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Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.g-star.com)
Date: March 05, 2013 01:29PM

My apologies for being off-minded lately. And thank you Mysticat for reviving the game for me.

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range109-158.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 05, 2013 05:57PM

3) Some sort of Pot-plant?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 05, 2013 11:54PM

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range86-184.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 07, 2013 02:51PM

4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range86-184.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 07, 2013 02:51PM

4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 07, 2013 08:49PM

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? 4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? Although I admit that the repetition adds to the poetical potential, I regret to have to say that it doesn't even slightly resemble anything like a garden, nor indeed anything like rain. In short: No.

[wonders when the breadbox question would come about]

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range86-177.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 08, 2013 03:50PM

5) So, Have you got moss growing in your breadbox?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 08, 2013 10:51PM

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) So, Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? I had to discard the last breadbox I owned because something was starting to grow in it, and unfortunately it was not moss. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range86-152.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 10, 2013 10:09AM

6) Is the vegetable cooked.?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.g-star.com)
Date: March 11, 2013 01:35PM

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? No. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't.
6) Is the vegetable cooked? No, not "cooked", although some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: March 12, 2013 04:54AM

"vegetable, with some mineral traces"
"some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so"

How did you find out about my mother-in-law's meatloaf?

Is the item for wearing?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.g-star.com)
Date: March 12, 2013 11:07AM

I assume any similarity between whatever meatloaf dish and the item I have in mind to be utterly accidental.

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? No. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't.
6) Is the vegetable cooked? No, not "cooked", although some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so.
7) Is the item for wearing? In the sense of clothes, shoes, etcetera: No. In certain other senses, the verb "to wear" is applicable to the item, though.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range81-152.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 14, 2013 10:09AM

8) Is the vegetable element wood? (would that we knew)

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.g-star.com)
Date: March 15, 2013 10:30AM

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? No. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't.
6) Is the vegetable cooked? No, not "cooked", although some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so.
7) Is the item for wearing? In the sense of clothes, shoes, etcetera: No. In certain other senses, the verb "to wear" is applicable to the item, though.
8) Is the vegetable element wood? (would that we knew). I had to look up this one: It would be wood if the definition of wood would allow for such an interpretation. In normal usage it does not. Confusingly, the generic name for the item (mind I'm asking for a specific) is named after some kind of wood even though technically it isn't nowadays.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.mat.aber.ac.uk)
Date: March 18, 2013 09:51AM

Is it worn ornamentally?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 19, 2013 11:58AM

Egon, good to hear from you.
I'm afraid you misinterpreted my answer to question 7. There are two distinct meanings of the verb "to wear" that apply to my item, but neither has to do with bodywear, be it functional or ornamental.

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? No. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't. [edit: an average breadbox might contain about four]
6) Is the vegetable cooked? No, not "cooked", although some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so.
7) Is the item for wearing? In the sense of clothes, shoes, etcetera: No. In certain [edit: two] other senses, the verb "to wear" is applicable to the item, though.
8) Is the vegetable element wood? (would that we knew). I had to look up this one: It would be wood if the definition of wood would allow for such an interpretation. In normal usage it does not. Confusingly, the generic name for the item (mind I'm asking for a specific) is named after some kind of wood even though technically it isn't nowadays.
9) Is it worn ornamentally? No. The item as it stands can be ornamental, though.

I now see that my original answer two question 5 could be misleading. My last breadbox was rather small which made me state it could contain at most one item. Reconsidering I must admit that an average breadbox might contain about four.

Since we are heading halfway and no-where near to even the generic description of the item, let me hint that this generic has appeared in this thread before.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: OB (---.range109-150.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 19, 2013 08:42PM

100 The heating element baffles me. Is it constant heat or is it needed in cold weather? For the last century or so!!!!.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 20, 2013 10:34AM

0) It is primarily vegetable, with some mineral traces.
1) It is not coco de mer.
2) Do you own one? Yes. (and being proud of it)
3) Some sort of Pot-plant? No.
4) could it be, well, just a garden in the rain? No.
5) Have you got moss growing in your breadbox? No. The item I have in mind would have fitted into it, but only in single - a pair wouldn't. [edit: an average breadbox might contain about four]
6) Is the vegetable cooked? No, not "cooked", although some kind of heating is usually applied to it for the last century or so.
7) Is the item for wearing? In the sense of clothes, shoes, etcetera: No. In certain [edit: two] other senses, the verb "to wear" is applicable to the item, though.
8) Is the vegetable element wood? (would that we knew). I had to look up this one: It would be wood if the definition of wood would allow for such an interpretation. In normal usage it does not. Confusingly, the generic name for the item (mind I'm asking for a specific) is named after some kind of wood even though technically it isn't nowadays.
9) Is it worn ornamentally? No. The item as it stands can be ornamental, though.
10) The heating element baffles me. Is it constant heat or is it needed in cold weather? Neither. The heat is applied temporarily in a part of the fabrication process, in order to bring about a physical rather than a chemical change.

Pretty much of the components should be obvious by now.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (122.58.102.---)
Date: March 21, 2013 04:27AM

Is it printed matter?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: March 21, 2013 07:30PM

[exalted mode on] Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! [exalted mode off]

Now for the particulars.

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