From: wnoeker@t-online.de   
      
   Pedt wrote:   
   > In article , wnoeker@t-online.de says...   
   >>   
   >> This year's competing teams:   
   >>   
   >> Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers   
   >> = Cannon Scare vs. Portland Herbivores *   
   >> = Proverb: Ten sailors can vend anchors **   
   >> = Princes crave/servants abhor: London ***   
   >   
   > Nice 'grams. Love the dig at USian team names with the 'Portland   
   > Herbivores'   
      
   Thanks!   
      
   > * Is that Cannon, Delaware or Cannon, Kentucky :)   
      
   According to my data [1], the most likely place in the US to have such a   
   football team would be Cannon Falls, Minnesota, with a population (in   
   2012) of 4083. I'm afraid they don't stand a chance against any team   
   from Portland, vegetarians or not. :-)   
      
   [1] A few years ago, I downloaded an offial census report, containing   
   the names and population sizes (plus some other data) of 29574 places in   
   the US. My purpose at the time was to feed it into a word square   
   generator, and I ended up with 63 word squares made of six-letter cities   
   (plus an "infinite" number of smaller squares). One of the more   
   remarkable squares was this:   
      
   S O N O M A   Sonoma, CA (10648)   
   O B E R O N   Oberon, ND (105)   
   N E W A R K   Newark, NJ (277140)   
   O R A N G E   Orange, CA (136416)   
   M O R G A N   Morgan, UT (3687)   
   A N K E N Y   Ankeny, IA (45582)   
      
   > I know it's not anagram related but anyone want to have a go at a line   
   > in one of of Li Bai's poems about childhood sweethearts, lovers and   
   > longing for their safe return where the literal translation of the line   
   > is   
   >   
   > "boy has bamboo stick, girl has green plum"   
   >   
   > The only clue is that it wasn't my immediate thought either. Answer next   
   > week if anyone has a go at it   
      
   You mean that "bamboo stick" is really a red herring?   
      
   > Whilst we are at it, anyone want to guess what English 6 letter word is   
   > being referred to in a line of a different poem on the same subject that   
   > can be translated as   
   >   
   > "In the black forest, a small stream has turned into a raging torrent"   
      
   My head aches. No matter how hard I try my imagination, I always arrive   
   at an 8 letter word (or make that 9, if you insist on British spelling).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)