LJ-Balderdash, round One Results

[featherynscale]

Point tally for the first round (Having One's Ashes Hauled):

The clear winner for this round was druidevo, who submitted option 6 (servicing the ship on shore leave) and got 7 votes.
Next was saffronhare, whose Etruscans in option 7 attracted 4 votes.
kittenpants comes in third, with option 1 about double-parking your donkey, which got 3 votes.
Also garnering votes were lexpendragon (2 votes for option 3, cremation practices among the Northern Europeans) and matchgirl42 (1 vote for option 8, Sabbath servants).

Also, adammaker's entry about voiding your poisons (#5) got a vote, but that was from adammaker himself, who didn't read the rules and will have to be taken out back and flogged. No points for him.

Interestingly enough, there was no right answer for this round. Both adammaker's and matchgirl42's entries came with references about the true origin of the phrase, even though they were entirely different. Etymology of slang is notoriously hard to pin down, especially when we're talking about phrases that are older than say, last year. Anyway, good answers everybody! Will post a new round soon, possibly with a picture.

Comments

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I see the teatime icon. However, LJ has been having trouble with their image servers lately (part of the whole move SNAFU). I don't know yet whether it's permanent or temporary, but the fact that we see your teatime icon bodes well for recovery...I think.

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

The Big Kitty's icons have been odd lately... as in none. And a few others have been that way as well.