# Is doorhinge dumber than a doorknob? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536 "2014-05-29T03:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/41 "2014-06-05T02:09:13Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > He didn’t know that CV was curriculum vitae. > > That’s no so bad, but when I explained it to him, _[he didn’t believe me](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17433520&postcount=269)_. > > That’s some determined dumbness there. Tsk, tsk. How utterly pompous of you. I showed you there were many possible meanings for CV. I wanted clarification from the other poster. It’s not that I didn’t believe you. I just wasn’t that interested in what you thought another poster meant. I wanted to know what the other poster meant. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/42 "2014-06-05T03:09:29Z")
That’s incredibly dumb. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/43 "2014-06-05T03:49:35Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Tsk, tsk. How utterly pompous of you. I showed you there were many possible meanings for CV. I wanted clarification from the other poster. It’s not that I didn’t believe you. I just wasn’t that interested in what you thought another poster meant. I wanted to know what the other poster meant. There’s only one commonly understood meaning for c.v. (and it’s understood in other languages, too, so it’s pretty widespread.) It was pretty obvious what the poster meant. If you were unfamiliar with the term, like I said, that’s fine, but there’s no other non-niche usage of the term. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/44 "2014-06-05T04:25:00Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Tsk, tsk. How utterly pompous of you. I showed you there were many possible meanings for CV. I wanted clarification from the other poster. It’s not that I didn’t believe you. I just wasn’t that interested in what you thought another poster meant. I wanted to know what the other poster meant. He told you what the other poster meant. Everyone but you understood it. There’s no shame in admitting that dishwashers, janitors and bus boys don’t typically prepare resumes/CVs when applying for work. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/45 "2014-06-05T05:24:14Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > There’s only one commonly understood meaning for c.v. . . . My car needed work, once, on the c.v. joints. 😃 (Constant velocity joints, sort of like the old differential gear.) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/46 "2014-06-05T08:43:24Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > My car needed work, once, on the c.v. joints. 😃 > > (Constant velocity joints, sort of like the old differential gear.) Now, now, the US has for a long time had a strict policy of not working on the CV joints of terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/47 "2014-06-05T19:42:59Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > He didn’t know that CV was curriculum vitae. > > That’s no so bad, but when I explained it to him, _[he didn’t believe me](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17433520&postcount=269)_. > > That’s some determined dumbness there. ElvisL1ves never bothered to respond to him either. That’s what you get for being considerate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/48 "2014-06-05T19:50:55Z")
Life’s too short. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/49 "2014-06-14T17:41:09Z")
I know it’s been a few weeks, but [this is priceless.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17462326&postcount=200) \*\*doorknobhead \*\*thinks Greenland isn’t in the Arctic, therefore we have nothing to fear from a rising sea level. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/50 "2014-06-14T17:55:55Z")
Indeed, here is another vote of “YES” to the OP. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/51 "2014-06-14T19:23:48Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I know it’s been a few weeks, but [this is priceless.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17462326&postcount=200) \*\*doorknobhead \*\*thinks Greenland isn’t in the Arctic, therefore we have nothing to fear from a rising sea level. Obviously if it’s green it couldn’t be in the Arctic! Duh! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/52 "2014-06-14T19:26:44Z")
I believe that the northern part is in the Arctic, I’ve seen pictures of explorers standing on the dotted line that separates the Arctic from everywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/53 "2014-06-14T19:31:11Z")
And it’s frickin’ _huge_, too! Just look at any Mercator map. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/54 "2014-06-14T20:12:16Z")
A randy lass came from Decatur Whose ads specified pineapple grater.     A suitor named doorhinge     Left her brothel quite orange: Her grater she should have held straighter! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/55 "2014-06-15T14:23:57Z")
A five tumbler doorknob has 21 separate pieces, 26 if it’s master keyed. Doorhinges only three pieces … just wanted to add this ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/56 "2014-06-15T15:56:09Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I know it’s been a few weeks, but [this is priceless.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17462326&postcount=200) \*\*doorknobhead \*\*thinks Greenland isn’t in the Arctic, therefore we have nothing to fear from a rising sea level. Yeah, after reading that I’m thinking he should just be called **door**. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/57 "2014-06-15T20:00:37Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > A five tumbler doorknob has 21 separate pieces, 26 if it’s master keyed. Doorhinges only three pieces … just wanted to add this Only if the screws are loose… ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/58 "2014-06-15T20:19:56Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yeah, after reading that I’m thinking he should just be called **door**. Wouldn’t \*\*knob \*\*be more descriptive? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/59 "2014-06-15T20:35:57Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Wouldn’t \*\*knob \*\*be more descriptive? Point is, dude’s unhinged. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-doorhinge-dumber-than-a-doorknob/689536/60 "2014-06-15T22:57:59Z")
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