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Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Abstract: The Pants Memorial Game
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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.
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Is it a person?
cutting to the chase
Boolbar - Neither, because ....
Inkspot - Yes [but you're only part way there]
Is it a player of MC?
[crosses fingers]
Are they female?
MF - Not that I know of :-)
Inkspot - No, they are not female
It is the England Rugby Team?
Is it a team of people who play a sport?
simulled
Kim, Boolbar - Neither - you can eliminate sport.
Is it a group of musicians?
Is it Sean Connery?
....as he watches Ursula Andres emerge from the sea in Dr No.
Ant and Dec?
whoever they are.
Are they all currently alive?
Is it more than one person?
sorry .... forgot I was in the chair
Uno - No
Inkspot - No
Software - No
Kim - No
rab - Yes
Were they royalty?
Were they a tribe?
(I would include Ancient Romans, Greeks etc in that definition).
Is it more than 4 people?
Inkspot - No
rab - No
Boolbar - No
Is it the triumvirate of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius Caesar?
The Holy Trinity?
(Although there'd be an argument for at least two of the three to be abstract)...
BM - Nah
rab - Nah [these peeps were unequivocally 'animal']

I'm Oklahoma-ing now until about 11.30 - please leave your questions/guesses in an orderly pile :-)

Was he a writer published before 1900?
Is it a film duo?
Ignore previous one about the writer, I blame my runny nose!
Are they English?
The Beatles?
Is it a famous duo?
eg morecambe and wise, fred astaire and ginger rogers...
Inkspot - Yes [2nd question]
Riff - No
Raak - No
ZK - Yes
Is it Laurel and Hardy?
Duuhh I'd like to blame my runny eyes for not seeing Inkspot's question! :)
ZK - No
It wasn't Fred and Ginger, was it?
ZK - It wasn't :-)
Is it Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
R2D2 and C3PO?
Not being alive, technically they can presumably be considered as, well, not alive..
Leaping out of the hot seat .....
Dazed - YES!

* audience gasps in amazement at the audacity of Mr Dazed - then cheers wildly for a rare 'poachers victory' *

*whoops for Dazed5*
poachers victory?
ZK] poachers victory? - when someone 'steals' the game without doing any of the hard work :-) It happens.
Poachers victory
Thanks Chalklette. Next one up is ABSTRACT
A poachers victory?
Is it a human concept?
ZK - no
ZK - not a concept
is it weather-related?
Is is a condition or state of being?
Is it a fictional human ?
Is it a law of some kind?
Is it a sin?
Does it exsist?
Can I make one?
Sorry for the delay...so to work...
Riff, no.
Kim,on balance I would say yes.
BM, no.
Chalky, no.
Lib, yes it does exist.
Raak, you can but do not think of it in the singular..it is abstract.
Is it tangiable?
Or is it a feeling? love, for example.
A suggestion?
War?
Is it an action?
Lib, yes.
Lib, no.
Raak, no
Ibid, yes
Is it a gesture?
Is it an action expressed by a transitive verb?
Is it an action that a shark would normaly do?
Sorry software..missed you out from the above answers but it is not a suggestion.
Raak. It could be construed as being a gesture but it's more than that.
Kim. It is all that and much more.
Inkspot. Sharks may do this, I am no expert.
Is it naughty?
Is it a sense of humour?
Is it slapstick comedy?
Is the thing to which this is done another person?
Riff, it can be naughty.
rab, no.
BM, one person would do this with another person.
Is it dancing?
A sense of humour?
You missed out Chalky!
A kiss?
plump,no.
So sorry Chalky darling. It could be argued that a sense of humour is part of this, but it isn't the answer.
ZK, see above.
Raak, no.
Is it something the two people involved would enjoy?
Is it, in fact, the physical act of lovemaking?
Is it cutting hair?
Kim asks what we were all thinking...
But
Don't sharks have sex?
Raak, yes two people could enjoy this, but it is not necessarily confined to two, it can involve thousands.
Kim, no, not lovemaking or indeed sex in itself.
BM, no.
ZK, I guess they do but I am not entirely sure if they do this.
'Extra Clue' All the above mentioned activities take place after, and as a result of, this
Recapping as I do
ABSTRACT
A poachers victory? No
Is it a human concept? Not a concept
Is it weather-related? No
Is it a condition or state of being? On balance I would say yes.
Is it a fictional human? (No)
Is it a law of some kind? No
Is it a sin? No
Does it exist? Yes it does exist
Can I make one? You can but do not think of it in the singular...it is abstract.
Is it tangiable? Yes
Or is it a feeling? Love, for example.No
A suggestion? No
War? No
Is it an action? Yes
Is it a gesture? It could be construed as being a gesture but it's more than that.
Is it an action expressed by a transitive verb? It is all that and much more.
Is it an action that a shark would normally do? Sharks may do this, I am no expert.
Is it naughty? It can be naughty.
Is it a sense of humour? It could be argued that a sense of humour is part of this, but it isn't the answer.
Is it slapstick comedy? No. Is the thing to which this is done another person? One person would do this with another person.
Is it dancing? No
A kiss? No
Is it something the two people involved would enjoy? Yes two people could enjoy this, but it is not necessarily confined to two, it can involve thousands.
Is it, in fact, the physical act of lovemaking? No, not lovemaking or indeed sex in itself.
Is it cutting hair? No

'Extra Clue' All the above mentioned activities take place after, and as a result of, this.
Does it actually involve physical contact?
Looking back on that lot...
Could this be successfully done if the two people didn't speak the same language?
Is it a greeting?
ZK[nice recap]
ZK, It can involve contact, but it does not need to.
BM, It might be successful after much trying...*very big ooohs from the audience*
Sunday golf
Will be away for a few hours so I fully expect this to be nailed by then:)
Conversation?
Meeting and greeting?
V random guess as my mind is now going 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh...'
Surfing the web?
I think I meant ....Surfing the 'net?
Wot about mine?
See above -- a greeting?
rab, close, very close, but its bigger than that. Conversation is a form of this.
ZK, as for rab.
Chalky, getting cooler.
Raak, sorry must have been a simulpost, you weren't there before. A greeting is part of this but it's the bigger picture I'm after.
Simply 'talking'?
Socializing?
rab, talking is certainly a form of this, but expand the idea.
Raak, socialising is again only a small part.
A conference?
Brain still v much in the argh department, but it's worth a try.
celebrating Christmas/
getting increasingly random
Society?
ZK, not a conference. People actually do this at a conference.
ZK, nothing to do with Christmas per se.
Raak, the 'conversation' tack was closer.
Communication?
aaah
sounds good to me rab!
Victorious rab
Crowd goes wild!.well done rab. Communication was precisely the word I was looking for.
Well done rab :-)
Intercourse!
Well, I wasn't that far wrong then, was I? Nice one, Rab.
Back in the chair.
Ok, to complete the set, this one's ANIMAL.
Colymbosathon ecplecticos?
Is that the dead fish with a big cock? Well, a humourist might make a connection.... but no.
Human animal?
Is it a reptile?
[Bob and Inkspot] Human.
Living?
Is it a specific person?
Female?
[Chalky] Probably.
[Raak] No.
[Dazed5] Not gender specific.
A group of humans?
[Bob] Ting! (That means 'yes' by the way).
A geographic grouping?
A group/crowd at a specific celebration?
[Bob] Yes.
[Inkspot] No.
English as first language?
Name given to people from a particluar city or town?
eg Londoners/Mancunians
I think either Bob or Inkspot's going to get this one :)...

[Bob] Straight answer: yes.
[Inkspot] No, but there are some murmerings in the audience.

From a particular country?
A particular group of musicians?
[Chalky] Yes, but Inkspot was closer with the previous question.
[Inkspot] No.
Glaswegians?
A group of NIMBY's? ;)
[Raak, Inkspot] No.

Maybe I should clarify - it's not a name given to people from a particular city or town, but they are associated with a particular city or town.

Pearly Kings and Queens?
Pie-eaters?
Manchester United fans?
[Inkspot, Chalky, Bob the dog] No.
Is the city or town in the U.K.?
[Raak] Yes.
Is the 'association' of an academic nature?
[Chalky] No.
Is it anything to do with sport?
Nope.
Isit in Southern England (south of Brum)?
*audience laughs* No.
Does the answer contain a number?
Yorkshiremen?
[Dazed5] No... but the audience likes the way you're thinking.
[ZK] No.
Is it a midlands city?
Is it in England?
[Dazed5] Yes, so...
[Raak] yes.
Are they a group of workers?
*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!*
[Inkspot] They were.
The West Bromwich Seven?
The [some place] [some number]?
No, can't be, given the answer to Dazed5 a moment ago.
The [some place] [some collective concept that is not a number]?
Is it a Guild?
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!
Anything to do with Stoke on Trent?
[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.
Is there a connection to the Longbridge car plant?
Feels generally very close...
[Dazed5] No, you're getting colder.
Would it be The Birmingham Six, by any chance?
Like moths to the flame....
Duuuuh!
Retraction, given the answer to Dazed5's question some while ago.
Are any of them still alive?
Is it a collective name for a group of towns associated with pottery ?
Is it anything to do with the armed forces?
Staffordshire?
[Kim] You shouldn't retract, because you're getting warmer.
[Raak] I should think so.
[Inkspot] No.
[Ibid] Not the armed forces.
[Lib] No.
Is this a group it is possible to join?
A particular part of the police?
[Raak] Not any more, I think.
[Inkspot] Yes! I think we're nearly there...
The West Midlands ... er .... sommat?
[Chalky] Half-way there. I'll accept one of two possible completions.
[Chalky: West Midlands] [Kim: Constabulary]?
The West Midlands Serious Crime Squad?
Kim was soooo close, but it was Raak wot won it.

*shakes Raak by the hand*

*counts fingers*
The next object is ABSTRACT.
Could it exist if there were no humans?
Is it a recent invention, or an age-old concept?
Is it a function of time?
[Riff] No.
[Tuj] Not recent.
[Kim] Yes.
Is it a measure of time?
[Kim] No.
Does it have to do with the process of ageing?
Is it anything to do with religion?
Is it scientific in nature?
[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.
Last orders at the bar?
Yesterday?
Is it an action carried out by humans?
[Chalky] No.
[Software] No.
[Inkspot] People doing things is an essential part of it, but that's not actually the thing itself.
ISIHaC?
Does it take place in all cultures?
[Chalky] No.
[Inkspot] No.
Bar Mitzvah?
er ... back to the chuckle-inducing 'religious' question .... is it an addiction of some kind?
[Inkspot] No.
[Chalky] (more chuckles from the audience) No, not in itself.
Is it anything to do with sport?
[Inkspot] No.
So far, Software's question sniffed closest to the Snark's bum.
Is it an historic event?
[rab] No.
Memories?
[Software] The Snark is nowhere in sight.
Is it being early/late?
Is it the Karma Sutra?
[Chalky,penelope] The Snark is in the vicinity of the Antipodes.
Is it the Rugby World Cup tournament (or part therof) ?
sorry - two questions in close succession, but I can sense myself sniffing quite close to the Snark's Bottom now.
[penelope] The Snark is nowhere to be seen (or sniffed).
Is it connected with literature?
[Chalky] No.
Keeping a diary or appointments?
[Inkspot] No.
Everyone is barking up entirely the wrong ocean.
Might this be the study of some academic discipline?
[rab] No, wrong planet now.
Time. It has to do with time.
Christmas?
Going back to Cultures, anything to do with western work ethic?
Pushing the lilo out into the pool a bit further to see if it floats.
[rab] (applause from the audience) No.
[Inkspot] sssss...glug glug glug
Easter?
Actually, remove that, it's something to do with religion only for some people. So...
Is it some sort of festival?
[rab] Yes! (But not Easter.) The footprints of the Snark have been found.
Is it celebrated in the UK?
(And can I sneak in Bonfire Night to get the obvious festival out of the way)?
Is it the Summer Solstice?
[rab] Yes. At least, in a part of the UK. But not Bonfire Night.
[Kim] No.
Burns night?
Up Helly Aa?
[Lib] No.
[Inkspot] No.
The hunters are circling around the Snark's lair...
Is it celebrated in Scotland?
Glastonbury Festival?
Hogmany?
Jools Holland New Years Eve Hootenanny?
Pushing out a flotilla of rubber ducks!
Beltane?
[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.

The longboat is nearly ready for Hogmany or a some call it Up Helly Aa .
[Shetlander] Alas, the audience were insufficiently knowledgeable to give the necessary applause for the near miss.
A pre-emptitive guess. Is it man made?
*muttering from top of tree* ... pesky Snark ...
Is it alive?
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?
A most unexpected surprise! * Takes Bow *. Now What?
Ah a little complex I think but Animal and Vegetable with Abstract connexions.
The Abominable Snowman?
Is it a place?
Is it customarily eaten?
Is it something someone would normaly wear?
Is it alive (in real or fictional terms)?
Hello everyone, welcome to the first batch of answers.
Chalks: No
Raak: No
Inky: No (although slight fidgeting in audience)
Lib: Yes (mostly)
Is the animal human?
Is the Vegetable part a vegetable product?
Raak - I nearly simulposted exactly the same question as you. I have adapted.
I will be away from a PC for the weekend, so no hair tearing, please. My last dip into MC will be about 1700 hours tonight.
Raak: Yes.
Chalks: No.
Is it anyone or a particular person?
Does the answer have to do with the forthcoming holiday season?
Is the vegetable part a fruit?
One more go:
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).
Anything to do with the story of the Nativity?
Is it a party game?
Is it the fat guy who dressses in red?
Sorry, his name escapes me right now. Father something?
Sneaking in a quick visit to MC
Chalks: No
Raak: No (Slight titter from audience)
Tuj: No. No transvestites, please.
Is the fruit mistletoe berries?
Does it involve alcohol?
Sneaking in to MC away from the entertaining.
Inkspot: Yes (Audience: ripple of applause)
Raak: Err.. yes and no (audience titters)
Kissing under the mistletoe? (or involving doing so?)
Quite abstract though in the main, I grant you...
Amazing! ZK has it.! (Audience, goes wild, stamping feet and cheering.)
Shock and surprise
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.
Is it to do with Christmas?
Are you a bloke?
Is it an activity?
[Software]Yes (clapping from audience)
[Chalky] Not last time I checked. Why?
[Raak](audience mumbling) Settling eventually on no.
Is it a carol?
Is it connected with religion?
[ZK] Well - mainly because it makes a difference to the sort of questions I would ask :-)
[Breadmaster] No. [Chalky] Yes, technically. Generally, probably not. *wonders what kind of questions you'd be asking otherwise* :)
Is it a Christmas tale or story?
Is it connected with the giving of presents?
[Chalky] *Echoes ZK's thoughts* Explain! Explain!
[Inkspot]No.
[Kim]Hmmm...that depends...possibly. I'll say: for me, personally, no.
Is it festivities?
[Software] No. It generally involves them but is not festivities themselves. The usual questions seem to be missing from this round; they might help.
Is it fictional?
[Raak] No.
Is it an emotion?
[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 :-)
Is it an expression or saying?
Is is a measure of time?
[Chalks] I'll look forward to that. P.S. I think it's Anne, not Ann.
Seasons Greetings?
Is it Christmas?
Is it a 'sin'?
[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 :)
Is it the season of goodwill?
ZK] Not a bloke? That means we males are outnumbered.
[BtD] No.
Was everyone assuming up to this point that I was? Ah well.
It might help to follow Kim's lead. Or Raak's.
Boxing Day?
[Raak].........no.
Is it the Twelve Days of Christmas?
Is it a film?
[Kim] No. [Inkspot] Not to the best of my knowledge. I daresay it has featured in many.
Christmas Eve?
New Year?
is it an event like the Queens Christmas Address to the Commonwalth?
[Chalky, Inkspot] No.
[Kim] Yes!
*whooping, cheering, goes generally wild for Kim*
Gosh!
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!
New Years Day?
Can we discard the seasonal theme now?
Is it a fictional character?
Is it an action? (oblig.)
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.
Is it a measure of time?
I want to hear Chalky's theory too! My name is filched from "Insurance - the White Man's Burden", if anyone ever wondered...
Is there only one?
isn't my nickname strange?
Is it alive?
Is it related to ISIHAC?
Sorry I'm late!
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.
Would all adults recognise this concept?
[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?
[Breadmaster] Almost certainly not all adults. P.S. Wan't to know why I call myself Kim?
Is it connected with the arts?
OK, why do u call yourself kim?
Is it a scientific concept?
I too would be interested to hear the origins of 'snorgle'
Would all of us recognise this concept?
This is all getting very intriguing, isn't it?
Would all children recognise it?
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...)
Is it connected with religion?
View Halloo!
[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.*
Is it connceted to Judaism?
Picky, picky
It is connected to Judaism.
Chanukkah ?
So why Kim? The origin or Lib is rather underwheling, but i still and quite fond of it!
Ok, that makes no sense. I meant to say.... The origin of Lib is rather underwhemling, but I'm still quite ford of it. (I've got a cold and my head isn't working!)
Innocence?
Passover?
Is it a particular event?
[Lib] No.
[snorgle] No.
[LotUS] No.
[Raak] Nnnnnnnn...no.
Is it a ceremony particular to this faith?
[Inkspot] No.
The Exodus?
Is it a place?
Is it unique to Judaisim?
[Raak] No.
[Inkspot] No.
[LotUS] I cannot answer that definitively, without researching other faiths, which I am not in a position to do. I *think* that it is uniquely associated with Judaism.
Is it a name for a collection of things?
Is it a Bat Mitzvah?
the girl's version..
Yom kipur?
Circumcision?
[Inkspot] No.
[snorgle] No.
[Software] No.
[Raak] No.
Is it conected to language or speech?
Is it an action?
A historical event?
[Inkspot] Yes. *One of the hounds has picked up the scent of The Snark. "If he turns down that way, shouts Inkspot, we can run him to ground!"*
[Raak] No.
[Tuj] In the sense that it was something that supposedly happened a long time ago and got written about, yes.
Was it written about in the Old Testament of the Bible?
Is there an interesting reason why you call yourself Kim? Also, if we had a game about the origins of all our screen names, how long would it last? *schizophrenic voice chips in* I suppose it would depend on what you made the rules...
the 10 commandments?
Snark at bay
[ZK] Yes!
Well, I had this idea that it could be played within the general boundaries of Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Abstract. People ask yes/no questions and from the answers given slowly uncover the truth.
[snorgle] No.
Was it written in Genesis?
Ooh, good plan!
Was it written in Exodus?
Was it written in Leviticus?
Was it written in Numbers?
Is it something Man built or tried to build?
No idea what I'm babbling on about, but my name is not very well disguised, I keep posting the latest Celebrity MC tables on an of and on weekly ad hoc basis, so players would have to diliberatley not get it right;)
Was it written in Deuteronomy?
*leaves it for now*
The plagues of Egypt?
[ZK] No, no, no, no and no.
[Inkspot] No.
[Raak] No.
I'm tempted to post a clue, but Inkspot is perilously close to a breakthrough with his last two postings and ZK may get there by a process of elimination. I'll provide a clue, if asked.
If it's not in the Pentateuch, that cuts out most of the OT events I can think of...
The walls of Jericho falling down?
Is it in any of the prophets?
By which I mean, of course, Isaiah onwards, and including Lamentations and Jonah because they're nice and short.
The Snark is running out of breath
[Raak] No.
[Breadmaster] Yes.
Are they from the second section of the Tanakh (one of the books of Neviim)?
The 10 commandmants?
The
[Inkspot] No. Go back to your question before last.
[Software] No. I think we've already eliminated the Torah.
One more go, then I think we'll put up a clue.
The tower of babel(fish)?
Something made by the big man upstairs ?
Is it a prophecy?
Belshazzar's Feast?
Jonah preaching to Nineveh?
Crikey, I haven't guessed one yet, and if I don't get this one at least I will have to retire ashamed.
Clue time
[Software] No. Isn't that what Inkspot was *babbling* on about before?
[Inkspot] Yyyy...yes. In the sense that it is something that He caused to happen. Now, go back again to your question about language and your question about the Tanakh and put them together. If you don't get this one, I will be disappointed.
[Ibid] Not as such.
[Raak] Not as such.
[Breadmaster] No.
*But the Snark is utterly trapped between several of the hounds and cannot move one way or another. Surely one of them will now deliver the fatal blow...*
Is it the valley of dry bones?
I'm clutching at straws here, at least until I get home and can start listing every event from the start of Isaiah onwards...
[Breadmaster] No.
"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin"?
Hagiographa?
Have I backed up too far and overshot the mark
Bang!!
[Raak] Yes! The exact words I was looking for were "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin", although I would, at this point, have accepted "The Writing on the Wall". I was sure that Inkspot would succeed. It is from the Ketuvim, the third section of the Tanakh, it had everything to do with language, it was not a prophesy as such, although it did tell the king what would happen to his kingdom and it was not Balshazzars feast, as such, although it did occur at the same time. Many contestants came within a gnats, but Raak hits the spot once again. Congratulations, Raak! The chair is yours, but with an honourable mention to Inkspot for incisive questioning.
A fiery hand writes: ANIMAL and VEGETABLE.
Meat and two veg?
A sparse dinner, at Christmas.
Is the animal living?
[Zk] No to both.
Is the vegetable, a vegetable.
drat and double drat
Does it have anything to do with Christmas?
[Inkspot] Partly.
[Kim] No.
Is it a single thing?
Goddammit! That was going to be my next question. I had forgotten that the book of Daniel is traditionally considered one of the prophets, although today it is always classified as an apocalyptic work. Arrrgh!
Is it edible?
[Bm] Yes. Commiserations on the last one -- sounds like you knew too much!
[Lib] (amusement in the audience) Yes. Definitely.
Is it a combination of animal and vegetable ingredients known by a specific name (eg "Duck á L'orange")?
[Kim] Yes!
Is it a work of art?
Is it toad-in-the-hole?
Is is a dish usually associated with a particular country?
Is the 'animal' part poultry?
Is a sauce involved?
[Bm] No.
[ZK] No.
[Kim] Yes!
[Inkspot] No.
[rab] No.
Paella?
Is it a dish usually associated with France?
Is it a dish usually associated with Italy?
Is it a dish usually associated with China?
Is it a dish usually associated with the USA?
Is it a dish usually associated with Britain?
I'm liking this new annoying habit of mine :)
*Farkle*
Biding my time and letting ZK do all the hard work.....
:)
[Inkspot] No.
[ZK] No, no, no, no, and er um sort of but no not actually.
[Kim] *fring*
Is is a dish associated with one particular country in Great Britain?
[Kim] Yes.
Is it Scotland?
Haggis, Neeps and Tatties?
(seeing as Kim simul'ed the same question as I)
Is it Haggis?
[rab] Thief! That was to be my next question!
Actually I just dismissed 'haggis' on account of not being veggy, but then I remembered the oats. And here we learn the importance, finally, of checking our oats.
[Kim] Yes.
[rab] You have, alas, overshot the mark.
[Kim] It is indeed HAGGIS.
The audience carries the triumphant Kim on their shoulders round the room, to the accompaniment of massed pipers.
Impressively swift, but is that really a single thing?
[Bm] Well, pick up a haggis. Do you have a single thing in your hand? Or is it two things, the skin and the contents? Or is it a trinity of skin, animal edibles, and vegetable edibles? If three, is it simultaneously one? Does the process of combining the ingredients to make a haggis subsume their three natures into a single nature, or do they retain three separate natures which in the cooking process become like, but still separate? Will you be hunted through every glen in Scotland for confusing homoousion with homoiousion?
A wacky idea....
How about the next one...whose turn is it?
As the last winner, Kim has first refusal on the chair.
[Raak] Ha! Very good. You and your sneaky iota. When I said "single thing" I meant a particular, unique individual, but I should probably have phrased it better. I shall retire to a monastery in the Thebaid and secretly write self-vindicating books to be discovered 1500 years in the future.
Errr....right....
OK. This next one is.....MINERAL and VEGETABLE
Whisky?
Is it liquid?
Is it something manufactured from mineral and vegetable materials?
*doi* actually that kind of goes without saying, but you know what I mean... as opposed to "a rock and a couple of carrots" :)
Is it edible?
Is is something that is normally worn?
Petrified wood?
And....they're off!!
[raak] No.
[ZK] No.
[ZK] Yes.
[ZK] Err...yes. It could have been a snowman (which would fit the "carrot and a couple of rock" idea (but isn't).
[Breadmaster] No.
[Inkspot] No.
[Toby] No.
[All] P.S. I will have limited playing time today. My wife is on call (she's a midwife) and so I shall have to keep our telephone line free (we only have one, which does double duty as land line and internet line) from 9 O'clock this evening. I'll try to get back to this game at least once between then and now.
Is the vegetable part wood?
Is the mineral a metal?
Is it normally found in the home?
Triple whammy!
[Raak] Yes!
[Inkspot] Yes!
[plump] Yes!
Is it a particular piece of furniture?
A door?
[Inkspot] Not furniture in the conventional sense.
[Raak] No.
A house built of wood, with metal fixings?
Is it made for a particular use?
[Raak] No.
[Inkspot] Yes.
Is it possible to pick it up with one hand?
A door knob?
[Raak] No.
[plump] No.
A window?
Does the wood form more of the structure than the metal?
Is it most likely to be used in one particular room more than any other?
Is it a fixture?
Is it just as likely to be found NOT in the home?
[Toby] ooh, i like that....
[Good news] No.
[Good news] Hmmm....difficult. Let me say that the thing could not exist without both, but the wood holds the whole thing together.
[Inkspot] Yyyyyyyes.....most likely to be used in certain rooms rather than others...
[Raak] No.
[Toby] Yes!
[ZK] I see you've been lurking....(!)
Is it a container of any sort?
Is it made to be sat on?
Is it a desk? (of office style)
[Raak] No.
[Inkspot] *Clue* Not on.
[Lib] No.
I have been looking at plump's first question, which, I think, is capable of more than one interpretation. Comments, supplementary questions invited.
Is it a support for something?
Is it powered by electricity?
A coffin?
A child's swing?
An Analytical Engine executed in Victorian walnut and brass?
Is it meant to be sat under?
[ZK] Ta.
Prepositions, prepositions.....
[Raak] No.
[Inkspot] *Clue* Mine isn't, but there are some varieties you can get that are.
[Software] No.
[Dazed5] No.
[Raak] Nice, but no. (*Thinks*) "Hmmmm, walnut and brass......"
[Toby] No. Try again.
Fine. Sat between beyond above for to - oh, there's one. Sat in?
Is every home likely to have one?
Sat at - is it a piano?
A early Victorian jacuzzi, with hand bellows attachments?
I only use it to tinkle on.....
[Toby] Oh, bad luck. None of the above. And not every home is likely to have one, although I think that every home should.
[ZK] Bingo! *sings*"Sitting at my pi-a-no the other day...".
[Inkspot] I would love to visit your home one day....
Congratulations, and the antique birthing stool with bronze attachments goes to Zoological Keeper with compliments. Lurking clearly works.....
*lurk lurk lurk*
Hurrah! [Kim] Gratefully received and sitting next to my medieval teak espressomatic. Right, I shall endeavour to offer another one for all to get their metaphorical teeth into. And it shall be ABSTRACT. How do you get colour tags?
[ZK] <font color=red>Like this</font> for standard colours, <font color="#80FF28">or like this</font> to roll your own.
Can it be seen?
Is it a fictional character?
Messing around with colours!
Is it an activity?
Colour me baaaaaaaaaad!
A good start to the day
Righto.
[Inkspot] mmmmmmmmm...for now, I'll go with no.
[snorgle] Not mainly but has featured as such in at least one book I know of.
[Kim] No.
Is it anything to do with time?
[Raak] *ripples of applause in the back row of the audience] Yes.
Is it a date or event on the calender?
Is it the shortness in duration of an eclair?
[Inkspot] Yes and no.
[Raak :)] Same answer.
The winter solstice?
Tea-time?
Does it occur once every four years and will it, in fact, occur next year?
Is it a unit of measurement?
[Inkspot, Raak] It includes both.
[Kim]Um, no.
[Breadmaster]No.
Is it the title of a book?
Is it connected with religion?
Does it have a duration?
much checking needed
*trolling back from amazon* [Inkspot] I've found it included in a few, but it is not the title of a book in itself. [Inkspot once more] Not to the best of my knowledge. [Raak] Possibly.
Does it occur on a regular schedule?
Is it one of the seasons?
Is it an anthropomorphisation?
Like Jack Frost.
*waiting for Breadmaster to pounce*
[Raak] Er, not as such....no.
[Dazed5] Technically, no.
[Breadmaster] Umm, I think so.
But it's not Jack Frost. :)
crimbo
I can't promise to be back before the end of today; I need to clean my room, wrap presents, help around the house and attend midnight mass and this may involve arranging with my friend for her to come stay with us for crimble so Merry Christmas all if I don't see you again soon, and I hope some brilliant period of enlightenment visits you and tells you the answer - I suspect Breadmaster's onto a winner anyway, if someone else doesn't filch it first. christmas blessings all! xx
*breathes*
(going for the obvious:) Santa Claus?
popping back long enough to be a spoilsport
[Raak] Sorry, but no.
The Wings of Time?
Or should that be 'the Sands'?
and again
[Toby] Exceedingly sorry, but no.
Chronos- a personification of time?
Merry Christmass all!!
[snorgle] Oh, so excruciatingly sorry!!! But, specifically, no. If no-one else gets it before the 27th I may have to concede.
Old Father Time?
And with the dawn of Boxing Day, we usher in a new age of guessing as Kim rides home with the victory and an extra glass of egg-nog. It was indeed Father Time. :)
I would have got away with it if it weren't for these pesky kids!
Oh damn yer eyes, why do I always unwittingly nearly get it and then not return to the computer for 48 hours? Curses!!
Ho Ho Ho!
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. This much it does not have in common with turkey.
OK, folks, this one's ABSTRACT
Is it FICTIONAL?
You'll be eating increasingly tough revenge sandwiches for months, if I have my way!
[Breadmaster] In the broadest sense, yes. (...and of course there's always a nice warming cup of revenge soup on day three.)
Would it be comprehensible to the average 10-year-old?
I'll get this. By hook or by crook.
Is it related to the present festive seeason?
Is it a philosophical conceit?
Kim - are you planning to appear soon?
Sorry I'm late!
[Breadmaster] I would say the average 10 year-old would not know about this.
[Raak] In the broadest sense, yes.
[Toby] Please clarify, or give an example.
[Chalky] Yes. Sorry, I was out of commission yesterday.
Is it closely related to ISIHAC, in anything less than the broadest sense?
Ah. A meta-abstraction, really, such as: "Das Ding an sich", existential Angst, Jeffersonian democracy...
Is it, in your opinion, a positive thing?
[Toby] Das Ding an sich was of course Kant's attempt to write a Christmas carol - not sure why it never caught on.
[Raak] No.
[Toby] Ahhh, I see. No.
[Breadmaster] In my opinion it can only either be both positive and negative, or neither.
Is it Occam's Razor?
Which is of course related to the current festive season in that the introduction of the assumption of the existence of Father Christmas is a necessary premise; and is also of course pure fiction.
[Breadmaster] I thought it did - Ding, an sich, Dingalingaling - which was subsequently corrupted by the uncomprehending rabble.
[Toby] No.
[All] *Clue* It may help to think along the lines of Raak's first question, omitting the word "festive".
The 28th of December?
Is it a calender event ? eg winter solstice?
Toby] I liked Chuck Berry's version!
Is it weather-related?
[Inkspot] I think you're the only person who did!
A white 28th of December?
[Inkspot] *Sporadic applause from the audience.* Strong calendar association, but not a solstice, nor an equinox.
[Breadmaster] No.
[Raak] No.
Is it a Bank Holiday?
The Eve of the New Year?
Your birthday?
Back to work!
[Chalky] No.
[Toby] *More applause*. No. It is not a calendar event as such, but something that has an association with that particular calendar event.
[Inkspot] No, but thank you for thinking of me.
A resolution?
[Breadmaster] No.
A Burns Supper?
[Raak] No.
Sylvester? Hogmanay? A kiss at midnight?
Or would that last one be 'animal'?
[Toby] None of the above.
[All] I'm getting concerned that if we get too far into this month, my choice will cease to be aposite. There is one very popular question arising out of "abstract" that has not yet been asked.
Is it an action?
And if so, is it first-footing?
[Breadmaster] No, not an action.
Is it a human concept?
Is it getting to second base on first date?
Obviously very important during the winter and broadly fictional though more mythical to some.
First footing?
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