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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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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.
Human?
OK then! I shall do my best...
[Darren] Yes.
[Snodgrass] No.
[Tuj] No.
[Inkspot] No.
[Snodgrass] Yes.
[Darren] Yes.
Female?
Less than three legs?
More than one and a half legs?
[all] No.
[Raak] Yes.
[Gusset] Yes.
I believe he had the usual number of legs, although I can't be certain that it is ever specified...
Less than two arms?
[all] Nope. And I'll tell you for free, no more than two either.
More than one head?
Is he a character from a book?
Was the (or a significant) fictional work in which he appears, published within the last 50 years?
Was he older than 25 in the fictional work?
Is the fictional work of British origin?
An anthromoporthic representation of a natural function?
[Tuj] That sounds rude.
Gandalf?
Yes, I know he's not human, but he's close enough.
[all] Nope.
[all] Yes. Kind of.
[Darren] No.
[Gusset] Yes.
[Brendan] Yes.
[Tuj] Eeeooo! no.
[all] No.
Biggles?
Baron Munchhausen?
Has a film been made of the book?
A book for broadly Adult consumption?
[Raak] That was a guess by proxy I assume!
[Snodgrass] No.
[Raak] No. He was real, anyway...
[Gusset] Yes.
[Snodgrass] Yes, but it ain't naughty.
As I said, it's "sort of" a book, but not exactly.
Newspaper based?
Andy Capp?
A Non-newspaper based comic?
A graphic novel?
[Snodgrass] No, and no.
[all] No.
[Raak] No.
Before the 20th century?
Comics?
Eeeooo! (I love it!)
[Raak] Yes.
[Tuj] No.
Someone from the Arthurian legends?
King Arthur?
[Raak] No.
[all] No.
A character from Shakespeare?
A character from Bacon?
[Raak] Yes!
[all] Only when he was writing under Shakespeare's name...
Was it a character from Hamlet?
Is it Hamlet?
I meant "Was he" on the previous question
[all] No.
[all] Again, no.
Was he a king?
Was he a character from Romeo and Juliet?
Titus Andronicus?
Or however he spelled his name
Is he from one of the comedies?
Is he from one of the Histories?
King Lear?
Othello?
a blatant lurker's guess
[Raak] No.
[all] No.
[Gusset] No.
[Brendan] It's not normally classed as a comedy, I believe.
[all] No.
[Gusset] No.
[Chalky] Nope.
Banquo?
Falstaff?
Does he end up murdered?
Caius Martius, known as Coriolanus?
[Raak] No.
[Snodgrass] No - not from a history, remember.
[Darren] He does not.
[Chalky] Nope.
Shylock the Jew?
...although The Merchant of Venice was originally entitled The Comical History of The Merchant of Venice and as this isn't a Comedy or a History ....
Is the character from one of the Tragedies?
[Chalky] No, and no. I have to say I never found The Merchant of Venice particularly rib-tickling, although that would hardly bar it from being a Shakespeare comedy...
Petruccio - the Tamer of the Shrew?
That was a film, I think
[Bm] Not a comedy, a history, or a tragedy then? Doesn't leave much.
Adonis?
[Chalky] Nope.
[Raak] It doesn't, does it? Nope.
Is this from a Shakespeare work other than a play?
A sonnet?
[Darren] It's not.
[Tuj] Nope.
Prospero?
Googling has turned up a fourth class of Shakespearian play, the Romances.
[Raak] YES! Prospero it is. I believe that The Tempest is indeed generally classified as Shakespeare's one "romance" or "fantasy" play.
The site I found the term on also applied it to Pericles, Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale.

The next object is VEGETABLE and MINERAL

A potted plant?
[Tuj] No.
Is the mineral component man-made (sorry person made)?
[S] Partly.
Is it edible?
[Chalky] The rest of it is.
Is part the mineral metal?
Is the mineral part made of glass?
[Inkspot] No.
[all] The man-made part is.
Actually, the whole thing's man-made, but the non-glass mineral component isn't.
Is it a greenhouse?
Just checking :)
Is it bigger than a phonebox?
Is the Glass portion a container?
There are mineral components other than glass and these are not man made?
[all] No.
[GL] (Laughter from the audience.) No.
[S] Yes.
[S] Yes.
Is it (or part of it) a liquid?
[GL] Yes.
A Bottle of Milk?
I hope I'm wrong - I'll never have time to keep up with this game
Is the non glass portion which is mineral the liquid. (ie the vegetable part is not the part which is liquid)
[INJ] No.
[S] The non glass portion which is mineral is part of the liquid.
Is the container normally an enclosed space, ie with a lid. (as in a jar, bottle etc not as in glass / vase)?
Is the liquid viscous?
Is it a drink?
Is the vegetable part fruit juice?
[S] No.
[S] All liquids are viscous, except things like supercooled helium. Lets say, this is about the same viscosity as water.
[I] Yes. (Applause!)
[all] No.
Is it alcoholic?
Is it a pint of beer?
or larger, or bitter, or budweiser.
[GL] Yes!
[GL] Yes, no (it's exactly a pint, not any larger), no, no.
Now you just have to guess which beer.
A pint ow Newcastle Brown?
yes I meant of (still got a sticky keyboard)
[S] No.
British?
[Tuj] No.
A pint of XXXX?
or Fosters?
Is it a lager?
[S] No, no.
[I] No.
Irish?
Is it a porter's beer?
European?
Although it grieves me to use that word!
[INJ] No.
[I] No.
[S] Yes.
Is it a wheat beer ?
German?
[I] Yes!
[S] No.
Belgian?
Available in the UK?
[S] Yes, and yes.
A pint of Hoegaarden?
A bottle of Hoegaarden?
A thimble of Hoegaarden?
[S] Yes, over to you.
Thanks for that Raak. Must have a beer to celebrate.
OK, so its me again, um, er...., oh yes lets go for an ABSTRACT this time
Is it religious?

[all] No
Can it be percieved by any of the senses?
[Inkspot] No. I would say it cant be seen, tasted, touched, smelt or heard but we are told it esists!
Ethics?
[Tuj] No. (nor any other county for that matter)
The cultural highlights of Blackpool?
[Raak] Er.... No. Come to think ofi it not can you name 3?
Can it be measured?
odd question following on from my last, but time can't be percieved by the senses and I'm still only 29....again!
God?
[S] I was there over Easter, and the words "culture" and "Blackpool" do not go together.
[Inkspot] No. But measures do exist for part of this in other contexts.
[Raak] No. (I assume God is still regarded as religious unless Blair has intervened. See earlier response.)
Magnetism?
Justice?
Is it a human concept?
Reverting to my standard opening.
Is it emotional?
Sorry peeps. I've been away today visiting Bernard Mattleu's'
[Inkspot] No
[al] No
[Software] Yes
[Darren] No
Gloucestershireness?
[Tuj] No. Miles out but what an interesting guess!
Sorry about the smelling pistake in my last entry. I was using handwriting recognition on a palm top and it should have said Matthews!
Do other animals possess this quality?
[Software] No
Sentience?
[all] No
Is the answer a single word?
[GL] No, its 2
Is it an anthropomorphism?
[Inkspot] Not exactly but the answer may display some characteristics of this. I hope that is not mis-leading. There are better descriptions.
cognative thought?
Assuming that animals can't have them?
[Software] Warm! but No
day dreaming?
[Inkspot] No, colder
Is it something the brain does?
clumsy question!
deja vu?
Have I already asked that earlier? or was that a different game?
Deja vu
I'm sure I saw you ask that... (joke) Is it a quaint old turn of phrase?
[Inkspot] No, well not exactly
[Inkspot revisited] No
[Tuj] No (I've had deja vu before you know)
Self-awareness?
[Software] No, but its that kind of expression.
Does it refer to the first person singular?
[Inkspot] I would say not!
Racial Memory
?
[all] No
Time for a clue?
Is it fictional?
Clue...oh yes please!
Intelligent Life?
Actually that wouldn't apply to humans either.
[Inkspot] In its context it may be thought of as fictional but not in a literary way.
[GL] No but you are so close I'm going to hold off on a clue save to say oxymoron.
Military Intelligence?
[Gusset Login] Y E S . Gusset Login has correctly guessed that the answer was Military Inteligence.

So when the frantic applause dies down its over to Gusset to entertain us with another conundrum!
Gusset Login
OK, time for a MINERAL
Time Warning
I will be leaving for the weekend in about an hour. Any questions not posted before then will be dealt with on Monday.
Is it man-made?
Is it a geographical feature?
Good to see that the classic openings are still popular.
Stone?
smaller than a shoe box?
Made of metal?
Is it a building?
[Bread] Yes
[Kim] Not usually, almost never in fact
[Snod] No
[plump] No
[Inks] Partly
[Raak] Most people would not count them as such
Is it bigger than a phonebox?
Does it run on electrical power?
Is it a cave?
[all] No
[Ink] Electrical power is involved, but it would most likely still function without an external power supply
[Kim] No
Is it actually a phone box?
[Snodgrass] OK that clearly wasn't as hard as I'd hoped, either that or people just knew which questions to ask.

SNODGRASS WINS

*Shouts, screams and generally goes wild for Snodgrass*
Oh, B****r, that was a pure guess, so thanks to [all] for the assist.
OK. So its thinking time again and the next item
ABSTRACT with Animal, Vegetable and Mineral influences
Is it the title of a piece of music?
stunning win snodgrass
[Inkspot] Why thank you - lucky guess really.
No. Not a misical piece, let me guess - were you thinking of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
Is it the title of a piece of fiction?
[Snodgrass]Guess, perhaps, but still impressive.
[all] I owe it all to your previous question. No not fiction.
Is it a popular phrase or saying?
all has just confessed that he saw me write down the answer. (cheating little git)
[all] Shame on you !
[GL] Not popular, (as in Nice to se you, to see you Nice!) but I suppose it is a well known. phrase
Is it the Abominable Snowman?
[Kim] No. And unless he has a carrot for a nose I couldnt see a vegetable reference!
Life, the Universe, and Everything?
42?
[Raak] No, more Earthly than that
[all] No, too many
8?
[Tuj] No. Not 8. !?!
Less than 10?
[all] Assuming there is a numeric component, which you all seem to be, then Yes, it is less than 10 (in a One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest kind of way)
Is there a numeric component?
Given that you said 42 was too many it's safe to assume there is
[GL] Yes and may I refer the Honorable Gusset to the answer I gave a few moments ago (to all)
Is the numeric component larger than one?
Your response to the Dishonorable all stated that it was an assumption, I wished to have the point clarrified
[GL] No, and to save everyone a question it is not less than one either! Therefore .........
I assume that you and all are still not talking then!?
Is it a title of a book?
Is the animal refered to a person?
[Inkspot the first] There are books using this in the title but my thought is the phrase. The book is incidental.
[Inkspot the second] It would be a person having influence here but is not referred to in the phrase.
Is the vegetable a carrot?
[all] Nope - Vegetation is loosly involved not vegetables. Similarly loosly involved are the mineral and animal influences.
How green is my valley?
[Inkspot] I have no idea. I've never seen it. What sort of a chap do you think I am? No
Is there a reference to a country in the phrase?
[all] No
An House in the Country?
[all] No but I like your direction.
A walk in the park?
[Inkspot] Getting closer, but alas, No.
The right relationship between the abstract and the physical though.
Sex in the City?
[all] Now thats not abstract is it? Or is it? No, nothing like it (although there are certain.....)
The apple of my eye?
Does it include the word "one's"?
[Phahad] Greetings and No. Sorry
[Tuj] No, not "one's" but almost! OK I'm in a mellow mood. It contains the word "one"
As I walked Out One Midsummer Morning?
A room of one's own?
[Inkspot] No
[Raak] No
Does the phrase contain an action?
[Inkspot] Not contain, as in "dance" etc but the phrase is synonymous with an action.
One foot in the grave?
[all] No but I see some common ground!
Is it associated with a particular pert of the day?
[Inkspot] No. Time is not important - but its not likely to happen in the dark!
One light in the darkness?
[all] No
Clue. 4 words, 10 letters, 3 spaces. Happens Outside.
A hole in one?
[all] Yes Yes thrice Yes
all wins with a slash of a seven iron. I didn't think it would be that hard.
Well done [all] and over to you.....
Thank you
A (probably) simple one this time ANIMAL
More than 3 legs?
Human male?
One question, no cheating...
Living?
Cthulhu?
[Snodgrass] No
[Tuj] Yes
[Breadmaster] No
[Raak] No, honestly he was a human male.
Did he die before 1900?
[Inkspot] No
A politician?
[Raak] Among other things
Is he an American? and did he pop his clogs before 1950?
[Raak] Thinking about it, probably he ws best known as a politician.
[Inkspot] No (to both)
Lord Tonypandy, former Speaker of the House of Commons?
[Inkspot] Not this time
Churchill (the famous one)?
[Raak] No. Not any other Churchill either
Was he a British Left wing parlimentarian?
[Inkspot] No, far from it.
Was he a British Right wing parlimentarian?
[Kim] No.
Is he a European national?
[Inkspot] No
Was he a politician of the Centre? (whatever that is nowerdays)
Was he from Asia?
[Snodgrass] I'm fairly certain that most people would say he wasn't
[Inkspot] No
From somewhere in Africa?
[Raak] Yes
Burning Spear ?
White Man?
[Inkspot] Is he dead? Either way, no
[Snodgrass] No.
Would he have been described as a tyrant or a despot?
[Snodgrass] Not to his face. (Yes)
Idi Amin?
Yes, died in office 1978.
[Inkspot] Oh, that Burning Spear!
Yes it was de worl' famous Idi Amin

INKSPOT WINS
...and as the audience settle back down on wet Friday afternoon MINERAL.
Is it man-made?
Is it bigger than a phonebox?
Is it actually a Phonebox?
Sorry, deja'vu has struck again
Is it smaller than a shoe box?
and we're off...
Gusset Login - No
all - Yes
Snodgrass - No
all - No
Is it made of stone?
Natural feature?
Gusset Login - Almost entriely Yes, in the same way as Mount Everest
Snodgrass - Yes
Is it a mountain?
Gusset Login - No
Is this guess wrong?
Tuj - No
The Gulf Stream?
That place in the Atlantic where the tectonic plates meet?
Scratch Gulf Stream, overlooked that it's made of stone.
Raak - No
first clue;this time I've chosen something that has no Welsh connection, but, I shall find one before the game is up ;)
Is it in the UK?
Raak - No
Is there more than one of them?
Americas?
plump - Yes
Snodgrass - No
Fossils?
Raak - No
Geodes?
A volcano?
Raak- No
Tuj - Yes
Is it a whole chain of volcanoes?
Raak - not a chain but there are others nearby
A big special one, famous for going BOOM at a certain point in history?
Pacific Rim?
Tuj - Yes and No; it is a big special one, but not so famous for going BOOM.
Snodgrass - No
Africa?
Snodgrass - No
All guesses about location have so far been wide of the mark by thousands of miles.
Mount St Helens?
Gusset Login - No (cold with the rain coming in through the roof)
Mt Fuji
(or Fuji Yama, if you prefer)
Vesuvius?
Krakatoa?
Continantal Asian (Russia/China and surrounding areas)
[Inky] They werent guesses, they were enquiries!
ImNotJohn - No
Gusset Login - No
Gusset Login - No
Snodgrass - No, at least the're not stabs in the dark
cold, cold, cold, cold your still a long way from the answer.
Etna?
Tvashtar?
Pele?
Antarctica?
The Arctic?
Australia?
Lets get the location (not that anyone is listening!)
Kim - No
Gusset Loggin - No
Gusset Login- No
Snodgrass - No
Snodgrass - No
Snodgrass - No
All as cold as the icicles on the end of Santa's nose, and no closer to the location! (size matters!)
Is it on one of Jupiter's Moons?
Is it on Earth?
Slightly more obvious
Mauna Loa?
Olympus Mons?
Gusset Login - No
Gusset Login - No
all - No

Gusset Login - YES
From the planet Mars; Olympus Mons it is. Three times the size of Everest the highest known volcano.

Cheers and applause rage from the audience.
Hmmm
Saying it isn't a mountain was a bit dubious.
OK Boys, girls and indeterminates this time the item is ABSTRACT
OK, is it an emotion?
Is it a phrase or saying?
INJ] Gusset Login asked whether it was a mountain on move 7. If I had said yes it is almost certain that Tuj would not have enquired about whether it was a volcano a few moves later on. Olympus Mons itself is classed as a shield volcano similar to those in Hawaii and not a mountain even though it is no longer active.
Wherever possible I try to give unambiguous yes or no answers, some will a clarification tied in with a hint or clue.
[Snodgrass] No
[Inkspot] Not really
Does it have to do with the law?
[Raak] No
Are we searching for an idea, a thought?
...or some sort of human ideal?
[Inkers] Don't worry, well yes'n'noed
[Snodgrass] Yes, I'd classify it as an idea
[Tuj] No
Something akin to Perpetual Motion?
Is it connected with geography?
[Snodgrass] No
[Raak] No
Interesting fact: although Olympus Mons is three times the height of Everest, it doesn't look it. In fact, if you were standing near it on Mars, you probably couldn't see it. This is because it's not a mountain so much as part of a huge swelling on the surface of the planet, known as the Tharsis Bulge, which also features three other large shield volcanoes. A similar arrangement exists at the Elysium region on the other side of the planet. Because Mars has never had moving tectonic plates like Earth, its wells of magma remained in the same place relative to the surface terrain, which is why these huge volcanic systems had time to form. Technically, Olympus Mons is indeed 24km high, but only if you compare the "summit" to the average altitude of the Martian surface - but there is nowhere near the summit that is that average altitude, if you see what I mean. It is over 20 times wider than it is tall, and the incline is so shallow that you could cycle up it. So to call it a mountain would be pretty misleading. It's more of a plateau, the boundary being marked by a mighty cliff, up to 6km high, which is the one part where you might have a bit of difficulty on a bike.
[Breadmaster] Thank you, do you have a question for this round?
Is it an idea that people probably had 2,000 years ago?
Ah yes. Question. I knew there was something.
[BM] Yes, and earlier
Something to do with atoms?
[Raak] No
Is it along the lines of "Who Am I?"
[Snodgrass] No
Anything to do with supernatural things?
[Raak] No
An ancient invention?
[Tuj] No, that would be a mineral, this is pure abstract
Anything to do with the passage of time?
[Inkspot] No

Would a clue help?
Is it mathematical?
[Dazed5] No
Is it an emotion?
Nah, not mineral, I was thinking along Dazed5's lines!
Is it beauty?
Is it an experience of some sort?
[Tuj] No, sorry misunderstanding you
[Inkspot] No
[Raak] No
Hint: It's more of a concept than an idea
Would cavemen (women) have known this?
[Snodgrass] It's been a long time since I had contact with a caveperson. But I strongly suspect that they would.
Pain?
Hunger (perhaps)?
[Snodgrass] No
[Snodgrass II] No
Is this concept Gender Specific and if so is it Male orientated?
[Snodgrass] No, it's not gender specific. nor Male orientated.
Is it related to a particular time of the year?
Its very quiet in here. I think we're alone
[Snodgrass] No. It's busier than it was yesterday.
Do you want a clue?
Is it the affirmative answer?
Hahaha!
Is it associated with one of the senses?
Yes please to a clue.
[Tuj] No, but very close
[Inkspot] No
Clue: Tuj was very close
Agreement?
[Raak] No, getting colder.
humour?
[Inkspot] NO
Nothing (as a concept)?
[Brendan] No.
Is it the negative answer?
[Kim] No? YES!

Let me rephrase that:
KIM WINS thank goodness for that.
Blimey
And only after a stab in the dark. Mystifying!
[Tuj] It was quite a remarkable guess out of the blue, it's a pity you picked the wrong one.
Is it time to end this game? and replace it with something new?
That depends on whether Kim is likely to start a new round any time soon
Or is Kim playing the Reverse game where we start with Mornington Crescent and then ask how we arrived at that answer.
None
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Inkspot*
ur gay nobs
twats
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