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This was said by Donald Knuth, in case anyone here doesn't know that specific bit of trivia.

• Someone 13y ago
  Full story at http://staff.science.uva.nl/~peter/knuthnote.pdf http://staff.science.uva.nl/~peter/knuthnote.pdf. Does anybody know what the piece of typical Dutch furniture is?
  • stingraycharles 13y ago
    I've read the article you've referenced but am unable to find the furniture you mention. At which page should I look?
    • adsche 13y ago
      Last page, third-to-last paragraph. (i.e. Figure 10, Page 2 of van Emde Boas's response.)
    • jacquesm 13y ago
      3rd to last paragraph at the bottom, last page.
  • jacquesm 13y ago
    At $10 my guess would be a milking stool.
    • Someone 13y ago
      That was my initial guess, too, but a) IMO, that is borderline furniture and b) it would surprise me if it were typically Dutch. Google gave me zillions of patents for milking stools (bucket attachments seem popular), but no definite answer to the latter question.