Exactly - sort of. The definition of a tool is an object used by a person (or animal/entity) for a specific aim, end or purpose.If it no longer meets this criteria then it is no longer a tool. The same with the hammer and tumble dryer, if they no longer hammer, or tumble dry then they're no longer hammers or tumble dryers.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:32,
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Objects. Lumps of metal on broken sticks. Metal boxes full of burnt out components.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:35,
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Well that would certainly clear things up at the repair shop:"Yeah - I need a new part for a metal box full of burnt out components"
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4Q just lurking,
Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:37,
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"I can't really tell you what the part is because until it is in use it's just a meaningless collection of bits of metal and stuff"
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4Q just lurking,
Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:39,
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Or, if you're not being stubborn, you say I need a new part for what used to be my tumble dryer. Mu Dinofiddler,
Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:40,
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And what do you call the part?If it's never been used, then you can't describe what it used to be.
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Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:46,
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We covered this.www.b3ta.com/board/10681486
Then Mothra pwned me.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:47,
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Yeah, he did, didn't he.+1 for taking it like a skin-bag full of organs and bones that used to be a man.
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Sun 5 Feb 2012, 1:52,
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