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Simon Robinson wrote in message ...
> > I think it is somewhat reasonable to describe the slopes in terms of their
> > use as roof pieces, though obviously the "half pyramid" end piece and the
> > 2x2 peak with bite taken out of it (so it can form a junction or turn in a
> > roof peak) do cause confusion. Perhaps if we called these "1x2 end cap" and
> > "2x2 peak junction".
>
> I'd agree. In principle, where bricks do have obvious uses you'd need
> to keep that use in the name for simplicity.
>
> After all, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find some exotic uses
> for wheels, but is anyone seriously going to suggest that we don't call
> them wheels in case anyone ever uses them for anything different?
Hey, those aren't "hollow space wheels", they're "podracer jet engines"...
Frank
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