mc5 - AVMA Take 2

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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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[INJ] Chuck? - NO
In answer to your other query, the subject will be found in the house but not necessarily used there.

INJ ( not a guess!)

I think Rosie and I need some lurker help here.
We're looking for a man-made toy made of wood and metal, with some (as yet unexplored) abstract connection. It consists of a number of parts and is normally used outside although it may be found inside (when it's put away?). It is both larger and smaller than a toaster - don't know if that's the part vs whole thing or just that it comes in different sizes. It is not normally a competitive game and does not involve throwing. It is not known by a brand name. It is not a board game or meccano or lego or a puzzle or a container or a fixture or fitting or a domestic appliance or a tool (slightly hesitant NO to that one), nor does it have musical connections.
There you are - should be easy now.
Any thing significant I missed?

Does the abstract involve a show/display/exhibition?

Does the activity normally involve more than one person?

Ah, yes, one omission. It is not primarily aimed at young children (the under 5-s say). The response was: 'NO (well not entirely as a kind of hint)'.

[Duj] Beauty parade? - YES well, sometimes
[INJ] Solo? - the correct answer could be YES and/or NO

remember we are looking for mineral and vegetable with only abstract connections

Does it have a sporting connection?

Are there more than 2 parts/elements to this?

[G III] Sporty? - NO
[INJ] More than a pair? - NO

Garden furniture?

Does it require inflation?

Are there are other elements involved apart from wood and metal?

[Rosie] On the patio? - NO
[G III] Puff? - NO
[INJ] Construction> - YES (sometimes)

Has wheels?

[irach] Mobility? - NO

stilts?

Pogo stick?

[INJ] High handed? - NO
[irach] Tigger? - NO. (remember earlier it was decided that the answer consisted of more than one part.)

Is it associated with a specific culture?

- to be precise - 2 parts.

[INJ] Culture link? - NO. (yes 2)

Primarily seasonal use?

[irach] Seasonal? - YES!

Used in winter?

[irach] Winter? - NO.

Summer?

Owt to do wi' bonfires and parkin?

[G III] Summer - YES
[Duj] Arcane winter celebrations? - NO

Does it contain water?

[Pro] Wet? - YES

Does it float?

[Pro] Floater? - YES and maybe NO (we have established 2 parts)

Bucket and Spade? (the old kind)

Hurrah!!

A Bucket and Spade it is!

Gladly hands over the stick of rock to Projoy!

Gosh, that's very retro. Makes me think of those daft wooden tubs of ice-cream you can get... *looks around lounge for inspiration* Ah. OK. Let's try this:

MOSTLY MINERAL (+ some of the other two + abstract connections)

An ornamental geological specimen?

[Raak] OGS? NO, not really.

A room furnishing?

[irach] Room furnishing? NO

Oh, I just realised what occasioned those last two questions. The lounge angle is very unlikely to help.

Would this relate to archaeology?

A manufactured object?

[Dujon] Old Fossils? NO
[Rosie] Manufactured? YEEEES, for some values of "manufactured", anyway. Definitely more than not.

A sculpture?

Made of stone?

Metalic?

INJ - Statuesque? NO
Raak - Stone? YES, mostly
Software - Metallic? Contains metal.

The toaster question

[INJ] Much bigger than said browning apparatus.

Is the metal part a plaque?

[Raak] The metal part?

Concrete?

Does any part of this thing bear an inscription?

A building?

[Software] Probably some concrete involved
[Raak] Inscribed? YES
[INJ] Constructive? YES

In London?

Open to the public?

A memorial?

[Rosie] London? YES
[INJ] Open to the public? YES AND NO
[Softers] Memorial? NO

Built before 1900?

[INJ] Pre-Labour Party? NO

*murmurs of surprise from the audience*

Is it in Trafalgar Square?

[Raak] Trafalgar? NO

Does it have a primarily commercial purpose?

[INJ] Moneyspinning? NO

Is it a tourist attraction?

The Royal Festival Hall?

[Raak] Tourism? There are defensible yes and no answers, I think. If pressed, I would say NOT REALLY.
[INJ] Herbert Morrison Remnant? NO

Do people work inside this building?

[Raak] Workplace? YES.

Mornington Crescent Tube station?

Transport House?

(Pj) Not the RFH, then?

[irach] The Hallowed Place? NO
[Rosie] John Smith House? NO

Oops. Misnomer there. It's not either of the Transport House

A place of entertainment?

[Rosie] entertainment? *audience laughter* NO

A location with political connections?

[irach] Poltical? YES, broadly.

Middlesex Guildhall?

Toynbee Hall?

Polly put the kettle on.

[Raak] Yes, you are correct. It is the Middlesex Guildhall, now the home of the UK Supreme Court, which starts work properly on Monday. I would have accepted "The Supreme Court" too, of course.

*hands gavel to Raak*

The next is mostly ANIMAL and VEGETABLE.

The members of the Supreme Court?

Dawlish Man U Supporters Club?

Food?

A herbivore of some kind?

[P] No :-)
[R] Devonian Macunian ex-pats? No.
[R] Not food.
[JJ] Yes, a herbovore is involved, nay, committed.

Damned beavers?

A horse and cart?

[D] No beavers.
[R] Not a horse and cart.

A mad cow?

A burger?

Is it a predator?

Is this one object?

[JJ] Not a mad cow.
[S] Not a burger.
[GIII] Not a predator.
[R] The answer is in the singular, but it's not a specific individual. (E.g. "A window-cleaner", rather than "The Eiffel Tower".)

Clothing?

[INJ] Not clothing.

This thing has Abstract connections as well.

Is the animal part a by-product?

[P] There are no byproducts, only products other than the one you were trying to make.

A Damien Hirst?

[JJ] Sharks in formaldehyde? No.

Is it a construction/building?

Trying to clear the fog.

Is it larger than a toaster?

[S] Not a construction or building.
[P] Yes! Bigger than a toaster.

But is it art?

[GIII] *applause* Yes! It is (associated with) art!

Used in the display of a work of art?

Some kind of pigment?

[R] Not an easel, picture rail, plinth, gallery, web site, or object of like nature.
[JJ] Not a pigment.
I am taking "art" in the general sense, not just pictures.

Larger than a phonebox?

[P] Not larger than a phonebox.

Animal part human?

[S] Not human. (Herbivore, remember.)

Is the animal part, leather?

[INJ] *applause* The audience were getting desperate for something to applaud. The animal part is leather.

An armchair?

Does its shape resemble a lamina (i.e., does it have immaterial depth)

A saddle (the vegetable part being wood)

[S] Not an armchair, however artistically made.
[GIII] Not laminate.
[i] (a) Not a saddle. (b) Yes! The vegetable part is wood.

Specific to a certain culture?

A gaucho's bolas?

Elephant's foot umbrella stand?

[CdM] Yes, specific to a certain culture.
[i] Not a bolas.
[INJ] Not an EFUS.

A drum of some kind?

Does it have any stuffing?

[CdM] *APPLAUSE* It is a drum of some kind.
[GIII] No stuffing.
I'll be away and offline for the weekend from mid-afternoon on Friday, so you'd better get it solved by then.

A Lambeg Drum?

A tabla?

[R] Not a Lambeg.
[GIII] Not a tabla.

A bodhran?

Asian?

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