h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

16. No.

(OK, I was hoping to avoid this...)

17) Is it bigger than a shoe box?

Snug fit for this one.

18) Is it deliberately shaped to look like something else?

18. No

Since there are many useful, plastic, shoe box-sized containers found in the house, would you like a clue?

Brief synopsis:
It is MINERAL.

1) Is it made of metal?
No

2) Is it made of stone?
No.

3) Is it made of glass?
No

4) Is it usually found as a powder?
No

5) Can you buy it in a supermarket?
No.

6) Is it commonly found in the home?
Yes.

7) Is it a structural component of the home?
No.

8) Is it a result of a process? (e.g. pottery, cement)
Yes

9) Is it one of the two examples I mentioned in question (8)?
No

10) Is it a form of plastic?
Yes

11. Is it useful (as opposed to purely decorative)?
Yes

12) Is it a toilet seat?
No

13) Is it commonly used to manipulate something else? (i.e. a tool or remote control)
No

14) Is it scatalogically connected? (e.g. a child's potty biggrin )
No.

15) Is it used as a container?
Yes

16) Is it a plastic rubbish bin?
No.

17) Is it bigger than a shoe box?
Snug fit for this one.

18) Is it deliberately shaped to look like something else?
No

Synopsis: A useful plastic container, as big as a shoebox, commonly found in the home. It's not stylised like a piggy bank, and can't be bought in a supermarket. Hmmm...

19) Is it a plant pot?

19. No

I'm giving a clue then I have to leave for a couple hours. Think of Steve Martin in The Jerk.

Somebody else'll have to go for it; I've never seen "The Jerk"...

I just skimmed the synopsis on IMDB...

20) Is it a plastic Thermos flask?

YesYesYes!! Your game Peet, you earned it. I recommend The Jerk to anyone over 13 years old.

I'll give it a try next time it's on TV... I caught about ten minutes in the middle years ago, when it was on cable, and that put me off. My biggest comedy turn-off is humour that requires embarrasment to work.

I'll rest on my laurels and give someone else a chance to pick, I think...

I got one and it's kind of a mineral, but the one I can't see is and animal. Too easy? Well we'll see.

"I got one and it's kind of a mineral, but the one I can't see is and animal. Too easy? Well we'll see."

Is that meant to be "....the one I can't see is _an_ animal"?

yes sorry, force of habit.

. Interesting cryptic starter.


1. Is it bigger than a shoebox?

Nope.

Oh and the speed of dark is the same as light as it is always right behind it.

2. is it manufactured?





I have a couple of half finished convos on my personal space about the speed of dark. I'll try and remember your comment so I can come back to you with my reply later. Right now its about 7 minutes until I turn into a pumpkin (so you'll know if I suddenly disappear from 20 questions).




btw, and this isn't one of the 20 questions, are you playing by the rule that its something you are actually looking at when you first posted?

It is manufactured and I am playing by the rules.