Well done Huxley on the photo-finish. Better luck next time, Wol - and a worthy third place to Ibid the pacemaker.

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Nice setup there Ibid! As soon as you mentioned De Palma, the movie just lept out of my long-term memory... a quick check on IMDB confirmed the facts.

And, unfortunately, I am heading on home and will have not have time to check in tonight... I will answer guesses first thing in the morning.

Ah well, I was refusing to look it up on IMDB as a matter of principle. But I just couldn't remember the title.

 

Going more broadly than Inkspot. [Hux] ... and I put my back out stretching for the line like that!

A very vague move but I'll stick with it.

[Tuj] the answer to yours is genuinely "Possibly yes". [Wol] ... me too, my neck hurts as well.

Now of course wishing had gone for more specific move...

Wol] Sorry, simulposted.
There is not more than one of them.
It is not numerical.
It does not involve religion.
It is not unique to humans.
You could possibly pay money to buy some.
It can be seen.
It can be perceived by the senses.
It does involve emotion.
It is not love.
It would not be considered one of the 'arts'.
Is it not generally considered to be a positive thing.

[Bob]so far, so good.

[all] We're headed slowly in the right direction.

One track mind.

Getting warmer!! :)

Along with Death of Rats!
Kayl]see Darren

I'm getting stuck here.

[ibid] You're close but not quite there.
[all]You may want to ponder on the fact that, oddly, Noodles superlatively vague question was about as close as anyone has come so far.

Inkspot] Indeed.

<serious >Having had a daughter go through it - it is not funny.</serious>

My last clue, regarding Noodles Vague Question, will require a little lateral thinking.

[Dujon]One of my sister in-laws has been going through it all of her life. she recovered for a short while a couple of years ago but we have noticed that she started back down that path again a few months ago.

There is not more than one of them.
It is not numerical.
It does not involve religion.
It is not unique to humans.
You could possibly pay money to buy some.
It can be seen.
It can be perceived by the senses.
It does involve emotion.
It is not love.
It would not be considered one of the 'arts'.
Is it not generally considered to be a positive thing.
It isn't a colour.
It isn't one of the seven deadly sins.
It couldn't exist without animals or humans.
It elicits an emotional response.
It isn't pain.
It isn't childbirth.
It isn't mortality.
It doesn't, as a rule, cause physical damage.
It is not considered a disease.
It is not a positive thing.
It isn't sex.
It isn't impotence.
It isn't artificial.
It isn't rabies.
It isn't a short lifespan.
It isn't exclusive to humans.
It isn't death.
It isn't obesity [but 'close' said Hux].
It doesn't involve one specific emotion.
It isn't a celebration.
It isn't 'an' emotion.
It isn't crying.
It isn't love.
It isn't depression.
It isn't anorexia nervosa.

OK there seem to be some missing answers, if I've read it right:
Is it an action? [Bob]
Is it dieting? [Darren]
Is it unhappiness? [Chalky]
Is it self-consciousness? [LotUS]
Is it something to do with physical appearance? [Darren]
Phew!

I'm intrigued by the fact that it's not exclusive to humans.

Bravo Chalky.

First, the missing answers (apologies to all):
It is not an action
it is not dieting
it is not unhappiness
it is not self-conciousness and it is not something to do with physiscal appearance.

I am surprised at how long this one is going on... I thought it would be a case of "four questions and we're done".

[Raak] You might want to break out the thesaurus for one of your earlier questions that was close but forced a rather vague answer from me.