Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #105
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acka-games-digest         Monday, May 18 1998         Volume 03 : Number 105

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:29:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
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

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:30:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joshua Herreshoff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades

King of hearts

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 03:34:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
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

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 05:06:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
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. 

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 05:21:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Plumb <[email-masked]>
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. 

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 07:43:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
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

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:28:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: K2 <[email-masked]>
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

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 10:45:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
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

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:58:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
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

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:04:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6)

I vote for #4:

> 4. A decorative dinner plate.

/dev/joe

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:19:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Tom Walmsley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary (Actually just Round 6)

> 7. A medeieval French polearm.

I like this one (number 7, above).

TGW.

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:00:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Towsner <[email-masked]>
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

	<[email-masked]>

	Success is the child of audacity.
		-Benjamin Disraeli

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:07:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
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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