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  • Ladder

    7 36.84%
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    11 57.89%
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Thread: Ladder or Stepladder?

  1. #31
    I still can't really figure out where Bunny and qwerty are getting their information that they're stating as fact. A step ladder is still a ladder. Try looking up 'stepladder' or 'step ladder' in a dictionary. Ladder on Wikipedia also details the A-frame and the step ladder, while stepladder itself redirects to ladder.

  2. #32
    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
    It's a ladder. I consider stepladders to only have a few steps.

    And because this is an EoFF debate, I suppose I should add that everyone who disagrees with me is a terrible person who wants the terrorists to win and probably even agrees with NeoCracker's gaming opinions.
    I call it a ladder.

    So then, do I not agree with myself?

  3. #33
    Great, Raistlin. Way to open up a paradox. Now the world has to explode.

  4. #34
    Well, sure. A ladder is a ladder, but this particular ladder is called a "stepladder," because it can support itself.

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  6. #36
    A square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square.


    etc

  7. #37
    A square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares. Some are, though.

    A stepladder is a ladder, but not all ladders are stepladders. Some are, though. Like the one in the picture.

    EDIT: Did anyone else have to go through these kind of logic puzzles as part of an IQ test for high school, where they try to figure out which class you go in? xD

  8. #38
    I work in construction, and if you called that a step ladder on site you would get laughed at. Step ladders are small, ladders are tall, whether they lean against a wall or stand up as an A-frame. Also, proper A-frame ladders can be opened out straight and leaned up against a wall for extra height.
    Last edited by Pheesh; 02-08-2013 at 02:41 PM.

  9. #39
    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    A square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares. Some are, though.

    A stepladder is a ladder, but not all ladders are stepladders. Some are, though. Like the one in the picture.

    EDIT: Did anyone else have to go through these kind of logic puzzles as part of an IQ test for high school, where they try to figure out which class you go in? xD
    If all Florbs are Floobs, and all Floobs are Glorps, are all Florbs Glorps?

    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Noodle Boy View Post
    I work in construction, and if you called that a step ladder on site you would get laughed at. Step ladders are small, ladders are tall, whether they lean against a wall or stand up as an A-frame. Also, proper A-frame ladders can be opened out straight and leaned up against a wall for extra height.
    Phil has declared it so.

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  11. #41
    Boobs: Good to know I wasn't the only one. Also, yes.
    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Noodle Boy View Post
    I work in construction, and if you called that a step ladder on site you would get laughed at. Step ladders are small, ladders are tall, whether they lean against a wall or stand up as an A-frame. Also, proper A-frame ladders can be opened out straight and leaned up against a wall for extra height.
    Yeah, absolutely, you would get laughed at over it! It doesn't make it any more or less correct, though. If I was standing next to someone and wanted someone to get that for me, I would say "Can you bring that ladder over here?", but if asked "Is this a ladder... or a stepladder?" then I would still reply "Technically? Both."
    Last edited by Loony BoB; 02-08-2013 at 05:18 PM. Reason: Thrown by the Florbs/Floobs for a moment there.

  12. #42
    I should have been more clear, I'm saying that before loading up for a job or something, if someone asked you to get 'the stepladder' and you came back with a tall A-frame ladder like the one in the picture then you would have grabbed the wrong thing. That is not what construction workers mean when they say step ladder, they want a small, probably 3 or 4 rung max, ladder. Whether it is defined on Wikipedia as such really holds no bearing to how it is used in real life.

  13. #43
    Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
    A square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares. Some are, though.
    A stepladder is a ladder, but not all ladders are stepladders. Some are, though.
    All step-parents are parents, but not all parents are step-parents. Some are, though.
    All step-children are children, but not all children are step-children. Some are, though.
    All rectangles are polygons, but not all polygons are rectangles. Some are, though.
    All prime numbers are real numbers, but not all real number are prime numbers. Some are, though.
    All dvds are disks, but not all disks are dvds. Some are, though.

    There is no end to this.

    EDIT:
    OOC:Also, my ladder left me. Now I have a stepladder. I miss my ladder.

  14. #44
    Why are there over 40 posts about this? Wtf brought up this discussion?

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