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Chris Carson
August 5th, 2008, 12:26 PM
This was an interesting round. Early on it was called to my attention that Tim had played 'fogle'
in round 803. The automated word checking built into Cory treated 'fogle' and 'fogle-hunter' as
two separate words so that fact had slipped right past me. That said, by then I only had one
DQ so I decided to wait and see.

Now to the point, the winner of round 1928 and next dealer is Dave Cunningham, whose
definition "A type of pocket watch with a magnifying glass at the center of a full hunter case
[after _J. Fogle & Co._ of London which introduced this combinarion watch case)." earned a
natural 5 .

There were 4 players in coveted second place with 3 points each: Tony Abell, John Barrs, Mike
Shefler and Guerri Stevens.

Since 'fogle' is English slang for handkerchief, a fogle-hunter was a handkerchief thief, or
pick-pocket; definition number 15 gleaned from the OED 2nd Edition. Somehow no one hit on it
so I had a no-hitter as it were. The rest of the results are as follows:

*1.*A sycophant.
****Votes from:***Hart, Bourne, Shefler
****Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 3.

*2.*A wallflower.
****Votes from:***Shefler, Lodge
****Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 2.

*3.*A valveless horn of the 17th and 18th century similar to the post-
****horn but with a wider bell and producing a more mellow tone.
****Votes from:***Abell, Madnick, Cunningham
****Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 3.

*4.*Someone who poaches or hunts out of season, on moonless nights,
****with a night-vision scope.
****No votes
****Submitted by: Hirst.

*5.*A person who habitually finds fault with the ideas or plans of
****others.
****Votes from:***Hart, Bourne, Crom
****Submitted by: Stevens, who scores natural 3.

*6.*A species of Sumatran bat which feeds on smaller rodents.
****Votes from:***Schultz, Madnick
****Submitted by: Emery, who scores natural 2.

*7.*A bird catcher.
****Votes from:***Savage, Shepherdson
****Submitted by: Scott, who scores natural 2.

*8.*German slang for bird-watcher.
****Vote from:****Shepherdson
****Submitted by: Crom, who scores natural 1.

*9.*A rare disease of the eye, thought to be caused by a water-borne
****bacterium or parasite, characterized by freqent and severe watering
****of the eyes.
****Votes from:***Scott, Hirst
****Submitted by: Savage, who scores natural 2.

10.*Someone who is easily distracted from the task in hand.
****No votes
****Submitted by: Bourne.

11.*A type of pocket watch with a magnifying glass at the center of a
****full hunter case [after _J. Fogle & Co._ of London which introduced
****this combinarion watch case).
****Votes from:***Schultz, Scott, Widdis, Abell, Crom
****Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 5.

12.*A freelance photographer, esp. one who records public events.
****Vote from:****Lodge
****Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 1.

13.*_Scots_ A farewell drink, esp. for a rider who is mounted to depart.
****Votes from:***Stevens, Cunningham
****Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 2.

14.*A nylon belay rope, specialized to Alpine rock climbing, named for
****its inventor.
****No votes
****Submitted by: Shepherdson.

15.*A pick-pocket.
****No votes
****Real definition from OED 2nd Edition

16.*One who studies the roots of words.
****No votes
****Submitted by: Heimerson.

17.*_Railway slang, early 20th cent._ a device designed to detect
****stress fragility in steam locomotives. [After Archibald R. Fogle
****(1873-1955), a strict U.S. government standards enforcer]
****Vote from:****Widdis
****Submitted by: Schultz, who scores natural 1.

18.*A mathematical conjecture postulating that all elliptic equations
****can be linked to modular forms.
****No votes
****Submitted by: Lodge.

19.*A character dressed in bat-skins and cabbage-leaves from Edward
****Lear's nonsense poetry who "stalked the marshes of Neer-do-Well
****hunting the fogle with a bell".
****Votes from:***Savage, Hirst, Stevens
****Submitted by: Barrs, who scores natural 3.

****Player*********Def*Voted*for*Votes*Guess*DP*To tal
****------*********---*---------*-----*-----*--*-----
****Cunningham******11****3*&*13*****5*****0********5
****Abell************1****3*&*11*****3*****0********3
****Barrs***********19******DQ*******3*****0****** **3
****Shefler**********3****1*&*2******3*****0********3
****Stevens**********5***13*&*19*****3*****0********3
****Emery************6******N/V******2*****0********2
****Madnick**********2****3*&*6******2*****0********2
****Savage***********9****7*&*19*****2*****0********2
****Scott************7****9*&*11*****2*****0********2
****Widdis**********13***11*&*17*****2*****0********2
****Crom*************8****5*&*11*****1*****0********1
****Hart************12****1*&*5******1*****0********1
****Schultz*********17****6*&*11*****1*****0********1
****Bourne**********10****1*&*5************0********0
****Heimerson*******16******N/V************0********0
****Hirst************4****9*&*19***********0********0
****Lodge***********18****2*&*12***********0********0
****Shepherdson*****14****7*&*8************0********0

Tim Lodge
August 5th, 2008, 02:44 PM
Chris

Congratulations on the D0!

When I Googled the word after voting, I found it featured in the
lyrics of "The Resurectionist" by the Pet Shop Boys - how's that for
obscure?

-- Tim L

Dodi Schultz
August 5th, 2008, 03:21 PM
As it turned out, Chris, a great word choice.

And congratulations on the D0!

--Dodi

Judy Madnick
August 5th, 2008, 03:57 PM
<< It did work out well as it turned out.

It sure did! Congrats!

Judy

Scott Crom
August 5th, 2008, 05:23 PM
Congratulations on the D0, Chris!

I don't think anybody's commented yet that this makes two D0
rounds in a row. Dan Widdis got one for FIMBLE in Round 1927.

Scott

JohnnyB
August 5th, 2008, 05:32 PM
Congrats on the D0

JohnnyB

Guerri Stevens
August 5th, 2008, 06:36 PM
Congratulations on the D0! And I am thankful to be one of the second
place finishers.

Guerri

Tony Abell
August 5th, 2008, 08:12 PM
A very clear D0! Congrats!

> Since 'fogle' is English slang for handkerchief, a fogle-hunter was a handkerchief thief, or
> pick-pocket; definition number 15 gleaned from the OED 2nd Edition. Somehow no one hit on it
> so I had a no-hitter as it were. The rest of the results are as follows:

--
Tony