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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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The Last Line Of A Limerick?
Checkmate?
Limerick?
Said Gertrude, that master of prose
"A rose is a rose is a rose"
There's wisdom, you see
In tautology:
An answer's an answer, I s'pose.

Checkmate? No.
The end of this game?
Is it a punchline?
[Raak] I think that is close enough!
The answer to this round of AVMA is "the answer to this round of AVMA". Over to you
After that rarefied flight of circular fancy, a very down to earth MINERAL.
Is it man-made?
Is it found on Earth?
[GL] Yes.
[all] Yes.
Is it a building?
[Néa] No.
Are there many of these?
Is it bigger than a bread box?
[Rosie] No. (But there are more than one.)
[all] Yes. (All of them are. Each of them is.)
Does it move?
[INJ] No. At least, they're not supposed to.
Are it made of stone?
Are they to be found in Britain?
[all] Um...no.
[GL] Yes.
That's all for today, I'm off shortly to a concert at the Aldeburgh Festival.
Were they all made after 1900?
I hope you enjoyed your evening the programme, not that I am in the least bit jealous.
Are these objects identical, more or less?
Would these consist of a soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone?
[Inkspot] Yes. (The Orlando Consort, giving a concert of Baroque recreational depression -- Tallis, Purcell, Tomkins, etc. There was a BBC OB van there, so it might get broadcast at some point, but of course, that's nothing like being there.)
[Rosie] They're similar.
[Dujon] Soft? No.
Are they composed entirely of a single substance?
[INJ] They are known for it!
Is the substance liquid?
[INJ] No.
Does the name of the substance appear in the answer?
[GL] Yes.
Is the substance iron?
Is it made to be decorative?
Are they all in the same city or town?
A brick outhouse?
[GL] No.
[Inkspot] Yes.
[Darren] Yes.
[INJ] No.
The Crown Jewels?
Concrete cows?
[Rosie] No.
[GL] YES! The Concrete Cows of Milton Keynes.
(Gusset Login) Coo-oo!
[Gusset Login) Coo-ee!
Sorry, I was away for a few days
I assumed I had it wrong. um...

Vegetable

A potato?
[Raak] - No
Is it edible?
[Darren] - Yes, or part of it is
Is it processed?
Can you buy it in a typical U.K. supermarket?
[Darren] - No.
[Raak] - No
Does it grow wild in the U.K.?
[Raak] - Yes
Is the edible part of it a fruit?
Is it a nettle?
Is it later processed into a product?
Is it a magic mushroom?
[Kim] - No
[CdM] - No
[Rosie] - Yes
[rab] - No.
Is it rhubarb?
Is it nicer with custard?
Is it a type of grain?
Is the edible bit green?
Dandelion and Burdoch?
Is it a mustard seed?
[Darren] - No
[Irouléguy] - No
[Raak] - No
[Tuj] - The websites I've checked are undecided about the green bit being edible.
[Dujon] - No
[CdM] - No
Hops?
Would you (well, not necessarily you personally) ever eat the edible bit in its unprocessed form?
[Chalky] - No
[CdM] - Yes
It might be worth clarifying that most products produced from it are not intended to be edible
Are those products flowers?
Oil See Rape?
or perhaps Linseed?
[Irouléguy] - No
[Chalky] - No (nor Oilseed Rape)
[Chalky] - No
Are the products produced from it mostly liquid?
Is it a tree?
[Darren] - No
[Rosie] - Yes
Is the edible part a nut?
[Darren] - No
Is the product produced from it decorative?
Is the non-edible product timber?
[Darren] - That depends, can you think of any decorative uses for wood?
[Raak] - Yes
Is the answer a particular tree (such as a maple tree, for example)?
Are we looking for the final product?
[CdM] - Yes
[Darren] - No, it's a tree
So we are looking for a tree that grows wild in Britain and which has an edible part that is not a leaf or a fruit or a nut or a blossom...
A pine tree?
Licorice?
If I'm right, someone else needs to carry the torch...
The mighty oak?
My "other" computer is an Acorn but I've never eaten one.
Is the edible bit a vegetable?
[CdM] - Good summary, But you forgot to mention that the edible part can be eaten raw and it is mainly used for non-edible products.

[Raak] - No
[Botherer] - No
[Rosie] - No
[Irouléguy] - No, the whole thing is a tree.

Willow
The bark is edible in small quantities but is mostly used for medicinal ones
[ImNotJohn] - No, but you're thinking along the right lines
Is the edible part the sap?
Alder?
[Raak] - Yes, but also the bark.
[Inkspot] - No
Is it from the salicaceae family of trees?
[Inkspot] - No
Family Fagaceae?
Jesuit's bark aka cinchona?
[Darren] - No
[Irouléguy] - I've never heard quinine bark called that before... No

Would a clue be useful at this point?

WE will ask the questions, Mr Login. Er, yes please. :-)
Very well.

It's a conifer and easy to recognise from a distance.

The Larch?
[Darren] - YES! Well done, it would have been easier if no one had asked about it being edible, which it is, apparently.
Ah, but it's the unexpected questions that can produce misleading answers which are so much fun!

So, this one is primarily VEGETABLE but I wouldn't be surprised if MINERAL or indeed ANIMAL could be involved in some cases.

Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanac 2002 ?
Is the vegetable still alive?
[Chalky] I can see your reasoning, but no.
[Gusset Login] No.
Is it man-made?
Austrian wine?
GL] I know the name from the Patrick O'Brian 'Master and commander' books.
[ImNotJohn] Yes.
[Irouléguy] Not typically, but some of them may well be.
[Irouléguy] Whoops, I thought you said "Austrian made?". It's not Austrian wine.
Is it monochromatic or multi-coloured?
[irach] Normally multi-coloured.
Is it largely wooden?
[Rosie] Sometimes it can be.
A set of children's building blocks?
[Raak] No.
A work of art?
Are you using, eating or viewing one now?
Does one normally use it at home?
Is it a book?
[Rosie] Could be, I suppose, but not normally.
[irach] (1) No, no and no. (2) Yes.
[Irouléguy] No.
Can it be read?
[Raak] No.
A chopping board?
[all] No.
Is it an item of furniture?
A cupboard of some kind?
[Raak] No.
[Rosie] No.
Is it generally found in the kitchen? In the living room? In the bedroom?
[irach] (1) No. (2) I suppose if anywhere, you might find it there. (3) No. Well... depends on whose bedroom, I suppose!
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