Is it a contradiction?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively. but often not.
02 Is it a question? No. but it could be.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No. but it could be.
05 Is it a pun? No. but it could be.
06 FFantasy, praps. No. but it could be.
07 Are they generated in the mind? Sometimes yes, sometimes reversed.
08 Is it a story? No. but it could be.
09 Is it a memory? No. but it could be.
10 Is it a contradiction? No. but it could be. The real answer is a much less specific concept.

11) Dream?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively. but often not.
02 Is it a question? No. but it could be.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No. but it could be.
05 Is it a pun? No. but it could be.
06 FFantasy, praps. No. but it could be.
07 Are they generated in the mind? Sometimes yes, sometimes reversed.
08 Is it a story? No. but it could be.
09 Is it a memory? No. but it could be.
10 Is it a contradiction? No. but it could be. The real answer is a much less specific concept.
11 Dream? No.

Now that was very interesting. From my own personal particular point of view, no, never. Other people... meh. Don't care.

Is it a thought?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively. but often not.
02 Is it a question? No. but it could be.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No. but it could be.
05 Is it a pun? No. but it could be.
06 FFantasy, praps. No. but it could be.
07 Are they generated in the mind? Sometimes yes, sometimes reversed.
08 Is it a story? No. but it could be.
09 Is it a memory? No. but it could be.
10 Is it a contradiction? No. but it could be. The real answer is a much less specific concept.
11 Dream? No.
12 Is it a thought? I don't think so.
Again, I didn't think this through. Abstract ideas are probably not appropriate as the question-sought concept. An answerable question (which I won't answer) might be "Knock Knock."

Is it a philosophy? And if not should we nuke this round?

00 Not animal nor vegetable nor mineral.
01 Is it generated by humans? Yes, almost exclusively. but often not.
02 Is it a question? No. but it could be.
03 is it ambiguous??? No. Or possibly Yes.
04 Is it Ffordean? No. but it could be.
05 Is it a pun? No. but it could be.
06 FFantasy, praps. No. but it could be.
07 Are they generated in the mind? Sometimes yes, sometimes reversed.
08 Is it a story? No. but it could be.
09 Is it a memory? No. but it could be.
10 Is it a contradiction? No. but it could be. The real answer is a much less specific concept.
11 Dream? No.
12 Is it a thought? I don't think so.
13 Is it a philosophy? And if not should we nuke this round?

No, and yes, yes, yes.
The answer was "Humour."
I shall never again choose an abstract concept as the unknown item, it's just too difficult to give good answers.
I very nearly took SM's answer 05 as correct just to escape from my self-created trap.
Answer 11 was interesting as I hadn't before considered that I've never had a funny dream, to the best of my memory. Not ever. Of course by "funny" I mean "humourous."

Anyway, I'm sorry for my bad choice. As the closest guesser I think SM should have the choice of taking over, or failing that I'm prepared to accept the punishment of doing it again.

Good grief! I started this thread two and a half YEARS ago!

I think that MC should go again, if only for giving in and revealing with 7 questions to go :-)

Not really fair if he's poorly and feeling let down by our inability to make the last small intellectual jump towards the answer.

Volunteers?

If not then I have a simple one to break off again.

Now I feel sad and guilty for running away from my own incompetence.
The first to give up, after more than 900 days of keen contestants all not giving up.
Oh, the shame!
I thought I'd over-clueed when I suggested my hope that contenders would find the answer to be funny.

In my defence I offer my all-time 2010 record and spoon award from page www.jasperfforde.com/phorum/read.php?4,106946,page=51 as evidence of previous effort, and throw myself on the mercy of the court.

ES, I'd be all too happy for you to guide us all back into the safe, secure warmth of a well-run game.

99 Animal, vegetable or mineral? Forgotten protocol. Possibly vegetable or mineral.

I propose that we hold an egg and spoon race in the Treehouse Olympics, to prove there are no hard feeling . I think it will probably help us all focus on something else as we struggle to come to terms with the fact that there is no such thing as a humourous dream.

1) Can you put it in a breadbox?

99) Animal, vegetable or mineral? Possibly vegetable and/or mineral.
1) Can you put it in a breadbox? You most certainly could, if the breadbox measured up.

2) Is it battenburgh cake

99) Animal, vegetable or mineral? Possibly vegetable and/or mineral.
1) Can you put it in a breadbox? You most certainly could, if the breadbox measured up.
2) Is it a battenburgh cake? No.

Na na ni na na!

Is it a grand piano?

0) Animal, vegetable or mineral? Possibly vegetable and/or mineral.
1) Can you put it in a breadbox? You most certainly could, if the breadbox measured up.
2) Is it a battenburgh cake? No.
3) Is it a grand piano? No.