# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/21 "2001-11-25T06:43:08Z")
1. Male or female? Female 2. Boxers or briefs? I like my boys in boxers. Me, I like those bikini-style undies. 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? Well, if I gotta go, I gotta go… 4. Bath or Shower? I love taking nice, long bubble baths. 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? Stephen King 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? Neither. 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? The Doors 8. What vegetable do you call by name? Yam? 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? Green 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? Spearmint 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? Normal. 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Good. Very good. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/22 "2001-11-25T14:33:49Z")
1. I am woman, hear me roar. 2. panties. I guess those count as chick briefs 3. no toilet preference. If I gotta pee or poop, I’ll go at a public toilet 4. Shower. Although I like the occasional hot bath with bubbles. 5)If someone held a gun to my head and gave me these choices, I’d pick Koontz. 6)Rolling Stones 7)Jefferson Airplane (Starship, even) 8)None yet. Ask me later when I’m criminally insane. 9)Yellow. I like to run 'em. Gets me all tingly. 10)None of those. I like cinnamon. 11)Any Christmas lights are fun. 12)Chewing gum good. Bubble gum better. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/23 "2001-11-25T18:21:47Z")
1. Male or female? female 2. Boxers or briefs? on guys, boxers. on me, girly things 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? public toilet. 4. Bath or Shower? shower every day, jacuzzi bath for relaxation 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? none 6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles? beatles 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? none 8. What vegetable do you call by name? Bob the turnip 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? fresh green 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? i always forget the difference 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? normal 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? yum yum yum good ---
**Author:** ![WEW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@WEW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WEW)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/24 "2001-11-25T18:29:31Z")
1. Male or female? I’m a male. I sleep with females 2. Boxers or briefs? Boxers 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? Go in a public toilet 4. Bath or Shower? Shower 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? None of the above 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? Beatles 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? Airplane 8. What vegetable do you call by name? I’m never that informal with my food. 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? Red 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? Wintergreen 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? Normal 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Just like everything else, sometimes both. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/25 "2001-11-25T18:44:17Z")
1. Male or female? male 2. Boxers or briefs? no 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? wherever 4. Bath or Shower? shower 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? not John 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? yes 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? yes again 8. What vegetable do you call by name? :eek: I’m schizophrenic and even I don’t talk to my vegetables! Do they talk back to you? How did you learn their names? 1. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? sure 2. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? wintergreen 3. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? yes 4. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? downright diabolical ---
**Author:** ![\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b2d939/32.png) [@\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/26 "2001-11-25T22:27:50Z")
1. Male or female? Female 2. Boxers or briefs? None 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? Home 4. Bath or Shower? Bath 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? Pass 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? The Beatles!! John Lennon 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? Doors, Hmmm Morrison was Hot 8. What vegetable do you call by name? I do not call veggies 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? I like neon lights 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? Cinnamon! 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? Blinking 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Depends ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/27 "2001-11-25T23:55:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*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? Male > > 2. Boxers or briefs? Briefs > > 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? Go in the public toilet, go in the slightly wooded area by the river, go behind a public building, anything but wait. > > 4. Bath or Shower? Shower, mostly. > > 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? > Stephen King, but just barely. > > 6. Rolling Stones or The Beatles? Stones: Hang on a minute. Can you hear that? Hang on a minute. Keith, play it baby! (from Liver than you’ll ever be, 1969 at the Oakland Colisseum, followed by the Stones’ rendition of Carol by Chuck Berry) > > 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? Doors > > 8. What vegetable do you call by name? Uh, Bob the Turnip? What the hell kind of question is that? > > 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? Go on green > > 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? > Peppermint > > 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? Normal. > > 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Evil, especially when it’s stuck to your shoe. > 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:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/28 "2001-11-26T00:06:49Z")
HerMajestyLorna: I swear I didn’t look at your answers. Who is Bob the Turnip, and do we know each other?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/29 "2001-11-26T00:16:52Z")
1. Male or female? **Male** 2. Boxers or briefs? **Boxers, mostly; Briefs when I’m doing something that may put 'em in harm’s way** 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? **I can take a shit anywhere, anytime. And proud of it, too!** 4. Bath or Shower? **Shower** 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? **None of the above** 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? **Beatles. If the Stones had had the wisdom to retire 20 years ago, it’d probably have been them** 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? **I think they both suck, but I’d say The Doors definitely suck less** 8. What vegetable do you call by name? **I have no response** 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? **You mean, they come in colors other than red-and-blinking?** 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? **Peppermint** 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? **Normal** 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? **EVIL. I have a strange, abnormal, unexplained hatred for chewing gum** And thanks for helping me pad the ol’ meager post count! ---
**Author:** ![Jocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Jocke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jocke)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/30 "2001-11-26T00:36:04Z")
1. Male or female? Male 2. Boxers or briefs? Boxers 3. Go in a public toilet, or wait and go at home? public toilet 4. Bath or Shower?Shower 5. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, or John Saul? Who is Saul? Koontz between the others 6. Rollong Stones or The Beatles? Beatles 7. The Doors or Jefferson Airplane? Yawn… 8. What vegetable do you call by name? The nicer ones 9. Red, Green, or Yellow lights? Red 10. Wintergreen, Spearmint ot Peppermint? wintergreen 11. Christmas lights: Blinking, Chasing, or normal? blinking outside and normal inside. 12. Chewing Gum: Good or Evil? Good ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/31 "2001-11-26T00:37:15Z")
1. Male 2. Boxers 3. Anywhere I am, I go! 4. Shower (who has time for a bath? Plus who wants to sit in their own filth?) 5. Tom Clancy 6. Neither 7. Neither 8. What’s a vegetable? 9. Yellow lights, that means I can speed up! 10. Not a big gum fan. 11. Chasing, just as long as they’re not CHASING ME! :eek: 12. See #10 Sorry I don’t have the motivation to come up with more clever answers. **Ski** ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Diogenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/32 "2001-11-26T01:00:01Z")
1. Male 2. Boxers or briefs? Neither, mostly, 3. Go in a public toilet 4. Shower 5. Stephen King 6. The Beatles 7. The Doors 8. What vegetable do you call by name? I try not to make it personal. 9. Green light go, Yellow light, go _faster_ 10. Spearmint 11. Christmas lights: blinking 12. Chewing Gum: Good ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007/33 "2001-11-26T07:12:49Z")
1.female 2.briefs 3.Go in a public toilet[i will not wait, it’s impossible for me} 4.Shower 5.Dean Koontz 6.The Beatles 7.Jefferson Airplane 8.What vegetable do you call by name? _Saywhat?!_ 9.Yellow 10.Wintergreen 11.Christmas lights: normal 12. an underestimated source of Evil [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pointless-poll/95007.md?page=1)