# A Pointless Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007 "2001-11-24T08:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/1 "2001-11-24T08:57:58Z")
Inspired by [this thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=98820) I have come up with my very own pointless, and time consuming survey. 1. Male or female? 2. Boxers or briefs? 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? 4. Bath or Shower? 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? 8. What vegetable do you call by name? 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Here are my answers. 13. Male 14. Boxers 15. Public toilet 16. Shower 17. Dean Koontz 18. The Beatles 19. Jefferson Airplane 20. 2 Cabbages called Flo and Eddie 21. Red lights 22. Wintergreen 23. Normal 24. Good ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/2 "2001-11-24T08:59:15Z")
And if you answer in the next 10 minutes, I 'll throw in a free **Mellonballer**!!! ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/3 "2001-11-24T09:04:54Z")
and im first 1.male 2.BOXER BRIEFS (the briefs with the legs) 3.emergency use only (im assuming you mean number 2) 4.shower 5.king 6.stones 7.the who 8.??? corn??? 9.yellow 10.none of the above 11.blinking green ones around my living room ceiling all year 'round 12.evil dead0man now about that mellonballer ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/4 "2001-11-24T09:07:23Z")
I used to send out some really wacky surveys over the Internet, all the time. Always with strange questions. _1. Male or female?_ I’m male-ish. I usually prefer the female-ish things. _2. Boxers or briefs?_ Boxers. _3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?_ Usually it’s “wait and go at home”, since I have bowels of steel. Once, while camping, I went six days without shitting. _4. Bath or Shower?_ Shower. Our tub is too small for me to enjoy a bath. _5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?_ Stephen King. _6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles?_ Who the hell are the “Rollong Stones”? _7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?_ Well, according to the ultimate wisdom of the almighty coin flip… Jefferson Airplane. _8. What vegetable do you call by name?_ Well, I have a potato named Cid Dexter Gurbentwarf. But he likes to be called Sally. _9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?_ I’m a nonconformist. I go on red, I stop on green, and I jump out into the road and masturbate on yellow. _10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?_ Cool Mint, man. Ice Breakers all the way! _11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?_ I like random spasmings, myself. _12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil?_ Well, I’m chewing gum right now. So it’s most definitely evil. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/5 "2001-11-24T09:21:45Z")
1. Male or female? **Male** 2. Boxers or briefs? **Briefs** 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? **Gotta go? Gotta go.** 4. Bath or Shower? **Shower** 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? **King** 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? **The Beatles** although I liked _Satosfactoon_ 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? **The Doors** 8. What vegetable do you call by name? **I only refer to vegetables in a roundabout fashion** 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? **I like the flashing yellow ones, personally** 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? **Wintergreen** 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? **Normal** 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? **Chaotic Neutral** ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/6 "2001-11-24T14:44:32Z")
**1. Male or female?** Male **2. Boxers or briefs?** Sometimes briefs, sometimes boxers, sometimes nothing. **3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?** Wait, unless it’s an emergency. **4. Bath or Shower?** Shower **5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?** King **6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?** The Stones **7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?** The Doors **8. What vegetable do you call by name?** Huh? **9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?** Red **10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?** I prefer cinnamon, actually. **11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?** Blinking **12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil?** Bubble Yum: Good. Bubblicious: Evil. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/7 "2001-11-24T14:51:42Z")
1. Female 2. hi-cut briefs 3. Depends on how bad I have to go 4. At home, bath in the evening or on weekends or if I have to shave, shower weekday mornings before work. In hotels, always a shower 5. Stephen King 6. The Beatles 7. The Doors 8. Larry the Cucumber 9. Stop on red, go on green, go faster on yellow 10. Peppermint 11. Chasing 12. Good, but only to a point. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/8 "2001-11-24T15:11:28Z")
1. Male or female? **Male** 2. Boxers or briefs? **Briefs, unless I’m making a public appearance** 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? **Here and now** 4. Bath or Shower? **Shower** 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? **Koontz** 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? **Stones** 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? **Doors** 8. What vegetable do you call by name? **None** 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? **Green, Go!** 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? **Wintergreen, I guess** 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? **Combo** 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? **Nicorette, as needed** ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/9 "2001-11-24T16:37:08Z")
**1. Male or female?** I am female. I like males. **2. Boxers or briefs?** I usually wear Victoria’s Secret string bikinis. I prefer men who wear boxer-briefs, though the occasional silk boxers (like Grinch ones during the holiday season) are very nice. **3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?** public. I think this fairly common habit some people (mostly women from the MPSIMS thread) have of waiting is rather stoooooopid. **4. Bath or Shower?** I take a hot shower every day. I also sometimes take a bubblebath in the evening to relax and loosen up the back muscles. I really could use a waterproof vibrator, too. 😃 **5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?** I used to read Stephen King many years ago, but haven’t read anything of his in at leasst 10 years. Haven’t read anything from the others. **6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?**. Damn. I grew up listening to both, but if I had to pick, Beatles. **7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?** The Doors. Jim Morrison before he got fat… yummmmmmmmy. **8. What vegetable do you call by name?** Surprisingly, I have never had a close enough relationship with a vegetable to be on a first name basis. **9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?** Green all the way, baby. **10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?** Peppermint **11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?** normal. I get migraines, and the blinking can be very annoying. \*\*12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? \*\* Used to be good when I was a kid. I have mild TMJ syndrome, so now it’s evil. Not too mention the fun of stepping in it. Definitely evil. ---
**Author:** ![FEJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c5a1d2/32.png) [@FEJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FEJ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/10 "2001-11-24T22:03:03Z")
1. Male or female? Male 2. Boxers or briefs? Boxers 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?When you got to go. 4. Bath or Shower? Shower when i have to work. Bath to relax. 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? All of them. 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? Both 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? Doors 8. What vegetable do you call by name? My friend Winz 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? Green 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? Pepermint 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? Normal 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Good ---
**Author:** ![spheric\_thor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@spheric\_thor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spheric_thor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/11 "2001-11-24T22:12:54Z")
1. Male or female? Male 2. Boxers or briefs? Boxer briefs 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?I’ll go #1 in public but not#2 4. Bath or Shower?Shower 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?John Saul 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles?Stones 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?Doors 8. What vegetable do you call by name?none 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?Green 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?Peppermint 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?Normal 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil?Good ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/12 "2001-11-24T22:51:00Z")
**1. Male or female?** Male **2. Boxers or briefs?** Commando unless wearing a suit. Then it’s silk boxers **3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?** When you gotta go, you gotta go. **4. Bath or Shower?** Shower usually but I do enjoy a bath when I have time. **5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?** King. **6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?**. Neither. They both suck. **7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?** JA. **8. What vegetable do you call by name?** I refer to peas as motherf\*#$@rs, if that counts. **9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?** I try green a lot, but a little voice comes in and tells me to slow down right before forces beyond my control make me stop. **10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?** Neither. Just today I found and got addicted to Listerine Cool Mint Oral Strips. Look for them, and get em. Damn things are great. **11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?** I use them all on my tree. Some steady, some random blinking and some chasing. I use more each year. I am Clark Griswald with my tree. \*\*12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? \*\* On occasion, breath mint gum, but I really don’t enjoy gum. Hey **porcupine** , just for you:) [http://www.sextoy.com/vibrat/wtrproof.html](http://www.sextoy.com/vibrat/wtrproof.html) ---
**Author:** ![sandalwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@sandalwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalwood)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/13 "2001-11-24T23:00:03Z")
1. Female 2. Boxers, boxers, never briefs 3. wait and go home 4. Baths! 5. Stephen King 6. The Beatles 7. Jefferson Airplane 8. Bitter Melon !!of Death!!, Cucumber !!of Death!!, Tomato !!of Death!! 9. I like lights… they’re pretty…mmmm green 10. All, so I’m addicted to mint and actually bought the Altoid’s Cologne Spray. 11. Blinking 12. Gum is good, it helps me to smoke less. ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/14 "2001-11-25T00:38:15Z")
**1. Male or female?** A lovely female. **2. Boxers or briefs?** On me, VS bikini underwear. On men, boxer-briefs. **3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?** I have a small bladder. I have to go wherever, whenever. (except on someone’s lawn) **4. Bath or Shower?** Shower **5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?** John Saul **6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles?** Beatles **7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?** Hmm, a toughie. I’ll go with the Doors. **8. What vegetable do you call by name?** I AM a vegetable. **9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?** Green means go, and it also means horny. **10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?** Can I pick Polar Ice? No? Ok, umm, Wintergreen then. **11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?** Tree lights blinking, outdoor lights normal. **12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil?** Evil, but I’m very guilty of that sin. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/15 "2001-11-25T00:40:47Z")
Oooooooo! Pointless poll! 1. Female 2. Briefs 3. Public toilet. It is not the grossest thing you will ever sit on. 4. Shower 5. Ew. Do I have to pick one? 6. Stones 7. The Doors 8. What? 9. Green. 10. Wintergreen 11. Preferably none. 12. Evil ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/16 "2001-11-25T01:28:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > **1. Male or female?** Male in a female body. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Boxers or briefs?\*\* On me? Usually normal women’s underwear, I have been known to wear boxers on occasion though. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?\*\* Assuming nothing is leering at me out of the bowl, I’ll go in the public bathroom. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Bath or Shower?\*\* 99% of the time shower. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?\*\* I don’t really read any of them that much. Probably King if forced to choose. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?\*\* They’re both good. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?\*\* Again, both good. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. What vegetable do you call by name?\*\* Gwuh? \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?\*\* I’m still trying to find blue. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?\*\* Either wintergreen or spearmint. Anything minty is good though. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?\*\* Normal if any. \*\* > [@](#): > > 1. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil?\*\* Good, unless it’s on the bottom of my seat. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/17 "2001-11-25T01:38:17Z")
\*\ ***1. Male or female?** Female **2. Boxers or briefs?** Um, where do pretty little velvet panties fit in this? **3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home?** I like to live life on the edge. I use the public toilets. Plus they have the free cowboy hat dispensers inside the stalls 😉 **4. Bath or Shower?** Shower \*\*5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul?\*\*Stephen King. **6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?** Beatles rock **7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane?** The Doors \*\*8. What vegetable do you call by name?\*\*I love those little asperi guys 🙂 **9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights?** Green is always nice because it is so cool when you get a whole bunch in a row **10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint?** Wintergreen. That is the only flavor of Altoids that I like. **11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal?** I like the normal one. \*\*12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? \*\*Evil, especially since I have TMJ and therefore can’t chew it. Thus, my only experiances with it involve it on the bottom of my shoe, desk, or other thing I wish it weren’t on the bottom of. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/18 "2001-11-25T01:47:48Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Mudshark \* > **1. Male or female?** Male_\* > 2. Boxers or briefs? **briefs, usually** > 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? **Go.** > 4. Bath or Shower? **Shower** > 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? **King** > 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? **Beatles** > 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? **Doors** > 8. What vegetable do you call by name? **Larry the Parsnip** > 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? **Green** > 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? **Wintergreen** > 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? **Blinking** > 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? **Good** > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/19 "2001-11-25T06:24:30Z")
1. Male or female? Female. 1. Boxers or briefs? Ya wanna know what’s really, really, eerie? Everytime I mention underpants on the boards, I’m ALWAYS wearing tie-dye grannie-panties. ALWAYS. Well, I’m sick of it. Hold on a second. There. I’m now wearing a violet colored string bikini; it’s the sexiest pair of underwear I own. 1. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? I go when I need to go. I don’t get this public bathroom phobia so many other women seem to have… 1. Bath or Shower? Shower to get clean, bath to, ah, enjoy myself… 😉 1. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? ::blink:: 1. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? Uhm, Beatles, I guess. 1. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? ::blink:: 1. What vegetable do you call by name? Murray the potato. 1. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? I find comfort in the Zen-like ambiguity of yellow lights. 1. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? Peppermint. 1. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? Blinking. They seem more cheerful to me. 1. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? I don’t chew gum too often, but this girl I like does, therefore it MUST be good. ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/20 "2001-11-25T06:33:14Z")
1. Male or female? female 2. Boxers or briefs? ordinary, boring underwear 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? public toilet. I’m not as anal about germs as some people are. 4. Bath or Shower? shower 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? Steven King. These other people dont even come close. 6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles? I like them both, actually 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? The Doors. Though I like Starship just as much. 8. What vegetable do you call by name? huh? carambola, i guess. 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? all of them. blinking, too. 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? spearment. 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? chasing. matches my personality. 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? so good that its evil. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007.md?page=2)