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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Mar 23, 2003
16. yes, its commonly found in the kitchen (well, in my kitchen, maybe not everyone's).
thanks for recapping 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 23, 2003
(17) Is it commonly found outside the kitchen?
(On that note I have to get some sleep... There should be enough info there for Egon to finish off... 
If it's all over by morning, thanks for the game, kea - it was fun! )
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Mar 23, 2003
yes, it is commonly found outside the kitchen too (in 2 main places)
(yes, its lunchtime here now 
... thanks for the interesting questions 
)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 23, 2003
Is this still going?!?
I'll have a think, and get back to you in a few minutes...
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 23, 2003
(18) Would it generally be considered to be a tool for manipulating something else?
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Teasswill Posted Mar 23, 2003
18. Is it composed of solely one material?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 23, 2003
(lets queue that one as (19)... )
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Mar 24, 2003
yes and yes.
given that we are up to Q. 19, do you want a clue?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 24, 2003
OK, go for it... 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 24, 2003
Oops, too late. 
It's my bedtime again, and I have to be up early. 
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Mar 24, 2003
ok, as well as finding it in the kitchen you would find it in the dining room and in a chinese restaurant. usually in the plural, although i was thinking of just one.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 24, 2003
(20) Is it a chopstick? 
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Mar 25, 2003
yes!
do you want to have a go then?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 25, 2003
Okay...
I have an object in mind; it's... mineral. 
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arwen, doing nasty essays. being a student should *not* involve work! Posted Mar 25, 2003
(1) is it mined?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 25, 2003
(1) yes (or pedantically, no)
(Arewn, fyi, "mineral" means anything that isn't animal or vegetable; it can be an object made of stone or metal, a compound such as iron oxide (rust) or pretty much any mechanical artefact. In this case, I'm thinking of an object - the material it's made of is mined, but the object itself is manufactured...)
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arwen, doing nasty essays. being a student should *not* involve work! Posted Mar 25, 2003
ok, thanks for that.
2) is it metal?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 25, 2003
(2) Yes
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arwen, doing nasty essays. being a student should *not* involve work! Posted Mar 25, 2003
is it bigger than a shoebox? (say approx size 7?!)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 25, 2003
Yes. ( Although I know of people who use a shoebox instead... </cryptic>
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- 41: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Mar 23, 2003)
- 42: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 23, 2003)
- 43: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Mar 23, 2003)
- 44: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 23, 2003)
- 45: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 23, 2003)
- 46: Teasswill (Mar 23, 2003)
- 47: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 23, 2003)
- 48: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Mar 24, 2003)
- 49: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 24, 2003)
- 50: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 24, 2003)
- 51: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Mar 24, 2003)
- 52: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 24, 2003)
- 53: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Mar 25, 2003)
- 54: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 25, 2003)
- 55: arwen, doing nasty essays. being a student should *not* involve work! (Mar 25, 2003)
- 56: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 25, 2003)
- 57: arwen, doing nasty essays. being a student should *not* involve work! (Mar 25, 2003)
- 58: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 25, 2003)
- 59: arwen, doing nasty essays. being a student should *not* involve work! (Mar 25, 2003)
- 60: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 25, 2003)
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