The Most Important Question Of The Day

[ericcoleman]

[Poll #1290460]

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[awfulhorrid.livejournal.com]

Futon.

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

my grandma used to say davenport

[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

Hey, mine too!

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I say davenport!

[tlunquist.livejournal.com]

Mine too. I always wondered what the deal was with that -- so I looked it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_(sofa)

[philady.livejournal.com]

My grandma calls it a "davenport," too. Thanks for posting that Wiki link; I'd always wondered about that.

sofa, couch?

[safira81.livejournal.com]

It's really a davenport silly!

[jannyblue.livejournal.com]

I knew a guy whose last name was Davenport...

I was unaware of the furniture connection.

[artpaulrocks.livejournal.com]

It's easier to say couch potato than sofa potato

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[sciffy-circo.livejournal.com]

I refuse to answer this question, on the grounds that this entry was immediately above yours on my friend's list...

[sciffy-circo.livejournal.com]

My grandma called it a Divan. Wonder if she was confused or not...

[ericcoleman]

Go read the Wikipedia article mentioned above

Divan

[sciffy-circo.livejournal.com]

I did, but she didn't mean Davenport. She meant Divan, though she also called the same pieces of furniture couch or sofa, interchangably. She never used the word Davenport.

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

Both, interchangeable. Why aren't 'Chesterfield' and 'Davenport' on your list?

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Or even, ghu forbid, davenport potato (which sounds more like an heirloom varietal that would cost an arm and a leg at Whole Foods).