# Keep a Word, Delete a Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013 "2015-05-01T15:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 692
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13824 "2017-02-20T23:12:17Z")
Sarcophagus MacAbre ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13825 "2017-02-20T23:21:33Z")
[Merneptah’s sarcophagus](http://www.livescience.com/25282-largest-egyptian-sarcophagus.html) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13826 "2017-02-21T00:44:50Z")
Sarcophagus beetle ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13827 "2017-02-21T01:31:14Z")
Beetle car ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13828 "2017-02-21T01:47:58Z")
car wash ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13829 "2017-02-21T01:56:16Z")
wash hands ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13830 "2017-02-21T02:50:27Z")
hands free ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13831 "2017-02-21T03:02:36Z")
free range ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13832 "2017-02-21T04:18:24Z")
open range > **[Open range](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_range)** > > In the Western United States and Canada, open range is rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership. Where there are "open range" laws, those wanting to keep animals off their property must erect a fence to keep animals out; this applies to public roads as well. Land in open range that is designated as part of a "herd district" reverses liabilities, requiring an animal's owner to fence it in or otherwise keep it on the person's own property. Most eastern states and jurisd Th... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13833 "2017-02-21T05:54:35Z")
British Open ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13834 "2017-02-21T05:56:12Z")
British empire ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13835 "2017-02-21T07:30:42Z")
Empire State ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13836 "2017-02-21T08:03:24Z")
state rights ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13837 "2017-02-21T10:03:11Z")
equal rights ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13838 "2017-02-21T10:25:44Z")
equal shares ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13839 "2017-02-21T12:31:08Z")
preferred shares ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13840 "2017-02-21T14:24:58Z")
preferred rewards ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13841 "2017-02-21T14:35:24Z")
preferred stock ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13842 "2017-02-21T15:48:15Z")
common stock ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/13843 "2017-02-21T15:52:19Z")
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