PDA

View Full Version : Re: [Dixonary] XYSTER -- Results (Corrected)


EnDash@aol.com
November 18th, 2009, 07:45 AM
You're right. Ot is an error, and I am awarding Tim 1 dealer point. See new
result below

In a message dated 11/17/2009 8:33:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net writes:

I think Tim B's votes are elided? 2 and 6



And the next deal is for Millie Morgan with 5 unnatural points

1: a ganglion
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson
FROM Tim Lodge who voted *9* and 19, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*

2: a timekeeper
Voted for by nobody
FROM Toni Savage who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

3: a surgical clamp
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Nancy Shepherdson, Russ Heimerson
FROM Tim Bourne who didn't vote, and scores 1dp + 3 + 0 = 4

4: an acolyte of Zoroastrianism
Voted for by: Millie Morgan
FROM Nancy Shepherdson who voted 1 and 3, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

5: a professional jester or minstrel
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
FROM Russ Heimerson who voted 3 and *9*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*

6: _obs._ a joiner or cabinetmaker
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Dodi Schultz
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 5 and 11, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

7: a tropical dodder of Central America
Voted for by: Jim Hart, Dodi Schultz
FROM Tony Abell who voted 12 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

8: someone in the grip of inner conflict
Voted for by nobody
FROM Judy Madnick who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

9: a surgical instrument for scraping bones
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Tim Lodge, Johnny Barrs, Mike Shefler, Millie
Morgan, Scott Crom, Guerri Stevens, Russ Heimerson
FROM AHD4 which can't vote, and scores D8

10: [Gk.] a runner used to carry messages in battle
Voted for by nobody
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 6 and *9*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

11: a plaited doughnut deep-fried and soaked in syrup
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
FROM Chris Carson who voted 15 and 20, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

12: an old woman, especially one who is considered ugly
Voted for by: Tony Abell
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 16 and 17, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

13: a confidence artist whose specialty is switching packages
Voted for by: Scott Crom
FROM Chuck Emery who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

14: one who is out-of-touch with reality or unwilling to accept reality
Voted for by nobody
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted *9* and 17, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

15: any of several varieties of South American sunflower, esp. those of the
subfamily Mutisioideae
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Tony Abell
FROM Jim Hart who voted 7 and 17, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

16: one who frequents churches for a living; as, a beggar or seller of
candles [Gk. _xustos_ portico]
Voted for by: Paul Keating, Dan Widdis
FROM Paul Keating who voted *9* and (16), and scores 1 + 2 = 3*

17: a slender archaeological trowel, having a leaf-shaped blade at one end
and a rectangular blade at the other
Voted for by: Jim Hart, Guerri Stevens, Dan Widdis
FROM Millie Morgan who voted 4 and *9*, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*

18: Xystus: a musical instrument used in the worship of Isis; played like a
violin by scraping the strings [Grk _zustros_ scraper]
Voted for by nobody
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted 3 and *9*, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

19: a prearranged code term consistently substituted for a particular
word or phrase in an otherwise plain-language confidential communication
Voted for by: Tim Lodge
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 6 and 7, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

20: an ancient device which measured time by marking the regulated flow of
water through a small opening, less accurately than the later clepsydra
Voted for by: Chris Carson
FROM Scott Crom who voted *9* and 13, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*