From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #105 Reply-To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-games-digest Monday, May 18 1998 Volume 03 : Number 105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:29:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Re: Acka: Spades > -Hubert, who has NO idea where eir .sig came from. Probably the bottom of > a tequila bottle. > > lim(8->9) sqrt(8) = 3. It's an old math joke - I've seen it before. I especially like this one because it's the only math joke I've ever seen/heard that relies entirely on mathematics for its humor (whereas most such jokes rely on either puns or similar such wordplay, or on caricatures of mathematicians). breadbox ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:30:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Joshua Herreshoff Subject: Re: Acka: Spades King of hearts ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:34:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Spades On Mon, 18 May 1998, Joshua Herreshoff wrote: > King of hearts 8 of Spades. - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 05:06:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Spades On Sun, 17 May 1998, Brian Raiter wrote: > It's an old math joke - I've seen it before. I especially like this > one because it's the only math joke I've ever seen/heard that relies > entirely on mathematics for its humor (whereas most such jokes rely on > either puns or similar such wordplay, or on caricatures of > mathematicians). Yeah, I like it too (the other similar one I have is 2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2), I just can't recall ever putting that into my taglines file. - -Hubert When I want your opinion, I'll read your entrails. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 05:21:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Spades On Sun, 17 May 1998, Joshua Herreshoff wrote: > King of hearts I was under the impression that I came after Goldenmean, but Slakko already played a trump. Can the Ref confirm the turn order one way or the other, please? - -Hubert When I want your opinion, I'll read your entrails. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 07:43:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Spades On Mon, 18 May 1998, Eric Plumb wrote: > On Sun, 17 May 1998, Joshua Herreshoff wrote: > > > King of hearts > > I was under the impression that I came after Goldenmean, but Slakko > already played a trump. Can the Ref confirm the turn order one way or the > other, please? D'oh. It is your turn, and the misplay has just extended the game by about a year or so. - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:28:56 -0400 (EDT) From: K2 Subject: Acka: GAD: Yellow Round (3) No monkey baiting this time ;) J.M Bear and Slakko teamed up to try and snatch Koxvolio's donkey but eir lariats not only met each other, but a tightly woven blanket (and matching tail warmer set) covering eir donkey. Alfvaen and JT went after breadbox but were repelled by lariat tangles and blanket. Which was unfortunate for Alfvaen 'cause else...if purloined one of eir donkeys and drove the other into the Wilds, or rather would have... seeing the impending disaster Astro deftly tangled eir lariat with else...if's. IdiotBoy and TGW met with similar lariat difficulties while trying for Vynd's Donkey (which I'm told has a purty mouth) who retaliated by snatching TGW's (tho it was IdiotBoy who made the comment ;). Having gotten a taste of Hubert's donkeys in the green round /dev/joe grabbed another, while Hubert was off acquiring more stock from Robert Sevin. Rex Mundi and Fortunato grabbed the admirable and respectable ;) Goldenmean and Tom Kitten. Pandora took cover. Everyone else, dazed by the fast paced action, stood around admiring eir donkeys. Eliminations: previous round: 8 this round: 5 0 The Gingham Wearer - eliminated 0 Goldenmean - eliminated 0 Robert Sevin - eliminated 0 Tom Kitten - eliminated The GAL for the yellow round: 2 Alfvaen 1 Astro 2 breadbox 1 Calvin N Hobbes 2 /dev/joe 1 else…if 3 Fortunato 1 Hubert (lost eir donkey but grabbed Robert Sevin's) 1 IdiotBoy 1 J. M. Bear 1 JT 2 Koxvolio 2 Pandora 3 Rex Mundi 2 rufus 1 saaremaa/Malenkai 1 Slakko 1 UglyBigNose 3 Vynd ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 10:45:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Spades Slakko wrote: > On Mon, 18 May 1998, Joshua Herreshoff wrote: > > > King of hearts > > 8 of Spades. As Slakko and his partner have pointed out, this is a misplay due to it not being Slakko's turn, but rather, his partner's turn. Slakko's play is disregarded (except for counting as a misplay and deducting 100 points from the Sla team's score) and his partner should play a card to continue the round, following suit after the King of Hearts if possible. /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:58:21 -0400 (EDT) From: John Frederic Mc Coy Subject: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6) OK folks, the definitions are listed below. We had duplicate submissions this time out, so some were discarded. Have at it! 1. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound 2. " " 3. Sardine. 4. A decorative dinner plate. 5. A stale sardine. 6. An unpleasant tasting fish. 7. A medeieval French polearm. 8. A type of grape grown primarily in eastern France. - Brainiac Vynd jmccoy@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:04:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6) I vote for #4: > 4. A decorative dinner plate. /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:19:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6) > 7. A medeieval French polearm. I like this one (number 7, above). TGW. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:00:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6) >1. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound I'll take this one - -- - -Henry Towsner Success is the child of audacity. -Benjamin Disraeli ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:07:09 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6) On Mon, 18 May 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote: >1. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound I will vote for this one. 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