The Inquest of Hurricane Lenny

[Clarence]

Here you can fight me on my choices of how I answered the questions and I'll defend them to the death!:

1: Can you lift it with one hand? --> NO
2: Can it be lifted with 2 hands? --> NO
3: Is it in one fixed place? --> NO
4: Does it move on it's own? --> NO
5: Is it tangible? --> NO
6: Is it a gas (opposed to a solid or liquid)? --> NO
7: Is it on Earth? --> NO
8: Is it another planet? --> NO
9: Another random moon? --> NO
10: A type of star? --> NO
11: A black hole? --> NO
12: Is it visible? --> NO
13: Is it a galaxy?
14: Has it's existence been proven? --> YES
15: Is it matter? --> NO
16: Microscopic? --> NO
17: Dark energy? --> NO
18: Is it a theory/law? (gravity, for example, if that wasn't clear enough) --> NO
19: The Gargantuan Blob? --> NO
20: Anti-matter? --> NO
21: A type of light? --> NO
22: Quasar? --> NO
23: Cosmic radiation? --> NO
24: Is it in outer space? --> NO
25: Is it on another planet or moon? --> NO
26: Is it outside the universe? --> NO
27: Is it the smurf universe??? --> NO
28: Does this thing exist anymore? --> NO
29: Did it exist before Earth --> NO
30: A super nova? --> NO
31: Is it the future? --> NO
32: Does it follow this portion of the rules: "Examples: a remote control, a diamond, a block of cheese, a tooth pick. etc, any thing that's a thing" --> NO
33: Is it a wish? --> NO
34: Did this thing exist before humans arrived on earth? --> NO
35: On earth or in space when it did exist? --> YES
36: Was it on Earth? --> YES
37: Is it energy? --> NO
38: Did it exist before 1900? --> NO
39: Did it exist before 2000? --> YES
40: Did it also cease to exist before 2000? --> YES
41: Is it a race? --> NO
42: An event? --> NO
43: Is it organic? --> NO
44: Can it be seen? --> NO
45: Did it exist for more then a century? -- NO
46: Is it the intenret? --> NO
47: Could it be seen when it existed? --> YES
48: Is it data? --> NO
49: Black and white movies? --> NO
50: Was it a solid? --> NO
51: Anything to do with movies, TV, computers, music, or Literature? --> YES
52: A TV show? --> NO
53: Did it cease to exist between 1960-2000? --> YES
54: Did it cease to exist because of a law? --> YES
55: Was the law one of the Amendments to the Constitution? --> NO
56: Reaper says: "I was asking if it was one of the Amendments that made it cease to exist." --> NO
57: Was the item in question a law too? --> NO
58: Racial segregation? --> NO
59: The Soviet Union! --> NO
60: Did it exist in America? --> YES
61: Only in America? --> NO
62: Was the law American? --> NO
63: Scientific law? --> YES
64: EPR paradox? --> NO
65: Pluto being de-classified as a planet? --> NO
66: The speed of light as a constant? --> NO
67: Was it a computer science law? --> NO
68: Newton's law of gravity? --> NO
69: Um. Did Clarence take over Chex's account? --> NO
70: Magnetic monopole? --> NO
71: Did one of Newton's laws cause it to cease to exist? --> NO
72: Does it have to do anything with computers? --> YES
73: Is the law named after someone? --> NO
74: Created between 1930-1950? --> NO
75: Is it an operating system? --> NO
76: Was it exclusive to computers? --> NO
77: Is the "thing" in question, the 20th century itself? --> NO
78: Would it be likely that I used the item you're thinking about? --> NO
79: A virus? --> NO
80: Did it exist longer than a year? --> NO
81: Does it involve display screens? --> NO
82: Is it a software? --> NO
83: Was it Y2K? --> NO
84: Does it have anything to do with networking? --> NO
85: Was it something within the computer system itself? --> NO
86: Was it controlled by computers? --> NO
87: Is it also related to television? --> YES
88: Does it have to do with al gore and/or global warming? --> NO
89: Amdahl's law? --> NO
90: Did it's disappearance make the news? --> YES
91: Exist in the 60s or 70s? --> NO
92: Was it tangible at the time it existed? --> YES
93: Did it disappear before 1975? --> NO
94: Has it been mentioned on the forums at all? --> NO
95: Is it a virus? --> NO
96: Was is a virus? --> NO
97: Polio? --> NO
98: Did it harm anyone? --> YES
99: Did it exist in the 90s? --> YES
100: Did it kill some people? --> YES
101: Was it a natural disaster? --> YES
102: Hurricane Georges? --> NO
103: Was it a hurricane? --> YES
104: Hurricane Mitch? --> NO
105: Hurricane Andrew? --> NO
106: Hurricane Floyd? --> NO
107: Did it kill over 50? --> NO
108: Did it affect Canada? --> NO
109: The Hurricane Lenny? --> YES

[nich]

Clarence. I would just like that I think you suck and that I hate your face. You're a misleading bastard.

BUT I'm a good sport. So congrats on the record breaker you piece of shazam!.

Also I'm removing

Reaper says: "I was asking if it was one of the Amendments that made it cease to exist."

And

Um. Did Clarence take over Chex's account?

[Clarence]

The one where you elaborated on your question counts, you legitimately wanted to be sure I understood correctly thereby asking another question.

[nich]

No.

[Clarence]

So what if I never responded to that at all? You would have wanted me to right?

[nich]

I was making sure we were on the same page. I thought the way I wrote it that you thought I was asking if the item itself was the amendment.

[Clarence]

Getting clairification on something because you failed to ask it to your liking and needing a responce to it counts as another question.

Just give me the meager one point and call it a day man.

[nich]

Fine. You little jabberwocky.

[Clarence]

YOU'RE THE jabberwocky!!!!

[chex]

I agree with Lalou on the other thread, that it has nothing to do with television or computers. The TRACKING of the storm did, but not the storm itself. You were intentionally misleading on that one. You got annoyed with reaper and Vincent for picking obscure cartoon characters no one has heard of because it sucked the fun out of the game. Being intentionally misleading also sucks the fun out. Sorry dude. I feel you answered quite a few questions wrongly.

One I didn't see mentioned was the question about if it followed the quoted part of the rules. You said it didn't, but a hurricane is most definitely a thing.

Past/present tense was also intentionally misleading. Present tense is perfectly usable, even if the hurricane already died out, as you are thinking of it in the present.

[Clarence]

If I'm recalling a thing that no longer exists, then it has to be asked in a past tense.

Is it big or is it small or etc no longer apply but was it big and was it small can be answered with something other than no.

Seriously, if my old house that used to be 3 bedrooms was demolished and you asked "does it have 3 bedrooms?" ummmmmm no ... but it used too.

The hurricane was a thing but is no more. You asked if it is (currently) a thing not if it was.

I still say the question was very broad in asking if it has ANYTHING to do with, tv's computers and etc. I couldn't answer no 100% on that one.

This time I kept it simple yes or no, I didn't throw in any "mostly yes" or "usually no" or maybe etc etc.

To answer strictly with yes/no gives these results.

I still stand by my answers and sorry if I annoyed anyone too much ... but I also feel like you led yourselves down the wrong track and mislead yourselves focusing on low value questions.

[Wesley]

I don't agree with the logic and execution of some of your answers, Clarence.

Not important. But I do think you should have a better understanding of the subtleties of the thing you are trying to describe.

If you can't tell me the scientific law that made the hurricane cease to exist in one post, I am mailing you a punch to the face.

[Clarence]

The wind died down and it was tired of spinning for a week.

But there is a such thing as the law of nature.

Blame Reaper for asking that question "Did it cease to exist because of law"

He was askin for it

[Wesley]

I am winding up my punchin' fist buddy....


WHAT law of nature? There are a bunch of 'em.


Would you like a hint? I already know the answer.

[Clarence]

Do tell.

[Wesley]

It starts with the letter "E."

[chex]

By the way... the questions about computers and television that you answered yes to were present tense. If you're going to use past/present to be misleading, be consistent.

[Wesley]

Okay, fine. No mail-order punches to the face.

Entropy is the natural law whereby all systems tend toward a lower level of complexity, energy, and organization.


Still, nice job with a crazy stumper, even if some of the answers were a little screwy!

[Clarence]

By the way... the questions about computers and television that you answered yes to were present tense. If you're going to use past/present to be misleading, be consistent.

You can right now look up stats and tv reports online. Consist that!

Again, question was does it have ANYTHING to do .... there's no way I could say flat out no to that even if I wanted too.

I was playing this one with only yes or no I didn't want to add a tagline like "no ... but everything is on the internet" blah

[Donden]

Okay, fine. No mail-order punches to the face.

Send one to me, I've been wondering for a while now how those mail-order punches feels