"Loosely mechanical"

Are they alive in any way?

(creatures could be called loosely mechanical too)

I should wait for the answer to The Biscuit's question, but I'm about to go home, so..

Do they need any other power source other than the muscles of the people operating them (e.g. petrol or electricity)?

Last Edited : Thursday, 15 February 2007 - 14:26

Not alive (10th)

Need some form of power to operate. (11th)

12Th?

Are they used to save lifes? (eg hospital)

hmm, I am thinking windmills....

Are they used for recreation?

Last Edited : Friday, 16 February 2007 - 08:31

Not used to save lives like a hospital (11th) and not used for recreation (12th).

13th?

Question #13: Are these items transportation devices (ex.: submarine, space shuttle, barge, hovercraft, jet airplane, etc.)?

========= Summary =========

All three items...
1) are not alive.
2) are larger than 9 feet in any dimension.
3) can loosely be described as "mechanical."
4) cannot (or would not) be owned or purchased by an average consumer/homeowner.

All three items...
5) require multiple operators to function.
6) require some form of power (apart from human power) to function.
7) may operate independently of each other.
8) serve the same general purpose, with some particular variations.

All three items...
9) are not used to repair or construct other things.
10) are not used to destroy other things.
11) are not used to save lives (like a hospital).
12) are not used in recreation.

Greens...9 inches...not feet!

They ARE transportation devices!

14th?

boats?

Yes, boats or ships.

15th?

you need more detail...like armada? do we need to name each kind of ship? sail ships, steam ships, nuclear ships. Do we need to clasify commercial, tanker, or war ships?
if armada isn't enough how about a fleet? god help us if they are space ships, hope you don't need to know the names of the little green men

I think we need just a tad bit of help to know what ya want mog

They are boats or ships. There is/has been a group of them, I want the actual names of them.

Were they wooden ships?

Yes, Mr. Biscuit, sir.

16th?

The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?

Exactly! You have bested me yet again, Herr Biscuit. Of course, you had the shoulders of giants to stand on, everybody played a pretty tight round this time.

This was a particularly good 20 questions, I thought. Hard enough to keep you at it for some time but still possible to get, obviously.

Let there be celebrations around the campfires tonight, the Forum tribe has bested the wily Mog. A woodsland creature, he crawls off to lick his wounds and heal for the next encounter with the brutal castle society.

For further reading:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

Ahhh! My mistake, Biscuit. Thanks for catching that.
In fact I knew that it was nine inches (not feet) when I was writing up the summary, but I had the idea of transportation devices in my head the entire time... and the "nine inches" came out as "nine feet" while I was typing things out. Ooopsies. 8|

Greens, great question! You really helped narrow it down!