Does 'infernal contradiction engine' have a meaning I missed? Now I'm paranoid, after thinking it was just a joke!

EgonSpengler Wrote:
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> Does 'infernal contradiction engine' have a
> meaning I missed? Now I'm paranoid, after thinking
> it was just a joke!


No special meaning, just my version of "internal combustion engine", often described by eco-mentalists as the work of the Devil.
Anyone who looks at the various thermodynamic cycles can quickly see that, like the bumble bee, they only work because we see them work.
They are a contradiction of all that is sensible!

Ah, that fits with what I thought. Relief, relief!

00) Mostly mineral.
01) Is it wooden? No, not wooden.
02) Bigger than a breadbox? It would not fit in a breadbox.
03) Mount Everest? No, no, no. Not a mountain at all, in fact!
04) A diamond as big as the Ritz? No, sorry, not a diamond as big as the Ritz (either cracker or hotel).
05) Found indoors? No, you wouldn't think of it being indoors.
06) Manufactured? Yes, definitely.
07) Does it contain a battery? No! No! Nooooooooooo!
08) Has it got moving parts? Yes
09) Would it move OB? Yes,
10) Is it an infernal contradiction engine? No, it is not an infernal contradiction engine. If it were I would have had to contradict you anyway!
11) Is it a bicycle made for one? Emphatically not!
12) Is it a tandem? No, you're treading a dodgy path.
13) Is its primary purpose transportation? Yes.
14) Does it have four wheels? No, it does not have exactly four wheels. (I could have been so mean!)
15) Is it a Reliant Robin? Nope, it is not a Reliant Robin.
16) Does it have three wheels? No, it does not have exactly three wheels.
17) Is it a wheelbarrow? No.
18) Is it a unicycle? Nope. Sigh. Waggle waggle.

As Bruce Forsythe used to ask: 'Higher? Or lower?' That's as much of a cryptic hint that I can give.

Is it a skateboard?

00) Mostly mineral.
01) Is it wooden? No, not wooden.
02) Bigger than a breadbox? It would not fit in a breadbox.
03) Mount Everest? No, no, no. Not a mountain at all, in fact!
04) A diamond as big as the Ritz? No, sorry, not a diamond as big as the Ritz (either cracker or hotel).
05) Found indoors? No, you wouldn't think of it being indoors.
06) Manufactured? Yes, definitely.
07) Does it contain a battery? No! No! Nooooooooooo!
08) Has it got moving parts? Yes
09) Would it move OB? Yes,
10) Is it an infernal contradiction engine? No, it is not an infernal contradiction engine. If it were I would have had to contradict you anyway!
11) Is it a bicycle made for one? Emphatically not!
12) Is it a tandem? No, you're treading a dodgy path.
13) Is its primary purpose transportation? Yes.
14) Does it have four wheels? No, it does not have exactly four wheels. (I could have been so mean!)
15) Is it a Reliant Robin? Nope, it is not a Reliant Robin.
16) Does it have three wheels? No, it does not have exactly three wheels.
17) Is it a wheelbarrow? No.
18) Is it a unicycle? Nope. Sigh. Waggle waggle.
19) Is it a skateboard? Alas, no, not a skateboard.

20) Is it an in-line roller skate?

00) Mostly mineral.
01) Is it wooden? No, not wooden.
02) Bigger than a breadbox? It would not fit in a breadbox.
03) Mount Everest? No, no, no. Not a mountain at all, in fact!
04) A diamond as big as the Ritz? No, sorry, not a diamond as big as the Ritz (either cracker or hotel).
05) Found indoors? No, you wouldn't think of it being indoors.
06) Manufactured? Yes, definitely.
07) Does it contain a battery? No! No! Nooooooooooo!
08) Has it got moving parts? Yes
09) Would it move OB? Yes,
10) Is it an infernal contradiction engine? No, it is not an infernal contradiction engine. If it were I would have had to contradict you anyway!
11) Is it a bicycle made for one? Emphatically not!
12) Is it a tandem? No, you're treading a dodgy path.
13) Is its primary purpose transportation? Yes.
14) Does it have four wheels? No, it does not have exactly four wheels. (I could have been so mean!)
15) Is it a Reliant Robin? Nope, it is not a Reliant Robin.
16) Does it have three wheels? No, it does not have exactly three wheels.
17) Is it a wheelbarrow? No.
18) Is it a unicycle? Nope. Sigh. Waggle waggle.
19) Is it a skateboard? Alas, no, not a skateboard.
20) Is it an in-line roller skate? No.


It's a steam locomotive! Gadzooks! Zoiks!

Well done Egon!

Again!!!!

More!!! More!!!

Really?

Is there no respite?

<faints from stress>

In the spirit of relieving the incredible stress under which ES is obviously straining, I am prepared to do the noble thing and take upon myself the task of nominating SkidMarks to step up.

If seconded I will step up and do the dishes, but who will start the next round?

<sighs>

<breathes deeply>

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels.



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Is it the whole planet?

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.

2 Dark matter

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.

Does it have handles?

00) Potentially all of animal, vegetable and mineral, on various philosophical levels. It is manufactured.
01) Planet Earth? No.
02) Dark matter? No, definitely not dark matter.
03) Bigger than a breadbox? No, it would typically fit in a breadbox, although some oversized ones wouldn't.
04) Does it have handles? No handles in the design, no.