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Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.jetstream.xtra.co.nz)
Date: April 08, 2015 08:00AM

Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: April 08, 2015 08:26AM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: bunyip (143.92.1.---)
Date: April 15, 2015 02:26AM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.


06) Would an Australian eat one?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: April 15, 2015 12:38PM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginm.net)
Date: April 15, 2015 05:12PM

07) is it a form of transport?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: April 16, 2015 08:11AM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginm.net)
Date: May 03, 2015 10:28AM

Is it transparent?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2015 10:28AM by SkidMarks.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: May 05, 2015 09:02AM

Aha! Now I remember what it is!

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.jetstream.xtra.co.nz)
Date: May 05, 2015 11:53PM

Is it usually found in the home?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: May 08, 2015 08:52PM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.
09) Usually found in the home? Yes!

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: bunyip (---.sfl9.fli.bigpond.net.au)
Date: May 11, 2015 02:26AM

would it be an electronic device used sometimes for accessing questions on the internet?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: May 12, 2015 02:53PM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.
09) Usually found in the home? Yes!
10) An electronic device? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: May 30, 2015 08:57PM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.
09) Usually found in the home? Yes!
10) An electronic device? No.
11) Would we all have or have had one, normally? Yes.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.jetstream.xtra.co.nz)
Date: May 31, 2015 04:16PM

Is it an item of furniture?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: June 01, 2015 11:01AM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.
09) Usually found in the home? Yes!
10) An electronic device? No.
11) Would we all have or have had one, normally? Yes.
12) An item of furniture? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginm.net)
Date: June 02, 2015 10:37AM

13) Is it a form of crockery?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: June 03, 2015 05:31PM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.
09) Usually found in the home? Yes!
10) An electronic device? No.
11) Would we all have or have had one, normally? Yes.
12) An item of furniture? No.
13) Form of crockery? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginm.net)
Date: July 08, 2015 06:31AM

Is it a person (even though this may contradict 00)?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as13285.net)
Date: July 08, 2015 09:38PM

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.
05) Would you make any strange noises if you picked one up? I wouldn't, but some would make noises.
06) Would an Australian eat one? No, most Australians would not try to eat one.
07) Is it a form of transport? No, decisively not.
08) Transparent? No, no, no, no. No. Negative. Non.
09) Usually found in the home? Yes!
10) An electronic device? No.
11) Would we all have or have had one, normally? Yes.
12) An item of furniture? No.
13) Form of crockery? No.
14) Is it a person? Not to you or me, probably.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: bunyip (101.185.10.---)
Date: July 09, 2015 12:11PM

Is it a pair of worn unwashed underpants?

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