mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

ImNotJohn

Is the name of the inventor on the card?

cfm

[jim] No, the inventor is dead.
[INJ] Yes, the inventor's name is on the card.

Raak

Related to medicine?

Tuj

Associated with a particular country?

cfm

[Raak] No, nothing medicinal. Though it might make you feel good to encounter it. :-)
[Tuj] Yes -- but not strongly so. I would guess that many people know the thing on the card but don't make that association.

CdM

Do you think that the typical morniverser owns one of these?

Raak

A household article?

cfm

[CdM] No, the average morniverser probably does not have one stashed out back.
[Raak]Yes, often but not always.

CdM

Functional as opposed to decorative?

cfm

[CdM] No, not functional as opposed to decorative.
You may wish to rephrase your question(s).

Dujon

Is the first of these reputed to have been made for Tsar Alexander III?

cfm

[Dujon] No. We're not making omelettes. :-) Fun guess, though.

ImNotJohn

A timepiece of some sort?

cfm

[INJ] Yes, sometimes. I know of at least one instance.

irach

Tiffany glass/window?

cfm

[irach] Yes! The words on the card are indeed Tiffany glass. *very carefully hands off a fabulous opalescent baton (signed!) to irach Don't drop it. :-)

irach

Ooofff! It's tough lugging that glass baton all the way from 57th and Fifth Avenue after a heavy breakfast at Tiffany's ... so let me pause and consider the next puzzle... ah, yes...ABSTRACT with a MINERAL connection.

Raak

A Tiffany design?

irach

[Raak] Not a Tiffany design.