From: bod on
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

"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
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
"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
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
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