Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Venumb


This morning I was sitting in the B&B for breakfast. There were only 4 other people there at that time; Butch and an older gentleman I hadn't seen before and 2 other guys in their 60's. After I ordered my "usual" (actually Debbie pretty much had it down and I hadn't seen her since early last summer), the 2 other guys left. Then Debbie said to Butch, "we should have asked them about that word". As a person who likes words and their meanings in this day when words seem to be flung around without thought, I was intrigued. Soon after, another couple came in and the gentleman with Butch picked up the bathroom (outside) key and went out the door. Meanwhile Debbie and Butch are discussing "the word". She says, "it begins with V. I couldn't find it with the dictionary, here you look for it". I got my breakfast and the gentleman returned from the "outhouse", laid the key on the counter and said, "I got the word. It's venumb". Now I am really curious. They discussed it a bit, then satisfied in their quest, dropped it. Now I'm in trouble. I can't just sit there wondering. So the first thing I did as I got up to settle my check was to tell the gentleman that I was glad to know that I wasn't the only one who does my best thinking in the bathroom. After that, I went to the counter to pay and had to ask Debbie, "What was the question?".. She said, "what question". I said, "the word y'all were looking for". She said, "Oh, it was a word scramble puzzle". I dropped it, paid, and left. After filling the tank with gasoline for the trip to Indy, I hooked up my computer and went googling for venumb. I guess I"m not awake enough to handle the results. I got all kinds of hits, but they seemed to be in all directions. Is it a video game, something from Avitar, someone's screen name, a warcraft tool or what. Although I probably won't get it done, now I want to find the puzzle to see the context, cause I would never have thought it was a word. ... and I still don't know what it means.

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