Well, the categories ARE eternally fuzzy and ambiguous, or we wouldn't keep trying to pin the suckers down and get everyone else to agree with us.

Ralphie - TREACLE??!! Isn't that the same as molasses? Does that work the same as hot wax? OW! I think I'd rather just let the anality wear off. (Hell-week at work, in case anyone's interested.)

I think these arguments can actually be funny if you look at them the right way.

Folk
Everything
Not Everything
Yes, Everything. Except horses
Horses suck
You're a folk-[nastyword]
You're a fuzzy-category [nastyword]
...and after the discussion goes through everyone's reasons for categories and reasons against them, everyone stops for a while because it's not going anywhere. It comes back later though, and pretty much goes the same way.