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Anyone want to play Animal and Object?

The Premise:

I believe that [livejournal.com profile] damned_colonial and I invented this game while inventing inn names for something we were writing. It occurred to us that one of the most common forms of pub name was Animal+Object (eg. Pig and Whistle).

The Actual Game:

The basic format is cheerfully stolen from The Minister's Cat; it's a progressive alphabet game. (So the letter you play is the letter after the one in the last person's turn *sings the alphabet song*)

So Round One looks like this:

The Apostle[1] and Agate/Bison and Boxcar/Codfish and Corpse[2]...

Round Two looks like this:

The Apostle and Agate[3] in Arnprior.

Round Three looks like this:

An Aquavit at the Apostle and Agate in Arnprior.

Round Four looks like this:

An Aquavit with Arthur at the Apostle and Agate in Arnprior.

If we make it to Round Five this time I'll come up with something.

ETA:

Round Five: We appear to be down to adjectives, so Round Five will be

An Adequate Aquavit with Arthur at the Apostle and Agate in Arnprior.

Special LiveJournal Rules:

Please reply only to the original post, not to other comments, (unless your comment is a question or digression instead of a turn; digressions are totally allowed, but I'm fine with them collapsing) because if the threads collapse the game becomes completely unplayable.

Simultaneous replies may lead to a letter being doubled or tripled. We ignore this gracefully and carry on. Nevertheless, you are on your honour to play the letter available as of when you hit 'reply', not to hit reply until you actually know what you're going to type, and to hit 'refresh' before hitting 'reply' if your pause for thought has turned into an expedition to refill your coffee, have a smoke, and try to recall what that thing you had in Ungava Bay that started with X was called.

[1] Humans are Animals, yes. The dividing line is: If it breathes, it's an Animal. Everything up is also an Animal, for these purposes: Angels, Buddha, whatever. If it photosynthesizes, it's an Object. Everything down is also an object; rocks or anything.

[2] That's me getting the only permitted use of a human as an Object out of the way early.

[3] Only with a new pub name. I just didn't want to use up TOO many words making examples.

GAME ON!
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Date: 2007-10-30 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penknife.livejournal.com
The Rabbit and Radish

Date: 2007-10-30 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
The Quaker and Quaalude

Date: 2007-10-30 09:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kyriacarlisle.livejournal.com
The Snark and Spinet

Date: 2007-10-30 09:32 pm (UTC)
beable: (Default)
From: [personal profile] beable

The Theocrat and the Tetrahedon

Date: 2007-10-30 09:34 pm (UTC)
ext_7447: (Default)
From: [identity profile] iclysdale.livejournal.com
The Undine and Umbrella

Date: 2007-10-30 09:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commodorified.livejournal.com
The Unitarian and Undershirt

Date: 2007-10-30 09:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penknife.livejournal.com
The Valedictorian and Vacuum

Date: 2007-10-30 09:35 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] beable

The Warthog and Washroom

Date: 2007-10-30 09:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com
My husband said "The Surgeon and Stent" - pub located in or near a hospital.

Could have fun with themes.

Date: 2007-10-30 09:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commodorified.livejournal.com
... that may be Round 5. :)

Date: 2007-10-30 09:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazelhawthorne.livejournal.com
The Xerxes and Xylophone

Date: 2007-10-30 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resonant8.livejournal.com
Man! I was totally going to take this one, but I missed out because you filled it in while I was still googling around trying to find an animal that started with X.

Date: 2007-10-30 09:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] beable

The Yodeler and Yoghurt

Date: 2007-10-30 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazelhawthorne.livejournal.com
The Yak and Yen

Date: 2007-10-30 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resonant8.livejournal.com
The Zebra and Zither.

Date: 2007-10-30 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kgkofmel.livejournal.com
The Xebec and Xylophone

Date: 2007-10-30 09:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com
The Ant and Apple in Australia

Date: 2007-10-30 09:44 pm (UTC)
ext_5457: (Default)
From: [identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com
The Bard and Bustle in Bedlam

Date: 2007-10-30 09:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] iclysdale.livejournal.com
Ah, missed it, I was holding out for the Boojum and Bollocks in Bahrain...

Date: 2007-10-30 09:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] beable

Rules question - are we supposed to use the same animals and objects from round one for the round two?

Date: 2007-10-30 09:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com
I had assumed that we needed to keep coming up with new entries. But the rules don't specify.

(no subject)

From: [identity profile] commodorified.livejournal.com - Date: 2007-10-30 09:47 pm (UTC) - Expand

Date: 2007-10-30 09:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] black-hound.livejournal.com
The Rabbit and Rifle.

Date: 2007-10-30 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kgkofmel.livejournal.com
The Cat and Cannon in Cancun.

Date: 2007-10-30 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazelhawthorne.livejournal.com
The Dog and Den in Dehli

Date: 2007-10-30 09:49 pm (UTC)
ext_5457: (Default)
From: [identity profile] xinef.livejournal.com
The Elf and Euphonium in Eastgate

Date: 2007-10-30 09:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] brownbetty
The Frog and Fife in Finland

Date: 2007-10-30 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
The Ephor and Euphemism in Euston

Date: 2007-10-30 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commodorified.livejournal.com
The Freemason and Futtocks in Fingal

Date: 2007-10-30 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazelhawthorne.livejournal.com
The Grouse and Grog in Guilford
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