Brainstorm time.

It is not functional and doesn't keep time so not a clock, watch, or metronome. Weighs less than 10 pounds so not a bicycle (although transportation is functional so that precludes it too). Made with some metal (but not all metal)...

Hmmmm...

"Would the majority OF people who own it be more likely to call it decorative than functional?"
-the answer was no. So they are more likely to call it functional.

welcome back draug :)
I'm off to bed in a few mins.

have any of the answers ruled out a vibrator? (not that one would ask that specific of a question)

Well, I don't think a vibrator could EVER be called decorative.

Well the time question still rules out the timepiecse and metronomes and the weight rules out the bike.

16) Is the item normally in a visible location?

16) There is no answer to this. can be either way.

"Well, I don't think a vibrator could EVER be called decorative." There is pretty artistic ones out there... btw I never said people called it decorative.

You are looking for something inanimate and smaller than a breadbox. Normally made from man-made materials, but one could be made from (almost) only natural materials if you wanted.
It's not a (very) common household object and weighs less than 10 pounds. It does not consume energy (like a tv or a lamp) and it does not generate/provide energy for use by other devices. It has mechanical movement (moving parts) but it does not keep time. It is a functional object and made to directly benefit humans. It's not primarily for entertainment. But some people use it for their leasure activities. There can be (some) steel used to make it, but not primarily. Each one has at least some metal used to make them.
For the last question i'll clarify that you need to see it to make use of it. But it's not always used. So the answer to 16 can be either way.

Is it generally located in the kitchen?

17) No

18) Is it generally located in the bedroom?

18) No

Seems to be a hard one, although it's a pretty common object and you all know it.

These are no questions just thoughts:
I am thinking of office tools at the moment. Just hard to pick a single one. A tacker maybe? Question would be: DO people use this tool for leasure...
Or maybe batteries are not counted as electricity (although they are in my eyes) and we are talking about remote controls...

It doesn't consume or produce energy so can't be something with a battery (in my mind too, bonotow!)

so energy = electricity of any kind? or does it also include mechanichal energy like someone pushing it?

I said it had moving parts, so obviously there is some movement and some energy etc.
But i was talking about batteries, engines, electric devices and the like... in that sense it does not consume energy. Saying it does would only confuse you.
I bet there are some physists around here who flinch at the idea of energy not beeing involved at all, ofcourse there is :)

I said energy in the questions to include all forms of energy (gas, coal, petrol, kerosene, electric, batteries) but can forgive if it consumes human or gravitational energy. However, if it plugs in or need refilling or replacement batteries, then it consumes energy.

Exactly. So the question remains, what am i thinking of?

You are thinking of pussy. What else?

What else? beer!

hellalt +1

How is beer made from steel. It's a *liquid*. Now had you said a can of beer, fine. Also, beer has some nutritional value as well as medicinal value for those who suffer from kidney stones. It is clearly functional.

A can of beer is also not decorative, you don't have it around just to look at.

19) Is it a musical instrument of some sort?

19) No

Yeah no beer is wrong, hellalt was right. Pussy is functional too, can be made of steel and consumes no energy -.-
Ofcourse i'm not giving you the answer :P

Last question and a last hint: stop thinking its a decorative object... it's not

I am still inf or the tacker - it has moving parts, parts are made of metal, it is not decorative, it is common but not everyone has one, it is not for entertaining but it can make life more simple...maybe...
But this holds true for a scissor as well (but everyone has one at home, right?). A puncher (for leasure???). Even a pen (common in every houshold actually).
It could also be a sports instruments. But I would call those for entertainment. And the low weight...

Well, it is a tricky one. Guess it is a completly ugly object we just don't want to think of ;-)

Yea not every normal household has one, so scissors etc can't be it :P
But i'm sure almost all of you have seen or held one at least once in your life, it's common enough :)

you didn't answer my question.