From: bod on 30 Jun 2010 14:33 Brimstone wrote: > > "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:891gctF7ltU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> Brimstone wrote: >>> >>> "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:891an8F3mpU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>> Nick Finnigan <nix(a)genie.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like >>>>> they >>>>> were saying: >>>>> >>>>>>> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any other >>>>>>> items >>>>>>> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural >>>>>>> access >>>>>>> to the useful area of the item. >>>>> >>>>>> Some of us have garages. >>>>> >>>>> Cat-flaps, too. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> I think that there's still a few De Loreans around too. >>>> >>> It would have be a miniature/toy one. >>> >>> >>> >> Nope. >> >> http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/111/ >> > How do you expect to fit that car, as nice as it is, through a cat flap? > > A veerryy large cat flap. Bod
From: Brimstone on 30 Jun 2010 14:48 "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:891h0lF7ltU3(a)mid.individual.net... > Brimstone wrote: >> >> "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:891gctF7ltU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> Brimstone wrote: >>>> >>>> "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:891an8F3mpU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>>> Nick Finnigan <nix(a)genie.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like >>>>>> they >>>>>> were saying: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any other >>>>>>>> items >>>>>>>> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural >>>>>>>> access >>>>>>>> to the useful area of the item. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Some of us have garages. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cat-flaps, too. >>>>> >>>>> I think that there's still a few De Loreans around too. >>>>> >>>> It would have be a miniature/toy one. >>>> >>> Nope. >>> >>> http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/111/ >>> >> How do you expect to fit that car, as nice as it is, through a cat flap? > > A veerryy large cat flap. > I think it would need to be more of a woolly mammoth flap!
From: bod on 30 Jun 2010 14:57 Brimstone wrote: > > "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:891h0lF7ltU3(a)mid.individual.net... >> Brimstone wrote: >>> >>> "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:891gctF7ltU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> Brimstone wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >>>>> news:891an8F3mpU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>>>> Adrian wrote: >>>>>>> Nick Finnigan <nix(a)genie.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much >>>>>>> like they >>>>>>> were saying: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any >>>>>>>>> other items >>>>>>>>> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural >>>>>>>>> access >>>>>>>>> to the useful area of the item. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Some of us have garages. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cat-flaps, too. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think that there's still a few De Loreans around too. >>>>>> >>>>> It would have be a miniature/toy one. >>>>> >>>> Nope. >>>> >>>> http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/111/ >>>> >>> How do you expect to fit that car, as nice as it is, through a cat flap? >> >> A veerryy large cat flap. >> > I think it would need to be more of a woolly mammoth flap! > > > Actually, woolly mamoths had their own flap, it covered their anus. Bod
From: GT on 30 Jun 2010 15:20 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i0frmj$alj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > GT wrote: >> >> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any other items >> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural access to >> the useful area of the item. > > Some of us have garages. Well if the definition of a door is something that can open in order to obtain access to an internal area, then a window is a door, a vent is a door etc. I agree that the location of the hinge doesn't detract from 'door' status - garage, DeLorean etc. But why and when did we start naming a boot 'lid' a door? Don't get me wrong - I'm really not bothered, just wondering how this arose!
From: bod on 30 Jun 2010 15:32
GT wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > news:i0frmj$alj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> GT wrote: >>> In the world that the rest of us live in, we don't have any other items >>> where the doors with hinges at the top and doesn't give natural access to >>> the useful area of the item. >> Some of us have garages. > > Well if the definition of a door is something that can open in order to > obtain access to an internal area, then a window is a door, a vent is a door > etc. I agree that the location of the hinge doesn't detract from 'door' > status - garage, DeLorean etc. But why and when did we start naming a boot > 'lid' a door? > > Don't get me wrong - I'm really not bothered, just wondering how this arose! > > Probably started when hatchbacks came along. Bod |