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Old 07-01-2002, 03:04 PM
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Balderdash - megrim

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To see the game in action please visit the first word's thread: GAVIAL
 
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Old 07-03-2002, 12:38 AM
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Clap! The Definitions.

One
A mucus-like substance found in the nasal passages of goats.


Two
A pounding headache.


Three
An act of war involving the slaughter of farm animals in large groups.


Four
An ancient unit of fluid volume measure, roughly equivalent to a half liter.


Five
An archaic implement used for cultivating soil.


Six
An extremely small unit of measure, used in photomicroscopy.


Seven
Financial gain achieved through fraudulent means


Eight
Unit used to measure acidity and tannin content of wines.
 
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Old 07-03-2002, 12:47 AM
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All right, I'll take two -- and call me in the morning.

(It just begged to be said.)
 
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Old 07-03-2002, 12:48 AM
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How did I miss this word? Ug.

Maybe I should subscribe... I just hate subscribing to threads

Poor Katherine. She makes it easy on us, and still someone finds a way to whine.

I'm going with 2.
 
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Old 07-03-2002, 12:53 AM
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Old 07-03-2002, 09:50 AM
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I'll take 8, thanks.
 
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Two
 
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Old 07-03-2002, 10:00 AM
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Eight for me. As long as I get to sample the wine.

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Six, maybe?



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Old 07-03-2002, 10:27 AM
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On the bandwagon: two

Put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up.
 
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I think two
 
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I'll go with 3, because so many other members have already chosen 2.

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Old 07-16-2002, 02:16 AM
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The envelope please ...

The correct definition is:

Two
Submitted by: BALDERDASH
A pounding headache.^
Votes received: Five
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hypotenuse
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Old 07-16-2002, 02:17 AM
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The Selections.

One
Submitted by: theworm
A mucus-like substance found in the nasal passages of goats.
Votes received: Zero


Two
Submitted by: BALDERDASH
A pounding headache.^
Votes received: Five
theeye *
magenta321
hypotenuse
sylvanb
phoenixx


Three
Submitted by: phoenixx
An act of war involving the slaughter of farm animals in large groups.
Votes received: One
conradd


Four
Submitted by: MrsNormanMaine
An ancient unit of fluid volume measure, roughly equivalent to a half liter.
Votes received: Zero


Five
Submitted by: taurusmoon
An archaic implement used for cultivating soil.
Votes received: Zero


Six
Submitted by: sylvanb
An extremely small unit of measure, used in photomicroscopy.
Votes received: One
hadassahchana


Seven
Submitted by: theeye
Financial gain achieved through fraudulent means
Votes received: Zero


Eight
Submitted by: hadassahchana
Unit used to measure acidity and tannin content of wines.
Votes received: Three
theworm
taurusmoon
MrsNormanMaine




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^ Definitition with the most votes.
 
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Old 07-16-2002, 02:28 AM
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by name

00 conradd
03 hadassahchana
02 hypotenuse
02 magenta321
00 MrsNormanMaine
03 phoenixx
03 sylvanb
00 taurusmoon
02 theeye *
00 theworm




by score

03 hadassahchana
03 phoenixx
03 sylvanb

02 hypotenuse
02 magenta321
02 theeye *


00 conradd
00 MrsNormanMaine
00 taurusmoon
00 theworm




*Bonus Point: First player to select the correct answer.
01 theeye
 
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Old 07-16-2002, 02:29 AM
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Wow, five votes for the correct definition! :beer:

So did everyone who went with number two know it was the correct answer?
 
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Had a grandmother that used to have megrims...

Did you notice?

I picked the correct definition! That's the first time ever!

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And TheWorm holds steady at zero! Yes!

Glad that I could give Cindy a point by voting for her answer, though!
 
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