If your spouse catches a cold, how likely are you to catch it from them? [more inside]
posted by ManInSuit on Nov 9, 2009 - 23 answers

Inspired by this question and this comment, I'm curious to know about other things of this nature. Occurances that, to an outsider, seem completely crazy but are common in daily life in certain places in the world.
posted by MaryDellamorte on Jul 9, 2009 - 169 answers

Good examples of intercultural communications based on ideograms or common concepts? [more inside]
posted by Bio11 on Feb 22, 2009 - 13 answers

Why does the cold virus always make my index finger itch? [more inside]
posted by EL-O-ESS on Dec 13, 2007 - 10 answers

Quasi legal status filter: There are a lot of things out there that I take for granted as legal till I think about it. How can you find out what the actual legal standing of an issue is? [more inside]
posted by stormygrey on Sep 7, 2007 - 22 answers

Does this hip-hop song ring a bell? It was produced in the last two years. It talked talked about either dead rappers, or famous rappers. The style of music was similar to those by K-OS or Common. Please hope me?
posted by phyrewerx on Dec 30, 2006 - 8 answers

Is family debt passed on from generation to generation anymore? [more inside]
posted by iTristan on Dec 20, 2006 - 7 answers

PostOfficeAvoidanceFilter: Has anyone made a weight calculator (or just recorded weights of commonly mailed objects) such that I can figure out how much a double DVD case, 2 dvds, and a bubble mailer would typically weigh? [more inside]
posted by anonymoose on May 26, 2006 - 10 answers

Do you know any words which are common to many languages? [more inside]
posted by booksprite on May 16, 2006 - 52 answers

What are the 500 most commonly used words in the English language ? Where can I get such a list ? [more inside]
posted by inquisitive on Apr 24, 2006 - 15 answers

My wife thinks it is perfectly acceptable for family and neighbors to drop by our house unexpectedly. I disagree, believing that people should call before they come -- whether it is to return a loaned chair or drop in to say hi. What is your view?
posted by terrier319 on Jun 3, 2005 - 41 answers