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Follow-up: If we look at Google IMAGES of spades vs shovels, we find that most shovels are shown as having sharp points, whereas most spades are shown as having flat edges. But again that makes us wonder how weâre supposed to DIG using a wide flat point, whereas weâre supposed to SHOVEL using a curved pointed tool? It simply makes no sense.
This does however explain why human management of our one, sole planet is going so well. We canât even agree on the name of a toolâ or a spot on a deck of cards. ;D
âbut I thought a spade is something small enough to be held with one hand, and if you use two hands and maybe a foot to dig with it, itâs a shovel. Am I misinformed?â
Yes⌠and no, as was I until I happened across a definition. Almost.
The information I first came across was that a spade is a digging device of any size that is used to digâ thus the pointed end. A shovel is generally intended to scoop and move things. Although in general I suspect the term shovel has come to be generally recognized to include both.
However on researching them today (because of your post, congrats. ;D) I find that there are differing and even contradictory definitions of shovels and spades, depending on where one looks⌠which makes the definition itself uncertain. Some state spades have square sharp ends, while others point out that the pointed spade makes it easier to dig. Other sites say shovels can have pointed ends and are used to dig⌠but in that case why are they called âshovelsâ? Most people know the primary purpose of a shovel is to âshovelâ material from one area to another. Whereas a garden spade is used primarily for digging, no matter what its size.
As stated, the definition is somewhat uncertain.
I do however, know for a certainty the difference between a spade and a club. ExceptâŚ
I really like this site for making the issue itself humorously and perfectly unclear:
How did a plain comic strip become yet another political commentary? Seriously people, can you not just enjoy life⌠and let others do the same? Please, confine your political obsessions to the political strips.
Not to split hairs, but in this particular strip he got everything wrong⌠kinda.
âCoderâ and âProgrammerâ can be synonymous, but in the absolute sense the Programmer is the one who designs the logic of the code, and the Coder is the one who writes the code based on the Programmerâs design.
A Geek isnât necessarily tech-oriented.
A Systems Analyst evaluates system validity. Engineers design systems.
A developer (brains) is several steps above a key puncher (manual labor).
And to top it off⌠heâs using a spade, not a shovel. ;D
âWe will never achieve greatness until we no longer hear the term âblackâ nor âwomanâ used to designate a personâs achievements. Drawing attention to such things serves to further expand that division.â
Wow, you just made me realize Iâve never read Calvin and Hobbes from the very beginning. And itâs all here on this site. Thereâs a good way to spend yawn-hours. Thanks! :D
Keeping people guessing is part of what won this comic such admiration. Make people laugh, score. Good artwork, score. Give them a constant mystery in a comic strip: genius. ;D
Follow-up: If we look at Google IMAGES of spades vs shovels, we find that most shovels are shown as having sharp points, whereas most spades are shown as having flat edges. But again that makes us wonder how weâre supposed to DIG using a wide flat point, whereas weâre supposed to SHOVEL using a curved pointed tool? It simply makes no sense.
This does however explain why human management of our one, sole planet is going so well. We canât even agree on the name of a toolâ or a spot on a deck of cards. ;D