Do try to keep up.Sasquatch wrote:You truly have a dizzying intellect.
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Do try to keep up.Sasquatch wrote:You truly have a dizzying intellect.
Do you really have a philosophy degree? Cuz iffn's you do, you'll know you proved nothing with your slight of brainery. To use an analogy that is apt, what is the front of your steering wheel? The part facing you, or the part facing toward the dash?Sasquatch wrote:And by this logic, the steering wheel is.... the front of the car, hmm?
Us big-time philosophy graduates call this "Reductio ad Absurdum". It's a sort of argument judo-trick where we accept the premises provided, and show that they lead to a contradiction, therefore at least one premise is untrue.
Since we don't sit in a pipe to use it the analogy doesn't work. Now if you consider working under the hood (you're standing in a manner addressing the vehicle) then you would consider the part of the car closest to you the front, right?andrew wrote:What about cars????wdteipen wrote:As in most things that you stand facing to address, the part that you face is considered the front. The same is true for pipes no matter what the majority in this thread say. Sorry.andrew wrote:that is some fancy chart makin'....
anything that looks that good must be right....
Once we switch 11 and 2 the chart will be perfect
Consider a formal example:
A drill sergeant stands in front of a formation of soldiers to give them orders. The soldiers face the drill sergeant awaiting commands. The part of the formation closest to the drill sergeant is the front as opposed to the back of the formation.
Do you routinely address ladies from the backside?Edward wrote:I always assumed the front of the pipe was the front of the pipe.
If there was a lady bending over in front of me, the fact that her Back side is facing me doesn't change the idea that her Front side is facing the opposite direction.
I suppose Wayne and Tyler are sort of arguing for a "Stage Left" and "Stage Right". Thats the Theatre term to point out the actors left versus the audiences left.
If it makes sense to Shakespeare and Tyler Lane, I suppose I could get used to it, but is it really necessary?
Yur just mad because mine's cooler than yurz. Granted it took me all day to do.Sasquatch wrote:......as indicated on my original (and much simpler than Wayne's) diagram.
yer not my dad!Sasquatch wrote:How bout you just get in line and shut up like a good boy??
Pipes are usually displayed with the bowl to the left and the shank/stem on the right, just like Magritte's famous painting. We read from left to right. Therefore the front of the bowl is on the left end of the pipe. Not in the middle, as some would have us believe.wdteipen wrote:
So, what's your rationale for the part that is farthest from you while the pipe is in your mouth being the "front"?
You're an author of dissension and strife.Tyler wrote:I don't care what the "right" answer is, I just wanted to point out we might miscommunicate every now and again.
RadDavis wrote:Pipes are usually displayed with the bowl to the left and the shank/stem on the right, just like Magritte's famous painting. We read from left to right. Therefore the front of the bowl is on the left end of the pipe. Not in the middle, as some would have us believe.wdteipen wrote:
So, what's your rationale for the part that is farthest from you while the pipe is in your mouth being the "front"?![]()
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He did state that his painting was "not a pipe", so I can also see that there might be some confusion there.wdteipen wrote:
Magritte's an ass and everyone knows it. Besides, I don't trust anyone with four names.