The Cauldron

[Hitchhiker]

Sorry, lexprod -- the Cauldron doesn't want your blowjob.

Ruins of Rome are further ruined by a FIREBALL.

MatthewV gamely submits gamine, but gets a FIREBALL

The Cauldron rolls a FIREBALL up ralphmerridew's aisle.

Who could have predicted -- the Cauldron doesn't want Nostradamus.

At last, milkshake celebrates the fifth of july and the Cauldron celebrates it with Betsy Ross's first flag.

[lexprod]

I attempt to give the cauldron ABBA
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I'll have a P please...

[MatthewV]

I will toss in a mage

[Hitchhiker]

ABBA is ignored (although the Cauldron does hum along a little to "Merry-Go-Round," then stops)

MatthewV's mage is FIREBALL'd.

[xalolo]

I'm throwing in a Necronomicon[/b]

[Hitchhiker]

The Cauldron gobbles the Necronomicon and is compelled to produce some weird horror.

[lexprod]

I present the cauldron with a bear
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I'll have a P please...

[Leonidas]

I will toss in a camera.

[MatthewV]

Now I have a simple image for the cauldron.

[xalolo]

I'm throwing in every previous try! Messy.

[Hitchhiker]

The Cauldron gives lexprod's bear some eggs and bacon.

Leonidas's camera goes up in a flash of FIREBALL.

MatthewV's image is tarnished by a FIREBALL.

xalolo tosses in every previous try and is rewarded with exciting random stuff.

[xalolo]

I'm throwing in a chess set with a panda.

[MatthewV]

I hope to be ignored with an immigrant.

[Quailman]

I will drop The Philosopher's Stone into the cauldron.

[Leonidas]

I'm throwing in The Apology of Socrates

[milkshake]

Dropping in Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg and hoping.

[ralphmerridew]

I will throw a reed into the cauldron.

[Undercover Monk]

I offfer the Twilight Series to the cauldron

Long Live Harry Potter
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The Classic Blunders:
1. never get involved in a land war in Asia
2.Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
3. Never release Peyton Manning

[Scurra]

I will try giving it a beer.

(I've almost lost track of what it has been offered!)
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_{still Quiz Olympiad champion. Must get a life.
New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

[PuzzleScot]

[MatthewV]

Scurra, I was given a beer. (the cauldron likes beer)

I am 95% sure right now. I have a rule that follows everything so far perfectly.

[xalolo]

[lexprod]

I offer Reba to the cauldron
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I'll have a P please...

[Hitchhiker]

The Cauldron apologizes for the delay in responses -- the past two days have been busy.

The Cauldron accepts a chess set with a panda and gives xalolo a deck of Uno with a toucan.

MatthewV's immigrant is ignored.

The Philosopher's Stone gets a FIREBALL.

Verklärte Nacht is accepted, because the Cauldron likes German music.

ralphmerridew's reed is accepted in exchange for a cello, and because it follows the secret bonus rule it also merits an English horn.

The Twilight Series as Undercover Monk perhaps guessed, richly deserves a FIREBALL.

Scurra's beer is ignored only because, as MatthewV points out, it was given as a prize earlier. The Cauldron does like beer.

PuzzleScot's pretty poetry, alas, gets a FIREBALL.

The Cauldron likes Reba and sings some of her songs for lexprod

Summary in first post has been updated.

[Hitchhiker]

Oops, sorry, missed Leonidas the first time around, but The Apology of Socrates still gets a FIREBALL.

Everybody has at least one prize -- so the Cauldron will lower the guess bar to 8 prizes. Bonus prizes count toward your total. Current top five players are:

- xalolo (5)
- MatthewV (4)
- Leonidas (3)
- lexprod (3)
- ralphmerridew (3)

[xalolo]

Welcome back, cauldron! In honor of your return I'll throw in The Visa Conundra

[lexprod]

I give the cauldron for a break
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I'll have a P please...

[Leonidas]

I'll toss in a rare asset.

[ralphmerridew]

I will jump into the cauldron, bare!

[Hitchhiker]

The Cauldron considers The Visa Conundra and gives xalolo a mystery.

lexprod gives the caudron a break and the cauldron gives lexprod a well-deserved rest.

Leonidas gets a FIREBALL for a rare asset.

The Cauldron is shocked when ralphmerridew jumps in bare and gives him a FIREBALL.

[xalolo]

I return unto the Cauldron mysterious tidings.

[Hitchhiker]

The mysterious tidings draw an eerily cryptic solution.

[xalolo]

[Leonidas]

Beautifully done - not just the content, but also the (very elegant) form.

Way to go, xalolo...

[Hitchhiker]

Excellent! Well done, xalolo, and thanks for playing, everyone!

The secret extra rule: you get a bonus prize if you follow the rule and any word in your submission begins with the same first letter as your name. Simple as that.

[xalolo]