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[smilingtransfer]

Let's say that we've had a very long conversation about horses. And in the course of this conversation, we've decided to call a horse's tail a leg. I'm not sure exactly how I convinced you, but rest assured, I was very persuasive.

Now, a simple question: how many legs does a horse have?

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[alittlemoonlite]

One.

[smilingtransfer]

Whatever horses you have on your world must not be very skilled at running.

[alittlemoonlite]

Are you getting some kind of sick amusement out of this?

[smilingtransfer]

The usual answers are four and five, that's all. I never said the four traditional legs had stopped being legs.

[alittlemoonlite]

But if a tail is a leg, then a leg would be called something else. Therefore, how many tails now = how many legs. So it would have one leg. And maybe four tails.

That's one funny-looking horse. I bet he has to sit alone at lunch.

[smilingtransfer]

I never said anything about the original legs. If you call a spade a club, that doesn't mean that clubs have lost their title.

[alittlemoonlite]

...Whatever.