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 ....
[Inkspot] No, (but I guess it would be kinda fun - anyone for fan fiction?) [Irouleguy] No. [CdM] No [sadie] Yes [Raak] No. [Darren] Close. But I need more than that [Darren] No
[Tuj] No. [Botherer] No. [Rosie] No. [Raak] Yes. [Irouleguy] Yes. [Inkspot] No. [Chalky] No. [Gusset Login] Almost certainly not, but then again it might depend who you ask!
[irouleguy and darren] I love questions that are either/or being answered with yes/no. example from this morning being: nights - do you want tea or coffee mate? housemate - yes.
[Nights] I once answered an either/or chemistry question with Yes, because I thought both applied! My teacher wasn't too impressed, though. Maybe your housemate just wanted a hot drink, and didn't care what.
[snorgle] good point, although more likely he just wanted to get up my nose at 07h15 [irouleguy] cos he keeps changing his damn mind [gusset login] excuse me for having south london lexical usage patterns... [darren] sorry I'll stop this and shut the hell up now.
[Darren] Yes, it was the connection to the Carry On films that was the clue that got it for me -- though I was sure I was right with Peter Sellers before, when I posted and then saw you had started a clerihew with him.
Much as I would like to start running with the flaming chair (I even have an idea in mind), I think I must decline for the moment. I am not going to be online much longer today (seeing as how it's already evening here in Singapore), and I am spending the weekend in Khao Lak, far from the internets. Perhaps I can sneak in later sometime. In the meantime, anybody else want a go?
[Tuj] I wasn't sure why you'd say "was it this century?" when "was it within the last five years?" would have been more to the point! I was just hedging my bets.
[tuj] oh yes, silly me. you can put that down to the fact that 14h08 is a little early for a sunday. and no, not a CD. [irouleguy] I've been thinking and it IS. sure of it now. and yes, all western societies at least, AFAIK. [darren] no.
[inkspot] not as far as I'm aware. [darren] yes. [gusset login] no. [raak] no. [all] no. [irouleguy] yes, probably. [tuj] yes. this is remarkably entertaining!
[tuj] no. and I think I should have made myself a little clearer. I assumed that 'big enough to get inside' meant 'inside my house', as in 'not outside'. I now see that you or whoever meant 'so big I can fit inside this thing', which you certainly cannot. erk. [inkspot] pardon me? no. [raak] no. [insport again] no. [gusset login] yes. [darren] no. [darren again] no. are we having fun yet?
They are: mineral, man-made, multiple objects, found in all Western societies (as far as nights knows...), machine-made, smaller than a toaster, bigger than a slice of toast, something that has a practical use, referred to in the plural.
They're not: a household item ('not exactly' was the actual answer), a CD, connected to religion, made of metal, related to jewellery, a phone box, a container, anything with moving parts, a car, a means of storing digital information, usually associated with offices, something that can be attributed to a particular inventor, scales, made of stone, mirrors, made of ceramic material.
The six questions immediately above are pending.
Are they something you mainly use outdoors? Are they something that you use up by using them?
[raak] yes. (murmurs from audience) [inkspot] yes. (more murmurs from the audience) [tuj] no. [darren] no. [all] no. [darren again] no. [irouleguy] thanks for the summary, that's all correct so I haven't contradicted myself which is always a bonus. your answers are yes (which further woke up the audience) and no in that order.
[inkspot] no. [raak] no. [darren] no. [chalky] as for your guess, it's...
RIIIIIIGHT!!!
I was beginning to think no-one would get it. the flip flops in question actually serve as slippers for me, as I like my feet to get lots of air, but our carpets are a little suspect. so I hand the baton on to Chalky...
Dujon] No Inks] No Rosie] No Raak] No nights] Yes Darren] depends what you mean by 'creature' - but I would say No - if I understand your question correctly
.. and going back to Tuj's earlier question, ie. "Living?" - [to clarify] There is a possibility.