Comments on Looney: Favorite Furniture. This was a topic chosen by Ru...

Marf, I should admit that I was deliberately pushi...

2009-07-22T15:04:47.775-07:00

Marf, I should admit that I was deliberately pushing the envelope on the definition of furniture for this one, although I really hadn't given a formal definition much thought!

That begs the question, what constitutes as furnit...

2009-07-22T11:04:32.628-07:00

That begs the question, what constitutes as furniture? Is it simply how we use any given object? What about that old chair that is never used? Does that mean that it's now a decorative bauble and no longer furniture?

I've never really given favorite furniture much thought... As such, I have no favorite item of furniture.

Rummuser, I got used to sitting on the floor when ...

2009-07-14T09:04:25.212-07:00

Rummuser, I got used to sitting on the floor when living in Japan. There it was always a tatami mat, both for sitting and for sleeping.

Before I bust my hip joints, my favourite sitting ...

2009-07-13T10:44:19.159-07:00

Before I bust my hip joints, my favourite sitting position was the half lotus on a divan or on the floor. I would give anything if I could go back to that life style. In India we have cotton rugs spread on the floor to sleep on or to sit on and some of them can be very colourful. Woollen ones are used in the colder parts of the country and now a days in air conditioned rooms. Otherwise, the climate does not permit the use of them. Ordinary reed mats like the futons are also quite popular.

Normally I would agree, but this rug is used for s...

2009-07-13T09:26:11.367-07:00

Normally I would agree, but this rug is used for sitting, so we treat it differently.

Hmmmmm, is a rug furniture? That's stretching it ...

2009-07-12T21:46:40.072-07:00

Hmmmmm, is a rug furniture? That's stretching it a little, isn't it? ;)