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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trouvere" data-source="post: 3609654" data-attributes="member: 37250"><p>[sblock=OOC] "Ceramic or wooden objects with multiple breaks can be invisibly rejoined to be as strong as new" - ahem!  Although I suppose that just gets me one plank at a time.  I guess it depends metaphysically on whether one object can be defined as "missing bridge section" or "single plank of a bridge".  Believe it or not, I actually know a philosophy lecturer whose research is precisely that kind of thing.  She's taking a boat apart (in her head, I hope) and discussing for how long it remains a boat.  I completely don't understand the point.  But Conuld is all for taking the detour, anyhow.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>