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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 fictional?
[Snodgrass] Yes.
[Bm] The abstract connection is its appearance in fiction, but it also exists in reality.
Man-made?
[Brendan] No.
Does it contain rock or stone?
[Bm] No.
Metal?
[Snodgrass] No.
Is it a solid state object?
[Inkspot] No.
Is it on the Earth?
Is it a liquid?
[Brendan] Yes, and no doubt on some other planets as well, but there's no-one around to see it.
[Inkspot] Partly.
Does it contain water?
[Bm] Yes.
Does it contain ice?
Does it contain more than trace amounts of anything other than water?
[Gusset L] It could, but the typical one doesn't.
[Brendan] Yes.
Does it have a use?
Is mud involved?
Is it an atmospheric phenomenon?
[Chalky] No.
[Gusset Login] No, although it might be a side-effect.
[Bm] YES! A breakthrough!
Is it rain?
cloud?
[Kim] Rain is a major part of it.
[snorgle] Cloud, too.
A hurricane?
Is the fictional connection one specific work?
[snorgle] No.
[Brendan] It includes one specific work.
A tornado?
Twister?
A thunderbolt?
Is the significant part of it that isn't water, made of dead vegitation?
Since both clouds and rain are made of water
Is it the tornado that took Dorothy Gale to Oz?
[GL] No.
[Chalky] No.
[Software] No.
[all] No.
[Bm] No.
Can you confirm this summary?
It's an atmospheric phenomenon
Contains more than a trace of something that isn't water
Contains nothing man-made
Does not contain any metal, rock, stone or wood
Is used in fiction
Is found on earth, but may exist elsewhere
[GL] Spot on.
The Northern Lights?
A Rainbow?
[Chalky] No.
[GL] No.
Is it the title of a play?
[Inkspot] Not that I know of.
Is it likely to be dangerous?
An interesting conundrum from Raak here... Good stuff!
[Bm] Can easily be.
Does it occur all over the world?
[Inkspot] I believe it can happen in most places. More in some than in others.
Is the specific fictional work a film?
Is it a thunderstorm?
Is it a snowstorm?
A whirlpool? El Niño?
well, the sea contains more than trace elements of something other than water...
[Brendan] No.
[Chalky] applause from audience That could be part of it.
[Darren] silence from audience That could be part of it as well, but it's probably not what you would first think of.
[ZK] No.
Is it a monsoon?
Is it a name for an extreme weather condition?
[Brendan] No.
[Inkspot] Not a name, and not all that extreme.

A hint about the fictional connection: there are actually two fictional connections: one a specific work which mentions it, and the other a body of fictional work in which it recurs from time to time.

The Jet Stream?
Acid rain?
[S] No.
[GL] No.
Thinking some more about the "more than trace amounts of something that isn't water," is this something Fortean like a shower of fish?
Is it about seeing clearly now that the rain has gone?
Weather [aka Climate]??
Singing in the Rain?
[Darren] No.
[GL] Quite the reverse.
[S] No.
[all] No.
The Calm before the storm?
Does it contain anything else apart from water and air?
(assuming that air is at least part of the non-water content)
The eye of the storm?
[GL] No.
[Brendan] No. Air is indeed the non-water part.
[Bm] No.

Ok, so it's established that storm is a significant part of it.

The Perfect Storm
[Snodgrass] No.
St Elmo's Fire?
Not really to do with air and water so much as electricity, but frankly, my flum is utterly moxed at this point.
[Brendan] No.
Trust me, you'll all know exactly what it is, and recognise its fictional appearances, when the answer is revealed.
The / A Tempest?
I don't know about flummoxed I haven't got a Clooney hence the frantic straw clutching with a perfect storm.
The specific fictional work was it written before 1940?
see if this will clear the fog a little.
Is a property of the general class of fictional works that they're set at sea?
[Snodgrass] No.
[Inkspot] Yes.
[Brendan] No.
April Showers?
Bermuda Triangle?
The fictional work referred to previously - is this a song?
[GL] No.
[Chalky] No.
[Darren] No.

Time for a hint?

Does the answer appear in the title of the work?
Raak]How about a one or two more questions on the source of the work, followed by a hint.
Is the fictional work pre-1850?
Is the fictional work by a man?
Fog?
[Inkspot] No.
[Brendan] Yes.
[Darren] Yes.
[snorgle] No.
The answers to Brendan and Daniel refer to the specific fictional work, not the body of fictional work, for which the answers would be No and Yes.
Daniel?!
Is the fictional work/body of work pre-1500?
I must admit I'm running out of questions here. Fiendish problem-setting from Raak and a good puzzle.
Is the fictional work European in origin?
[Darren[ Oops, sorry.
[Bm] No/No.
[Darren] Yes (but the fictional body of work isn't).

Hint: The fictional work is a novel, and the fictional body of work is a cartoon strip.

(novel)Was it written after 1900?(cartoon) did it appear in a comic?
Is it a dark and stormy night?
(in which case, I'm assuming the cartoon strip is Peanuts ...)
[Inkspot] No/No.
[Brendan] YES, it is a dark and stormy night!
Excellent puzzle, Raak!
OK, let's have an ANIMAL.
Is it a shaggy dog?
Continuing the dark and stormy night theme and the 'wouldnt send a dog out on a night like this' idea
[Snodgrass] Sadly not.
Is it human?
Is it a specific individual?
[GL] No.
[Raak] No.
Is it a fish out of water?
Is is mammalian?
[GL] No.
[Kim] No.
Is it a reptile?
Is it extinct?
Is it a bird?
Is it indiginous to a particular continent?
Raak] A wonderful candidate for Limited Short Stories sometime. The opening chapter of Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
Is it an insect?
[GL] No.
[all] Yes!
[Raak] No.
[Inkspot] No.
[Kim] No.
Is it a fish?
In the water this time
Is it a Tasmanian Wolf?
Did it live between 225 and 65 million years ago?
Is it a single celled organism?
[GL] No.
[all] Nope.
[Inkspot] Nuh uh.
[R.J.F.] It is not.
Is it a virus? (since they don't really have cells)
Did it become extinct during recorded history?
A Sabre Toothed Tiger
Is/was it fictional?
Did it live between the present and 65 million years ago?
[Darren] No.
[Raak] No.
[Snodgrass] No.
[GL] No, entirely real. I'm not even aware of any famous appearances in fiction.
[Inkspot] Good question: no.
Did it live underwater?
Summarising...
Animal, but not a bird, fish, reptile, insect, mammal, single-celled organism, or virus. Not indigenous to any particular continent. Went extinct more than 225 million years ago.
Was it a vertebrate?
[GL] Yes.
[Raak] An accurate summary, and no.
Was it amphibian?
A trilobite?
[Inkspot] No.
[Raak] Correct!
Gosh, er, let's see....

ABSTRACT, with VEGETABLE connections

Is it fictional?
Standard opening.
[Bm] No.
Is it something which can be an attribute of a human?
Is it a song title?
[Darren] No.
[Dujon] No.
Is it connected with environmental issues?
[Raak, Brendan] well played on both the 'setting' and 'guessing' - wish I had the opportunity to participate more this week :-(
Is it a human concept?
Standard opening number two.
Is the vegetable connection something to do with food?
Is it a well known phrase or saying?
Is the vegetable a fruit?
I shoudl revise the description to say it can be either ABSTRACT with VEGETABLE connections or VEGETABLE with ABSTRACT connections. And the VEGETABLE might include ANIMAL as well, depending.

[Chalky] No.
[Bm] Yes (this applies to the possible ANIMAL part as well).
[Darren] Yes.
[GL] No.
[Inkspot] No.

Is it a turnip for the books?
Is the vegetable connection, a vegetable?
Is it an amusingly-shaped vegetable/fruit?
[RJF] No.
[Inkspot] No.
[Chalky] No.
Is it a name of something a man made to be eaten?
eg a birthday cake.
Is the vegetable a forest?
[Inkspot] Yes.
[GL] No.
An easter egg?
[Inkspot] No.
A simnel cake?
Very seasonal.
[Software] No. And the mystery object isn't seasonal.
Is it associated with a particular country?
Does it involve chocolate?
Is it a chocolate orange?
Is it a type of pie?
[Inkspot] Not very strongly.
[all] No.
[GL] No.
[Darren] No.
Is it associated with a particular part of the day?
[Inkspot] No.
Is it a drink?
Is it boiled?
Blame the last question on the cup of tea, it wanted a mention.
[Inkspot] No, hence also, no.
The Gingerbread Man?
[GL] No.
Does it involve eggs?
[GL] All the recipes I found through Google do (which was a surprise to me, but I know little of how they are made).
Is it nomally eaten hot?
Rakk]A hen lays them! :p
Is normally frozen?
[Inkspot] So do ducks and most lizards
[Inkspot] No.
[GL] No.
Does it involve flour?
Is it a confectionary?
GL]and there was me being deliberatley obtuse over a form of words that tickled my funny bone ... simple pleasures for a Friday morning (hens don't lay recipes.)
Is it a cake?
[Inky] Duck and lizards do lay recipes. If you feed them right
[Brendan] Yes.
[Inkspot] Not really, although one might classify it as such.
[GL] It's closer to cake than confectionery.
Bread of some sort?
Is it a combination of different foods?
[GL] It is about as closely related to bread as it is to cake.
[Kim] No.
Does it contain cream?
[Inkspot] It can. At least, the concrete version can, the abstract one can't.
Does it involve pastry?
Is it a pancake?
Ambrosia?
Pardon my second guess here, but is it Pancake Day?
[GL] No.
[Darren] No.
[Chalky] No.
[Darren] No.

I'm going to be away all of tomorrow and some of Sunday, so let's see this one solved today.

Is it a type of cookie/biscuit?
[GL] No. Of the things mentioned, it's most like cake, a little less like bread or pancakes, somewhat less like a cookie/biscuit or pastry, and least like confectionery. It has this in common with pancakes, though, that you can combine it with pretty much anything else. And don't forget the abstract part, which is nothing to do with any festival or work of fiction.
Does the 'Abstract' element have a mythological/religious connection?
This is tricky because it seems we're guessing on two fronts.
Ah - simulpost. It seems you read my mind, Raak.
Is this something like tofu?
[Chalky] The abstract element is part of, or an aspect of, the concrete thing.
[Darren] No. This is something that is not only edible, but one would want to eat.
Well - I was thinking along the lines of Manna from Heaven or something like?
[Chalky] No, you can buy these everywhere, or make them yourself. Nothing supernatural involved.
Gingerbread men?
That doesn't satisfy the "you can combine it with anything" though.
[Darren] No.
Marmite Soldiers?
[Chalky] No.
does it contain fruit?
scones?
(though I'm not aware of any great abstraction attached to them)
Just got back this Sunday afternoon.
[metherer] It can.
[Brendan] No.
Another hint? The abstract version of this is the absence of the concrete version.
Fortune Cookies?
[Chalky] No.
Is the abstraction Douglas Adams-related?
Marzipan?
[Brendan] No. Nothing to do with any person or book.
[Chalky] No.
Does the concrete version contain a place name?
[Dazed5] No. The name of both versions refers to nothing but what the thing is.

I just checked that I didn't miss someone getting the right answer. I can't believe this is taking so long. I notice that I said it could be combined with anything, but I'm not sure that's true; it can certainly be combined with anything sweet.

A quiche or flan base?
A trifle?
A Gateaux?
[Inkspot,Darren,GL] No.
A bit of Crumpet?
[Inkspot] No. As far as I know, this thing does not appear in any figurative expression.
Muffin?
The words "Straws" and "Clutching" spring to mind
[GL] No.
I'll be away on a business trip from Wednesday afternoon to the end of the week. If no-one's got it before then, I'll just have to declare victory and reveal the answer.
Doughnut?
Wild screaming, clapping, cheering, and orgies in the aisles. Civilisation has risen once more, and soon, there will be lemon-scented paper tissues, and their flight can depart after a brief delay of 10,000 years.
[GL] Nearly there. What abstract thing is associated with a doughnut?
The doughnut hole?
[GL] !!!YES!!! Doughnut holes, referring both to the hole in the ring, and little blobs of doughnut fashioned as if cut out from the hole in the ring.
And you wonder why it took so long for people to guess?

Nevermind. The next item is ANIMAL.

Is it a mammal?
A long time to guess but it was a good conundrum.
Human?
[Inkspot] Yes
[Software] Yes
alive?
[sadie] No
Was english their main language?
[sadie] Yes
Male?
Sir Peter Ustinov?
Did he write a great many letters from America?
He's dead as well? Damn.
[Ink] Yes
[sade] No
[Raak] It's certainly not what he's famous for.
So... he might have written a number of letters from America?
[sadie] Was that a question? or a comment?
Did he die within this century?
Taking the view, for the sake of disambiguating, that the century started with 2000. It was merely a comment. With a question mark.
[sadie] No
Did he visit America?
Was he, in fact, American?
[sadie] He spent sometime in America
[BM] Yes
Was he born before America became independent?
Was he best known as an author?
[Bren] Yes.
[Inkspot] No
Abraham Lincoln?
[Software] See my answer to Brendan's question (independent - 1776. Lincoln born - 1809)
In other words, No.
Benjamin Franklin?
[Bren] No
Was he a publisher?
Was he of strictly European descent?
[Ink] I can find no reference to him having ever been a publisher
[sadie] As far as I can tell.
George Washington
It can't be that easy unless GL is feeling sorry after the last saga!
[Snodgrass] No
Caucasian appearance?
Was he ever president?
Are we talking present day USA? as oposed to the Americas in general?
Was he born before 1700?
[Snodgrass] Yes
[sadie] Yes
[Snodgrass] We're talking North America
[Inkspot] No
Thomas Jefferson
[sadie] No
James Maddison?
There's only so many it can be.
[sadie] I thought it would take a little longer than that for anyone to get it.
YES
It was Maddison 4th President of the USA and the first to be forced out of the White House during his first term. (The British burnt it down)

Very well, over to you sadie

Yay! Okay, now i've got a VEGETABLE for you.
Is it a turnip shaped like a thingie?
[Gusset] No.
Edible?
Is it something that has been man-made?
[Snodgrass] yes [Inkspot] yes
Does it involve eggs?
[Gusset] Not that i know of
Is it made from wood?
[Inkspot] No
Does it involve citrus fruit?
[Gusset] No
Is it a drink?
Does it contain more than one vegetable?
[all] Not generally, but i expect somebody out there is wierd enough.
[Software] Yes
Is it marmite?
Or Vegemite?
[all] Yes.
Marmite it is.
OK let's hope this proves harder. ANIMAL with ABSTRACT connections.
Is is fictional?
[sadie] Yes, that is the abstract connection
Is it part of some religious mythology?
Is it a dragon of some sort?
[sadie] No
[Raak] No
Is there a single fictional work (or closely-related set of fictional works) from which it comes?
[Brendan] Depending on your definition of "closely-related", Yes
Is it a fictional human being?
More than 2 legs?
Is the source pre-1950?
Does it's name begin with an L?
Is this closely-related set of fictional works all by the same author?
Is it Tinga and Tucka?
OK 40 somethings have wierd time warping memories. So sue me!
Is it a specific fictional animal belonging to a real Earth species?
Is it from a Marvel or DC comic book?
[GL] Yes
[Snodgrass] No
[Brendan] No
[Tuj] No
[Raak] Yes
[Snodgrass] Who? No.
[Darren] Yes, see above
[Inkspot] No
Less than 2 legs?
Who doesnt remember (Auntie) Jean Morton and her cuddly Koalas Tinga and Tucka? Shame on you! [Kids TV - 1960's]
[Snodgrass] No, and I wasn't born until 1979.
Female author?
Male author?
Female? (the fictional human)
[Inkspot] No
[GL] Yes
[Brenda]n No
J R R Tolkien?
[all] sorry about that. The 1979 bit I mean - you missed a great couple of decades there!
Is it adult fiction?
Snodgrass]One of the few children's tv with animals during 60's (other than Animal Magic) that I watched was Daktari with a cross eyed lion.
Is the fiction set in the real world?
[Snodgrass] No. I also missed a pretty reasonable couple of centuries
[Inkspot] Depending on your definition of "adult fiction". It is not adult in the sense that pornography is adult, but it is aimed at an audience that would be refered to as adults. Although of course it isn't entirely unsuitable for children.

I'll say Yes to make it simpler.
[BM] No
Is he the primary or title character of the set of works?
[saddie] Of his appearences in the set of works, only one was as anything other than the main character of the specific work.
Is it written in the science-fiction genre?
drawing a thin line between SF and fantasy novels.
[Inkspot] No
Is the fiction set on some version of Earth?
To clarify: the fictional worlds of Star Trek and Mad Max are both set in versions of Earth, whereas those of Star Wars and Narnia aren't.
[sadie] No, most 'alternate' Earth stories would be on the SF side of Inkspot's line.
Are the set of works books, or were they originally?
[sadie] Mostly
Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler
In the same vein, Rincewind?
[Inkspot] No. He wasn't usually/ever the main character
[sadie] Not you again, Yes. it was Rincewind the Wizzard star of several Discworld novels and two computer games

Damn.
I have to think of something now.
Alright, people. Have yourselves a... MINERAL
Is it man-made?
Is it bigger than a phonebox?
[Gusset Login] Yes [all] Than a... yes, you freak of nature, you.
Is it made from more than one different material?
Stonehenge?
Shot in the dark, well its much bigger than a phone box and it will look lovely when its finished.
[Inkspot] Yes
[Snodgrass] No, but interesting guess. And in a wierd way, they are even connected...
Is it in the UK?
[Gusset Login] No
Is it in Europe?
[all] I think i can safely say no, it is nowhere in Europe.
Is it in Africa?
Is it made of stone?
[all] No, it's not in africa either
[Gusset Login] No
Is it a monument?
[Inkspot] No, but there are monuments to it
Is it made of metal?
[all] Yes, largely
Is it in America?
[Gusset] Not any more
Is it on Earth?
[Breadmaster] Nope.
Did leave Earth or get destroyed after 1990?
Is it a space probe?
[R.J.Fakename] No, earlier
[Inkspot] Not a probe.
Is it a Lunar Module from one of the Apollo moon (alleged) landings
Ooo, Controversial
or the Lunar Buggy from 15, 16 or 17?
[Snodgrass] Yes [the other Snodgrass] No, not a buggy
Apollo 11?
Are we trying each one in turn then?, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17?
Yes, it was the lander from Apollo 11, also known as The Eagle.
OK, lets try a bit of Animal
Is it human?
[all] Oh Yes!
Is it Soylent Green?
or however you spell it
Are they dead?
Is this a whole human or a part of a human?
[GL] No [all] Yes [Darren] Yes - a whole human (I'm feeling generous)
Fictional?
[Tu] No
European?
[Brendan] No
Male?
[Darren] Yes
Was he born before 1900?
[Inkspot] Yes
Was he born before 1800?
Politician/statesman?
[Darren] No
[Brendan] No
Australian?
Asian?
American?
[Inkspot] No
[BM] No
[all] Yes
Inventor?
a native American?
Writer?
President?
Ernest Hemingway?
[Brendan] No
[Inkspot] Yes (as in born there)
[BM] No
[all] No
[all again] Also No
Was he a Texan?
Snodgrass]A native american is more than having been was born there, more can be found here. Is the answer still Yes.
Did he die violently?
Really, "native American" should mean someone who was born there. The people who actually get called native Americans ought to be called "indigenous Americans", I'd have thought. Just goes to show that Americans don't know what words like "native" actually mean.
Was he born before 1850?

[Inkspot] No (born, yes, American Indian, no)
[BM] Yes
[all] I'll say Yes, but records are sketchy in this respect. I may revise this or confirm later. It would have been around 1850.
Did he die after 1900?
General George Armstrong Custer?
[Brendan] No of that I am certain
[all] No, but spookily his was a name on my list of possibles.
Did he die in the American Civil War?
Was he of caucasian appearence?
Was he a white man?
Was he a desperado or outlaw?
Henry McCarty, alias Kid Antrim, alias William H. Bonney, alias Billy The Kid?
[Brendan] No
[all] Yes
[Inkspot] In some respects Yes
[GL] No x 4
Was he assassinated?
[Tuj] No
Was he killed in a shoot out with the law?
[Inkspot] No
Was he involved in politics?
[Darren] No
John Wilkes Booth?
or maybe not, given the way he died ...
[Brendan] No not John Wilkes Booth.
Summarising: White male, American but not "American Indian", died violently before 1900, born around 1850, not political but (clue) fame has serious political aspect.
Lets go from here.
Was he a civil rights campaigner?
[Inkspot] No
Was he shot by firing squad?
Did he fight in teh american Civil War?
[Inkspot] No [Gusset] No
Was he executed?
[all] Yes
Was he electrocuted?
[Inkspot] Yes
William Kemmler?
[all] YES
Well done, the first electicutee in 1890. An axe murderer who killed his lover Matilda Ziegler (theres and actress with that name - in Mr Bean I think) in 1889. Sketchy records about him but it was a botched execution. They fried him twice. Mmmm Nice.

So when the applause dies down its over to you [all]
Thank you, Snodgrass
OK this one is an ABSTRACT with MINERAL connections.
Does is appear in a work of fiction?
all] *cheers ans clapping* Congrats on another good win.
[Inkspot] It would be inaccurate to say 'No', but misleading to say 'Yes'.
Is this an area of the Earth's surface (ie. a country, region, ocean, etc.)?
[Darren] No
Is it something represented in sculpture?
Rock music?
Is it connected to the word "Antarctica"?
Can it be percieved by any of the senses?
The pot of gold at the end of a rainbow?
Just popping in with my occasional and totally selfish wild guess.
Is it man-made?
Money?
Is the mineral connection an element of the same?
make that "...of the name"?
Sorry to ask two questions but it's been a while.
[Brendan] Not to my knowledge, but you never know with some artists
[Darren] No
[Tuj] No
[Inkspot] Not really, though it's causes often are.
[Dujon] No
[Breadmaster] One of the mineral connections is.
[Raak] No
[Darren] Yes, And don't worry about asking multiple question, especially over the weekend.
Is the mineral, which is a part of the name of the item, a solid?
[Snodgrass] One of them is, one of them isn't
Is it a phrase or saying?
Is there a maritime connection?
[GL] Yes
[BM] Not as far as I'm aware
Does it have a religious connection?
[Inkspot] No
A bottle/can (depends where you come from) of elbow grease?
"Like chalk and cheese"?
Salt of the earth?
Thinking that only one thing is solid how about a Bucket of Steam?
Getting blood out of a stone?
Is the non-solid mineral part of the name, a liquid?
[Snodgrass] No
[BIGSmith] No
[Raak] No
[Darren] No
[Darren] In part
Is the solid part stone?
Or is the solid a Metal?
and is it Edible?
[Inkspot] I assume you mean natural stone. No.
[Snodgrass] No
[Snodgrass Clone] No, but it is assosiated with something edible

Summary: A phrase or saying, that uses the names of two mineral items, one solid, one partially liquid. One man-made. Not linked to Antarctica, nor religion.
A glass of some cocktail, Vodka Martini (shaken not stirred) with Ice for example?
[Snodgrass] No
Is the partially liquid thing a viscous substance?
[Snodgrass] No
A gaseous or vaporous form of a liquid?
[Snodgrass] The part of the non-solid mineral item that is not liquid is a gaseous or vaporous form of the liquid.
The boiling point of water?
Does this object have a medical purpose?
[Inkspot] 100 degrees Centigrade, which has nothing to do with this.
[Snodgrass] I can think of no medical use for it.
A quantity of mud which, when thrown at a wall, will leave some still adhering?
[Raak] In what way is that an Abstract. And what kind of mud do you get 'round there? All the mud I've seen is viscous rather than gaseous or vaporous.
Are the solid, liquid, and vaporous parts, different states of the same substance?
Is it a phrase to decribe a change in state?
[Raak] The solid part is a different substance. The vaporous and liquid parts are different states of the same substance.
[Inkspot] No.
Is the man made object a building or structure?
Is the solid part artificial stone, such as concrete?
[Inkspot] No.
[Darren] Yes

I will probably be away from Thursday to Tuesday. Therefore I will now provide a number of broad hints:
1 The liquid is water, but not refered to as water
2 The solid is found in most kitchens in the UK
3 Remember this is a phrase or saying that includes the names of the two items.

Rising damp?
[Inkspot] No, see number 3 above.
A Steam Iron?
sorry ignore that - its not metal!
Is the solid Glass?
[Snodgrass] N... OK ignoring
[Snodgrass] No.
Solid = Pottery of some kind?
Is it s container?
[Snodgrass] Yes!
[Snodgrass] Is it's container what?
Is the solid item referenced known for containing something? (Pot, Jar, Kettle like)
[Snodgrass] Yes.
A Pot Boiler?
Is it ia phrase like, The kettle calling the pot black?
A whistling kettle?
but boiling water has already been dismissed whatever it is, is at alower temp, presumably
Condensation on a wine chiller?
But this can be seen so thats not right
[Snodgrass] A what? No
[Inkspot] It is a phrase. But not that one.
[Inkspot] No.
[Inkspot Clone III] No

Where else do you find water vapour and liquid water treated as a single event Think about it don't expect the answer to just drop on your head.

Are we talking steam here?
Is it "a watched pot never boils"?
[Snodgrass] No.
[Darren] No
Is the non-solid part something to do with clouds?
[GL] YES!
A St-Cloud Porceline Tea Pot
I meant porcelain of course but I'm losing touch with reality!
[Snodgrass] No, porcelain isn't abstract.
Storm in a teacup?
Or has someone asked that one already?
[sadie] Yes! Well done!

A Storm In A Teacup

Your turn! Thank god that's over 8-)

Bugger. I'm about to go away for a week. Oh well, have to hurry. This one's completely ABSTRACT
Or could somebody else do it? I really have to go.
[sadie] Well I'm not bluddy doing it.
The Easter Bunny?
If you really dont have time I have one - but I'm not forcing myself on anyone you understand. Its ANIMAL, MINERAL AND ABSTRACT
The Borg?
A silly guess to start of with, I don't have time to win either
Is this a tangible thing?
I assume we're going with Snodgrass here.
[Darren] Since I happen to have sadie on my contact list and therefore know he's gone and won't be back for a week. I think it's best we did.
Animal, Mineral and Abstract then...
[Darren] Not really although some would claim it was
[GL] No
Microsoft?
[Brendan] No, but a rather amusing suggestion nonetheless.
Is it "The Thing" from The Fantastic Four?
[Kim] No
Is the animal part Human?
Is it humanoid?
[all] Yes the Animal reference is human, and not humanoid
Is it fictional?
I thought all humans were humanoid
[all] Not strictly fictional but it does appear in fiction
(I took humanoid to be alluding to something of a human form but not actually human - like a Cyborg or other robot.)
Are they male?
[Inkspot] Yes
Connected to religion?
[Darren] No
Was he born before 1850?
[Inkspot] It is thought so Yes!
Has he had something named after him?
[Inkspot] Yes.
Is the mineral part something manmade?
Frankenstein's Monster?
[Brendan] No not literally although the phrase might suggest otherwise, but then the abstract part kicks in
[Chalky] No
Is "he" a better pronoun to use than "they"?
Was he a Greek philosopher?
[Darren] Yes
[Inkspot] No
A small clue - The phrase is essentially Abstract with Animal and Mineral references
Is it the name of a place?
[Inkspot] Yes, but with an abstract slant to it.
The Man in the Moon?
Was the person referred to an author or poet?
[Bigsmith] No but you have the right kind of idea
[Inkspot] No
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