Egon! Good to see you back in the fforum!

(and why do you have an url in Hungary?)

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. (Note that I count "power supply" as being some sort of energy input, whether from a wall plug, batteries, hamster on a wheel, solar etc. Basically, it needs energy to be useful.)
6. Is it easily portable? Yes.

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'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

Is it primarily a domestic item?

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. (Note that I count "power supply" as being some sort of energy input, whether from a wall plug, batteries, hamster on a wheel, solar etc. Basically, it needs energy to be useful.)
6. Is it easily portable? Yes.
7. Is it primarily a domestic item? No; the majority of people will not have one. Those that do, are quite likely have more than one. Even the people without one will recognise it.

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'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

Is it used as part of a hobby?

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. (Note that I count "power supply" as being some sort of energy input, whether from a wall plug, batteries, hamster on a wheel, solar etc. Basically, it needs energy to be useful.)
6. Is it easily portable? Yes.
7. Is it primarily a domestic item? No; the majority of people will not have one.
8. Is it used as part of a hobby? Yes.

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'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

Is it Ffordean?

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. (Note that I count "power supply" as being some sort of energy input, whether from a wall plug, batteries, hamster on a wheel, solar etc. Basically, it needs energy to be useful.)
6. Is it easily portable? Yes.
7. Is it primarily a domestic item? No; the majority of people will not have one.
8. Is it used as part of a hobby? Yes.
9. Is it Ffordean? From what I recall, it is mentioned in at least one of the Fforde books, yes. If not, it should be. :P

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'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

Does it have at least one wheel?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/01/2011 12:20PM by SkidMarks.

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. (Note that I count "power supply" as being some sort of energy input, whether from a wall plug, batteries, hamster on a wheel, solar etc. Basically, it needs energy to be useful.)
6. Is it easily portable? Yes.
7. Is it primarily a domestic item? No; the majority of people will not have one.
8. Is it used as part of a hobby? Yes.
9. Is it Ffordean? From what I recall, it is mentioned in at least one of the Fforde books, yes. If not, it should be. :P
10. Does it have at least one wheel? Yes.

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'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

Unicycle?

Bravo!

I just chose the first thing that caught my eye actually.

*hands over moth-eaten robe, official sceptre (with optional foam finger attachment) and official cheesecake recipe* Use them wisely.

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'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

His powers of deduction are really quite scary.

Bigger than a breadbox? hobby? mobile? it was a unicycle or a kayak. What else could it be?

0)animal

0) Animal
1) Is it alive?

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes

2) Is it vertebrate?

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes

3) Is it fictional?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2011 01:26PM by Eoink.

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes They are (collective noun)
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.


answer to Q2 expanded