gender in Romance languages. :-D</div><div><br></div><div>On to the actual results:</div><div><br></div><div>Several people saw the connection of Homer Simpson and beer, either in their definitions or in their votes. I had expected it to turn people off from the "old beer measure" that is the real definition. Worked in at least one case: Ranjit said no to it with a comment of "Homer Simpson!" But the real definition ALMOST won the voting.</div><div><br></div><div>Results:</div><div><br></div><div>In third place: Demonstrating the appeal of humorous definitions, David's "leprechaun's lunchbox" had a solid 4 points.</div><div><br></div><div>In second place: Showing the failure of my assumption that nobody would vote for the obvious, the actual definition of the old beer measure gained 5 points.</div><div><br></div><div>AND THE WINNER, BY A NOSE: with 6 points, including two points for a correct guess, Nicolas Ward's "standardized container".</div><div><br></div><div>Take it away, Nicolas!!!</div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - A container of identical size to another, used as a measure of volume under the Winchester Standards to ensure fair liquor sales.<br>Nicolas Ward<br>6 points<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar : 2 points for identical container<br>lindafowens : Can't recall my entry, if it's here, ... two for the Winchester thing because he's back on MASH reruns. Linda<br>Plus 2 points for a correct guess</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - A fish, bird, or other creature small enough to be eaten whole.<br>eLLioTT morEton<br>1 point<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar : Homer Simpson!<br>Nicolas Ward : 1 point for the bird because I like the image.</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - a leprechaun's lunchbox, which may be demanded as a price for granting him his freedom<br>David Randall<br>4 - 3 - 1<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar : 1<br>Pierre Abbat : 1 point for funniness.<br>lindafowens : Can't recall my entry, if it's here, so one point for the lunchbox ... Linda<br>Plus 1 point for a correct guess</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - Any of several species of crayfish of the family Astacidae eaten in Orkney and Shetland.<br>Pierre Abbat<br>2 points for correct guess</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - a hanging cluster of berries, such as grapes and elderberries<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar<br>2 points<br>David Randall : 2</div><div><br></div><div>homerkin - n - old liquid measure for beer<br>Real: _Forthright's Phrontistery: Obscure Words and Vocabulary Resources: Compendium of Lost Words_, <a href="http://phrontistery.info/clw2.html">http://phrontistery.info/clw2.html</a><br>5 points<br>Ranjit Bhatnagar : Homer Simpson!<br>David Randall : 1<br>Pierre Abbat : 2<br>Nicolas Ward : 2 points for old beer measure (under assumption I stumbled into something close to real def)<br><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail-m_6551286311842552187gmail_signature"><div>BB,</div><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</div><div><br></div></div>
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