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A simpler version of yesterday's "What's a bird?" by BaruMonkey 2006-11-19 12:55:59
(Reference)

Same question, different object: How do you define a "chair"?
(note: I don't want the dictionary's definition, I want yours.)
[ Reply ]
  feathered, 2 legs, wings, beak by Havoc2006-07-26 07:34:46
    doh. thats the bird def, obviously. (n/t) by Havoc2006-07-26 07:35:17
    *tries to sit on a bird* by madjo2006-07-26 07:38:14
  Same answer: what chair? There is no chair. (n/t) by bitflipper2006-07-26 07:35:01
  object that is designed to be sat on by Havoc2006-07-26 07:36:15
    Woud that include ones gluteus? (n/t) by bitflipper2006-07-26 07:37:02
      Not designed to be sat on... by Havoc2006-07-26 07:40:06
        O-kay, so how 'bout good ol' Terra Firma? (n/t) by bitflipper2006-07-26 07:42:17
          Just because it CAN be sat upon does not mean it by Havoc2006-07-26 07:50:21
            Would that make a tire swing a chair? (n/t) by bitflipper2006-07-26 07:53:35
              Yup. It meets the criterion. by Havoc2006-07-26 08:06:33
                *exerts considerable effort to remain FYOSS* by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:16:40
                  Actually, vice versa by Havoc2006-07-26 08:19:21
                    That's what I'm saying by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:22:22
                      Only if its a swing you sit on/in. (n/t) by Havoc2006-07-26 08:46:25
                        Nice dodge by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:53:11
                          *sigh* by Havoc2006-07-26 09:01:22
                            So... by bitflipper2006-07-26 09:11:13
    I wouldn't really call a beanbag chair by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:44:00
      Well, you just did. *snicker* (n/t) by Havoc2006-07-26 07:49:46
        Okay, let me rephrase that: by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:52:00
          Why not? by Havoc2006-07-26 07:54:15
            If a chair has no back by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:56:58
              Huh? by Havoc2006-07-26 08:08:51
                I still don't think I'd call something by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:17:43
    Toilets are not chairs. by kahuana2006-07-26 07:59:12
      Toilets are not designed for sitting by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:01:20
        Tey most certainly are designed for sitting. by kahuana2006-07-26 08:03:36
  a chair is a sitting device by madjo2006-07-26 07:37:00
  Chair: by Rogue19712006-07-26 07:37:21
  Designed for one person by Didactylos2006-07-26 07:39:37
  Chair by hyzenthlay2006-07-26 07:42:26
    the angle thing is not a guarantee by madjo2006-07-26 07:47:03
    I don't think you can specify height - by Didactylos2006-07-26 07:48:33
      If it is too low by hyzenthlay2006-07-26 07:51:25
        What if by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:53:50
          It is a child's chair by hyzenthlay2006-07-26 07:57:14
            They may be the only chairs I can find by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:59:44
              Naw by hyzenthlay2006-07-26 08:08:11
  Any object which is both either a chair or a towel by imperito2006-07-26 07:43:10
  A chair is by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:43:19
  ANYTHING by daemon_poet2006-07-26 07:49:45
    Is a stone a chair by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:50:39
      Is a chair a chair by bitflipper2006-07-26 07:52:15
        Yes. by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:54:12
          Perception is the key by bitflipper2006-07-26 07:56:32
            You can't say "how long is the chair a chair" by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 07:58:45
              Sure I can; who says I actually have to make sense by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:03:12
                Hmm, I think I see your point... by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:22:12
                  While you're chewing... by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:27:09
                    Hmm, not sure I agree by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:29:50
                      Where's the problem? by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:36:35
                        I still disagree by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:38:36
                          So there is an ideal chair? by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:41:09
                            There is an ideal chair. by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:42:42
                              Oh, how to attack that one? by bitflipper2006-07-26 08:51:53
                                Just because the mind of God by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:59:41
                                But if the ideal of a chair exists by bitflipper2006-07-26 09:08:36
                                I'm not clear here by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 09:15:20
                                It still all boils down to a chair only existing.. by bitflipper2006-07-26 09:49:05
                                re-phrase by bitflipper2006-07-26 10:02:06
                                Well, by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 10:03:40
                                Then what we are left with is... by bitflipper2006-07-26 10:45:22
                                If it is possible that you by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 11:04:08
                                O-kay, I understand "necessarily", in that context by bitflipper2006-07-26 11:52:26
                                Nice one by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 12:29:31
                                Trouble is.. by bitflipper2006-07-26 12:42:37
    Almost anything. by tallastro2006-07-26 08:17:44
      So something can be a chair for one person by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:26:54
        Yes. There are many such objects. (n/t) by tallastro2006-07-26 08:28:52
          So you would say by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 08:34:06
            Yes, but with much commonality. by tallastro2006-07-26 08:53:36
  anything i call a chair is a chair for me by Klymer2006-07-26 08:12:00
  comfy chair!!!!!!!!!! by Klymer2006-07-26 08:12:52
  Another entity that has 4 legs and a back, and by BaruMonkey2006-07-26 09:33:36
    I think there's a difference between by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 09:36:32
      So is the *breed* of horses a chair? (n/t) by BaruMonkey2006-07-26 09:42:33
        No; a breed is not an object. by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 09:45:17
          So a collection of chairs, then? (n/t) by BaruMonkey2006-07-26 09:46:41
            No by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 09:50:15
              Scientists have created a robot that can replicate by BaruMonkey2006-11-19 12:55:59
                The creation of the individual horses by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 10:22:23
                  The creation of the individual chairs by BaruMonkey2006-07-26 10:26:55
                    I guess it depends by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 10:34:51
    Doesn't fit my criteria. by tallastro2006-07-26 10:03:53
  depends (n/t) by Len482006-07-26 10:17:07
    Many in this thread would argue... by bitflipper2006-07-26 10:49:08
      Well, I suppose you could by MatthewDBA2006-07-26 11:04:51
  my goodness by psychoi3oy2006-07-26 13:15:08

 

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