Re: 20 Questions (Nautilus II)
Taemon
> I'll be brief this time. Animal kingdom.
1. Four limbs?
T.
Derek Broughton
Let's get it in early:
2) Bigger than a breadbox?
--
derek
Raven
news:me1-7849AC.0...@news.t-online.de...
> |: I'll be brief this time. Animal kingdom.
> |: 1. Four limbs?
> |: Um, yes. But I should add, that you seem very sure that we are
> |: looking for a live animal.
> |: Let's get it in early:
> |: 2) Bigger than a breadbox?
> I think not.
3. A manufactured item?
Hr�fn.
Dirk Thierbach
> "Nautilus" <m...@privacy.net> skrev i meddelelsen
> news:me1-7849AC.0...@news.t-online.de...
|: I'll be brief this time. Animal kingdom.
|: 1. Four limbs?
|: Um, yes. But I should add, that you seem very sure that we are
|: looking for a live animal.
|: Let's get it in early:
|: 2. Bigger than a breadbox?
|: I think not.
> 3. A manufactured item?
You mean, as in "food"? :-) (Since last time it was bread...)
- Dirk
Öjevind Lång
wrote:
> Raven <jon.lennart.beck.its.my.n...@mail.its.in.danmark> wrote:
> > "Nautilus" <m...@privacy.net> skrev i meddelelsen
> >news:me1-7849AC.0...@news.t-online.de...
>
> |: I'll be brief this time. Animal kingdom.
> |: 1. Four limbs?
> |: Um, yes. But I should add, that you seem very sure that we are
> |: looking for a live animal.
> |: Let's get it in early:
> |: 2. Bigger than a breadbox?
> |: I think not.
>
> > 3. A manufactured item?
>
>
> - Dirk
5. And did it originate with Good beings?
Dirk Thierbach
That was actually a comment, not a question :-) (Or I would have added the
number myself). I had a hard time imagining something "manufactured"
from the animal kingdom. Though now I think about it, something made
from leather or guts would probably count as manufactured, too.
Though in that case, it would probably contain stuff from the other
two kingdoms, as well.
- Dirk
Clams Canino
"Nautilus" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message news:me1-
> I hope my omission isn't serious.
Not if you strike Dirks clarification comments as earning a #4 it isn't
serious. :)
-W
Clams Canino
> In article
> <aa81e07c-4d1d-47d1...@u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> �jevind L�ng <ojevin...@bredband.net> wrote:
>
> > On 21 Nov, 13:15, Dirk Thierbach <dthierb...@usenet.arcornews.de>
> > wrote:
> > > Raven <jon.lennart.beck.its.my.n...@mail.its.in.danmark> wrote:
> > > > "Nautilus" <m...@privacy.net> skrev i meddelelsen
> > > >news:me1-7849AC.0...@news.t-online.de...
> > >
> > > |: I'll be brief this time. Animal kingdom.
> > > |: 1. Four limbs?
> > > |: Um, yes. But I should add, that you seem very sure that we are
> > > |: looking for a live animal.
> > > |: Let's get it in early:
> > > |: 2. Bigger than a breadbox?
> > > |: I think not.
> > >
> > > > 3. A manufactured item?
Dirk: The "food" was actually a comment, not a question :-) (Or I would have
added the
number myself). I had a hard time imagining something "manufactured"
from the animal kingdom. Though now I think about it, something made
from leather or guts would probably count as manufactured, too.
Though in that case, it would probably contain stuff from the other
two kingdoms, as well.
> > 4. And did it originate with Good beings?
> The animal or the person(s) who *made* the object? We don't learn
> much about either, but we can safely assume that they were good.
5. Is it an item *primarily* of "apparel"?
(By this I'm trying to distinguish this "manufactured" item from more
primarily utilitarian items - like bags and sheathes)
Raven
> |: I'll be brief this time. Animal kingdom.
> |: 1. Four limbs?
> |: Um, yes. But I should add, that you seem very sure that we are
> |: looking for a live animal.
> |: Let's get it in early:
> |: 2. Bigger than a breadbox?
> |: I think not.
> |: 3. A manufactured item?
> |: (Slightly tentatively:) Yes
> |: 4. And did it originate with Good beings?
> |: The animal or the person(s) who *made* the object? We don't learn
> |: much about either, but we can safely assume that they were good.
> |: 5. Is it an item *primarily* of "apparel"?
> |: (By this I'm trying to distinguish this "manufactured" item from more
> |: primarily utilitarian items - like bags and sheathes)
> |: No. (Apparel = clothing, garment, right?) (And the yes to
> |: "manufactured" was slightly tentative. I wouldn't call a steak
> |: manufactured, but I'd call a gut string or a leather sandal
> |: manufactured.)
6. Was it in the possession of someone evil at some time?
Karasu.
Tamf Moo
> Short answer: No
> Long answer: Sauron is evil, the orcs are evil. I wouldn't call the
> owners of the object evil (as far as we know them), but this doesn't
> mean each of them acted in the best interest of the people of
> Middle-earth all the time.
7. did it travel? (as in, go on (a) slightly longer voyage(s) than, for
instance, out of the breadbox and into the toaster... (see, questions
can be wordy, too!))
--
tamf
I see two Gandalfs and church bell. And two half lions chasing
a bull rat each over the lake. (Rorschach tests seen by "Illogic")
Raven
> Yes, it travels.
8. Was it in the possession of members of only one race?
Holl�.
Raven
> |: Yes, we are told so by two reliable witnesses.
9. Was this race a subset of the Second-born children of Il�vatar?
Corvus.
Jeff Urs
> In article <4b098350$0$56788$edfad...@dtext02.news.tele.dk>,
>
> Yes.
10. Was it a family heirloom?
--
Jeff
Raven
> |: 9. Was this race a subset of the Second-born children of Il�vatar?
> |: Yes.
> |: 10. Was it a family heirloom?
> Yes.
11. Was this race the hobbits?
Korb.
Raven
> No.
I have a candidate answer in mind, but first I'll ask ---
12. Did it belong to Gondorians?
Cr�.
Clams Canino
> In article <4b09a8df$0$56790$edfa...@dtext02.news.tele.dk>,
Was it the Horn of Boromir?
Clams Canino
"Nautilus" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message news:me1-
> > > > > |: 5. Is it an item *primarily* of "apparel"?
> > > > > |: (By this I'm trying to distinguish this "manufactured" item
from
> > > > > |: more primarily utilitarian items - like bags and sheathes)
> > > > > |: No. (Apparel = clothing, garment, right?)
> English is not my first language, I hope I was right here.
> (And the yes to
> > > > > |: "manufactured" was slightly tentative. I wouldn't call a steak
> > > > > |: manufactured, but I'd call a gut string or a leather sandal
> > > > > |: manufactured.)
Yes, you were right there.
Something told me it was an item "worn" but not a garment. I had a few
things in mind depending on race... but things like a leather sword sheath
or a horn were in my mind even then.
-W
Clams Canino
"Nautilus" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message news:me1-
> > Was it the Horn of Boromir?
> YES! You're the winner!
I request a respite until tomorrow morning to come up with a new item.
It is very late here in the eastern US. I will sleep on it.
-W
Öjevind Lång
Damn! I woke up early with the right answer suddenly in my mind, only
to find that I came very late to the party. Congratulations, CC!
Öjevind