The chairperson selects an object/idea/whatever and announces whether it's animal, vegetable, mineral, and/or abstract. The others have to ask questions to figure out what it is. Whomever guesses the object correctly is given the chair for the next round; repeat ad nauseam.
*Geography of England never was my strong point, (now if it was Wales!) off to find out where Strattford and potteries are, see you at work tommorrow!*
Someone in my office said Coventry was once a thiving wool town with a Cappers Guild - nothing to do with checking the tyre pressure at Longbridge then!
[Chalky] Does that exist? There might be a connection to something along these lines. [Raak, 2nd question] Yes. [Inkspot] Nope. [Lib] Maybe, but not primarily.
[Kim] No. (BTW, I took "a function of time" to mean "having something to do with time".) [Chalky] (ripple of laughter from the audience) To some people it is. (More laughter.) No, not really. [Riff] No.
[rab] The Snark's tail has been grasped. [Inkspot] The Snark gulps them down and burps. [Chalky,Penelope] The Snark flings two of its hunters into the top of a tree. [Software] Wielding the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Fair Play, Software has captured the Snark! (Hogmanay, actually, rather than the festival of stocktaking at the piggery, but I'll give you that.)
Audience presents Software with the mounted head of a Snark.
Hey! There's a whole new game here. We ask a whole load of questions (say, 20) and then, only when 20 questions have been asked, the winner of the previous round thinks of something that fits some of the questions, but not all of them. On second thoughts.....where is Software, anyway?
Inky: No Raak: Yes (slight ripple of clapping and murmering from audience) Chalks: No, well not exactly, oh, all right, technically yes. (one lonely individual in audience claps a loud, embarassing single clap).
Ooh! Goodness! *stands up and takes a brief bow, blushing furiously* I apologise for keeping you waiting so long, have been out doing the Christmas necessaries with the relatives. Okay, the next one is ABSTRACT.
[ZK, Kim] ahem ... like Ann Elk - I have a theory. However, it would be unfair to hijack this game in order to expound it. I'll mention it in Banter one day, I'm sure :-)
[Chalky] No. [Inkspot] No. [Kim] In a way. [Software] No. [Raak] (excited murmurs from audience)OOOoooh....no. [Chalky] It depends what you do with it :)
Thank you one and all and especially to ZK for a festive and entertaining go. Right: this one is.....*flattened trumped makes ham-fisted attempt at fanfare*....ABSTRACT!
I had assumed that ZK was male, on the basis of my theory that the more strange the nickname, the more likely the person is to be male. But I really want to hear Chalky's theory now.
Sorry, everyone, but I had no chance to get to a computer today. Right, let's see.. [Raak] No. [Software] Y..y..y..y..y...just about. [Inkspot] No. [Breadmaster] No. [ZK] No. That's my favourite opener! [snorgle] Strictly, yes. And Yes. [Lib] No. [Tuj] Not in any conventional sense.
[snorgle] Yes, a bit. It's not a hard and fast rule. But your name is less silly than, say, "DrQu+xum", "I Say! Porter!" or indeed my own. What is the origin of "Snorgle"? Or do I not want to know?
Snorgling is a noise my dog makes - it sounds like a snore and a gargle - usually when he wants some food or attention. It's quiet but effective at getting your attention, although it can be quite annoying! (I also saw the name in a comic book letters page once, and fancied it...)
[Chalky] No. [Fridge] Sorry, you have to post a question or a guess as well. [LotUS] No. I'd be interested to hear the origins of a lot of these names. Perhaps we could turn it into a game. [Breadmaster] No. [snorgle] No. [Raak] Yes. *The Snark is sighted in the distance. Raak rallies the hounds with a clarion call on his bugle and sets off in hot pursuit.*