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Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 21, 2010 10:11AM

Can one of its relatives time travel?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: April 21, 2010 02:09PM

Is it a vegetable - as in, not of the vegetable category, but an actual vegetable that you might eat?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.hsd1.tn.comcast.net)
Date: April 22, 2010 12:08AM

05) An actual vegetable that I might eat? No.
05) Time travel? I don't know. How could I know? If you lose something then find it later someplace you've already looked once, is that gremlins or is that time travel? Hmmm. Sounds like a good story line. Anyone want it?
04) Is a type of fungi? No.
03) Is it in part or wholly green? Yes.
02) Vegetable? Yes.
01) Mineral? No.

(I believe 2 question #5s is OK, as we can have divergent time lines, as least in this round.)

<I'm sorry I'm not any faster at responding, last week I had *plenty* of time to do whatever while at work. This week - not so much!>

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 22, 2010 09:49AM

:) It was an oblique reference to Barry the Time Sprout :)

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: April 22, 2010 10:09AM

Ah, Barry, cousin to Fred the Space Bean.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 22, 2010 11:11AM

Read about Barry

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: April 23, 2010 12:15PM

Is it know for its flowering tendencies?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.asa.utk.edu)
Date: April 23, 2010 08:49PM

06) Not named Fred or Barry.
06) Known for its flowering tendencies? Yes.
05) An actual vegetable that I might eat? No.
04) Is a type of fungi? No.
03) Is it in part or wholly green? Yes.
02) Vegetable? Yes.
01) Mineral? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 24, 2010 12:39AM

Is it a specific species of flower?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.hsd1.tn.comcast.net)
Date: April 24, 2010 07:03PM

oooh, we are getting close, but

07) Is it a specific species of flower? No.
06) Known for its flowering tendencies? Yes.
05) An actual vegetable that I might eat? No.
04) Is a type of fungi? No.
03) Is it in part or wholly green? Yes.
02) Vegetable? Yes.
01) Mineral? No.

<EgonSpengler - are you happy? someone might win this game!>

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: April 24, 2010 08:58PM

Is it a tree?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.as43234.net)
Date: April 25, 2010 08:26AM

Winning is irrelevent. There is only linoleum.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dial.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: April 25, 2010 10:23AM

Is it ( hitches trousers, spits on floor, mentions Rugby and whistles at passing girl) one of those perfectly darling little potpourri arrangements with the simply divine aroma?

I think I'll rephrase that.
Is it decorative?

[Edited]
Whoops. I missed the MS arboreal inquiry.
If the reply to MS is "yes" then I withdraw the question.
If the answer is "no" then the question stands.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2010 10:28AM by MistyCat.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.hsd1.tn.comcast.net)
Date: April 25, 2010 04:03PM

09) Is it decorative? Yes. Could be considered perfectly darling, could have a simply divine aroma. Does not mention Rugby.
08) Is it linoleum. No.
08) Is it a tree? No.
07) Is it a specific species of flower? No.
06) Known for its flowering tendencies? Yes.
05) An actual vegetable that I might eat? No.
04) Is a type of fungi? No.
03) Is it in part or wholly green? Yes.
02) Vegetable? Yes.
01) Mineral? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 25, 2010 04:13PM

Who needs linoleum when you can have string?

N.B. not part of the AVM questions!!

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: April 27, 2010 10:09AM

Linoleum sales people.

N.B not the answer to the AVM question.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: April 27, 2010 10:26AM

Does it have a distinctive smell?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.asa.utk.edu)
Date: April 27, 2010 01:48PM

10) Does it have a distinctive smell? Yes. Faintly.
10) It is not string, nor a linoleum salesperson.
09) Is it decorative? Yes. Could be considered perfectly darling, could have a simply divine aroma.
08) Is it a tree? No.
07) Is it a specific species of flower? No.
06) Known for its flowering tendencies? Yes.
05) An actual vegetable that I might eat? No.
04) Is a type of fungi? No.
03) Is it in part or wholly green? Yes.
02) Vegetable? Yes.
01) Mineral? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: April 27, 2010 02:12PM

Not a linoleum salesperson - well that's thrown me.
Is it one thing as opposed to a group of things?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: April 27, 2010 03:29PM

Is it used to provide water in arid desert settings?

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