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 ....
[GL] character in film? Arguable, but I'd say No [i] Adult? No [RS] Victorian era? No [i] comic/cartoon? No [I] novel? Yes [INJ] specific individual? Yes
[INJ] name including name? No [i] British Isles? Yes [E] English? Yes [Ra] Harry boy? Nah - 'though going for the obvious may not be a bad move - this is a relatively well-known child character in a novel which, I think, most of us will have, or been forced to have, read at some point in our lives. [Ro] Adrian? No
[E] Dickens? No [D] Pirates? If you're thinking R L Stephenson, then No [R] William? No [I] main protagonist? certainly one of them, Yes [Néa] one novel? Yes
I'm reasoning along the lines that it's 20th Century (although we only know that it's not Victorian) and that Chalky said we may have been forced to read it, which suggests something slightly more serious than HP or the Famous Five.
[INJ] ah yes - was meaning: 'meal on a plate' as opposed to 'lolly on a stick' type of thing. But as you have vair kindly given me a precise answer ....
[Raak] cheesecake - NO [GL] cheese - NO (sorry) [Iroul] Jaffas - NO [Chalky]Pastry - NO [GL] Ice cream - NO [irach] toast - NO [RS] animal part eggs - YES (Partly) [irach] Cookies & Milk - NO
[Chalky] cake - NO (applause at the question and a bit of tutting and shaking of heads at the answer) [Raak] omelette - NO [Iroul] Yorkshire pud - NO [GL] French Toast - NO [Kim] Egg McMuffin - NO [Chalky] Pancake - NO
[Chalky] - YES (applause) [all] custard? - Each to his own taste, but for me the answer is NO Oh, you meant, 'is it custard?' - NO. [Néa] - NO (I think most people would regard that as a touch savoury - unless you ignore the Spam, Sausage, Bacon and Spam)
[Rosie] - it depends which version of the game you're thinking of, but I'm happy to answer. 3 (though there is a two-word answer which I might consider close enough).
[CdM] - YES - Sticky Toffee Pudding it is I did have a little debate with myself over caramel pudding - I'd already decided to accept syrup/treacle sponge. I just wasn't quite sure what was meant by it exactly (for example is 'Crème Caramel' a caramel pudding. So, butter, eggs & milk for the animal and the fruit was because traditionally, it should be made with date sponge. So it's over to CdM. [Dazed5] I wish I'd thought of that - I would have used it if I had.
anarcho-syndicalism? Oooh, very close, in the sense that "anarcho-syndicalism" contains all but one of the letters in both acceptable versions of the actual answer.
e-missing? No. And to clarify: it is a different letter that is missing for each of the acceptable answers. But in neither case is the missing letter an "e" (and in only one of the two cases is the missing letter a vowel).
Popular? Somewhat, depending on what you mean by "popular". Books or reading? It need not have anything to do with books or reading, but having said that, there is a definite connection. Religious? No. Book part of it? No, although there is a connection to some books. Socrates? No. Fiction? No.
Colour? No. General human concept? *applause from the audience* It is a specific cultural example of a general human concept. One / one manifestation? Yes. (See above: the answer is one specific manifestation of something more general.)
Positive? It is not an attribute. People would probably view it neutrally. Some people might view it positively (I know some people in the Morniverse do.) I see no reason why it would be viewed negatively in general. Negative? See above. Desire? No. Love? No. Religion? Still no.
Finnish? YES! *throws baton at Néa* I never quite worked out all those Finnish cases, but I think "suomen" is the indirect passive fifth person ablative.
So, although this was a real person and a real metal thingy [that could be used as a weapon, or in science] essentially this is an abstract notion? Is it a 2-word answer?
Chalky - Yes and yes. The whole thing could be used in science, among other things. The metal thing is part of the abstract idea but as an actual object could be used as a weapon. irach - Died before 1800. Dazed5 - No, but some appreciative murmurs from the audience. ImNotJohn - No.
Funny you should ask that [Raak] because Occam's Razor attracts exactly 172,000 Google hits worldwide. I reckon you've got it. I've never heard of it mesself :-)
Raak - YES! Well done. A rather obscure one which I thought might just get by, particularly in a place like this. It's meaning is this: If someone says those lights in the sky are UFOs then the application of Occam's Razor makes one ask "couldn't they be aeroplanes, or unusual reflections in the glass, or were you just a bit pissed?", i.e always think of the simple explanation first. Do not elaborate unnecessarily, etc. etc.