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Flying Buttrest
seat that folds into a wall; set near telephone, in kitchen | |
A seat attached to a solid but springy metal support that can be pulled out from the wall to add seating space but avoid the clutter of extra chairs. Underside of seat can be painted as wall decor. Variation 2: a swing (supported by 2 chains) that drops down from the ceiling for the same purpose.
Pivoting_20Parental_20Misericord
[pertinax, Aug 05 2008]
NEJAB?
Bee-Releasing_20Jam-Filled_20Banjo_20Leg
A banjo what? [Zimmy, Aug 06 2008]
Bake-ed
http://www.wallchai.../gallery/index.html
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 07 2008]
Bee-Releasing Jam Filled Banjo Leg
http://web.archive....illed_20Banjo_20Leg
It's ok, [theleopard]. We have the technology. We can rebuild it. [Jinbish, Aug 07 2008]
Misericord
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misericord
For crumbling holy men [squeak, Aug 07 2008]
[link]
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Like those commonly found on public transport?
(Welcome to the HB, by the way!) |
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They should have these along building walls on the sidewalk, especially where lines grow long, e.g. around theaters. |
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20 years ago I would have wanted this next to the phone, but the advent of cordless phone makes the mentioned purpose a little moot, but it is handy to have an extra chair sometimes, if you have the wall space. |
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You don't need wall space, it is a *FLYING* buttrest. It is just a case of NEJAB. |
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That required some searching to get a handle on... |
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clicking, fck! clicking on NEJAB... |
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psst! I searched for NEJAB but was pointed back to the 1/2B on some idea about magnetic bees or something. I still don't get it. |
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From a [theleopard] anno: " I wasn't quite thinking along the lines of abbreviations and acronyms, although I like NEJAB (as in "Better luck next time <lightly JABs [inventors]'s NE" |
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The flying buttrest is the exact opposite of the flying buttress, in that it tends to collapse the wall rather than support it. Especially if many flying buttrests are supporting many American buttocks, which tend to be gravitationally advantaged. |
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Unfortunately, the NEJAB thing was first
coined by [Anathema Device] whose
account has since imploded. Simply
means, "Not Enough Jam And Bees." |
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The banjo leg idea is one of the most
sorely inflicted victims of the Swiss
Cheese effect, with [Anathema] and
[Bigsleep] (both big contributors to the
thread) deleting their accounts and
[jhomrighaus] deleting his own annos. |
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<excerpt from NEJABian Rhapsody>...
I see a little silhouetto of a man, scaramoosh scaramoosh, it's a bee and jam banjo.
Thunderbolts and lightning, condiments are frightening me!
Bees, not jam, has a devil put aside for meee...
Jammy-mayo
Jammy-mayo
Jammy-mayo
Fig rolls!
Magnifico!...
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Mssrs [zen_tom], [theleopard], [marklar], [TheLightsAreOnBut], [AbsintheWithOutLeave]. |
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A misericord by another name? |
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Interesting, squeak. I always thought a misericord was a kind of dagger. Wonder where I got that idea from? |
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// kind of dagger//
miserisword? |
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Reminds one of the eccentric genius of Geoffrey Pyke, who, frustrated with furniture on floors suggested it all be suspended from the ceiling. |
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//I always thought a misericord was a kind of dagger. // |
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It is - it's mediaeval irony. (See the annotations to my link). |
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