You said they’re alive…
Are they animals?
Plants?
Children?
reply to Ana_Byrd:
You said they’re alive… Y
Are they animals? Y
Plants? N
Children? N
Vertebrate or invertebrate?
There is a certain something most everyone uses frequently. Right now on a table in my living room, there are two of them, though I suppose there might soon be a third and even a fourth if my wife or I desire. But we both agree that’s where it stops!
If you were to use them and were to ask me about it, I would surely be able to tell you why. Therefore you should be able to tell me what my wife and I are currently using them for. What?
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reply to Zyada:
Vertebrate N
or invertebrate? N
fungi?
Hint: When used how my wife and I are using them, there are almost always only two. You need two. There can be a third, but not most times. A fourth is not completely impossible, but surely highly improbable. More than that is really not going to normally happen ever.
reply to Folly:
fungi? N
I think I edited while you were replying-
- Is it a thing you would say people frequently used twenty years ago? Fifty?
- Do you use it in the way most people use it?
- At the time of use, is it still a living thing (or pair of living things)?
- Is it the entire living thing, only dead?
- Is it only part of the living thing?
- Does it require upkeep? Like if you were to leave town for a month, would someone have to take care of it?
- Can they be used by more than one person at once?
- When you say “most everyone,” do you mean worldwide? US? Western countries?
reply to SurrenderDorothy:
- Is it a thing you would say people frequently used twenty years ago? Y Fifty? Y
- Do you use it in the way most people use it? Y
- At the time of use, is it still a living thing (or pair of living things)? N
- Is it the entire living thing, only dead? Y
- Is it only part of the living thing? Y
- Does it require upkeep? N Like if you were to leave town for a month, would someone have to take care of it? Y
- Can they be used by more than one person at once? Y
- When you say “most everyone,” do you mean worldwide? Y US? N Western countries? N
So, is it part of something that is no longer alive?
Is it possible that it could either be whole or a part of something?
Would it have died by human intervention?
Is the use decorative?
reply to Zyada:
So, is it part of something that is no longer alive? N
Is it possible that it could either be whole or a part of something? N
Would it have died by human intervention? Y
Is the use decorative? N
Are the certain somethings you and your wife are using different than the certain somethings that are on the table in your living room?
reply to Folly:
Are the certain somethings you and your wife are using different than the certain somethings that are on the table in your living room? Y
Is its use related to entertainment?
Hygiene?
Fashion?
Communication?
Food?
Neither vertebrate nor invertebrate seems like it would eliminate all kinds of animals. Is there a third category that I’m not aware of?
Remember, it is specifically a TV tray.
reply to Ana_Byrd:
Is its use related to entertainment? N
Hygiene? Y
Fashion? N
Communication? N
Food? N
Neither vertebrate nor invertebrate seems like it would eliminate all kinds of animals. Is there a third category that I’m not aware of? Y
reply to Mahaloth:
Remember, it is specifically a TV tray. Y
Is it an.object that’s called by the name of an animal, which is not actually that animal?
Would you use two of this thing at once?
I’m leaning towards it being a sponge, but I wouldn’t think that live sponges would be price prohibitive. Then again, “price prohibitive” could mean “we will upgrade our aquarium, but I ain’t spending another $50 on a sponge! OK, maybe one more.”
That and sponges are invertebrates. Still trying to figure out what kind of animal Biotop thinks neither has a spine nor lacks one…