# Bent Hook, and other Captain Obvious real things

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293 "2014-05-26T16:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293/1 "2014-05-26T16:59:00Z")

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I saw a photo of a guy wearing a T-shirt with ‘Bent Hook’ on the front of it. Isn’t a hook, by definition, bent? Is a straight hook a hook? (I don’t need a history of Bent Hook, or have it pointed out that the shank of a hook can be bent. I’m just taking it at face value.)

There’s a ventilation company called Solar Star. Um… Yes. The sun is a star.

Others?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293/2 "2014-05-26T18:18:33Z")

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That T-shirt would make sense if the hook was straight. 🙂

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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293/3 "2014-05-28T01:25:08Z")

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Real product slogan - “Ozarka Water: It’s in the Water”

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293/4 "2014-05-28T02:52:05Z")

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At first glance, “bent hook” appears to be a redundant phrase. However, a search of Google images returns this for “straight hook”: [http://www.medfix.com/wp-content/uploads/straight-hook-web.jpg](http://www.medfix.com/wp-content/uploads/straight-hook-web.jpg).

As for “solar star”, it’s a pun (I guess).

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293/5 "2014-05-28T04:14:25Z")

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Hooks can be bent out of their intended shape, like [this one](http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/10/25/3047522.htm) that may have been bent by a shark.

These could also be considered [bent hooks.](http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/10/25/3047522.htm) There’s a rig for carp called a bent hook rig.

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**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bent-hook-and-other-captain-obvious-real-things/689293/6 "2014-05-30T00:07:39Z")

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I am NOT Captain Obvious.

🙂

No actually after doing a lot of research ( and you probably can’t tell without repeating the research yourself), I discovered I _AM_ Captain Obvious.  
🙂