mc5 - AVMA Take 2

The snowman?

[Chalky] No. (More applause.)
[rab] No. (Applause continues.)
[I] No.

Tuj

A particular way in which snow falls?

rab

I'm trying to work out the abstract connection...

Being snowed-in?

[Tuj] Close...
[Chalky] Yes! Being snowed in.

I'm not sure whether it was really justified to call it abstract. I think we sometimes use the word too readily.

ooops

sorry - all contributors - I seem to have barged in at the end and found the right phrase. After a few months of playing and never quite getting the right answer, I think I'm learning how certain minds work - ie. I would not have posted that particular phrase if the chair had been anyone other than Raak. Weird eh? :-)

Here goes ...

A N I M A L and I, too, will play down the abstract nature of this one ..

Human?

(Raak) It's true we are a bit free-and-easy with the abstract occasionally but there's nothing wrong with the last one. Being snowed in is a "state", so cannot be anything other than abstract.

[Rosie] Human? Indeed, yes

ImNotJohn

alive?

Female?

I think I agree with Rosie -- perfectly legitimate to call that last one abstract. I was less sure that the partridge in the pear tree should have been so classified.

[INJ] Alive? Yes
[CdM] Female? No

[Chalky] A propos the discussion at mcios, you should have chosen "George Best", hoping that someone would have asked the inevitable "alive?" question in time for you to answer "yes" and throw us all off the scent.

European?

CdM] I was following the convention that if it's fictional, it's abstract.

Over 50?

In the news lately?

Elton John?

[CdM] I started my 'go' a couple of hours too late for that ruse :-)
[Iroul] European? Yes
[Kim] Over 50? No
[Raak] In the news lately? No
[irach] Elton? No

British?

[Inks] British? Yes

A sportsman?

A musician?

[R] sports? not in the way you probably mean
[I] musician? yes
Am out and about for much of the weekend - will try and look in tonight ..

A sports commentator?

Instrumentalist?

[Inks] commentator? No
[Rosie] Instrumentalist? Yes

Are albums released under his name?

[Inks] Nooooo. Did I say he was famous? [that was a clue]

Colin Sell?

[Rosie] Colin Sell ? No

Is he a pianist?

Néa

Herr Bratsche?

[Inks] pianist? yes
[Néa] HB? No - but excellent guess :-)

Is he, ahem, one of us?

[Rosie] He .. ahem ... is :-)

Rosie?

Mick Smetaphor?

JLE?

(Raak) Can't be me - he's under 50.

Projoy?

I think that we have just about exhausted the list at this point...

shouting above audience cheers

[Raak] Not Rosie
[Iroul] Not Mick Smetaphor
[Rosie] Not JLE
... but Projoy plays the piano amongst other musically things - so the winner is CdM! :-)
*hands baton overseas*

Oh. That was unexpected. All right then, this one is ABSTRACT. And apologies in advance -- I will not have much net access for the next 36 hours.

Merry Christmas?

[Raak] Thank you?

ImNotJohn

If the various accusations that have been flying about are true, then it has to be:
Anarcho-syndicalism

A-s? No.

Does this abstract thing arouse strong emotions?

Arouse strong emotions? In itself no, though certain examples of it certainly do.

Is this a natural phenomenon?

Football?

A period of time?

Tuj

Anything to do with science?

An idea or concept?

Natural phenomenon? No. *significant non-applause*
Football? It is an example of the answer, but not the answer.
Period of time? Perhaps an example of the answer, but not the answer.
To do with science? Many things to do with science are examples of the answer.
Idea or concept? *applause* These are examples of the answer, but not the answer.

An abstract noun?

Abstract noun? Well, "abstract noun" is an example of the answer. The answer is also an abstract noun phrase.

ImNotJohn

the right answer?

Right answer? This is an example of the right answer, but is not the right answer. (Besides, I already did that.)