# Wow! New chairs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 1999, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865 "1999-10-05T03:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alexandria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Alexandria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexandria)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/1 "1999-10-05T03:51:00Z")
I know this is a stupid question, but what would chairs look like if our knees were on the back of our legs? My english class has been debating this for the last three weeks. * * * Alexandria A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but an execellent thing to mess with! ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/2 "1999-10-05T04:12:00Z")
Well, if your knees were on the backs of your legs, then they would bend up. This would mean that the most comfortable/efficient way to sit would be in a regular chair, with your feet on an ottoman the same height as the chair. Of course, it would be impossible to sit down or stand up. Yes, Alex, that **is** a stupid question. * * * Cessandra [My Homepage](http://www.shsu.edu/~stdmed17/Home.html) [The RHPS: Website For Virgins](http://www.shsu.edu/~stdmed17/RockyHome.html) **Both Updated More Often Than This Sig** ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/3 "1999-10-05T04:13:00Z")
They’d look like pillows. I realize I’m stretching the anatomical analogy a little (but this is an English class)… consider your typical dog’s hind legs. What the layman would consider a “knee” is really his “ankle”, but if you rotated the human knee backwards, we’d essentially have malportioned dog-legs. All the dogs I’ve ever seen can sit, just not ON anything. Congratulations on finding a thread that is appropriate for MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 1999, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/4 "1999-10-06T01:36:00Z")
Reminds me of sitting around in college debating what cars would look like if cows were the dominant life form (yeah, yeah, why would they need’em; they’re pretty much content to stay put). ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 1999, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/5 "1999-10-06T01:39:00Z")
Alexandria I just checked your profile and realize that you are probably in high school. Sorry, I didn’t mean to prematurely reveal any of the big secrets of college life. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 1999, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/6 "1999-10-06T01:48:00Z")
I say we treat it as a serious question. Design a chair that would be approx. the same heighth, have proper back support, yet support legs that bent the other way. * * * They call me MISTER Wizard! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 1999, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/7 "1999-10-06T02:35:00Z")
I’m assuming you mean like bird legs, and not legs where if I sat down with my legs in front of me, I could bend my knees and lick my toes. I would expect that a chair would be nothing more than a padded bench you’d sit on lengthwise so your legs straddle it. It’d be fairly easy to get on and off of, comfortable, and not interfere with your legs. * * * “I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 1999, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-new-chairs/8865/8 "1999-10-06T02:41:00Z")
I believe that she DID mean that the legs would bend forwards instead of back. And a pad or pillow alone wouldn’t give the back support needed for prolonged sitting.