# A coin is being tossed. Which are you more likely to call? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462 "2018-12-02T21:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/1 "2018-12-02T21:23:01Z")
If you don’t have a preference, then please don’t vote. I’m trying to survey people that tend to make the same call. Poll coming. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/2 "2018-12-03T01:31:26Z")
“verse!” 😛 actually “heads”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/3 "2018-12-03T01:34:51Z")
_can’t decide, flips coin_ Heads. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/4 "2018-12-03T01:45:39Z")
Edge. 'Cause that’s how I roll. Because they’re round, they… never mind. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/5 "2018-12-03T12:38:12Z")
Paper. _Nobody_ expects the paper gambit. I spit on your rock. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/6 "2018-12-03T12:48:04Z")
I actually have a superstitious bent to make the other guy call it. I don’t know why, it just feels unlucky to make the call. This is particularly unusual for meas I never choose the path of passivity. Even in passive resistance, I’m general at the head of the pack. But no, there’s something about a coin toss that makes me want to stand back and let the other piss off whichever God he doesn’t choose. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/7 "2018-12-03T16:09:34Z")
Tails never fails! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/8 "2018-12-03T16:16:49Z")
Tree. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/9 "2018-12-03T17:32:21Z")
Obverse! No … wait … reverse. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/10 "2018-12-03T19:58:30Z")
Too many choices, hurts my head. IOW, didn’t vote 'cause I gots no preference. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/11 "2018-12-03T21:43:03Z")
I’m making a prediction. The poll will end up 50/50! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![senoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/12 "2018-12-03T21:50:06Z")
Whichever is down on their thumb before the flip. [https://econ.ucsb.edu/~doug/240a/Coin%20Flip.htm](https://econ.ucsb.edu/~doug/240a/Coin%20Flip.htm) You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/13 "2018-12-03T22:19:24Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > I’m making a prediction. The poll will end up 50/50! 😛 Heh. But for real, I’m surprised it’s not weighted MORE heavily in favor of “heads,” and suspect that standard Doper ornery perversity is to blame. I almost always hear people call “heads,” and have long figured that owning a double-tailed coin instead of a double-headed coin would therefore be the way to cheat. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/14 "2018-12-03T22:24:22Z")
Tails. Less likely to be misheard. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/15 "2018-12-03T22:37:12Z")
How about heaaaadyTAILS or taiiiiiiiilyHEADS! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/16 "2018-12-04T01:15:00Z")
Heads. It just feels luckier somehow. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/17 "2018-12-04T05:32:36Z")
I always pick tails because the coins in my country mostly have animals on the tails’ side. ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/18 "2018-12-04T11:16:01Z")
Spoken rapidly: “Heads I win, tails you loose.” ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/19 "2018-12-04T14:18:55Z")
Didn’t vote in the poll - I call “heads” if the toss goes high enough to land on someone’s head, and “tails” if not. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462/20 "2018-12-04T14:36:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Paper. _Nobody_ expects the paper gambit. I spit on your rock. Handgun ---- beats all three. Dynamite is good too. Heads. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coin-is-being-tossed-which-are-you-more-likely-to-call/825462.md?page=2)