Phil has it. The midday sun. Well done. Stay indoors.
Next, for your amusement and intellectual delight, we shall have:
Enough of this rambling - the next object is
ABSTRACT with ANIMAL and MINERAL connections.
Clarification/Correction: The "human construct" applies to the wording rather than the idea itself.
Hint: The AOTC contains no verb - it's a description.
Now what have we here? The laser display board is showing the audience and the players are getting the clues:
This time it is ANIMAL
Recap:
male, well known, not especially TV oriented, not an actor or a presenter but (clue) newsworthy.
Recap:
male, well known, not especially TV oriented, not an actor or a presenter but (clue) newsworthy.
I didn't think that this would have taken so long, never mind, I now hand over the leaky baton to Phil!
AOTC is one word, a noun.
"Music" is not the AOTC, but.....
AOTC is one word.
ABSTRACT
In a desperate bid to do something about the terrifying speed of this one I could mention that the AOTC is connected with an interest of mine, but not steam locos.
Ah, yes!
ABSTRACT with ANIMAL, VEGETABLE and MINERAL connections.
* HINT: the ATOC has 3 words including the definite article *
Reprise:
ATOC 3 words including the definite article;
One begins with 'P';
Alcohol of some sort involved.
HINT: There are lots this time of year
So, onwards and outwards. Your next challenge is
To summarise: A specific non-fictional individual male mammal that died between 1 AD and 1899 AD. It's not a human, a dog, a bird, a bear or a sea creature, and doesn't begin with P.
One of my favourite animals, simply because the word "jumbo" didn't exist prior to his naming. cf. Little Tich
Here, Chalky, take this pre-1947 ivory baton.
And the next object is ABSTRACT
I should add, perhaps, that the AOTC has a kind of material connection and that this would normally be thought of as Mineral.
Hint: The AOTC has 4 words one being the definite article it exists on screen.
* audience shuffling *
Hands over the tacky microphone-shaped baton to Rosie
Right, time for something Animal
It's MINERAL. and nothing whatsoever to do with steam engines.
If the questions had been phrased "Are they.....?" the answers would have been:
(Boolbar) YES, probably
(Superman) They're probably found in almost every country.
(Raak) Not a work of art.
(Bismarck) Not a monument.
Over to you, Superman.
Now this one is
MINERAL and VEGETABLE and nothing whatsoever to do with steam locomotives.
Without further ado, let me announce an
ANIMAL subject on the card. Listen carefully as the mystery voice reads out the clue.
Well, it's ANIMAL
Your turn again.
The next is MINERAL.
ABSTRACT
(as well as trouble for a few geological theories when it's discovered).
Hint: the connection with light might be the most promising approach.
Right then, the next one is
MINERAL with an ABSTRACT feel
ABSTRACT ANIMAL
Let me pass you this invisible baton... which I'm sure I left around here somewhere.
objectithing for your ongoing delight.
The next object, which has but the most tenuous link with steam engines, is:
VEGETABLE and MINERAL
(boo meringues) I'm not sure the throwing angle is all that important but you must hold the asymmetric end and impart as much spin as possible. Mine is quite big (14" arms, 2" wide, marine ply) and I wouldn't like to be hit by it.
Forever onwards with ABSTRACT with strong ANIMAL connections
The next is MINERAL (I think, mostly) with ABSTRACT connections.
Um.
OK. These are usually MINERAL.
Thankf to the great generofity of Raak I have hundredf of tiny (but rather fplintery) batonf to paff over. Here, have thif one.
Is it edible?
Is it an animal?
Does it live in water?
Is it a ...bird?
Is it a duck?
We'd better quickly have another one.
This is ABSTRACT and absolutely nothing whatever to do with steam engines.
And the next object is ABSTRACT
The baton passes on.......
[Rosie] Yes.
[Boolbar] Yes.
[Raak] No.
[Bismarck] No.
[CdM] No.
[Superman] No again.
[Raak] YES
[Superman] No.
[Boolbar] No.
[pTuj] Nay.
[Raak] Aye.
[Bismarck] No.
[Tuj] No.
[Boolbar] Also no.
[Rosie] ... No.
[Superman]... No.
[Amazon] No, they don't sell 'em. That eliminates a lot.
[Rosie] No, not a thing.
[Fake rocks] This is getting philosophical, but if it's a fake rock, it's not a real rock, and if it's not a real rock, it's not a rock. Right?
[Boolbar, moistery] No, not even in Ireland or New Zealand. I admit in Kiwiland it might be close.
[Boolbar, fixed] Yes. You won't find any flying ones.
[Raak, eBay] No.
[KagomeShuko, minerals] I'd say that's a reasonable usage for this game. But a dead cat is still animal, and oxygen is still mineral even though it doesn't come out of the ground.
[KagomeShuko] No, no, and thrice no. But those are the closest guesses yet.
[Bismarck, glass] No.
[Tuj, metal] No.
[Raak, cavity] No.
[Dujon, Xmas] I don't know whether he likes them, but they are a necessary component of his professional work. Let's class that as a YES.
[Boolbar] No.
The AOTC is not in the least obscure but it is unusual for this game.
Right then. MINERAL with ANIMAL and VEGETABLE connections.
(Hands over the SS Great Britain shaped baton.)
OK, this next one is nothing to do with Bristol, or Wales, or steam engines. It is
VEGETABLE with strong ABSTRACT connections.
A recap - this is a book, uninspiring and of little use these days.
This is Animal
This next one is Abstract
Topical? Current, yes; relating to a surface, no.
Human experience? Yes, albeit diminished.
audience - *looks distractedly at Raak*
R0? No
[Bismarck] it says “social distancing” on the card so I think you can have that one.
Just thought I'd get that one out of the way.
CdM wins!
Please take this deck and deal the next round.
