Table

I can't quite figure out why I find the first part of the dictionary definition for "table" so delightful, but I really do: "table. 1. a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at, playing games on, etc..." Laid out like that, has there ever been anything more charming? Must any world with tables in it not be such a terrible place?