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

2)yes it would

3) Would it fit in a matchbox?

Just to get all questions on the same page
It's vegetable......

1)Would I want to eat it?
1) not unless you are a termite

2) Would it fit in a shoebox?
2)yes it would

3) Would it fit in a matchbox?
3) no

4) Is it purely decorative

4) no

5) Does it get "used up" in the performance of its normal function?

5) No it can last and last depending upon treatment

Does it have any moving parts?

F

6) not moving of thenselves, but can be moved

7) Is it designed as a tool to manipulate something else?

7 Absolutely not

8) Is it commonly manipulated by a tool of any sort?

7) if you call a hand a tool

8) Is it most commonly found outdoors?

8) only if left there inadvertently

Is it a container of some kind?

F

9) it's primary purpose is not a container, but it does hold things

10) Is it flat, i.e. much thinner in one dimension than the other two?

No it isn't flat

11) Would you normally own many of them?