Tony Abell
April 27th, 2009, 07:35 AM
Toni Savage (the Montserratian) and Guerri Stevens (pitcher? I barely even KNOW
'er!) are tied with 6 unnatural points, but Toni is ahead in the rolling scores,
so she takes the deal. The real definition was--well, why even bother saying it?
There were no DQs, yet no fewer than 10 players recognized the real def when
they saw it, further cementing my perennial status as the least tricky dealer,
ever.
Take it away, Toni!
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1. A bright yellow pigment made from plant extracts.
Voted for by Chris Carson
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 3 and 8, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
2. A bale or package covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a
ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
Voted for by Russ Heimerson, Guerri Stevens, Chuck Emery, Judy Madnick,
Nancy Shepherdson, Paul Keating, Dodi Schultz, Dan Widdis, John Barrs, Toni
Savage
SOURCE: Webster's 1913 Dictionary (Hyperdictionary.com), which cannot vote, and scores D10
3. A small pitcher.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Russ Heimerson, Nancy Shepherdson, Chris Carson
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted *2* and 13, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*
4. An ornamental band, used in silverwork, embellished with fluting, reeding,
or another continuous pattern.
Voted for by Dick Weltz
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who voted 1 and 3, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
5. (Chiefly Dutch) In Indonesia, a person of 1/64 native blood.
Voted for by Dick Weltz
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who voted 6 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
6. Any inhabitant of Montserrat.
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Dave Cunningham, Chuck Emery, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Toni Savage, who voted *2* and 17, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*
7. _Rare._ (of hair) chestnut-colored.
Voted for by Paul Keating, Dodi Schultz
SOURCE: Paul Keating, who voted *2* and 7, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
8. A colour between the bright clear red of cerise and the darker claret red
of maroon promoted by the fashion and cosmetic industry in the early 1950s.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Dan Widdis, John Barrs
SOURCE: Chuck Emery, who voted *2* and 6, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
AND: Dick Weltz, who voted 4 and 5, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
9. A soft brown sugar.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 6 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
10. A blue light, formerly used for signaling.
Voted for by Tim Lodge
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted *2* and 8, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
11. A strike-breaker or stooge.
Voted for by Scott Crom
SOURCE: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted *2* and 3, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
12. A thick gruel made of a mixture of local grains - now also a trademark name
for a coarse ground mixture of wheat, oats, barley and rye.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: John Barrs, who voted *2* and 8, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
13. A light wax which some greengrocers apply to fruit such as apples to make
them more attractive.
Voted for by Guerri Stevens, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Scott Crom, who voted 11 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
14. A light boot worn inside a heavier boot.
Voted for by Dave Cunningham, Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Russ Heimerson, who voted *2* and 3, and scores 2 + 2 = 4*
15. To caper about comically, as a clown. Also _keroon_.
Voted for by Scott Crom
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted *2* and 7, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
16. A dense cookie or confection with a cherry filling or topping.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Mike Shefler, who voted 6 and 13, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
17. Solid graphite that separates from pig-iron.
Voted for by Toni Savage
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted *2* and 14, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Barrs ........................ 12 *2* & 8 0 + 2 = 2
Bourne ....................... 1 3 & 8 1 + 0 = 1
Carson ....................... 4 1 & 3 1 + 0 = 1
Crom ......................... 13 11 & 15 2 + 0 = 2
Cunningham ................... 5 6 & 14 1 + 0 = 1
Emery ........................ 8 *2* & 6 3 + 2 = 5
Heimerson .................... 14 *2* & 3 2 + 2 = 4
Keating ...................... 7 *2* & 7 1 + 2 = 3
Lodge ........................ 9 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Madnick ...................... 17 *2* & 14 1 + 2 = 3
Savage ....................... 6 *2* & 17 4 + 2 = 6
Schultz ...................... 15 *2* & 7 1 + 2 = 3
Shefler ...................... 16 6 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Shepherdson .................. 11 *2* & 3 1 + 2 = 3
Stevens ...................... 3 *2* & 13 4 + 2 = 6
Webster's 1913 ............... 2 N/A D10
Weltz ........................ 8 4 & 5 3 + 0 = 3
Widdis ....................... 10 *2* & 8 1 + 2 = 3
'er!) are tied with 6 unnatural points, but Toni is ahead in the rolling scores,
so she takes the deal. The real definition was--well, why even bother saying it?
There were no DQs, yet no fewer than 10 players recognized the real def when
they saw it, further cementing my perennial status as the least tricky dealer,
ever.
Take it away, Toni!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. A bright yellow pigment made from plant extracts.
Voted for by Chris Carson
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 3 and 8, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
2. A bale or package covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a
ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
Voted for by Russ Heimerson, Guerri Stevens, Chuck Emery, Judy Madnick,
Nancy Shepherdson, Paul Keating, Dodi Schultz, Dan Widdis, John Barrs, Toni
Savage
SOURCE: Webster's 1913 Dictionary (Hyperdictionary.com), which cannot vote, and scores D10
3. A small pitcher.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Russ Heimerson, Nancy Shepherdson, Chris Carson
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted *2* and 13, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*
4. An ornamental band, used in silverwork, embellished with fluting, reeding,
or another continuous pattern.
Voted for by Dick Weltz
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who voted 1 and 3, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
5. (Chiefly Dutch) In Indonesia, a person of 1/64 native blood.
Voted for by Dick Weltz
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who voted 6 and 14, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
6. Any inhabitant of Montserrat.
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Dave Cunningham, Chuck Emery, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Toni Savage, who voted *2* and 17, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*
7. _Rare._ (of hair) chestnut-colored.
Voted for by Paul Keating, Dodi Schultz
SOURCE: Paul Keating, who voted *2* and 7, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
8. A colour between the bright clear red of cerise and the darker claret red
of maroon promoted by the fashion and cosmetic industry in the early 1950s.
Voted for by Tim Bourne, Dan Widdis, John Barrs
SOURCE: Chuck Emery, who voted *2* and 6, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
AND: Dick Weltz, who voted 4 and 5, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
9. A soft brown sugar.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 6 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
10. A blue light, formerly used for signaling.
Voted for by Tim Lodge
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted *2* and 8, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
11. A strike-breaker or stooge.
Voted for by Scott Crom
SOURCE: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted *2* and 3, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
12. A thick gruel made of a mixture of local grains - now also a trademark name
for a coarse ground mixture of wheat, oats, barley and rye.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: John Barrs, who voted *2* and 8, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
13. A light wax which some greengrocers apply to fruit such as apples to make
them more attractive.
Voted for by Guerri Stevens, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Scott Crom, who voted 11 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
14. A light boot worn inside a heavier boot.
Voted for by Dave Cunningham, Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Russ Heimerson, who voted *2* and 3, and scores 2 + 2 = 4*
15. To caper about comically, as a clown. Also _keroon_.
Voted for by Scott Crom
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted *2* and 7, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
16. A dense cookie or confection with a cherry filling or topping.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Mike Shefler, who voted 6 and 13, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
17. Solid graphite that separates from pig-iron.
Voted for by Toni Savage
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted *2* and 14, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Barrs ........................ 12 *2* & 8 0 + 2 = 2
Bourne ....................... 1 3 & 8 1 + 0 = 1
Carson ....................... 4 1 & 3 1 + 0 = 1
Crom ......................... 13 11 & 15 2 + 0 = 2
Cunningham ................... 5 6 & 14 1 + 0 = 1
Emery ........................ 8 *2* & 6 3 + 2 = 5
Heimerson .................... 14 *2* & 3 2 + 2 = 4
Keating ...................... 7 *2* & 7 1 + 2 = 3
Lodge ........................ 9 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Madnick ...................... 17 *2* & 14 1 + 2 = 3
Savage ....................... 6 *2* & 17 4 + 2 = 6
Schultz ...................... 15 *2* & 7 1 + 2 = 3
Shefler ...................... 16 6 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Shepherdson .................. 11 *2* & 3 1 + 2 = 3
Stevens ...................... 3 *2* & 13 4 + 2 = 6
Webster's 1913 ............... 2 N/A D10
Weltz ........................ 8 4 & 5 3 + 0 = 3
Widdis ....................... 10 *2* & 8 1 + 2 = 3