Jim Hart
June 25th, 2015, 09:28 AM
[This is the same message as before, just reformatted because I'm not sure
how those line breaks got in. They didn't use to. Let's blame Thunderbird.]
Our voyage started badly when the first two crew to come aboard immediately
identified our secret destination as a place characterised by rubble
between walls. This put your captain into seven fathoms of despair, a
depth that has not been plumbed since the first mate jumped ship to join up
with a rival who had a bigger eyepatch and a more eloquent parrot - well I
hope she's happy, that's all I can say. But I digress. In due course two
more of you also identified the rubble; and Bosun Barrs having prior
knowledge stayed ashore as usual. My only consolation is that an even
greater number (7 in fact) were hoodwinked by the musical invention of
Seaman Weltz who may rue his cleverness while Midshipman Keating stands
prowdly on the prou with his sugary wine and a score of 5.
It's now time for me to toss another albatross on the barbie and relinquish
command of this hulk to recently-promoted Captain Endash. A complete
manifest follows.
1. beer brewed in birch barrels
from Mike Shefler: voted 9 & 10 Score = 0
2. the solid corners of wax between the hexagons in honeycomb
from JohnnyB: DQ Score = 0
3. [Swiss-German] a magician of some sort, poss. from _Merlin_ q.v.
from Dave Cunningham: voted 12 & 18 Score = 1 + 2* = 3
4. a cadre of security specialists and bodyguards in a dictatorship
from Guerri Stevens: voted 9 & 14 Score = 0
5. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well,
cistern, etc.
from Daniel Widdis: voted 3 & 6 Score = 3
6. An inferior kind of scrap-iron, used for making gun-barrels. Hence of
firearms: of wretched quality.
from Shani Naylor: voted 5 & 18 Score = 1
7. A musical instrument with a keyboard and metal plates struck by
hammers that produce bell-like tones
from Dick Weltz: voted 10 & 13 Score = 7!!!!!!!
8. A phantom; an apparition.
from Chris Carson: voted 7 & 12 Score = 0 + 2* = 2
9. a round-topped mountain [Welsh]
from Tim Bourne: voted 7 & 15 Score = 4
10. a small hole or fissure in a rockface
from Keith Hale: voted 5 & 7 Score = 4
11. stalk that bears the fruit of a plant
from Judy Madnick: voted 15 & 18 Score = 0
12. a rubble filling between the facing walls of a structure
from Chambers' Technical Dictionary : n.v. Score = D4
13. A competitive sport involving tossing bread loaves at a target.
from Tony Abell: voted 7 & 10 Score = 1
14. an earthenware bowl holding water and serving as a room humidifier.
from Tim Lodge: voted 7 & 9 Score = 1
15. A small edible mushroom with a brown body, closely related to cup
fungi.
from Efrem Mallach: voted 7 & 17 Score = 2
16. an open, upward-facing glass lampshade orig. used for gas lamps, to
prevent fires
from Nancy Shepherdson: voted 7 & 17 Score = 1
17. a musical instrument played by striking a series of glass cylinders
filled with varying quantities of liquid.
from Dodi Schultz: voted 9 & 10 Score = 2
18. the sugar that is added to wine must to compensate for low sugar
content in poor years; the legal maximum of this
from Paul Keating: voted 5 & 12 Score = 3 + 2* = 5
19. [No def]
from Steve Graham: voted 12 & 16 Score = 0 + 2* = 2
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how those line breaks got in. They didn't use to. Let's blame Thunderbird.]
Our voyage started badly when the first two crew to come aboard immediately
identified our secret destination as a place characterised by rubble
between walls. This put your captain into seven fathoms of despair, a
depth that has not been plumbed since the first mate jumped ship to join up
with a rival who had a bigger eyepatch and a more eloquent parrot - well I
hope she's happy, that's all I can say. But I digress. In due course two
more of you also identified the rubble; and Bosun Barrs having prior
knowledge stayed ashore as usual. My only consolation is that an even
greater number (7 in fact) were hoodwinked by the musical invention of
Seaman Weltz who may rue his cleverness while Midshipman Keating stands
prowdly on the prou with his sugary wine and a score of 5.
It's now time for me to toss another albatross on the barbie and relinquish
command of this hulk to recently-promoted Captain Endash. A complete
manifest follows.
1. beer brewed in birch barrels
from Mike Shefler: voted 9 & 10 Score = 0
2. the solid corners of wax between the hexagons in honeycomb
from JohnnyB: DQ Score = 0
3. [Swiss-German] a magician of some sort, poss. from _Merlin_ q.v.
from Dave Cunningham: voted 12 & 18 Score = 1 + 2* = 3
4. a cadre of security specialists and bodyguards in a dictatorship
from Guerri Stevens: voted 9 & 14 Score = 0
5. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well,
cistern, etc.
from Daniel Widdis: voted 3 & 6 Score = 3
6. An inferior kind of scrap-iron, used for making gun-barrels. Hence of
firearms: of wretched quality.
from Shani Naylor: voted 5 & 18 Score = 1
7. A musical instrument with a keyboard and metal plates struck by
hammers that produce bell-like tones
from Dick Weltz: voted 10 & 13 Score = 7!!!!!!!
8. A phantom; an apparition.
from Chris Carson: voted 7 & 12 Score = 0 + 2* = 2
9. a round-topped mountain [Welsh]
from Tim Bourne: voted 7 & 15 Score = 4
10. a small hole or fissure in a rockface
from Keith Hale: voted 5 & 7 Score = 4
11. stalk that bears the fruit of a plant
from Judy Madnick: voted 15 & 18 Score = 0
12. a rubble filling between the facing walls of a structure
from Chambers' Technical Dictionary : n.v. Score = D4
13. A competitive sport involving tossing bread loaves at a target.
from Tony Abell: voted 7 & 10 Score = 1
14. an earthenware bowl holding water and serving as a room humidifier.
from Tim Lodge: voted 7 & 9 Score = 1
15. A small edible mushroom with a brown body, closely related to cup
fungi.
from Efrem Mallach: voted 7 & 17 Score = 2
16. an open, upward-facing glass lampshade orig. used for gas lamps, to
prevent fires
from Nancy Shepherdson: voted 7 & 17 Score = 1
17. a musical instrument played by striking a series of glass cylinders
filled with varying quantities of liquid.
from Dodi Schultz: voted 9 & 10 Score = 2
18. the sugar that is added to wine must to compensate for low sugar
content in poor years; the legal maximum of this
from Paul Keating: voted 5 & 12 Score = 3 + 2* = 5
19. [No def]
from Steve Graham: voted 12 & 16 Score = 0 + 2* = 2
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