Um … nothing, I guess. It loses its purpose by being broken … "I disagree. A broken chair may still serve as a perch for a seagull. Or shelter a junkyard rat from the rain. Even when it decomposes, it serves as nutrition to bacteria and plants. There is always something for the chair to provide, Lottie. Do you see now?" So you're saying … the chair is never without purpose? "No. I am not."