MUNDUNGUS
1. The belief that our world is the only one in the universe with sentient life
2. Nose hair
3. The ripe leftovers in the trash outside Vinny's Restaurant (a classy, refined sort of place), especially the old veal scallopini and the ciopino. By Monday night this stuff smells like alley cat heaven
4. A Mexican food, consisting of mushrooms that grow on cow patties, mun-dung-us
5. Basic, down-to-Earth, without pretense
6. Mold that develops on improperly seasoned frying pans
7. A bacterial growth found only on beans
8. Inane, meaningless
9. A cloud of foul-smelling tobacco smoke
8 is the Chinese lucky number, so for the sake of its New Year, I go for that.
I ate the mushrooms once and spent a month in Mexico one weekend. Then I saw the smoke.
I go with #8
8 shall be the number; the number shall be 8.
I think.
Gee, I don't know. Johnboy throws a dart and hits, by golly, #8. #5 is close to #8, though. Still, #8 for me, too.
To be honest, I'm not too fond of beans or bacterial growths, but I must go with my instinct...#7 for me, please.
It seems so long ago, I think I've forgotten which bluff is mine...lol!
I hadn't heard about Cavfancier-haven't been online recently. I have no words. It's good that so many people on A2K cared about him.
Seems strange carrying on this game without Cav. Any more guesses on MUNDUNGUS? I'll post answers on Friday morning Kansas time.
I've pm'd Diane (and Felix) and EhBeth. Waiting for their responses; or any others from any visitors out there....
If you are reading this and aren't playing this game, please join us! The Mere the Morrier...or whatever.
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 7 ?
Hmmm I hope B'dash isn't buried under a ton o' snow.
MUNDUNGUS answers
1. The belief that our world is the only one in the universe with sentient life (Bluff by Clary- no takers)
2. Nose hair (Bluff by Equus- no takers)
3. The ripe leftovers in the trash outside Vinny's Restaurant (a classy, refined sort of place), especially the old veal scallopini and the ciopino. By Monday night this stuff smells like alley cat heaven (Bluff by Felix Noir - no takers)
4. A Mexican food, consisting of mushrooms that grow on cow patties, mun-dung-us (Bluff by Justthefax - no takers)
5. Basic, down-to-Earth, without pretense (Bluff by RealJohnBoy - no takers)
6. Mold that develops on improperly seasoned frying pans (Bluff by EhBeth - no takers)
7. A bacterial growth found only on beans (Bluff by Jespah- fooled Jameson, EhBeth and Diane)
8. Inane, meaningless (Bluff by Diane - fooled Clary, JustTheFax, Jespah, RealJohnBoy)
9. A cloud of foul-smelling tobacco smoke (CORRECT DEFINITION - no takers)
footnotes: Oddly, I had used virtually this definition as a bluff several months ago, then was surprised to come across MUNDUNGUS in a cheap adventure novel and discover it had my once-upon-a-time bluff definition. Just after I posted this word for balderdash, I have discovered that there is a character in the Harry Potter novels named Mundungus, who smokes too much.
Score (I believe this started a new game)
Diane: 4
Jespah: 3
Equus: 2
Clary: 0
JustTheFax: 0
RealJohnBoy: 0
Jameson: 0
EhBeth: 0
FelixNoir: 0
JustTheFax offered:
PROFUNDAL
Let's do that one,now.
Send bluffs to JustTheFax, not me!
Clary, justthefax, jespah and realjohnboy, thank you all; you like me, you really, really like me! Oh wait, this isn't the Oscars and I'm not Sally Field, more's the pity.
Anyway, this is the first time I have led the scoring in balderdash. I would like to thank my mother, friends, my agent? my third grade teacher......
PROFUNDAL,
Send your bluffs in today.
Two are in, need yours too.
Congrats, Diane! Now let's see those one-handed push-ups.
