The babies should probably be living, but aren't

[eriktorbjorn]

>GIVE COIN TO BABIES
You can't give anything to the babies.

BABIES-F is supposed to handle this action through HANDLE-CHARGES?, but PRE-GIVE blocks the action because the BABIES object doesn't have the LIVING flag.

Unless there is some downside that I haven't thought of, I think that object should be marked as living.

Edit: The HANDLE-CHARGES? routine is also used by CHILDREN-F, and the CHILDREN object does have the LIVING flag.

[eriktorbjorn]

>GIVE LANTERN TO THIN MAN
You can't give anything to a thin man.

OPPIE is a PERSON, but not LIVING. OPPIE-Fcalls HANDLE-GIS?, so there is code there to handle you giving or showing objects to him, etc.

[eriktorbjorn]

The LEMMINGS are LIVING, but the RODENTS are not:

>GIVE AXE TO RODENTS
You can't give anything to rodents.

The rodents swarm across the tundra.

>EXAMINE LEMMINGS
"Heavy," mutters a voice in your ear.

The lemmings running past look something like hamsters, with long brown fur and
beady eyes. The largest are only five or six inches long.

>GIVE AXE TO LEMMINGS
The lemmings are too busy running past to notice.