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 06/28/2006 12:13:10 AM · #1
Isn't the "not moving" Station'a'ry just like "still life"? Hmmmm.

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 00:13:31.
 06/28/2006 12:14:36 AM · #2
Still life would indeed be stationary, but stationary doesn't necessarily mean still life . . .
 06/28/2006 12:17:09 AM · #3
I wonder how many people will accidentally enter the wrong challenge?
 06/28/2006 12:17:23 AM · #4
Right--anything not moving is stationary. Still life has a narrower definition.
 06/28/2006 12:18:16 AM · #5
Ok, now I gotcha. Thanks!!
 06/28/2006 12:18:49 AM · #6
Originally posted by faidoi:
I wonder how many people will accidentally enter the wrong challenge?

At least it will educate some on the difference between the two words, as they (hopefully) read the challenge details.

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 00:19:27.
 06/28/2006 12:30:55 AM · #7
I'm gonna submit a still life of my letterhead.
 06/28/2006 12:36:55 AM · #8
Challenge Details: That is with an E not an A so it means stuff you write on. It's not as "dumbs" as it sounds; lots of people have submitted extraordinary images of paper.

I don't know who to contact about this typo. Maybe one of you do. As it is, it sounds kind of dumb.

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 01:03:48.
 06/28/2006 01:00:43 AM · #9
What typo? I'm not seeing it.
 06/28/2006 01:03:16 AM · #10
Originally posted by faidoi:
I wonder how many people will accidentally enter the wrong challenge?


I'm more concern about the voters thinking they are voting on the other one. :P
 06/28/2006 01:05:00 AM · #11
As long as your stationery is stationary you'll have no problems regardless of which one you enter.
 06/28/2006 01:08:57 AM · #12
will i get the slammed by the DNMC trolls if i take a picture of stationery that isn't paper, say a stapler, or paper clip or pen. isn't that stationery as well.
06/28/2006 01:10:01 AM · #13
Challenge Details:That is with an E not an A so it means stuff you write on.

As far as I'm aware stationery includes pens, pencils, paper clips, stickers etc. not just paper. Am I wrong??
too slow.

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 01:10:34.
 06/28/2006 01:10:23 AM · #14
Originally posted by dahved:
What typo? I'm not seeing it.


I think he means the s on the end of the word "dumbs".

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 01:11:00.
 06/28/2006 01:10:37 AM · #15

stationery
One entry found for stationery.
Main Entry: sta·tio·nery
Pronunciation: 'stA-sh&-"ner-E
Function: noun
Etymology: stationer
1 : materials (as paper, pens, and ink) for writing or typing
2 : letter paper usually accompanied with matching envelopes

//www.m-w.com/dictionary/stationery
 06/28/2006 01:27:43 AM · #16
I think I'm a bit thickheaded...I'm not sure what might qualify for a "stationary" picture. I realize it means not moving...like take a picture of a bike parked kind of a thing? My head is swimming with all the ideas.
 06/28/2006 01:29:12 AM · #17
I think "stationary" is used for things that can move, like trains and cars (i.e. have locomotion), to describe them when they are stopped.
Generally, I wouldn't apply the word to other objects like flowerpots or fridge magnets.
 06/28/2006 01:29:34 AM · #18
Parked bike would certainly fit the bill.
 06/28/2006 01:30:48 AM · #19
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Generally, I wouldn't apply the word to other objects like flowerpots or fridge magnets.


Why not, relatively speaking, they aren't going anywhere.
 06/28/2006 01:32:23 AM · #20
I have seen flowerpos with the ability of locomotion, I had an ex girlfriend that when she was angry, a lot of usually still objects developed the ability to fly, (sometimes at me) usually with resulting harm to the flowerpot
 06/28/2006 01:35:48 AM · #21
Originally posted by tancredi:
I have seen flowerpos with the ability of locomotion, I had an ex girlfriend that when she was angry, a lot of usually still objects developed the ability to fly, (sometimes at me) usually with resulting harm to the flowerpot


lol, reminds me of an old friend's mother. When she got mad she threw shoes. The memory is now inextricably linked to Austin Powers... Honestly, who throws a shoe?

Message edited by author 2006-06-28 01:36:02.
 06/28/2006 01:37:18 AM · #22
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Generally, I wouldn't apply the word to other objects like flowerpots or fridge magnets.


Why not, relatively speaking, they aren't going anywhere.


That's why I said "generally".
 06/28/2006 01:37:33 AM · #23
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I'm gonna submit a still life of my letterhead.


But which will you enter it in!?
 06/28/2006 01:40:49 AM · #24
Definitions of stationary on the Web:

* standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running"
* not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"
 06/28/2006 02:04:25 AM · #25
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
As long as your stationery is stationary you'll have no problems regardless of which one you enter.


LOL!
so true!
maybe a running origami man or elephant or something....lol
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