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Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: November 24, 2011 12:04PM

Are they known in a sporting context?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: November 24, 2011 03:31PM

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes they are
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.
4) Are they usually considered pets? No
5) Edible? Probably, but No.
6) Are they normally land animals? Yes
7) Do they have feathers? Not normally, but no reason why not
8) Are they 4-legged? No
9) Are they human? Yes - at least I believe so.
10) Are they entertainers? Debatable - but in theory, Yes.
11) Are they involved in crime or detection? (I mean professionally or the like, not incidentally) - sorry to be obtuse, but again difficult to answer easily. I believe YES, but some deluded fools (most of the population) would probably say NO
12) Are they involved in pedagogy? No
13) Are they known in a sporting context? No

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: November 27, 2011 10:00PM

Are the individual members of the class smaller than a cucumber sandwich?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: November 28, 2011 07:44AM

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes they are
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.
4) Are they usually considered pets? No
5) Edible? Probably, but No.
6) Are they normally land animals? Yes
7) Do they have feathers? Not normally, but no reason why not
8) Are they 4-legged? No
9) Are they human? Yes - at least I believe so.
10) Are they entertainers? Debatable - but in theory, Yes.
11) Are they involved in crime or detection? (I mean professionally or the like, not incidentally) - sorry to be obtuse, but again difficult to answer easily. I believe YES, but some deluded fools (most of the population) would probably say NO
12) Are they involved in pedagogy? No
13) Are they known in a sporting context? No
14) Are the individual members of the class smaller than a cucumber sandwich? Unless it is an enormous cucumber sandwich, then the answer is No. (Please see Q9)

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: delacuesta (---.adsl.xs4all.nl)
Date: December 05, 2011 07:50PM

Is he / is she / are they in public service?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: December 05, 2011 09:09PM

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes they are
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.
4) Are they usually considered pets? No
5) Edible? Probably, but No.
6) Are they normally land animals? Yes
7) Do they have feathers? Not normally, but no reason why not
8) Are they 4-legged? No
9) Are they human? Yes - at least I believe so.
10) Are they entertainers? Debatable - but in theory, Yes.
11) Are they involved in crime or detection? (I mean professionally or the like, not incidentally) - sorry to be obtuse, but again difficult to answer easily. I believe YES, but some deluded fools (most of the population) would probably say NO
12) Are they involved in pedagogy? No
13) Are they known in a sporting context? No
14) Are the individual members of the class smaller than a cucumber sandwich? Unless it is an enormous cucumber sandwich, then the answer is No. (Please see Q9)
Is he / is she / are they in public service? No, they are usually seen as male and in "entertainment"

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.nzwide.ihug.co.nz)
Date: December 06, 2011 10:25AM

Are these "entertainers" observed to be indoors more often than outdoors?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: December 06, 2011 10:41AM

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes they are
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.
4) Are they usually considered pets? No
5) Edible? Probably, but No.
6) Are they normally land animals? Yes
7) Do they have feathers? Not normally, but no reason why not
8) Are they 4-legged? No
9) Are they human? Yes - at least I believe so.
10) Are they entertainers? Debatable - but in theory, Yes.
11) Are they involved in crime or detection? (I mean professionally or the like, not incidentally) - sorry to be obtuse, but again difficult to answer easily. I believe YES, but some deluded fools (most of the population) would probably say NO
12) Are they involved in pedagogy? No
13) Are they known in a sporting context? No
14) Are the individual members of the class smaller than a cucumber sandwich? Unless it is an enormous cucumber sandwich, then the answer is No. (Please see Q9)
Is he / is she / are they in public service? No, they are usually seen as male and in "entertainment"
15) Are these "entertainers" observed to be indoors more often than outdoors? Yes

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: December 13, 2011 11:16AM

16) Is it panto time?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: December 13, 2011 12:13PM

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes they are
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.
4) Are they usually considered pets? No
5) Edible? Probably, but No.
6) Are they normally land animals? Yes
7) Do they have feathers? Not normally, but no reason why not
8) Are they 4-legged? No
9) Are they human? Yes - at least I believe so.
10) Are they entertainers? Debatable - but in theory, Yes.
11) Are they involved in crime or detection? (I mean professionally or the like, not incidentally) - sorry to be obtuse, but again difficult to answer easily. I believe YES, but some deluded fools (most of the population) would probably say NO
12) Are they involved in pedagogy? No
13) Are they known in a sporting context? No
14) Are the individual members of the class smaller than a cucumber sandwich? Unless it is an enormous cucumber sandwich, then the answer is No. (Please see Q9)
Is he / is she / are they in public service? No, they are usually seen as male and in "entertainment"
15) Are these "entertainers" observed to be indoors more often than outdoors? Yes
16) Is it panto time? Possibly but more likely circus time

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: December 19, 2011 08:49AM

0) Animal
1) Is it alive? Yes. I could complicate this one, but will stick with yes
2) Is it vertebrate? Yes they are
3) Is it fictional? No, but they appear in some fiction.
4) Are they usually considered pets? No
5) Edible? Probably, but No.
6) Are they normally land animals? Yes
7) Do they have feathers? Not normally, but no reason why not
8) Are they 4-legged? No
9) Are they human? Yes - at least I believe so.
10) Are they entertainers? Debatable - but in theory, Yes.
11) Are they involved in crime or detection? (I mean professionally or the like, not incidentally) - sorry to be obtuse, but again difficult to answer easily. I believe YES, but some deluded fools (most of the population) would probably say NO
12) Are they involved in pedagogy? No
13) Are they known in a sporting context? No
14) Are the individual members of the class smaller than a cucumber sandwich? Unless it is an enormous cucumber sandwich, then the answer is No. (Please see Q9)
14a)Is he / is she / are they in public service? No, they are usually seen as male and in "entertainment"
15) Are these "entertainers" observed to be indoors more often than outdoors? Yes
16) Is it panto time? Possibly but more likely circus time

You sometimes see dozens of them getting out of a car

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: December 19, 2011 12:47PM

17) Are they clowns?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/2011 12:47PM by Marit.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: December 19, 2011 03:14PM

<hands sceptre to Marit>

Well Done!

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: December 21, 2011 07:50AM

<bows and accepts sceptre>

Thanks!

0) Animal

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.catv.broadband.hu)
Date: December 21, 2011 02:04PM

1) Is it an animal we would think it normal to eat (at least here in the UK)?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: December 21, 2011 02:14PM

0) Animal
1) Is it an animal we would think it normal to eat (at least here in the UK)? Other parts of the same kind of animal would be considered normal to eat in some parts of the world, but not in other parts. I don't know about the UK, though. As far as I know, this particular part is not normal to eat anywhere.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/22/2011 07:58AM by Marit.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: SkidMarks (62.6.182.---)
Date: December 21, 2011 02:21PM

that implies we are only looking for part of an animal

2) is the animal a mammal?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Marit (159.190.251.---)
Date: December 22, 2011 07:59AM

0) Animal
1) Is it an animal we would think it normal to eat (at least here in the UK)? Other parts of the same kind of animal would be considered normal to eat in some parts of the world, but not in other parts. I don't know about the UK, though. As far as I know, this particular part is not normal to eat anywhere.
2) is the animal a mammal? Yes.

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: MistyCat (---.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz)
Date: December 26, 2011 11:51AM

Is the animal domesticated?

Re: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Posted by: Marit (---.tbcn.telia.com)
Date: December 26, 2011 08:16PM

0) Animal
1) Is it an animal we would think it normal to eat (at least here in the UK)? Other parts of the same kind of animal would be considered normal to eat in some parts of the world, but not in other parts. I don't know about the UK, though. As far as I know, this particular part is not normal to eat anywhere.
2) Is the animal a mammal? Yes.
3) Is the animal domesticated? Yes.

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