Maybe it is just me who wonders, as I am not a native speaker but:
Isn't a funnel a device where EVERYTHING that goes in comes out (unless you pour too fast)? Isn't 0-level DCC the exact opposite? Why didn't you call it filter or sieve?
While I love Mr. Curtis' answer, I think it has to do with the shape of a funnel.
• Wide at the top (lots of characters)
• Narrow at the bottom (far fewer characters)
/2cp
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Gnome Boy • DCC playtester @ DDC 35 Feb '11. • Beta DL 2111, 7AM PT, 8 June 11. Playing RPGs since '77 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters.
midges wrote:Maybe it is just me who wonders, as I am not a native speaker but:
Isn't a funnel a device where EVERYTHING that goes in comes out (unless you pour too fast)? Isn't 0-level DCC the exact opposite? Why didn't you call it filter or sieve?
cheers,
That is true, the analogy breaks down when you look too closely.
There are common substances (cinnamon springs to mind [but then again, when doesn't it?]) that when you try to put them through a funnel, a bit comes through, but the rest of the stuff hangs up in the funnel.
I submit the analogy stands.
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Gnome Boy • DCC playtester @ DDC 35 Feb '11. • Beta DL 2111, 7AM PT, 8 June 11. Playing RPGs since '77 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters.
"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own.” ~ E. Gary Gygax
Earlier today, something made me think of the term 'funnel cloud' which is something that often leaves fewer folks alive in its wake than were in it's path...
And also, I then thought of funnel cake, too. Because, funnel cake.
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Gnome Boy • DCC playtester @ DDC 35 Feb '11. • Beta DL 2111, 7AM PT, 8 June 11. Playing RPGs since '77 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters.