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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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[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
St. Peter at the Pearly Gates?
Confused!So the person is ficticious and the place real, I thought it were the other round, ho hum.
[Inkspot] Not St Paul and not the Pearly Gates
We are looking for a place, which exists but is itself abstract, and references a persons name in the way, say, The Heights of Abraham or Jacobs Ladder does. The person may well have been real but there is no certainty of that. There is also a mineral reference. How go to it!
Is the person a saint?
Was he a King?
Arthur's Camelot?
[Brendan] No, far from it
[Inkspot] No
[Inkspot Encore} No but thats the kind of phrasing we are looking for
The minerals may help. (a clue there) The name may have been a real person but we are not sure. There is a folklore component here.
Is there a mythological connection?
[Golfer] Yes. Mythology is key here!
Is water significant?
[Golfer] Yes. Very
Is it the Giant's Causeway?
[Darren] No.
Davey Jones's Locker?
[Inkspot] YES, a quite inspired deduction.

INKSPOT WINS

Davy Jones Locker, the sailors name for the sea bed, the place where drowned sailors go. Named possibly after a 16th century innkeeper who had a locker in which he kept his drink, or possibly a derivation of Jonah, possibly of the Whale persuasion. It exists all over the world but not any place in particular, but its not a place you'd probably want to visit, Unless you are Jacques Cousteau that is.

Well its over ti Inkspot to take over the chair just as soon as the applause dies down.
Thank you Snodgrass, that was a good challenge.

...and to continue ANIMAL, with the boards quiet over the holiday period, please feel free to ask more than one quetion at a time.

Is the animal human?
snorgle] Yes
Male?
...wait for it...
Female?
Inkspot] Feel free not to specify which one was right!
Dead ... ?
...or Alive?
Fat....?
....or Thin?
British...?
...or foreign?
Tuj]...that moustache, defintley Male.
Chalky] dead and buried, and pushing up the Daffodils.
Breadmaster] yes he was British.
Daffodils significant?
Dylan Thomas? (resisting the desire to put Welsh Rugby!)
Snodgrass] maybe, has theme beem rumbled?
Snodgrass] No (careful! surely no Englishman could be thinking third was a good finish for the World Champions, so I can only presume you are Irish or more likely French? (sorry m'lud but the hook looked too tempting))
He is WELSH then?
[Inkspot] I was thinking of the juxt de pose of Welsh Rugby and Pushing up Daffodils. Swinging Low
Snodgrass]Yes, and its not 'Merv the Swerve'.
David Lloyd George?
YES!!!

Breadmaster wins with a stunning move, as the assembled mass of Male voice choirs spontaneously burst forth with, Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.

How splendid! Apologies for the delay, as I'm working nights right now and have therefore spent Easter day asleep. Very pleasant too.
So this one is ANIMAL with abstract overtones.
Is this a fictional animal?
More than 3 legs?
Crosbreed?
Sorry about the delay! It occurs to me that I'm not really going to be in a position to post here at the same sort of time as everyone else over the next couple of days, so I think I will actually abdicate this round and take it up again another time. I'm sorry about that but I'm sure someone else can take the reins with ease...
Is it a dog?
Breadmaster] I for one am quite happy for you continue to carry on with this round and to answer our questions at a time suitable to yourself. How does anyone else feel, or is there a volunteer and we'll come back to this one when Breadmaster is more available?
Mamal?
[Bread & Ink] I'm happy to let this run and see answers as and when.
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