New users: Please register in the usual way and then send an email to jasper(at)jasperfforde.com with your username, and write something 'Ffordesque' so we know you are a real reader, and not some idiot trying to flood the forum with dodgy Nike and Gucci gear. Thank you - Jasper
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
Does it have feathers? Yes
(in this instance all these questions are relevent - but for me "entirely animal" would also include a woollen shirt = so sorry for future misdirections!)
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
6) Does it have feathers? Yes
7) Is it (in Baron Frankenstein voice) alive? Yes - with or without the Colin Clive impersonation.
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
6) Does it have feathers? Yes
7) Is it (in Baron Frankenstein voice) alive? Yes - with or without the Colin Clive impersonation.
8) Is it domesticated? No (How would you domesticate a woollen shirt?)
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
6) Does it have feathers? Yes
7) Is it (in Baron Frankenstein voice) alive? Yes - with or without the Colin Clive impersonation.
8) Is it domesticated? No (How would you domesticate a woollen shirt?)
9) Would you expect to go to a zoo to see one? A guarded yes. (You can certainly see one as an exhibit in a zoo, but there are plenty of places to see one in it's natural habitat.)
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
6) Does it have feathers? Yes
7) Is it (in Baron Frankenstein voice) alive? Yes - with or without the Colin Clive impersonation.
8) Is it domesticated? No (How would you domesticate a woollen shirt?)
9) Would you expect to go to a zoo to see one? A guarded yes. (You can certainly see one as an exhibit in a zoo, but there are plenty of places to see one in it's natural habitat.)
10)Is it able to fly? No
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
6) Does it have feathers? Yes
7) Is it (in Baron Frankenstein voice) alive? Yes - with or without the Colin Clive impersonation.
8) Is it domesticated? No (How would you domesticate a woollen shirt?)
9) Would you expect to go to a zoo to see one? A guarded yes. (You can certainly see one as an exhibit in a zoo, but there are plenty of places to see one in it's natural habitat.)
10)Is it able to fly? No
11)Is it native to the Northern Hemisphere? No
0) It is animal
1) Is it a whole animal or even multiple ones? Yes
2) Is it a vertebrate? Yes
3) Is it furry? No
4) Mammal? No
5) Dodo? No
6) Does it have feathers? Yes
7) Is it (in Baron Frankenstein voice) alive? Yes - with or without the Colin Clive impersonation.
8) Is it domesticated? No (How would you domesticate a woollen shirt?)
9) Would you expect to go to a zoo to see one? A guarded yes. (You can certainly see one as an exhibit in a zoo, but there are plenty of places to see one in it's natural habitat.)
10)Is it able to fly? No
11)Is it native to the Northern Hemisphere? No
12)Is it a penguin? Yes. (If I was to be picky, I could have answered yes to Q11 as the Galapagos penguins can be found on both sides of the Equator, but I thought that would have been unfair.)