3) Paws, rather than hooves or feet?

0) Animal
1) Living in True life? Sadly, No
2) Brian Blessed? No, larger but also prone to roaring.
3) Paws, rather than hooves or feet? Yes-ish - certainly claws.

Dragon?

0) Animal
1) Living in True life? Sadly, No
2) Brian Blessed? No, larger but also prone to roaring.
3) Paws, rather than hooves or feet? Yes-ish - certainly claws.
4)Dragon? Yes - now you just need to find which one. (Clue: think this coming December)

Puff the Magic Dragon? Pete's Dragon? Torak's pet dragon?

0) Animal
1) Living in True life? Sadly, No
2) Brian Blessed? No, larger but also prone to roaring.
3) Paws, rather than hooves or feet? Yes-ish - certainly claws.
4)Dragon? Yes - now you just need to find which one. (Clue: think this coming December)
5)Puff the Magic Dragon? Pete's Dragon? Torak's pet dragon? No, No & No, but interesting to note that they are all due in December

I yield. Is it Smaug?

6)I yield. Is it Smaug? YES!! I didn't think you would get that. (Without mentioning Haku, Errol or Soup)

Please accept this voucher to collect a pointy stick from the small feline and vermine-lined cloak from the cloakroom.

What a lovely voucher. IT's probably safer to keep it than collect the stick.

For all those interested:

0) It is vegetable.

1) I feel an inexplicable urge to raise The Breadbox Question

<cough, sneeze, bluster>

0) It is vegetable.
1) Would it fit into a typical bread box? Yes.

2) I hope it isn't going to be a hot potato

0) It is vegetable.
1) Would it fit into a typical bread box? Yes.
2) Is it a hot potato? Literally, no.

3) Is it passed on, no more, ceased to be, expired and gone to meet the maker, a stiff, bereft of life, resting in peace, pushing up the daisies, metabolic processes now history, off the twig, kicked the bucket, shuffled off the mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible, not alive? (Position on fjord-pining not required.)

0) It is vegetable.
1) Would it fit into a typical bread box? Yes.
2) Is it a hot potato? Literally, no.
3) Is it alive? No.

Is it a plate of chips? (fries for those not in the U.K.)

4b) or a chip butty (even betterer)

0) It is vegetable.
1) Would it fit into a typical bread box? Yes.
2) Is it a hot potato? Literally, no.
3) Is it alive? No.
4) Is it potato chip based? No.


Some precision will be required in the final guesses.

5) Is it a crinkle cut cheese and onion crisp? (chip for U.S. & N.Z. cousins)

0) It is vegetable.
1) Would it fit into a typical bread box? Yes.
2) Is it a hot potato? Literally, no.
3) Is it alive? No.
4) Is it potato chip based? No.
5) IS it potato based? No! Enough with the potatoes already!


Some precision will be required in the final guesses.