Who wants to play a game? (Or: Humor Me, I'm Bored)

[Cuddlefish]

What's in Dimo's Box Of Mystery?

A WHOLE TON OF STUFF!

Just use your imagination! Think of a thing, reach in, and see if what you imagined was something that Dimo put in the Box Of Mystery!

WAIT! HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I KNOW ABOUT FER' SHER'

There are rhymes and lyrics, but no syllables spoken.
There are practical jokes, but no funny pranks 
There is a quart of soup, but no spoons or clean bowls.
There is an opened grave, but no hole or body, or even a grave to open.
There are bottle openers, but no beers to drink.

What will be your guess?!?!

Just make sure that your guess is in any colored text, and the rest of the text is in black, so the box knows what you're guessing. You will get more hints every 10 guesses. You can make guesses however often you'd like.

BUT HERE'S THE THING!

After 50 guesses, the box will self destruct, taking us all out with it! (That's 50 total guesses, not 50 guesses each). Correct guesses don't count against you. If any player makes 5 correct guesses in a row, the group gets 5 more guesses and that player can no longer make guesses. But, for every post I make that contains a hint, that player may post a hint (in the form of an example correct answer) of their own.

THE GOAL IS FOR ALL PLAYERS TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE!

(we're playing on the honor system, here. It is assumed that any player that has figured out the criteria for objects found in the Box Of Mystery will not PM, or otherwise privately exchange that information until the end of the game.)

[DECI4]

I don't know what you just said, but it touched me in the heart.

[Triple Zero]

If correct guesses don't count, you mean the box will self-destruct after 50 wrong guesses, right? So guesses that happen to be correct are free. [ok this sounds like the most dumb question ever, but the way you worded it wants me to make sure].

That's an important twist because falsification of wrong theories is as important as getting stuff right. Then again, getting things right is free, so maybe you can try make up for it in numbers.

as an example, I know this game as its played with numbers, and your examples are [4, 16, 128] one might guess the rule is "powers of two" and you could guess [2, 8, 32, 64, ..] etc and they'd all be right, while the actual rule is "even numbers".

otoh, if Dimo's rule is much narrower, we'd be falsifying stuff all the time anyhow.

oh and Dimo another question, I'm assuming we're allowed to discuss and reason about the game en publique in this thread, right? Wouldn't that mean that at some point the rule is pretty much out in the open to anyone who has read the thread? Which is fine with me but then I don't get the remark about honour and PMs

Or is what I'm doing right now not really allowed and should I limit myself to just single guesses, like:

Is there a cholera spray hose in the box?

[Freeky]

I'm not sure I get this.  Are the above things in your Box of Mystery hints of what the thing you're thinking of is, or examples of what could be inside?

[Wolfgang Absolutus]

Are there 8 ounces of coffee in the box?

[Cuddlefish]

If correct guesses don't count, you mean the box will self-destruct after 50 wrong guesses, right? So guesses that happen to be correct are free. [ok this sounds like the most dumb question ever, but the way you worded it wants me to make sure].

That's an important twist because falsification of wrong theories is as important as getting stuff right. Then again, getting things right is free, so maybe you can try make up for it in numbers.

as an example, I know this game as its played with numbers, and your examples are [4, 16, 128] one might guess the rule is "powers of two" and you could guess [2, 8, 32, 64, ..] etc and they'd all be right, while the actual rule is "even numbers".

otoh, if Dimo's rule is much narrower, we'd be falsifying stuff all the time anyhow.

oh and Dimo another question, I'm assuming we're allowed to discuss and reason about the game en publique in this thread, right? Wouldn't that mean that at some point the rule is pretty much out in the open to anyone who has read the thread? Which is fine with me but then I don't get the remark about honour and PMs

Or is what I'm doing right now not really allowed and should I limit myself to just single guesses, like:

Is there a cholera spray hose in the box?

Wow, ok, I knew I worded this a bit funny, but, hell... I didn't expect anyone to think that hard about it. But, yeah, limit posts to guesses, and if someone needs clarification on the above rules, you can help them out with that. Sorry, should have been clearer.

Anyhow, 49 guesses left.

And yes, 49 wrong guesses

[Cuddlefish]

I'm not sure I get this.  Are the above things in your Box of Mystery hints of what the thing you're thinking of is, or examples of what could be inside?

They are examples. Sorry. It was late when I started this 

[Cuddlefish]

Are there 8 ounces of coffee in the box?

48 guesses left.

[The Rev]

sheet music

[Cramulus]

I know you said there are rhymes and lyrics ---
are there lyrics and rhymes?

[Cuddlefish]

sheet music

Nope. 47 guesses left.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I don't think that Trip's should count since he was using it as an example to figure out how to do the game rather than to actively make a guess.

[Cuddlefish]

I know you said there are rhymes and lyrics ---
are there lyrics and rhymes?

Yes, there are!

Still 47 guesses left.

[Cuddlefish]

I don't think that Trip's should count since he was using it as an example to figure out how to do the game rather than to actively make a guess.

But that's exactly the purpose of making guesses...

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm still not sure that I get it. Are we supposed to be finding out about the examples you gave in the OP (ie, are we solving riddles about these examples) or are we trying to find out what else is inside the box?