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Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: October 11, 2011 03:02PM

13) Does it contain eggs?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: October 11, 2011 08:15PM

0)Animal
0b) Not Lord Voldemort
1) Not Human
2) It is unable to either like or dislike eggs.
3) Is it vertebrate? No.
4) Is it alive. No.
5) When it was alive, was it living in water? Sir, you presume too much in asking such a question of me. If, however, you insist on on asking, I have no option but to answer "no".
6)Would I be likely to find one (or more) in a normal house? From time to time.
7) Is it even a whole animal? No - and you could even shorten than question.
8) Is it larger than a thing which would fit into a normal breadbox? I've been worrying about the arrival of the not the breadbox question. Normally seen in quantities small enough to keep in a breadbox especially in the kind of domestic setting that is also likely to contain a breadbox.
9) Is it edible? ye, yes yes.
10) Although animal, would an English variety contain more cereal than a normal European one? No. I'm English, mine never contain any cereal.
11) Not black pudding - but you're thinking on the rightish lines.
12) Easily found in the US.
13) Does it contain eggs? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: October 11, 2011 08:51PM

does its name suggest North of the border?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: October 12, 2011 09:08AM

0)Animal
0b) Not Lord Voldemort
1) Not Human
2) It is unable to either like or dislike eggs.
3) Is it vertebrate? No.
4) Is it alive. No.
5) When it was alive, was it living in water? Sir, you presume too much in asking such a question of me. If, however, you insist on on asking, I have no option but to answer "no".
6)Would I be likely to find one (or more) in a normal house? From time to time.
7) Is it even a whole animal? No - and you could even shorten than question.
8) Is it larger than a thing which would fit into a normal breadbox? I've been worrying about the arrival of the not the breadbox question. Normally seen in quantities small enough to keep in a breadbox especially in the kind of domestic setting that is also likely to contain a breadbox.
9) Is it edible? ye, yes yes.
10) Although animal, would an English variety contain more cereal than a normal European one? No. I'm English, mine never contain any cereal.
11) Not black pudding - but you're thinking on the rightish lines.
12) Easily found in the US.
13) Does it contain eggs? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
14) does its name suggest North of the border? No.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.Red-81-37-9.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net)
Date: October 20, 2011 06:12PM

As the game seems to be petering out, let me ask some stupid question.

Is it some kind of pie?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: October 20, 2011 09:25PM

0)Animal
0b) Not Lord Voldemort
1) Not Human
2) It is unable to either like or dislike eggs.
3) Is it vertebrate? No.
4) Is it alive. No.
5) When it was alive, was it living in water? It has never been alive.
6)Would I be likely to find one (or more) in a normal house? From time to time.
7) Is it even a whole animal? Not an animal
8) Is it larger than a thing which would fit into a normal breadbox? I've been worrying about the arrival of the not the breadbox question. Normally seen in quantities small enough to keep in a breadbox especially in the kind of domestic setting that is also likely to contain a breadbox.
9) Is it edible? yes, yes yes.
10) Although animal, would an English variety contain more cereal than a normal European one? No. I'm English, mine never contain any cereal.
11) Not black pudding - but you're thinking on the rightish lines.
12) Easily found in the US.
13) Does it contain eggs? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and some more yeses.
14) does its name suggest North of the border? No, something much closer to home.
15) Not a pie, disappointing I know.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 20, 2011 09:30PM

Is it scrambled eggs?

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: October 20, 2011 09:37PM

Welcome home MB, and well done it is indeed scrambled eggs.

Here, have the orb and scepter of guile and revelation.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/2011 09:40PM by geg.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 20, 2011 09:48PM

Excellent. For my next trick I shall make you think of an answer.

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use. (Said sense being: a non-organic, naturally formed substance with an orderly internal arrangement of atoms, which I assure you has no relevance to the item in question. I just thought that you might like to know.)

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/2011 10:06PM by MartinB.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: October 21, 2011 08:40AM

Is it a breadbin?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 21, 2011 04:12PM

No.

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use.
1. Is it a breadbin? No.

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: October 21, 2011 05:39PM

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use.
1. Is it a breadbin? No.
2) Is it useful?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 21, 2011 06:21PM

Um.... It is not practical. It depends on what one is trying to achieve. Sorry for the unhelpful reply.

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use.
1. Is it a breadbin? No.
2. Is it useful? Yes/No.

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Violetmoon (---.asa.utk.edu)
Date: October 21, 2011 09:05PM

Is it bigger than a breadbin/breadbox?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 21, 2011 10:00PM

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use.
1. Is it a breadbin? No.
2. Is it useful? Yes/No.
3. Is it bigger than a breadbin/breadbox? Yes, fitting one into a breadbin would be difficult, at best.

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.w90-50.abo.wanadoo.fr)
Date: October 22, 2011 07:49PM

Is it transparent?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 22, 2011 08:45PM

Is it transparent? No.

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use.
1. Is it a breadbin? No.
2. Is it useful? Yes/No.
3. Is it bigger than a breadbin/breadbox? Yes, fitting one into a breadbin would be difficult, at best.
4. Is it transparent? No.

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: October 23, 2011 07:00PM

5. Does it benefit from a power supply?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MartinB (---.dynamic.isadsl.co.za)
Date: October 23, 2011 07:26PM

0. Mineral, in the "not alive" sense, not the sense I would normally use.
1. Is it a breadbin? No.
2. Is it useful? Yes/No.
3. Is it bigger than a breadbin/breadbox? Yes, fitting one into a breadbin would be difficult, at best.
4. Is it transparent? No.
5. Does it benefit from a power supply? Yes. Without some form of energy input it nothing. (Just like ze goggles.)

__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.catv.broadband.hu)
Date: October 25, 2011 02:55PM

6. Is it easily portable?

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