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[Dixonary] Round 2229 KOMMANIC results
Well, there's no disputing the significance of Paul Keating's 6 natural
points. And our relieved runner-up is Mike Shefler, with 6 unnatural points. Two of you spotted the crested lark amongst the camouflage ... from "Noachian" Webster's 1828 dictionary. Congratulations, and over to you Paul Best wishes, Millie PS ... I must say I'm really enjoying this vicarious trip down the Dixonary memory lane, thanks to Steve Dixon's reappearance And I'm anticipating a lot more reminiscing to come (please) ------------------------------------ KOMMANIC 1: excessively modest Voted for by nobody FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 8 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 2: Supercilious; haughty Voted for by: Dave Cunningham FROM Tony Abell who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 3: A Serbian sheepherding dog Voted for by: Paul Keating, Mike Sheffler, Dick Weltz FROM Steve Graham who voted 16 and 18, and scores 3 + 0 = 3 4: The crested lark of Germany Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Mike Sheffler FROM Webster's 1828 Dictionary which can't vote, and scores D2 5: an acrobatic performer; a tumbler Voted for by: Steve Dixon FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 8 and 9, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 6: a clumsy and incompetent mechanic Voted for by: Dan Widdis FROM Judy Madnick who voted 8 and 16, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 7: An Indonesian agricultural collective Voted for by nobody FROM Jim Hart who voted 13 and 14, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 8: _Afr._ a farm or ranch divided into shares Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Guerri Stevens, Dodi Schultz FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 2 and 18, and scores 3 + 0 = 3 9: a herb belonging to the same family as thyme Voted for by: Dodi Schultz FROM Tim Bourne who voted 15 and 18, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 10: [Ger.] a purgative or any drug with similar effects Voted for by nobody FROM Chuck Emery who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 11: An acid solvent used with lithographic printing ink Voted for by: Steve Dixon FROM Keith Hale who voted 15 and 17, and scores 1 + 0 = 1 12: Complicated, often illogical or spurious argumentation Voted for by nobody FROM Chris Carson who didn't vote, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 13: of or relating to a style of heavily-decorated brassware from the Levant Voted for by: Jim Hart, Dan Widdis FROM Tim Lodge who voted 14 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2 14: a tree fern: the most common understory shrub in the mountain-ash forests of Tasmania Voted for by: Tim Lodge, Jim Hart FROM Johnny Barrs who voted *4* and 18, and scores 2 + 2 = 4* 15: put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Guerri Stevens, Keith Hale FROM Dan Widdis who voted 6 and 13, and scores 3 + 0 = 3 16: an underground workers collective organization, originating in Hungary in the late 1960's and later adopted by other Communist bloc countries Voted for by: Steve Graham, Judy Madnick, Tim Lodge, Paul Keating FROM Mike Sheffler who voted 3 and *4*, and scores 4 + 2 = 6* 17: a tasteless, odorless waxy substance made from processed soya bean hulls, devoid of phytic acid and isoflavones and suitable only as rind or casing for edible products Voted for by: Keith Hale, Toni Savage FROM Steve Dixon who voted 5 and 11, and scores 2 + 0 = 2 18: a punctuation mark of disputed significance found in some Glagolitic manuscripts; transf. the turned semicolon used to represent it in modern texts [Croat, dim. of komma `comma'] Voted for by: Steve Graham, Dave Cunningham, Tim Bourne, Johnny Barrs, Dick Weltz, Toni Savage FROM Paul Keating who voted 3 and 16, and scores 6 + 0 = 6 No def FROM Dick Weltz who voted 3 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 No def FROM Toni Savage who voted 17 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0 |
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