Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:52 Sun 05 Jan 2014
Steak.
Not a steak; but something's fillet.jdaw1 wrote:Steak.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:54 Sun 05 Jan 2014
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:55 Sun 05 Jan 2014
Salmon?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:57 Sun 05 Jan 2014
With four legs?DRT wrote:Salmon?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:01 Mon 06 Jan 2014
You have obviously never seen a Scottish Salmond.djewesbury wrote:With four legs?DRT wrote:Salmon?
Wild Boar?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:03 Mon 06 Jan 2014
NOT YOUR GO!DRT wrote:You have obviously never seen a Scottish Salmond.djewesbury wrote:With four legs?DRT wrote:Salmon?
Wild Boar?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:04 Mon 06 Jan 2014
But you asked another question!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:06 Mon 06 Jan 2014
I was going to do thisDRT wrote:But you asked another question!
But what's the point, I thought. (I phrased it that way so it's not a question.) Instead I'll do this
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:09 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Is it my turn now?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:10 Mon 06 Jan 2014
No.DRT wrote:Is it my turn now?
Correct answer.
My turn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:15 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Blackbird?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:16 Mon 06 Jan 2014
give! me! strength!DRT wrote:Blackbird?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:19 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Derek. You are the only other person here and it is STILL not your turn.
Therefore I will bid you good night and see you again tomorrow...
I might do a roundup of the question and previous clues in the morning. When I feel slightly more relaxed.
Therefore I will bid you good night and see you again tomorrow...
I might do a roundup of the question and previous clues in the morning. When I feel slightly more relaxed.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:20 Mon 06 Jan 2014
I have been here for hours. It must be my turn now?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:25 Mon 06 Jan 2014
*finally relaxes grip on cliff edge and allows the surf to swallow him*DRT wrote:I have been here for hours. It must be my turn now?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:43 Mon 06 Jan 2014
OK Daniel, what's the question.
Daniel?
Daniel?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:46 Mon 06 Jan 2014
djewesbury wrote:What did I have for dinner?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 00:55 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Daniel had some cheese. Just cheese. Mmmmmmmmmm........ cheeese.....
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 01:01 Mon 06 Jan 2014
A catholic! venison?djewesbury wrote:Nor have I ever used this in a pie, though I have pied most things.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 06:08 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Nope!LGTrotter wrote:Daniel had some cheese. Just cheese. Mmmmmmmmmm........ cheeese.....
No no no.DRT wrote:A catholic! venison?djewesbury wrote:Nor have I ever used this in a pie, though I have pied most things.
I didn't buy this in this country. In fact I'm not sure where I'd be able to buy it here.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:10 Mon 06 Jan 2014
So we have established that I ate something with four legs, that was not (part of) a pig. It was not purchased in Ireland (or the UK). It was not in a pie nor have I ever put this animal in a pie.
Once a couple of serious guesses have been made I might consider giving a clue.
Once a couple of serious guesses have been made I might consider giving a clue.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:42 Mon 06 Jan 2014
And it was a fillet.djewesbury wrote:So we have established that I ate something with four legs, that was not (part of) a pig. It was not purchased in Ireland (or the UK). It was not in a pie nor have I ever put this animal in a pie.
Once a couple of serious guesses have been made I might consider giving a clue.
Rabbit?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 08:45 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Unfortunately not. I have made plenty of rabbit pies and indeed would know where to find rabbit here (from the same man who sawed up my tree).AHB wrote:And it was a fillet.djewesbury wrote:So we have established that I ate something with four legs, that was not (part of) a pig. It was not purchased in Ireland (or the UK). It was not in a pie nor have I ever put this animal in a pie.
Once a couple of serious guesses have been made I might consider giving a clue.
Rabbit?
I have seen this animal in the wild twice, once in a field adjacent to Stonehenge and once on top of Divis Mountain outside Belfast. In certain circumstances it is a protected species.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 11:14 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Goat?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 15:48 Mon 06 Jan 2014
At last, a proper guess.
No.
But like the goat, this is an animal that has always had a great deal of mythology around it. I once had to mark a dissertation in which the student had written about the artist Joseph Beuys, who made a famous piece of art featuring one of these animals. The student built up a complicated theory of the symbolism of the piece which, unfortunately, I was duty bound to demolish, as the student got one very important fact about the animal's habits entirely wrong, and this undermined the whole of the rest of their theory. Ho-hum.
No.
But like the goat, this is an animal that has always had a great deal of mythology around it. I once had to mark a dissertation in which the student had written about the artist Joseph Beuys, who made a famous piece of art featuring one of these animals. The student built up a complicated theory of the symbolism of the piece which, unfortunately, I was duty bound to demolish, as the student got one very important fact about the animal's habits entirely wrong, and this undermined the whole of the rest of their theory. Ho-hum.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:05 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Is it my turn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:05 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Coyote?
If you want some, we can probably find some near my house. They're a bit of a problem around here.
If you want some, we can probably find some near my house. They're a bit of a problem around here.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:06 Mon 06 Jan 2014
It is now!DRT wrote:Is it my turn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:07 Mon 06 Jan 2014
I like that you did some research Glenn. But no, not coyote. The other one.Glenn E. wrote:Coyote?
If you want some, we can probably find some near my house. They're a bit of a problem around here.
Exactly, and you have a wide open goal. He shoots...Glenn E. wrote:It is now!DRT wrote:Is it my turn?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:18 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Road Runner?djewesbury wrote:I like that you did some research Glenn. But no, not coyote. The other one.Glenn E. wrote:Coyote?
If you want some, we can probably find some near my house. They're a bit of a problem around here.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:26 Mon 06 Jan 2014
...djewesbury wrote:But like the goat, this is an animal that has always had a great deal of mythology around it. I once had to mark a dissertation in which the student had written about the artist Joseph Beuys
<insert chosen scathing remark regarding "Art">from Wikipedia, performance art by Joseph Beuys: wrote:In the basement of the floor of the Rene Block Gallery in Berlin, Beuys positioned himself on the floor wrapped in a large felt blanket. Emerging from either end of the blanket were two dead hares, often seen in his performances. Around him was an instillation of copper rod, felt and fat. Inside a blanket he held a microphone and for a period of eight hours grunted into the microphone as viewers watched from the doorway.
A hare?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:33 Mon 06 Jan 2014
Yes, a hare. Delicious hare fillets, in peppercorns and juniper berries. And tonight we have two legs which I've been marinading in LBV overnight.
(The student, incidentally, started their dissertation by talking about how hares live underground. What a shame, a red line through the rest of the essay.)
(Beuys' piece is quite captivating, in fact; his reason for often using felt and fat in his performances were reportedly to do with his experience as a Luftwaffe pilot. He claimed he was shot down, and was the only survivor, suffering severe burns all over his body. He claimed that Tartar tribesmen found him and wrapped him in fat and felt to help his burns heal. The veracity of the story is disputed by some however. And please don't think that he did it all completely earnestly, he did have a very good sense of humour.)
Phil's go. Sorry Derek. You snooze, you lose.
(The student, incidentally, started their dissertation by talking about how hares live underground. What a shame, a red line through the rest of the essay.)
(Beuys' piece is quite captivating, in fact; his reason for often using felt and fat in his performances were reportedly to do with his experience as a Luftwaffe pilot. He claimed he was shot down, and was the only survivor, suffering severe burns all over his body. He claimed that Tartar tribesmen found him and wrapped him in fat and felt to help his burns heal. The veracity of the story is disputed by some however. And please don't think that he did it all completely earnestly, he did have a very good sense of humour.)
Phil's go. Sorry Derek. You snooze, you lose.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 09:16 Tue 07 Jan 2014
New question: What is the connection between a Port house, Miami, and an old German literary magazine?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:07 Tue 07 Jan 2014
The fact they all use Helvetica Bold font on their labels, signage and published materials
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:21 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Would that be CSI Miami?PhilW wrote:New question: What is the connection between a Port house, Miami, and an old German literary magazine?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:34 Tue 07 Jan 2014
No, not font related.AHB wrote:The fact they all use Helvetica Bold font on their labels, signage and published materials
The connection with Miami does indeed relate to CSI:Miami, though this is not itself the connection.JWEW wrote:Would that be CSI Miami?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:01 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Boa Vista.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:04 Tue 07 Jan 2014
If the answer is correct (and that's pretty likely), then Phil has a curious notion of "old". 
The said magazine was published between 1974 and 1983.
The said magazine was published between 1974 and 1983.Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:35 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Correct.djewesbury wrote:Boa Vista.
The Port house is Offley, who produce Offley Boa Vista,
CSI:Miami includes a character Natalia Boa Vista, and
Boa Vista was the name of a German literary magazine published until 1983 ("old" simply as in "not current" since publishing ceased 30 years ago).
Daniel's question.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:40 Tue 07 Jan 2014
I am in the process of applying to have a word added to the OED. I have my bibliographic references and my etymology all lined up. It is not a neologism. It is a noun.
I do not expect you to guess the word, but please tell me what type of a thing it is.
I do not expect you to guess the word, but please tell me what type of a thing it is.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:43 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Is it a new generic name for an English cricket batsman?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:57 Tue 07 Jan 2014
It is not a neologism.DRT wrote:Is it a new generic name for an English cricket batsman?
It is a specific type of thing.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:32 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Is it a particular style of mark, or method of making such?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:36 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Not that. It is a tangible thing that has three dimensions.PhilW wrote:Is it a particular style of mark, or method of making such?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:11 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Does it have something to do with Port? Did you turn LBV into a verb? 
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:18 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Is it a word for a very VERY small penis?Not that. It is a tangible thing that has three dimensions.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:19 Tue 07 Jan 2014
AW77 wrote:Does it have something to do with Port? Did you turn LBV into a verb?
djewesbury wrote:It is a noun.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:19 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Er, admins...? Hello, admins??PhilW wrote:Is it a word for a very VERY small penis?Not that. It is a tangible thing that has three dimensions.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:30 Tue 07 Jan 2014
LBV sure is a noun.djewesbury wrote:AW77 wrote:Does it have something to do with Port? Did you turn LBV into a verb?djewesbury wrote:It is a noun.
So you didn't turn a noun into a verb nor did you invent a new noun.
Did you turn a verb into a noun?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:32 Tue 07 Jan 2014
Don't make a big thing out of this...djewesbury wrote:Er, admins...? Hello, admins??PhilW wrote:Is it a word for a very VERY small penis?Not that. It is a tangible thing that has three dimensions.