July 15, 2004

• Wow. It got cigarette at 18 questions. And they weren't very specific questions, either.
• Beat it the first time with butane torch.
• BTW, welcome LoopyG.
• It got one of my items right after 28 turns (the Pyramids). But it had a problem with guessing lava. Of course, some of the questions were hard to answer - Is lava shiny? I say sometimes, but the program says no. It's not shiny in the strict sense of the word, but it could be considered shiny in a way. Are the Pyramids dangerous? I say unknown, but the program says no. I guess in a sense they're not dangerous, but we don't know that for sure...
• It got sunglasses in 19 tries, same with tea bag. The questions can be odd - I found myself using "Unknown" and "Irrelevant" a few times.
• (a little late but...) Great first post, LoopyG!
• Thank you squidranch, I am a longtime reader, decided to up and join. 28 for pyramids, anyone find something that took longer than 28 turns?
• 18 questions to nail down platypus. although in the "uncommon knowledge" section it says platypus don't have teeth - which is bunk. they have teeth. i've seen and handled a platypus skull, i know for damn sure they have teeth. here's a photo of the upper jaw, with the teeth at the far right. you can see the sockets they sit in too.
• 17 to satellite dish. Good fun!
• 13. Does it get wet? Probably. 12. Are there many different sorts of it? Yes. 11. Is it heavy? No. 10. Does it live in mountains? No. 9. Can it do tricks? Sometimes. 8. Does it have fur? Yes. 7. Does it weigh more than a duck? Yes. 6. Is it colorful? No. 5. Does it have paws? No. 4. Can it scratch? Yes. 3. Is it a carnivore? No. 2. Is it brown? Sometimes. 1. It is classified as Animal. I am guessing that it is a monkey?
• Uncommon Knowledge about the Moon Is it cool? I say Yes. Does it taste good with butter? I say Probably. Can it do tricks? I say Probably. I had no idea.
• It didn't get dongs with luminous noses in 20 nor in 25 tries.
• 7. Does it weigh more than a duck? Yes. Then it must be a witch! Burn her!!!
• Assuming the moon is made out of cheese (which has yet to be disproven!), then perhaps it would go well with butter. After all, when I make mac and cheese without butter, it is boring, but when I make it with butter, it is super! So cheese (and therefore the moon), taste good with butter. And the moon is cold, brrrr, so cool too. As for tricks, spinning round and round the earth is a neat trick I suppose....
• Stumped it with motorcycle, after 29 questions the program gave up. *Can you find it in a house? You said Yes, I say No.* I keep mine in the house.... *Does it break if dropped? You said Depends, I say Yes.* Dropped mine a few times, sometimes something on the bike broke, some times not.... From the Uncommon Knowledge about a motorcycle, the question of...Was it used over 100 years ago? The program answered doubtful. My answer would be, technically, yes it was in use by someone.... THE PREHISTORY OF MOTORCYCLES By John H. Lienhard *The motorcycle can be an odd brain-teaser. It combines the instability of the bicycle with the power of an automobile. We usually credit the German car-builder Gottlieb Daimler with building the first motorcycle... Sylvester Roper, born in 1823 in New Hampshire. During the Civil War, Roper worked in the Springfield Armory, where his interest turned to steam power. In 1868, Roper built a steam-powered motorcycle... Roper reached the age of 73 in 1896. That June he showed up at a bicycle track near Harvard with a modified motorcycle. They clocked him at a remarkable forty miles an hour...* And from motorcycle history.... In 1903, William Harley and his friends Arthur and Walter Davidson launched the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. The bike had a quality engine, so it could prove itself in races, however, the company planned to manufacture it as a transport vehicle. Merchant, C. H. Lange, sold the first officially distributed Harley-Davidson in Chicago. Sorry, I am not trying to derail. Motorcycles are my passion. Good post LoopyG, thanks. Hands you a banana, Welcome LoopyG. Goes back to try and stump it again...
• Got it on apple core. I wish you could make things more specific. A friend of mine once kicked my ass at this game with Theodore Roosevelt's moustache.
• It got "hard candy" in 28 tries. This is very cool. I'm sooo going to turn my laptop off now!......ooookaaay now!......now!.....ahhh forget it!
• why does the link go to a port number? I can't get there from here . . .
• Fun. It got lint brush, watering can, and nail file in 19. We sort of stumped each other with "vibrator". It guessed "magic wand", which is a type of vibrator. But I don't know if that was the kind of magic wand it meant.
• pete, you can go to the main page here and clicky your way to the game. And kim, I'd say that a vibrator is a type of magic wand.
• Stumped on "passionfruit."
• Oh, awesome cool great fun. My family played this endlessly when I was a kid. It got "button" in 20, didn't get "comdom", but some of the questions were hard to answer ("do you use it in public?" Ummm... maybe?).
• Littlellen: You spelled that word wrong. I believe it's spelled cumdom
• Are the Pyramids dangerous? I say unknown, but the program says no. I guess in a sense they're not dangerous, but we don't know that for sure... We're living under the Bush administration, sweetie. Everything is dangerous. When I tried a dildo, it guessed a toilet brush, plunger, potato peeler, and back scratcher. Then again, I had no idea how to answer "can it be used with friends". Life isn't fair.
• Listed as similar items to my description of a penis: a urethra, a muscle (body part), a dik dik (African antelope), a cook, a smile, the human body, the mind, a wish, a love note, passion, a finger, a block of wood. Not bad. Not bad at all.
• Oh, for Pete's sake, BlueHorse, no wonder the damned game didn't get it. (I checked that "comdom" comment over and over, wanting to make a good first impression and all. Crap, crap, crap.)
• We won't lynch you, littlellen, we promise. As far as "use it in public", see this post