mc5 - AVMA Take 2

[Chalky] I'm somewhat uncertain what should count as Abstract. What makes the thing a will is the non-physical meaning of what is written on it. On the other hand, a will generally is a single physical document, unlike, say, a book, which has an abstract existence apart from any of its individual copies.

(Raak, Chalky) I instinctively thought of a will as abstract because of its content. After all, it could be stored on a computer even if a physical document is a legal requirement. AHEM - there can be no such ambiguity about the present subject. AHEM.

Does it start with the letter P?

The Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation?

Chalky, Raak, Rosie] There's also the distinction between a specific person's will, and the idea of a last will and testament. I didn't find it misleading, which is what I think matters.

Connected with the arts?

(Quendalon) - Does not start with P.
(Irg) - A miss of some magnitude, I fear.
(Kim) - Not connected with the arts.

Tuj

A single word on the card?

[Quendalon] Daft question :P

Is is a human construct?

Connected with mathematics?

(Tuj) - Two words, including the indefinite article.
(Kim) - Not a human construct.
(Quendalon) - Not connected with mathematics.

Is it something people do?

(Raak) - Not something people do.

Is it visible?

Is it something to do with the weather?

(Irg) - Not visible *laughter from audience*
(Kim) - Nothing to do with the weather.

Can it be heard?

(Inkspot) - Cannot be heard *further cruel sniggers from audience*

Can it be perceived by any of the senses?

Is it part of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Is it an absence of something?

(Kim) - Yes, it can be perceived.
(Inkspot) - Not part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
(Irouléguy) - Yes. *loud applause*

Space -- the final frontier?

Tuj

A black hole?

(Quendalon) - Not space.
(Tuj) - Not a black hole.

Conspicuous by its absence?

Vacuum?

Related to living things?

irach has it because VACUUM it is! Strictly "A vacuum", but that's near enough. Well done, sir, and over to you.

This one is ABSTRACT with ANIMAL and MINERAL Connections.

A document of some sort?

[Raak] Not a document.

rab

Is it ritualised linguistic routine? (e.g., a metaphor, simile, cliche)

[rab] Yes. It is a type of cliched verbal expression.

Is the animal human?

Is there a number in it?

The Ashes?

[Inkspot] Yes. The animal component is most often human in this context. [Quendalon]. No. No number in it. [Rosie] Not the ashes.

Is the mineral an artefact?

rab

Pissing in the wind?

Projoy

A wild stab in the dark

People in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses?

Lib

Bull shit?

Is it a proverb?

[Irouleguy] No. Not an artifact
[rab] Not pissing, in the wind, or otherwise.
[Projoy] Not a wild stab in the dark.
[kim] Not stone houses or glasses
[Lib] No, not bull shit (or any other animal scat).
[Raak] No. Not a proverb.

Does the expression describe the human (or animal)?

[Rosie] It does not describe the entire human (or animal), but a part thereof.

Pull the other one?

Is the mineral a liquid?

To do with the face?