# 6@6 Poll Dilemma PLUS Week #46 Damned, Buzzcocks, Butthole Surfers & CSC Poll Results
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347 "2004-10-27T01:00:08Z")
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### Author:  [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/1 "2004-10-27T01:00:08Z")
The _final_ tally for the 6@6 threads & an important announcement. This is not a pit thread, a rant, or a complaint abouth the administration of the board.
**1st: Week #46’s Featured 6@6 Poll Result Tallies From The Damned**
Here are your Poll #89 **Damned** Selections (10 Respondents / 60 Votes):
**1ST PLACE: 7 Votes
Neat Neat Neat
New Rose
Smash It Up
2ND PLACE: 5 Votes
Love Song
3RD PLACE: 4 Votes
Jet Boy Jet Girl _(Originally attributed to Captain Sensible & The Softies)_
4TH PLACE: 3 Votes
Grimly Fiendish (1 Specified Bad Trip Mix)
5TH PLACE: 2 Votes
Alone Again Or § Ignite § In Dulce Decorum § Is It A Dream? § Melody Lee
RUNNERS UP: (Also known as: The Meat & Potatoes) 1 Vote Each
Dozen Girls § Elouise § Help! § I Feel Alright § I Just Can’t Be Happy Today § Machine Gun Etiquette § Plan 9 Channel 7 § Problem Child § Psychomania § Rabid (Over You) § Shadow of Love § Stranger On the Town § Stretcher Case § There Ain’t No Sanity Clause § Torture Me § Wait For The Blackout § Wot _(By Captain Sensible)_**
**2nd: Week #46’s Headliner 6@6 Poll Result Tallies From (The) Buzzcocks**
Here are your Poll #90 **Buzzcocks** Selections (12 Respondents / 72 Votes):
**1ST PLACE: 8 Votes
What Do I Get?
2ND PLACE: 7 Votes
Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)
I Don’t Mind
3RD PLACE: 5 Votes
Harmony In My Head
Orgasm Addict
4TH PLACE: 4 Votes
Love You More
5TH PLACE: 3 Votes
Autonomy
Fast Cars
Promises
6TH PLACE: 2 Votes
Boredom § Everybody’s Happy Nowadays § I Believe § Moving Away From The Pulsebeat § Something’s Gone Wrong Again § Why Can’t I Touch It?
RUNNERS UP: (Also known as: The Meat & Potatoes) 1 Vote Each
Back With You § Do It § Fiction Romance § Homosapien _(By Peter Shelley)_ § Innocent § Just Lust § Last To Know § Lipstick § Love Battery § Love Is Lies § Noise Annoys § Nostalgia § Oh Shit! § Sixteen Again § You Say You Don’t Love Me**
**3rd: Week #46’s Supplemental 6@6 Poll Result Tallies From The Butthole Surfers**
Here are your Poll #91 **Butthole Surfer** Selections (5 Respondents / 30 Votes):
**1ST PLACE: 3 Votes
Pepper
2ND PLACE: 2 Votes
The O-men
Who Was In My Room Last Night
RUNNERS UP: (Also known as: The Meat & Potatoes) 1 Vote Each
Alcohol § Birds § BlindMan (Peel Sessions Version) § Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars! § Dracula From Houston § Gary Floyd § Hey § Human Canonball § I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas (Track 3) § Jimi (Track 1) § John E. Smokes (Track 4) § Last Astronaut § No Rule § Revolution, Part 2 § Sweet Loaf § The Lord is a Monkey § The Shame of Life § The Weird Revolution § They Came In § Tongue § Too Partner § Ulcer Breakout § Whatever (I Had A Dream)**
**4th: Week #46’s Additional 6@6 Poll Result Tallies From Cop Shoot Cop**
Here are your Poll #92 **Cop Shoot Cop** Selections (5 Respondents / 30 Votes):
**1ST PLACE: 3 Votes
Any Day Now
2ND PLACE: 2 Votes
$10 Bill
Everybody Loves You (When You’re Dead)
Got No Soul
It Only Hurts When I Breathe
RUNNERS UP: (Also known as: The Meat & Potatoes) 1 Vote Each
3 A.M Incident § Corporate Protopop § Lullaby § NoWhere § Room 429 § Seattle § Shine On Elizabeth**
**5th: All The Dopers Who’ve Kept These Polls Running**
Before we list the Weekly 6@6 Doper Vote Tallies, let’s extend a warm welcome to the newcomers:
**buh-buh-buh-BACON!! ¤ Inigo Montoya ¤ Ivan-Osokin ¤ Lisa-go-Blind ¤ pravnik ¤ The Scrivener**
Total Different Threads (Polls) Voted in:
39 Polls:
**¤ 42fish (a k a Fish42) ¤**
38 Polls:
**¤ Labdad ¤**
34 Polls:
**¤ astorian ¤**
29 Polls:
**¤ Hugh Jass ¤ Spit ¤**
26 Polls:
**¤ Kevja ¤**
25 Polls:
**¤ RealityChuck ¤ Tit Whistle ¤**
24 Polls:
**¤ elfkin477 ¤ Ol’ Gaffer ¤ thermalribbon ¤**
21 Polls:
**¤ WSLer ¤**
17 Polls:
**¤ Dragon Phoenix ¤ gex gex ¤ hawthorne ¤ Skijumper ¤**
15 Polls:
**¤ grendel72 ¤**
14 Polls:
**¤ ArchiveGuy ¤**
12 Polls:
**¤ BurnMeUp ¤ chief ¤ Ludovic ¤ Treviathan ¤**
11 Polls:
**¤ 5 time champ ¤ dbygawdcapn ¤ dead0man ¤**
10 Polls:
**¤ capybara ¤**
9 Polls:
**¤ kawliga ¤ Mr. Blue Sky ¤ todd33rpm ¤**
8 Polls:
**¤ craiger ¤ Dryga\_Yes ¤ gallows fodder ¤ HenrySpencer ¤ marky33 ¤ scout1222 ¤**
7 Polls:
**¤ cmkeller ¤ don’t ask ¤ John Carter of Mars ¤ Mudshark ¤**
6 Polls:
**¤ angelicate ¤ Annie-Xmas ¤ Interrobang!? ¤ Narrad ¤ panamajack ¤ Sassy ¤**
5 Polls:
**¤ bibliophile ¤ fizgig ¤ jsgoddess ¤ Leifsmama ¤ LunaSea ¤ Newton meter ¤ paulberserker ¤ plnnr ¤ Roberta Plant ¤ Snooooopy ¤ threeorange ¤ WavyDavy ¤**
4 Polls:
**¤ Corbomite ¤ da\_pope ¤ fishbicycle ¤ hazel-rah ¤ HoldenCaufield ¤ K364 ¤ Legomancer ¤ Nightime ¤ Nocturne ¤ Only Mostly Dead ¤ pldennison ¤ RexDart ¤ Rufus Xavier ¤ spiralscratch ¤ The Clawman ¤ tourbot ¤ waits ¤**
3 Polls:
**¤ An Arky ¤ Ataraxy ¤ chiefhardcrab ¤ easy e ¤ Enginerd ¤ essvee ¤ G.B.H. Hornswoggler ¤ galt ¤ Kat ¤ Kepi ¤ Lilacs ¤ Manduck ¤ marinwood ¤ Minor Irritant ¤ SisterCoyote ¤ Sunshine ¤ Wartime Consigliori ¤ widdershins ¤ Young Mr. Grace ¤**
2 Polls:
**¤ Adam P. ¤ Ass For A Hat ¤ bordelond ¤ brianjedi ¤ Chastain86 ¤ chique ¤ colour wolf ¤ CreaseMunky ¤ Dr. Rieux ¤ Eonwe ¤ epeepunk ¤ Fenris ¤ Flipstrip ¤ ftg ¤ gonzoron ¤ gossamer ¤ Gravity ¤ Happy Lendervedder ¤ Hastur ¤ Homebrew ¤ jolemale ¤ JonScribe ¤ Kyla ¤ lawoot ¤ Leechbabe ¤ Leechboy ¤ Lisa-go-Blind ¤ Living Dead Girl ¤ Lockz ¤ look!ninjas ¤ Mr. Wrong ¤ mrklutz ¤ Mystery Dog ¤ Nightwatch Trailer ¤ nitroglycerine ¤ Nonsuch ¤ NoPretentiousCodename ¤ parmachene ¤ pepperlandgirl ¤ percypercy ¤ rackensack ¤ Second Echo ¤ shimmery ¤ Skeezix ¤ spooje ¤ stpauler ¤ stylize ¤ Sunshine and Smiles ¤ The Big Cheese ¤ The Scrivener ¤ Ultraviolet ¤ White Lightning ¤**
1 Poll:
¤ 11811 ¤ 5-HT ¤ adam yax ¤ agroof ¤ Airbeck ¤ Airman Doors, USAF ¤ AlbertRose ¤ andrew Dupont ¤ andros ¤ arachnidlove ¤ Auction Barn Messiah ¤ auntie em ¤ Ave Minerva ¤ Bad Hat ¤ Badtz Maru ¤ benlormat ¤ BlackKnight ¤ bouv ¤ brachyrhynchos ¤ bristlesage ¤ bugg ¤ buh-buh-buh-BACON!! ¤ cainxinth ¤ cantara ¤ Caprese ¤ Capt B. Phart ¤ Carine ¤ Cat Fight ¤ Ceejaytee ¤ Cherry\_Blossom\_ ¤ ChristmasEve ¤ Chrome Spot ¤ clairobscur ¤ clawman ¤ Coil ¤ corvidae ¤ devilsknew ¤ dinahmoe ¤ Dragonblink ¤ Duke ¤ Edward The Head ¤ Eutychus ¤ even sven ¤ Evil Captor ¤ Exapno Mapcase ¤ Fibonacci ¤ fiddlesticks ¤ Fionn ¤ **f** oxymoron ¤ FriarTed ¤ Futile Gesture ¤ gatopescado ¤ hajario ¤ hardygrrl ¤ hegel ¤ Helena ¤ Hello Again ¤ horhay\_achoa ¤ Hunsecker ¤ IcicleFuzz ¤ IJ Grieve ¤ Inigo Montoya ¤ Ivan-Osokin ¤ Jeremy’s Evil Twin ¤ Jervoise ¤ Jonathan Chance ¤ KarlGauss ¤ Krys92gp ¤ kunilou ¤ Kyomara ¤ Lao Tsu ¤ LateComer ¤ li’l Dickie Dirtz ¤ LindyHopper ¤ lno ¤ longjohn ¤ lothos2002 ¤ Ludicrous ¤ Maeglin ¤ matt\_mcl ¤ mattymillhouse ¤ metroshane ¤ minty green ¤ Mirror Image egamI rorriM ¤ mishaa ¤ moggyAU ¤ Mojo ¤ Monkey Chews ¤ MoodIndigo1 ¤ Moody Bastard ¤ Moon-Watcher ¤ Motorgirl ¤ Mr. Green Fool ¤ MsWhatsit ¤ NE Texan ¤ Neidhart ¤ nyctea scandiaca ¤ NYR407 ¤ PatrickM ¤ percussion ¤ Peter Doubt ¤ Politzania ¤ pravnik ¤ Reeder ¤ Rock-n-Rolga ¤ RogueRacer ¤ sandalwood ¤ saoirse ¤ Sattua ¤ scott evil ¤ Siemsi ¤ Sigmundex ¤ singular1 ¤ sirtonyh ¤ Skip on ¤ SolGrundy ¤ stankow ¤ Supernate ¤ Swinger ¤ Tangent ¤ tavalla ¤ tclouie ¤ The Asbestos Mango ¤ The Gaspode ¤ The Wrong Girl ¤ ThePyroWeasel ¤ Thunder ¤ Tikster ¤ TripleAnt ¤ typhoon ¤ **v** underbob ¤ Ukulele Ike ¤ Usram ¤ vibrotronica ¤ vinryk ¤ vl\_mungo ¤ waterj2 ¤ WordMan ¤ Zelmph(!) ¤ ZeroGyro ¤ Zoggie ¤ -zorch ¤
**6th: The Mailbag** :
Questions, Comments, Requests, Predictions & Asides
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#):
>
> I think that “Jet Boy/Jet Girl” was originally by a band called Elton Motello, with the backing music coming from Plastic Bertrand’s “Ca Plane Pour Moi.” I googled “New York Dolls Jet Boy lyrics” and it seems to be a different song. Of course, there’s a good chance I’m wrong.
You’re quite correct Lisa-go-Blind. Though the ‘subject, title and theme of both songs are similar, the tune and lyrics are far too different to consider it a cover version. The New York Dolls song credits David Johansen as the composer. The Damned version (Captain Sensible & The Softies), Captain Sensible versions (He gives me Hell) and Elton Motello versions all list Deprijck / Lacomblez & Algy Ward as composers (the latter a member of The Damned & the former a member of Plastic Bertrand).
> [@Ivan-Osokin](#):
>
> When you getting to The Wedding Present?!?!
Welcome to the 6@6 Ivan. I would second it myself – But definitely would have needed a reminder a month after _Hugh Jass’_ Townes Van Zandt request was set to run.
> [@vunderbob](#):
>
> (Via e-mail)…I contributed to a poll once…I don’t think I’ll be contributing again until December, when Dire Straits and the Knopflers come around….How about polling for The Arrogant Worms?
What a vunderbob suggestion. I like the Arrogant Worms, would definitely have seconded them and run them in the same week as Bob Dylan. However…
> [@colour wolf](#):
>
> I don’t know if you take suggestions or not, but how about a Bad Religion poll? And Billy Bragg as well! Ani Difranco?
I would second all 3 of colour wolf’s requests. Going back to the B’s to squeeze in Billy Bragg & Bad Religion wouldn’t have been a problem. I’m surprised it took as long as it did to hear a request for an Ani DiFranco poll. However…
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#):
>
> Oh my, I just discovered this. I would have died to have done some of these, particularly the Belle and Sebastian one!
Welcome & thanks for stopping by Lisa-go-Blind. The Belle & Sebastian poll was quite a long time ago, [August 2002](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130416) – Just after Storytelling and about a year before the release of Dear Catastrophe Waitress. Links to all the closed polls are (were) available in the weekly Supplemental polls.
> [@The Scrivener](#):
>
> I also wish I’d found these polls before. Looking forward to possible future polls on XTC, The Mekons, The dB’s, and The Vibrators…
I’m nominating The Scrivener for a good taste in music award. I left the dB’s out of the schedule because I didn’t think they would’ve garnered any interest. I would’ve definitely seconded your requests and worked them in with the D artists. As far as the Mekons, Vibrators and XTC requests, I’m sure we would’ve crossed that bridge when we got to it… However…
> [@buh-buh-buh-BACON!!](#):
>
> Wow. It’s unfortunate there’s not more posters here. CSC was spectacular…I would like to thank you, John, for starting this series, and this thread, in particular. Good to know there are those who like CSC. Heck, it was important enough to me that I subscribed to the message boards!
I would like to thank _you_, **buh-buh-buh-BACON!!** for your [incredible post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5390864&postcount=3). What a **great read**. Your liner notes and comments were both passionate, _ironic and (hauntingly) timely_. Spoken word tracks are allowed and I tabulated ‘Corporate Protopop’ accordingly. Sorry you never got a chance to see CSC live. I can’t answer the question about the time signature in Any Day Now but I’ll ask it again for you: Do any of you music theory types or percussionists recognize =\> [this .wma file’s tempo](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B0000061QP001007/0/104-0017015-8774351) \<= as “15/4” time?
**7th: Cancelled Schedule – That’s It, The Monkey’s Dead**
Featured / Headliner / Supplemental / Additional Poll. Based on requests and the like:
**10/19/2004 – This Week #45 – Polls 89-92 (Retro Punk Week)**:
The Damned ¦ The Buzzcocks ¦ Butthole Surfers ¦ Cop Shoot Cop
**10/26/2004 – This Week #46 – Polls 93-96 (Stuck In The Seas Week)**:
The Eurythmics ¦ Curve ¦ The Cranes ¦ Annie Lennox
**11/02/2004 - Week #47 – Polls 97-100 (Alternate Week)**:
**D** ead **K** ennedys / Jello Biafra ¦ Dead Milkmen (For _Tit Whistle_) ¦ Black Flag / Henry Rollins / The Circle Jerks ¦ D.O.A.
**11/09/2004 - Week #48 – Polls 101-102 (New Orleans Week)**:
Dr. John / Mac Rebennack ¦ Professor Longhair / Roy Byrd ¦ Fats ‘Antoine’ Domino
**11/16/2004 - Week #49 – Polls 103-106 (Jazz Week)**:
Miles Davis ¦ John Coltrane ¦ Dave Brubeck ¦ Chet Baker (For _42fish_) & Louis Armstrong
**11/23/2004 - Week #50 – Polls 107-109 (Newport Week)**:
Bob Dylan ¦ Donovan ¦ Joan Baez
**11/30/2004 - Week #51 – Polls 110-112 (Trans-Atlantic Indie Week)**:
Echo & The Bunnymen ¦ Death Cab for Cutie / The Postal Service (For _Treviathan_) ¦ Catherine Wheel (For _spiralscratch & elfkin477_)
**12/07/2004 - Week #52 – Polls 113-116 (Southern Heartland Week)**:
C D B ¦ Cowboy Mouth (For _elfkin477_) ¦ Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown (For _Only Mostly Dead_ & _Treviathan_) ¦ **A** tlanta **R** hythm **S** ection (For _5 time champ_)
**12/14/2004 - Week #53 – Polls 117-119 (The Impossible To Name Week)**:
Depeche Mode ¦ Everclear ¦ Dishwalla (For _elfkin477_)
**12/21/2004 - Week #54 – Polls 120-122 (Follow The Money Week)**:
The Eagles ¦ Don Henley/Glen Frey Solo ¦ Joe Walsh/James Gang/Barnstorm
**12/28/2004 - Week #55 – Polls 123-126 (AOR Revisited Week)**
**E** merson **L** ake & **P** almer ¦ **E** lectric **L** ight **O** rchestra ¦ Dire Straits / Mark & David Knoplfer ¦ Dave Edmunds
**The Last Waltz – Official SDMB Administration Request**
I never really considered myself the author of these Café Society poll threads. I tabulate the results and start them each week – but felt I should share the administration’s wishes with you: all the authors of the 6@6 polls.
A little history: Back on September 7, when the 6@6 poll threads were closed (after being reported as spam) I sent this response:
> [@](#):
>
> I can state to a fair degree of certainty that anything more than a glance at any of the above threads would have prevented a ‘post report’ to you or any other administrators…
>
> To be frank, none of the 6@6 weekly threads fall anywhere near the realm of unsolicited, promotional or commercial posts. The 6@6 polls provide a forum where members post their 6 favorite songs from a specified musical artist. I tabulate the results each week on a spreadsheet, post the results and then start a new poll. In the forty weeks these 71 different polls have run, over 5,000 votes have been cast by well over 200 different board members.
>
> I can assure you there’s nothing unscrupulous or shady about any of the 6@6 polls. I couldn’t even begin to tell you the number of board members that (both publicly and privately) have stated how much they enjoy reading and posting to these threads. I’ll admit the posts in question are long - but other than their length, there’s nothing offensive about them. I’ll also concede the fact they look somewhat pre-formatted - but I only have a couple of free hours to create them at work and I always use the previous week’s threads as a template. If, for some reason, you or another member of the SDMB staff feels these threads should cease to exist, I’ll (obviously) terminate posting these polls immediately. If, on the other hand, you opt to allow the tradition to continue, I’m fairly confident these threads will continue to be a good read for the music lovers in Cafe Society.
Unforunately, 7 weeks and 22 polls later, I received this from the administrators:
> [@via e-mail](#):
>
> I don’t understand what you’re doing, and I’m not sure that I’m happy about it. Yes, you’ve been doing this for a while, but. You’ve now got four posts, with similar headlines, all on the front page. They’re all long, very long, and you’re typically getting a small number of replies. Are they really that different? Are they really that different from week to week?
>
> It’s irritating me and it’s irritating others. I’ve got the impression that you’re using our message boards rather than set up your own website for this.
>
> I’m officially asking you to limit this nonsense to one thread per week. I don’t see the need for more. Thanks for your understanding and compliance,
My first instinct was to try and limit the 6@6 polls to one per week…until I looked at the tentative schedule and all the new poll requests. If I followed the administration’s limit of one poll thread per week; I’d be doing 3 times the amount of tabulating work. We wouldn’t get to the letter E until 2006. (Counting forward in my head) I’m pretty sure I’d be dead of old age (or posting from a retirement community) before we came close to polling one of my favorite artists: Zappa & The Mothers.
In closing, I want to once again thank everyone who posted to and kept the 6@6 tradition going strong. I never for one minute considered any of the threads as “too similar, very long, nonsense” that “typically get a small number of replies”. Whether or not they were “irritating others” is relative to what type of Café Society threads people have a preference in reading.
I’ve always enjoyed tallying, posting, reading (and then listening / re-listening to) other people’s selections. I normally don’t even mind the mundane task of moving all the data to an off board spreadsheet.
After **92** polls: The fact that **6,927 votes** have been cast by **288 different board members** for 2,479 songs just amazes me. I’ll admit to being miffed by the staff’s decision – but as most dopers know, the SDMB isn’t a democracy. Thanks to everyone…I’m sure I’ll see most of you in other threads and in other forums.
Keep on Rockin
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### Author:  [@colour\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colour_wolf)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/2 "2004-10-27T02:49:14Z")
Wait, the polls aren’t going to continue anymore? Damn, I loved these threads! Would it be possible for you to set up all four polls in one thread, rather than setting up separate threads for each poll? That way, that admin will be happy because you’re only using one thread, and I won’t have to wait until 2025 to list my top 6 XTC songs. Plus, there will be more responses to each thread!
Is that possible?
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/3 "2004-10-27T02:58:23Z")
I would hope that you’d go ahead and keep doing the polls at the (unfortunately) reduced rate of one per week. Half a loaf is better than none, after all, and a quarter of a loaf is still OK. With just five polls to my credit, I had just gotten into this!
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### Author:  [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/4 "2004-10-27T02:59:17Z")
Jesus H. Christ Brown! Get a room! Sod your polls. The hamsters need a break.
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/5 "2004-10-27T03:39:39Z")
There are a lot of free website hosts out there, and some of them would make it a lot easier for you to do the tabulating–in fact, some of them might let you automatically tabulate results. Do one of those, put a link in your sig, and you’ve got your polls with no front-page room taken up.
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### Author:  [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/6 "2004-10-27T07:12:19Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#):
>
> Jesus H. Christ Brown! Get a room! Sod your polls. The hamsters need a break.
You realize that we’re paying for these hamsters now, right? I would expect that would give us some more freedom in what we could post about. Within reason, of course (No spam/commercial, offensive, etc. On-topic.)
People post about lots of random stuff in this and the site’s other forums. What’s wrong with few structured polls each week? I can’t imagine that these threads represent any kind of measurable effect on this site’s resources.
> [@ultrafilter](#):
>
> There are a lot of free website hosts out there, and some of them would make it a lot easier for you to do the tabulating–in fact, some of them might let you automatically tabulate results. Do one of those, put a link in your sig, and you’ve got your polls with no front-page room taken up.
Honestly, when was the last time you even noticed a link in someone’s sig, much less went to it? This site has a built-in, existing audience that make these polls possible. Successfully starting a new site to do it would probably be a huge effort, with not enough return to make it worthwhile. As a compromise, maybe some of the info in the lead post, such as links to past results, could be offloaded to another site and linked.
Maybe everyone should start complaining about threads they don’t care for that appear on the front page. For example, I wonder how many useless Bush vs. Kerry threads from Great Debates and the Pit have graced the front page in the last few months? Can I put in a complaint to have these threads stopped so I don’t have to see them anymore?
Does the fact that someone spontaneously decided to write on the subject, as opposed to the structure and scheduling of these polls, somehow make them more palatable?
I don’t know that it’s worth paying for access to a board that pulls this kind arbitrary BS. I’ll have to consider it when my subscription is up for renewal.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/7 "2004-10-28T02:54:31Z")
Of course, perhaps the fact that so few people have registered their irritation with the loss of the polls in this thread is a sign, huh?
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### Author:  [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/8 "2004-10-28T03:41:15Z")
Well, this is a shame. I had just gotten into these this week and was looking forward to continuing in the future. I like **colour wolf** ’s idea of combining several polls into one post. This is such a good idea, it’s a shame to let it die.
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### Author:  [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/9 "2004-10-28T08:23:10Z")
So, while music lovers miss out on this, useless trivial posts in MPSIMS, such as game threads etc can go on for 15+ pages? They annoy me, these polls don’t. WTF?
I’m paying here, I like these polls, what difference does it make if theres 3-4 on the front page for 3-4 days a week?
Bad call Mods.
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### Author:  [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/10 "2004-10-28T17:56:12Z")
I’ve never seen one of those polls. Heh. Oh, well…and I would have totally voted for _Sweat Loaf_ or _Graveyard_, or maybe _Lady Sniff_.
Anyway, what’s so hard about having one a week? Having a song poll for every band ever, which is what it sounded like the OP was going to take the SDMB, is prohibitively expansive, no?
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### Author:  [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/11 "2004-10-29T21:51:15Z")
Damn. The main reason I paid for posting privileges was to
participate in the Top6@6 when it re-appeared.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/12 "2004-10-30T12:45:52Z")
I don’t pretend to understand the content of these polls, but I do think you have several options. The most obvious one that occurred to me was that you set up a website with your poll results. You may post here (say, once a week or so), providing links to several polls in one post. And people can certainly comment here in response to your post, if your website doesn’t allow message-board type of responses.
Your situation was not unique: we’ve taken similar action with several other topics that regularly used up three or four slots on the front page of a forum.
Your situation was unique in that I don’t have a clue what’s going on. I think it has something to do with _soi-disant_ music and I pretty much only listen to music written before about 1930. Well, OK, I’ll go up to 1970 for pop. Anyhow, my point is that your explanation from Sept 7 convinced me (just because I believe you) that it wasn’t spam or commercial, but didn’t help me understand what it was. I was therefore more lax about letting things ride for some time.
When there were four of these posts on the front page, we got some complaints, sent throught REPORT THIS POST, and so I wrote you to say that one at a time is probably sufficient.
I hope that explains more where we’re coming from.
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### Author:  [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/13 "2004-10-30T13:41:49Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#):
>
> Jesus H. Christ Brown! Get a room! Sod your polls. The hamsters need a break.
Yeah, right!
I’d hazard a guess that there are at about 20 “Bush Rapes Babies” threads on the front page of GD at this very moment, and at least an equal number in The Pit . It’s mostly the same eight or nine posters slapping each other on the back and congratulating each other on their clarity of vision.
Right now one member is the OP of five different threads that are open on the front page of GD, and this has been typical of that poster for some time now.
But whatever; let’s spare the hamsters.
Thanks for doing this, **JohnBckWLD**. I was really looking forward to the week when you got to Elvis Presley. 😃
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### Author:  [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/14 "2004-10-30T14:04:30Z")
I’ve very much enjoyed these threads, and I hope some way can be found to continue them whilst acceding to the concerns about CS real estate. Thanks for your efforts **JohnBckWLD**.
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### Author:  [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/15 "2004-10-30T14:14:56Z")
Another PAYING (ahem, goddamnit!) member here saying the posts should stay!
Heck, if you’re going to shut down these threads because of some crank who gets off on tattling to the mods, I think there’s a bunch of much more useless and front-page hogging threads that should get the same treatment…I guess we all should stop living and let living and start clicking on that little exclamation point for every thread we’re tired of seeing on the front page.
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### Author:  [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/16 "2004-10-30T15:00:58Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> I don’t pretend to understand the content of these polls,
Since there won’t be a Bob Dylan poll:
“Don’t criticize what you can’t understand” from: _The Times They Are a’ Changin’_.
Sorry, I just can’t resist an opportunity for mischief.
Ahem:I usually agree with decisions TPTB make on this board, and I appreciate what so many do to keep it maintained. I don’t agree with this decision, but that’s life. Keep up the good work.
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/17 "2004-10-30T15:03:51Z")
Where did anyone say that the 6@6 polls are banned? Dex sure didn’t. He just said that four per week is too much. Read it again:
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
>
> When there were four of these posts on the front page, we got some complaints, sent throught REPORT THIS POST, and so I wrote you to say that one at a time is probably sufficient.
Unless my reading comprehensions skills are terrible, he’s saying that **JohnBckWLD** is free to continue posting these, but only one at a time. Is that so bad?
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### Author:  [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/18 "2004-10-30T15:18:39Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> Where did anyone say that the 6@6 polls are banned? Dex sure didn’t. He just said that four per week is too much. Read it again:
>
> Unless my reading comprehensions skills are terrible, he’s saying that **JohnBckWLD** is free to continue posting these, but only one at a time. Is that so bad?
Your reading comprehension seems fine, **ultrafilter**. Perhaps this part of the OP flew under your radar. (bolding mine)
“My first instinct was to try and limit the 6@6 polls to one per week…until I looked at the tentative schedule and all the new poll requests. If I followed the administration’s limit of one poll thread per week; I’d be doing 3 times the amount of tabulating work. **We wouldn’t get to the letter E until 2006.** (Counting forward in my head) I’m pretty sure I’d be dead of old age (or posting from a retirement community) before we came close to polling one of my favorite artists: Zappa & The Mothers.”
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### Author:  [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/19 "2004-10-30T15:50:45Z")
JohnBckWLD phrased his OP so it belongs in this forum. It is an _announcement_. Those who want to discuss it should take it elsewhere.
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### Author:  [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-poll-dilemma-plus-week-46-damned-buzzcocks-butthole-surfers-csc-poll-results/271347/20 "2004-10-30T18:26:08Z")
Damn, I missed the Damned and the Buzzcocks.
Damn, the 6@6 will be missed.
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