Quiz time

[AlexS]

At last! one I know! It's another name for a barge board. The boards that sit under the overhang of the tiles or gal iron on a gable.

[AlexS]

My question. What is or are scopas chops?

[bitingmidge]

Copas chops are a sort of lollipop made famous by Detective Kojak.

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[silentC]

Lamb chops that belonged to Scopas the Greek sculptor?

[bitingmidge]

Eating utensils used by Chinese Policemen.

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[AlexS]

Silent, I suspect you're on the right track...

[Markw]

A chop in the asian world is their mark or signature, can this be the signature of a Greek sculptor

Mark :confused:

[silentC]

A sculpting technique or feature popularised by Scopas?

[bitingmidge]

Aha...the Asian world...

A Scopas is a rare marine fish, so therefore Scopas chops are obviously a particular method of cutting the flesh to produce sashimi. I imagine that the result would be something like this

[AlexS]

A tool, perhaps, Silent

[echnidna]

Its from the old sailing ship days when all the sailors knew the earth was flat.
They had this huge verge board along the edge of the world so ships couldnt fall off!

[silentC]

An axe-like tool used by sculptors to remove material?

[Christopha]

Alex got it, another name for a barge board.

dunno about "scopas Chops" though.... is it someones signature?Their 'Chop"??

[bitingmidge]

Whoooops again!

a rare marine fish

Is there any other kind of fish?

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[AlexS]

A clue...Scopas the sculptor could have used it. I presume he gave his name to it.
Picture postedtomorrow morning...just so you know I'm not making it up.