mc5 - AVMA Take 2

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 ....

irach

[Kim} No. Not a geographical feature. [Irouleguy] There are more than one of these.

Rosie

Is it a weather phenomenon?

(Irouléguy) Talk of the earth's crust made me think the answer was something to do with the material of the earth well below the surface whereas the Grand Canyon (and Cheddar Gorge) were gouged out by running water, i.e. surface erosion. Not to worry. :-)

irach

[Rosie] No.

Chalky

Is it metal?

[Irouléguy] Yes!

irach

[Chalky] Not metallic per se, though there may sometimes be metal salts or ions embedded within it.

Rosie

A precious stone?

irach

{Rosie] No.

Irouléguy

Is an individual one of these bigger than an elephant?

Chalky] OK2

Rosie

A component of a man-made object such as Stonehenge?

irach

[Irouleguy] Generally it is considerably larger than an elephant.

irach

[Rosie] No, it's not possible to make any man-made object from it/them using any known contemporary technology.

Rosie

An asteroid?

CdM

Or, more specifically, a meteor (or even more specifically, one or more Perseid meteors)

FWIW, I'll come to Irouléguy's defence here: (i) I think the categorization of the GC as mineral is entirely reasonable, since the flora and fauna are not an essential part of the Canyon; (ii) I think the positive response to the earth's crust was also reasonable (although I agree that the audience went a bit over the top), since a "no" would have been a more misleading answer; (iii) "self-indulgent" is an unfairly harsh term, given that he was just injecting some humor.