# What HOLY BLOOD WARS exist in your profession?

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**Created:** [May 14, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-holy-blood-wars-exist-in-your-profession/658300 "2013-05-14T07:08:12Z")\
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> [@septimus](#):
>
> “Cream or sugar?”  
> – Yes, please.  
> “Both?”  
> – No. Just one.

Heaven to me would be being sat at the following table:

“I’ve noticed your ‘cream sugar’ state is currently ‘0 0’. Would you like to change it?”

“Yes please, make it ‘1 1’”

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**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-holy-blood-wars-exist-in-your-profession/658300/162 "2013-08-23T23:14:27Z")

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To backream or not backream to ensure adequate hole cleaning.  
It has died down a bit recently, but 10 years ago it was a hot topic in the drilling world.

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