http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:18:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Dilemma: Everyone’s running around in total chaos (and you kind of want to join in). People You Can Impress: Anyone who knows what kabbadi is. The Quick Trick: Are the players over 10 years old? Congrats, you’re watching kabaddi (we hope!) The Explanation: Tag is a simple child’s game. ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/tag-vs-kabaddi/ The Dilemma: You’ve heard watching both these games feels like an eternity. But which mind-numbing sport is the right one for you? People You Can Impress: Mystified fans of either sport who don’t understand the other. The Quick Trick: Is the bat round? You’re watching baseball. Is it flat? Then ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/baseball-vs-cricket/ The Dilemma: Three football players—an American, a Canadian, and an Aussie—walk into a bar. Who has the worst limp? People You Can Impress: manly sports enthusiasts in former British colonies The Quick Trick: If the players don’t have padding, it’s Australian for football. The Explanation: Rather than rip off American ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/canadian-football-vs-australian-rules/ The Dilemma: You want to exercise, but you prefer something that chills you out instead of buffing you up. Should you take yoga or Pilates? People You Can Impress: Indian guys with incredibly long beards or instructors with incredibly developed core muscles The Quick Trick: There is no quick trick ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/yoga-vs-pilates/ The Dilemma: You’ve got to defend your honor, you’re just not exactly sure how. Materials Needed: a tolerance for French words People You Can Impress: your aforementioned mortal enemy, Zorro, and fans of The Princess Bride The Explanation: To the uninitiated, fencing can be a bit baffling. For instance, in ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/foil-vs-epee-vs-saber/ The Dilemma: Not knowing what game you just played is Dilemma #1. Not knowing how to tell your wife you just lost the house?That’s a tad trickier. People You Can Impress: guys named after cities The Quick Trick: Look at the table: If it’s bigger than the standard American pool ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/billiards-vs-pool-vs-snooker/ The Dilemma: That smug show-off at the gym is definitely doing something when he laps you—you’re just not sure what it is. People You Can Impress: track nerds and, well, more track nerds? The Quick Trick: Check out the feet. The rules of racewalking are specific about what should be ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/jogging-vs-racewalking/ The Dilemma: Both are styles of medieval architecture that you associate with churches—but that’s all you’ve got. People You Can Impress: Europeans (no mean feat for Yanks these days) The Quick Trick: If it has flying buttresses, pointed arches, and rose windows, it’s Gothic. The Explanation: You can’t swing un ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/romanesque-vs-gothic-architecture/ The Dilemma: You’re a god-king and you’d like to get a little closer to your fellow deities. So should your 20,000 slaves build you a pyramid or a ziggurat? People You Can Impress: archaeologists, Egyptologists, the gods The Quick Trick: South America and Egypt built pyramids. Mesopotamia built ziggurats, which ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/pyramid-vs-ziggurat/ The Dilemma: After being rescued from a supervillain’s lair by a guy in tights, you offer to pay for his dry cleaning. So who do you make the check out to, DC Comics or Marvel Comics? People You Can Impress: geeks, nerds, Sons of Krypton, and teenagers bitten by radioactive spiders The ... http://www.mentalfloss.com/difference/marvel-vs-dc/