Often, O Cat whose knowledge is great although I was thinking of the much rougher English sort.!

Well done Misty.


( the answer is rain)

I was thinking of an old Irish recipe for potato soup.
"The quality of Murphy is not strained."

Moving on... Find this in 20 questions.

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.

1... Is it generated by humans

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.

is it a question?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.

is it ambiguous???

Ambiguous (adjective)

Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead. Hell, yes

Having more than one possible meaning. Indubitably

(psychology) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns. Almost inevitably.

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.
03 is it ambiguous??? No.

(Misty, how do you make your writing go all slanty like that?)


04 Is it Ffordean?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No.
(Ffordean is it, but it's not Ffordean.)
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How do you make your writing go all slanty like that

If you copy and paste the entire next line into Google:

site: jasperfforde.com/phorum/ strikethrough italicized

you'll get a short list headed by Earworms Page 5
www.jasperfforde.com/phorum/read.php?4,110055,page=5

Go to that page, then hold Control and tap F on your keyboard. That should get you a Find dialog, where you can paste the word strikethrough.
That should lead you to the info you want.

If you need more, feel free to follow the fine example of Oliver Twist.

By not being animal, not being vegetable, not being mineral it must be a small piano in a large breadbox, so i will guess:

05 Is it a pun?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No.
05 Is it a pun? Like an ancient bowline in an elderly piece of rope, I'm afraid not. You're warm, though.

6 FFantasy, praps.

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No.
05 Is it a pun? No.
06 FFantasy, praps. As happenstance would have it, this is not the specific case.

07 are they generated in the mind?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No.
05 Is it a pun? No.
06 FFantasy, praps. No.
07 Are they generated in the mind? It doesn't really qualify as a "they," it's more of an "it," but I'd have to agree that without a mind it wouldn't exist. Still, I'll go with a Yes and No for that one.

08 Is it a story? (That is, are we looking for a specific title?)

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively.
02 Is it a question? No.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No.
05 Is it a pun? No.
06 FFantasy, praps. No.
07 Are they generated in the mind? Sometimes yes, sometimes reversed.
08 Is it a story? There's nothing at all specific about it, it would be different for every member of the fforum. And yet the same.

09 Is it a memory?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively. but often not.
02 Is it a question? No. but it could be.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No. but it could be.
05 Is it a pun? No. but it could be.
06 FFantasy, praps. No. but it could be.
07 Are they generated in the mind? Sometimes yes, sometimes reversed.
08 Is it a story? No. but it could be.
09 Is it a memory? No. but it could be.

I didn't realise how hard it would be to give accurate answers to this. The mystery concept has aspects of both creation and consumption, so to speak, and it's hard to separate the two. Anyway, I'm sure that most people will find the final answer to be funny.