# What threads do you want to see resolved?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-want-to-see-resolved/1007757>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-want-to-see-resolved/1007757 "2024-09-26T17:16:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-want-to-see-resolved/1007757/21 "2024-09-28T22:18:15Z")

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HOLY SHIT I GOT A RESPONSE FROM MITTU

> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> The poster left without answering the question he got from an anonymous friend who got it from a long-dead online puzzle back in 2012, returned in 2020 saying they didn’t have the answer…but posted another puzzler and left again.

All we know is that 1) it was one of several initial puzzles on a sheet given to employees of Auto Trader magazine (presumably [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Trader_Group)) in 2006, 2) the [“a” doesn’t stand for anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/172), it’s just an article, and 3) Mittu was (is) just as in the dark as the rest of us.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-want-to-see-resolved/1007757/22 "2024-09-29T02:48:11Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Karats are a measure of weight

Nope. You’re thinking “carat”.

> A _carat_ is a unit of weight used to measure the size of a gemstone such as a diamond. A _karat_ is a measurement indicating the proportion of gold in an alloy out of 24 parts, so 18K gold is 18/24 parts gold. However, the use of _carat_ (in place of _karat_ ) to indicate the fineness of gold is also considered acceptable.

From [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-carat-vs-karat#:~:text=A%20karat%20is%20a%20measurement,gold%20is%20also%20considered%20acceptable.)

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