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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 615292, member: 10171"]AH. eureka! [USER=5066]@James Conrad[/USER] you've cracked the conundrum! It's not turner's conceit, or uneven floors, <i>it's a sobriety safety stool invented for drunks</i>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Three legged chairs virtually can't tip over. Look at the "richly-dressed woman [who] leans back in drunken abandon" ... keep drinking and she'll just gently fall into a heap instead as she slides out... and although Jan Steen's doesn't have the 'back rail' as does the OP's model, that must have been a "safety improvement" like a seat belt so a drunk just slouches further and further back and gets caught in it like a bucket until they sleep it off and sober up. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a great turner buddy flying wingman for a friend. Turner and Drinker were out one night too many when Turner had his moment: "You have GOT to try this when drunk... no more forehead bruises..."</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, it's a Dutch buddy wingman: "Yeuve GOT te tray dis ventrunk... no more foreheed brewses..."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 615292, member: 10171"]AH. eureka! [USER=5066]@James Conrad[/USER] you've cracked the conundrum! It's not turner's conceit, or uneven floors, [I]it's a sobriety safety stool invented for drunks[/I]. ;) Three legged chairs virtually can't tip over. Look at the "richly-dressed woman [who] leans back in drunken abandon" ... keep drinking and she'll just gently fall into a heap instead as she slides out... and although Jan Steen's doesn't have the 'back rail' as does the OP's model, that must have been a "safety improvement" like a seat belt so a drunk just slouches further and further back and gets caught in it like a bucket until they sleep it off and sober up. It's a great turner buddy flying wingman for a friend. Turner and Drinker were out one night too many when Turner had his moment: "You have GOT to try this when drunk... no more forehead bruises..." Sorry, it's a Dutch buddy wingman: "Yeuve GOT te tray dis ventrunk... no more foreheed brewses..."[/QUOTE]
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