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AVMA Take 2
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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 ....
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Unique?
But is it art?
An iron--like the kind with which one presses one's shirts?
Smaller than a telephone kiosk?
A bridge?
[NJ] Manufactured? YES
[Raak] Stainless Steel? YES, that's what it's made of *a ripple of applause*
[Quendalon] Unique? NO
[Tuj] Art? NO
[cfm] An iron? NO
[Chalky] < phone box? YES
[GL] Bridge? NO
Medical connections?
Is it smaller than a breadbox / bread bin?
Inverting the classic question.
[Raak] Medical? NO (well, a small connection, but it won't help)
[Quendalon] Smaller than breadbox? YES
Does it have any moving parts?
[NJ] Moving parts? YES
Is there one in your kitchen?
[Tuj] In my kitchen? NO. Well, there might be, but I'd move it if I were tidying up.
A tool?
[NJ] Tool? YES
Calipers?
[Software] Calipers? NO *Most of audience look slightly bemused by the handful that clapped, briefly*
A Leatherman?
(On the grounds that a Swiss Army Knife has plastic as well)
A hole punch?
[NJ] Leatherman? NO *some audience members explain to others what a Leatherman is, after which some of them make appreciative noises*
[Raak] Hole punch? NO
Does it cut?
[cfm] A cutter? YES *Applause*
A tin-opener?
Garden shears?
A kitchen tool?
End game appears to have commenced
[Rosie] Tin opener? NO (I wouldn't move that out of the kitchen when tidying)
[Raak] Garden Shears? NO (I'd call them bigger than a breadbin) *appreciative applause*
[NJ] A kitchen tool? NO (again, I'd keep that in the kitchen).
Secateurs?
[Software] Secateurs? NO *more applause*
Scissors?
D'oh - I meant to ask 'garden', for that reason and then turned the question round without thinking.
Wire cutters?
[NJ] Scissors? YES, but more detail required. *Lots of applause*
[Raak] Wire cutters? NO, see above.
Pinking shears?
Nail clippers?
[Quendalon] Pinkers? NO *some applause*
[Raak] Nail clippers? NO *Thunderous applause, oohs, aaahs, gasps and winces*
Nail scissors?
Hair scissors?
[Raak] Nail scissors? YES INDEED! *Deafening roars*
Congrats! Here, have this toenail as a makeshift baton.
VEGETABLE, with ABSTRACT connections.
An object made from vegetable matter?
[Rosie] Yes, made from vegetable matter.
Is wood involved?
Is it edible?
Unique?
Is it smaller than a toaster?
[GL] Would be wood.
[NotJohn] Edible wood? No.
[Tuj] Not unique.
[Phil] Bigger than a toaster.
Is it bigger than a cross-channel ferry?
[GL] Smaller than a cross-channel ferry.
Found domestically?
Does it have writing on it?
Naturally occurring?
[S] Domestic? Not really, at least nowadays.
[Q] Probably not written on.
[T] Not naturally occurring.
A piece of furniture?
Would one find it in a pub?
[R] Not furniture.
[C] *a ripple of applause* Yes, one might find it in a pub.
Does it have a picture or pictures on it?
Is it a container of some sort?
Is it used for a leisure activity?
[Q] No picture.
[NJ] *applause* A container.
[P] A witty thought goes up on the laser display board. Laughter in the audience. Not used for a leisure activity.
Normally holds liquid?
[NJ] Can normally hold liquid.
A barrel?
Might be my turn in it, innit?
[Rosie] *cheering* A barrel is involved. I suggest the abstract connection would repay attention.
Is it a well-known phrase or saying .. like Roll Out The Barrel?
[Chalky] Yes! A well known phrase or saying.
"Over a barrel"?
[Q] Not over a barrel.
So it's a colloquial phrase along the lines of "a can of worms"?
Scraping the barrel?
Barrel of laughs?
[D] Yes.
[R] *oooooh!!* Not quite.
[Q] Not a barrel of laughs.
The bottom of the barrel?
Attempted lurker victories R us
[CdM] Yes! Rosie was nearly there, but you have nailed the exact answer! Have this recycled wooden planter. Ignore the rotten apple juice seeping out of it. And it can now be revealed that the Witty Comment on the laser display board was about the undemanding leisure activity of shooting fish in one.
hmmm ...
.. thought it might be that - was rather hoping that Rosie might get a turn 'in the chair'.
May I respectfully suggest a slight change to the non-rules of this game, ie. you need to have asked at least one question before guessing the AOTC? Or is that altogether too regimentatious? < made up word alert >
I am more than happy for Rosie to take the chair if he wishes. He definitely got 98.2 percent of the way to the AOTC. Mind you, I think this game has had its share of lurker victories, and I'm not exactly a lurker in the grand scheme of things. :-)
Is flattered
(Chalky, CdM) Generous, but let's play by the rules. In any case, if a lurker wins, their "punishment" will be to host the next one. That'll teach 'em not to just jump in and out.

(CdM) Couldn't you have made it 98.4 - body temperature, the percentage of H2SO4 in conc. sulphuric, the number of feet in 30 metres . . . . I could go on.

While you're all being polite, I'll get the first question in: Would you find it in your kitchen?
Is it a sandwich?
Anarcho-syndicalism?
Convectively Available Potential Energy (CAPE)?
Where's CdM? Give us a category, man.
This is ANIMAL and VEGETABLE with a trace of MINERAL. I had decided on this before I saw any of your questions, so I am going to go with it. Oh god, I hope Rosie has heard of it :-)

In your kitchen? You could, but it's probably unlikely. I'm pretty sure I have never had one in my kitchen.
A sandwich? Yes! *applause*
Anarchosyndicalism? No.
CAPE? No.
Is egg an ingredient?
Explicitly not counting any egg(s) that are part of the bread-baking process.
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