Balderdash

bear with me- just got out of the hospital and am a little slow yet. ant more bluffs for DRAPETOMANIA? new players welcome

Equus -- who cares about the game! How are you? Are you okay????

Ooh... I have already participated once, and have been keeping an eye open for a new balderdash word.
I have allready pm'd my bluff in. Hope that wasn't too forward?
Otherwise, just blame it on my bad, drug induced, Dutch attitude.

Hey, old horse, hope you are doing well and making a good recovery! Didn't know they could put you in hospital for drapetomania :wink:

I hope it's not catching Get Well Soon Take some medicine

Have received bluff from naj.

I shouldn't have mentioned hospital. I had a nasty skin infection a couple of weeks ago and had a section of skin on my back removed. Was off the internet for about 10 days. Healing nicely now.

New players urgently needed! PM me a bluff definition for

DRAPETOMANIA

Not many bluffs, but it's time to play.

1. The reason slaves attempt to escape from their masters.
2. An impulsive need to dress up in order to be noticed and stand out. This 'disease' is often mistaken for being 'drag' when males suffer from it.
3. An obsession with buying large quantities of clothing, regardless of actual need.
4. The love of fruit pits.
5. The urge to look through cracks in curtains, both yours and other peoples.
6. A mental disorder in which evacuation of the bowels and bladder happens spontaneously and without warning.

Ooh. I gotta pick number 4... That's a love I never imagined before.

It's the love that dare not speak its name, but I'll go with #1.

OK, I'm with naj on this, 4 it is.

Last call for guesses.

C'mon! We need more than 3 guesses. New people? What is DRAPETOMANIA? (A form of Ptomaine from ingesting toile fabric???)

1. The reason slaves attempt to escape from their masters.
2. An impulsive need to dress up in order to be noticed and stand out. This 'disease' is often mistaken for being 'drag' when males suffer from it.
3. An obsession with buying large quantities of clothing, regardless of actual need.
4. The love of fruit pits.
5. The urge to look through cracks in curtains, both yours and other peoples.
6. A mental disorder in which evacuation of the bowels and bladder happens spontaneously and without warning.

Last call

2; maybe.

Drapetomania ANSWER

1. The reason slaves attempt to escape from their masters. (Correct answer- Chosen by Jespah)
2. An impulsive need to dress up in order to be noticed and stand out. This 'disease' is often mistaken for being 'drag' when males suffer from it. (Bluff by Najmelliw.Chosen by The Pen is)
3. An obsession with buying large quantities of clothing, regardless of actual need. (Bluff by Jespah)
4. The love of fruit pits. (Bluff by Equus. Chosen by Clary, Najmelliw)
5. The urge to look through cracks in curtains, both yours and other peoples. (Bluff by Rod3, no takers)
6. A mental disorder in which evacuation of the bowels and bladder happens spontaneously and without warning. (Bluff by Clary, no takers)


I came across this word in a book I was reading- Southern slave owners couldn't understand why some slaves kept trying to escape when they were provided with food, clothing and shelter- everything they could possibly (apparently to the owners) want. A prominent doctor came up with the theory that it was a mental disorder, which he called drapetomania. He prescribed whipping and, in severe cases, partial foot amputation, to "alleviate" the disorder. Barbaric.

How EXTRAORDINARY. Isn't fact always stranger than fiction?!

Anyone want a new word? I could suggest

GANTLOPE.

Gantlope it is; and I have one bluff already!

and now you have two! You're shameless -- LOL

YAY!! TWO bluffs!