The name rings a bell, but I can’t place it. Who is/was Oliver Wendal Holmes? - Jinx
Very famous Supreme Court Justice, something a simple Google search could have told you. By the way, why not put the the name of the person in the title of thread? It’s very annoying when people don’t do that and you know better.
Haj
No need to get snide, Haj, especially considering you are only half right. There were two men named Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes, Sr., a physician and writer, was the father of Holmes, jr., the one you were referring to.
It’s Oliver Wendell Holmes. Proper spelling helps. There are actually two of them: the very famous Justice, who is Jr., and his less-famous father.
You aren’t by any chance planning on yelling fire in a crowded theatre, are you?
Maybe you were thinking of the other attorney, Oliver Wendell Douglas, of Green Acres.
Haj, the rules for posting keeps changing, mostly based on opinion, but ultimately public use of the boards shall decide…like the actual speed limit on a road at any given moment. - Jinx
Sometimes there is need to get snide.
If common sense doesn’t tell you to make as descriptive a title as possible, then take a look in the second sticky thread on the top of this forum
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199752
“Thread titles: There’s been a rash of extremely unhelpful thread titles lately. With GQ as busy as it is, most people don’t have time to read each and every thread. You do yourself a disservice and your fellow members a discourtesy when you title a thread ambiguously. Please put some thought into a good thread title.”
That’s “falsely shouting fire …”
Holmes Sr. is credited with a big part in saving the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) from being scrapped. He wrote a poem.
Aye, tear her tattered ensign down,
Set every threadbare sail,
etc., etc.
Yes, descriptive titles are appreciated. Since the question has been answered, I’ll close this thread rather than fix the title.
bibliophage
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