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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Fathom Posted Jun 27, 2003
... still hanging on ... 
Ooooh impatient.
How about a recap.
This item is smaller than a shoebox, made mostly of metal and considered to be a tool. It is light and has moving parts.
It is not purely decorative, not normally used for opening things and doesn't open.
We're waiting to see if it is used for cutting things.
Tense, isn't it?
I might have an idea ... 
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 27, 2003
As do I, hence the question about cutting things... Although, technically, the implement I'm thinking about *can* be opened. 
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Mooing Platypus (formerly known as Gaia) Posted Jun 27, 2003
sorry, i was very busy yesterday.
The answer to #10 is yes.
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Fathom Posted Jun 27, 2003
The object I'm thinking of can't - at least not in most versions. 
And it's not used for cutting either so I may need a backup plan ...
Almost the first task the first civilian computer - ENIAC 1 - was programmed with was a similar game to this; 'guess the animal'. I could be playing against a set of simulations and I wouldn't know. But then again so could you and how would you tell? ERROR 414: CODE INOPERABLE, INPUT DEVICE NOT DETECTED, MEMORY FULL
Ooops ...
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Mooing Platypus (formerly known as Gaia) Posted Jun 27, 2003
interesting...A friend of mine had a n internet girlfriend a while ago (they've met now) and I kept teasing him that she was probably just a weird computer virus
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Fathom Posted Jun 27, 2003
Damn, 18 hours then a simulpost! 
I used to dream of dating a weird computer virus. 
Plan B then ...
(11) does this object have replaceable parts?
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Mooing Platypus (formerly known as Gaia) Posted Jun 27, 2003
Hmmmm...there is going to be a problem here. I'm going on holiday tomorow, coming back on the 16th of July. So we are going to have to pause the game or something.....
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Mooing Platypus (formerly known as Gaia) Posted Jun 27, 2003
11) no
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Fathom Posted Jun 27, 2003
(12) Does it fold in some way?
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Mooing Platypus (formerly known as Gaia) Posted Jun 27, 2003
12) ...no..(i wouldn't call it folding...it's so hard to just stick to yes and no!)
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 27, 2003
13) Is it a pair of scissors?
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Mooing Platypus (formerly known as Gaia) Posted Jun 27, 2003
AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 27, 2003
They must be rusty scissors, because according to Q6 they're not easily opened... 
Somebody else's turn, methinks...
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
tacsatduck- beware the <sheep> lie Posted Jun 29, 2003
ummm It would be your turn Peet if I remember corectly (I think it was whoever guessed right got to pick next but then it's been a little while sense I played) 
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 29, 2003
As long as you don't mind huge lapses between questions; I really can't promise that much time just now.
If anybody else has one, then go for it, else I'll come up with something later today. 
20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
tacsatduck- beware the <sheep> lie Posted Jun 29, 2003
well I think the lapses are to be expected here so no worries
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 29, 2003
Fair enough, in which case it's mineral.
(btw, just because my name has "eyes" next to it doesn't actually mean I'm on hootoo... I have a "My Conversations" sidebar in Mozilla that keeps me appearing to be logged in, even if I'm off Googling, or just out of the house... 
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20 questions game - animal, vegetable or mineral.
tacsatduck- beware the <sheep> lie Posted Jun 29, 2003
1. Is it larger then an ardvark?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jun 29, 2003
1) No. Unless it was a newborn aardvaark, perhaps. It's definitely smaller than aan aadult aardvark.
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Fathom Posted Jun 29, 2003
(2) Does it have replaceable parts?
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