# What is the most antiquated common custom we still use? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191 "2014-11-01T01:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/81 "2014-11-10T22:42:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Ties are hot. I imagine this antiquated custom won’t die until women stop finding them hot. I also second this for stockings on women ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/82 "2014-11-11T03:20:02Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > “A few outliers”? The countries that drive on the left include the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th largest countries in the world, by population (i.e., India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan). And two of those are not “former UK peoples” in any way. And aren’t they just so cute when they drive like that? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/83 "2014-11-12T12:10:00Z")
Stag/Hen nights to celebrate your last night as a free agent . Nowadays usually the couple has been living together for a long time , even years , and the events are held well before the actual day of the wedding . ---
**Author:** ![Tootingkhamen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tootingkhamen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tootingkhamen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/84 "2014-11-12T14:29:55Z")
Insisting that people wear clothes, even when the climate makes this unnecessary (or actually uncomfortable). This has been going on for such a long time I doubt anyone even thinks of it as a custom. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/85 "2014-11-13T03:42:39Z")
Have dowries or bride price been mentioned yet? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/86 "2014-11-13T17:42:12Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Notice how in shows like Star Trek, all truly advanced civilizations have evolved beyond the use of the tie. Only harsh, totalitarian regimes make people wear ties. 1. Star Trek is fiction, it’s not a real society. 2. Nobody “makes” people wear ties. It’s fashion, much like black shoes or a matching handbag. 3. Hi Opal \>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>\>somewhere out there! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191/87 "2014-11-13T19:40:50Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Every morning before work I shave my face. It’s stupid, really. I don’t know why I do it, but I do it. George Bernard Shaw was supposedly offered a large sum by a British razor company to shave his famous beard. He refused. > [@George Bernard Shaw](#): > > I never shave, because one day when I was a little boy I was watching my father shave, and I asked, > > “Daddy, why do you shave?” > > He put down the razor and stood there for a whole minute, thunderstruck. > > “Why the hell do I?” he said, and never did again. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-antiquated-common-custom-we-still-use/703191.md?page=4)