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 ....
Begins with P? No. Human? Yes? Real human being who has taken on a symbolic significance? (*smattering of applause*) Yes, a real human being, but not a particular real human being. The "symbolic significance" part is trickier. The significance of this not-particular but real human being is indeed being defined in a symbolic way. Mammal? See "Human?", above.
Is their identity unknown? (*some applause and a little nervous laughter*) This person is not a particular s/he because there is more than one of this person. In some cases their identity is known; in other cases not—and this observation is germane to the AOTC.
Linked to particular political outlook. In principle and in general, No. But there certainly is a political link in some instances, and it's probably fair to associate those instances with (broadly speaking) a particular political outlook. Unknown soldier? No. The fact that the identity of these individuals is sometimes known, sometimes not is perhaps an interesting feature of the AOTC, but it is not central.
Civil servants? No. To do with charities? No. Members of exclusive/secret club? No. (To be clear, these people could be any of these things, but they are essentially irrelevant to the AOTC.)
Musical instruments? (*after a moment, laughter followed by some applause*) In one very precise sense, the answer is Yes. At the same time I worry that this answer might be misleading. If you pursue this route, pay attention to your assumptions. :) To do with transport? No.
Philosophers or something? No. Do they know they are so defined? Usually yes. Did they exist 200 years ago? Presumably yes, but back then they weren't actually known as... Whistleblowers? Yes! One flute-like baton handed back to Bismarck.
Didn't manage to get it inside 20 goes, but your clues did help. The baton-flute is really something, I can get a tune out of it but it seems only to attract rats. Lots of them, too.Right, let's try for ANIMAL again. Off you go, put the thinking caps on and try to imagine what this could be!
(was of course what I meant to say) Hidden textThe whoops! function doesn’t seem to be working for me; is anyone else having a problem with it? I’ve tried to use it on my last two posts and it didn’t work either time.
[Simons Mith] - I'm sure they might yell, and many may be old. But it isn't the dog. [Boolbar] - I am regretting picking this topic because it's going to make these normal types of questions quite difficult to answer. But I am not going to change horses in the middle of a stream. So let me clarify: I am looking for a class or type of animal, and not a specific one. If that adds a dose of ABSTRACT, so be it. YES, some are mammals. NO, the others aren't. [Raak] - NOT human. [Tuj] - Ah, at last an easy one. NOT a hamster.Hidden textThanks. Paul Mariner would have been proud of that. [CdM] - NO, though I can see your thinking . Audienceometer: Chuntering and shuffling of chairs.
[Simons Mith] - Mascots? NO. [Raak] - Extant? Excellent question which will probably make this a short game. NO, based on lack of proof. [Superman] certain geographic area? NO. [CdM] - France? NO.
PS, also testing Whoops! facility, and it does seem to work, although from the message I first got I thought it was failing. Perhaps the Preview interaction is different now? But anyway, I've now done multiple whoopses and they've all worked.
[Raak] Could well be, could well be, but that isn't the AOTC. [Simons Mith] YES, cryptids it is. No doubt a Mith is an expert and I should have seen that coming.Take this rather oddly creepy baton and don't look behind you - just run. Audienceometer : Massive applause and some unearthly noises at the back, causing a rush for the exits.