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Iolanthe\'s questions about Lois\' sofas got me to wondering just why Lois did buy such uncomfortable-looking pieces of furniture. This story is my attempt to answer that question. And it seems a fitting post for a brand-spanking-new Top Banana.

My thanks to Iolanthe for her enthusiastic encouragement to post it.

As always, all feedback welcomed.

Joy,
Lynn

Interesting take on the sofas. And they are the type of sofa that you put in the special living room or the parlor or some such.

Thanks for the FDK for this and for several of my other stories. You were so busy reading and writing stories last night -- Did you sleep at all?

Joy,
Lynn, whose illness didn't let her get much sleep last night herself

I like the backstory you've created here. I've often thought Lois' couch doesn't look very comfortable and you've provided a wonderful explanation as to why.

Joan

I also like your backstory as to why Lois purchased those very uncomfortable looking couches.

Great explanation!

Wow, that's a creative explanation. About halfway through I started to do my own reasoning. Like, Lois is now looking for sofas that would make future conquests physically impossible. The only thing I didn't get, was why she even bothered with new sofas. After all, she explained that she didn't plan on guests, or being home, so buying new sofas seems like a waste. But then, they appeared to be cheap because nobody wanted them. Did I already mention fun?

Michael

I really like your explanation for the sofa. It sure makes sense. I can also understand why she would want a sofa, after all. How else would she watch her beloved Ivory Tower? And yet, it's an ever-present reminder of the person she wants to become.

What a great story to explain why Lois' has those couches! Makes perfect sense to me for Lois' reasoning.

Hi Lynn:

This was great and absolutely, positively the best explanation for Lois's furniture I've ever seen.
Well done!!!

Bob

Joan, DW, and Evelyn, I'm glad you liked my explanation. Bob, wow! That was a pretty emphatic statement. My thanks to all of you for leaving FDK.

Michael, it's always good when a story gets the reader to thinking. Although you are right that from a purely economic standpoint, buying new furniture to replace the old doesn't make a lot of sense, I can see two reasons why Lois would buy some anyway:

1) Although she wouldn't be home enough to SIT on the sofas very much, she would pass them at least twice a day (on her way between the bedroom and the apartment door), and they are pretty to look at.

2) She had vested the old couch with symbolic value. What sort of symbolism would it be to throw that couch out and then to replace it with -- a void? How much better to replace it with a symbol of who she intends to become?

The decision to buy new couches may not be the most rational one, but Lois is not exactly in a rational frame of mind after the events of the past 24 hours.

Mellie, thanks for the explanation. You got it spot-on with the ever-present reminder.

Joy,
Lynn