# A silly poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171 "2010-01-16T05:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/1 "2010-01-16T05:44:58Z")
Without looking at the results or any replies, vote on the number you think the least number of other people have voted on. Then, post in the replies whether you were successful or not. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/2 "2010-01-16T05:55:02Z")
Technically successful, because I picked one of the eight numbers that had not yet been voted on. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/3 "2010-01-16T06:21:17Z")
I’m the first ten. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/4 "2010-01-16T06:49:59Z")
Evidently the first vote for number four. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/5 "2010-01-16T08:59:48Z")
I picked 4 too. Nobody’s picked 6 or 8 yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/6 "2010-01-16T10:59:57Z")
I picked 10, and lost. Still no 6. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/7 "2010-01-16T11:27:28Z")
First 6! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/8 "2010-01-16T11:46:33Z")
☹ The numbers that are rare are precisely the ones I would have thought everyone would have picked. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/9 "2010-01-16T15:28:33Z")
I voted 2 and the results shows 5 others ahead of me had voted for that. It had the most votes along with 1. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/10 "2010-01-16T16:11:18Z")
Two numbers were lower than 7 when I picked it, four were higher. So not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/11 "2010-01-16T16:58:00Z")
Only 8, with 2 votes, was lower than 10, with four when I posted it. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/12 "2010-01-16T17:31:56Z")
I picked 9. Apparently, I couldn’t have chosen worse. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/13 "2010-01-16T18:20:45Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I picked 9. Apparently, I couldn’t have chosen worse. I picked 1, an equally horrible pick. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/14 "2010-01-16T18:40:09Z")
I chose two and my line of thinking was probably like everyone else’s: 1 is an easy number to pick and if you don’t pick 1, I assume you’ll at least skip a few number to choose a new number. So I went with the number directly after 1 assuming it would get passed up. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/15 "2010-01-16T19:37:14Z")
I picked 4. Currently in second place with 9 votes. :o First I reasoned that numbers like 3, 5, and 7 would be the most likely to come up at first thought. Therefore I should avoid them. But naturally, everyone else would likely employ the same reasoning, so 3, 5, and 7 are precisely what I should choose from! Ah, but surely others would come to that conclusion as well. Those numbers are not safe. So I picked 4. At least eight other people felt the same way, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/16 "2010-01-16T23:11:14Z")
I picked 9, which (at the time) was tied for 2nd. I suck at Feud, too. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/17 "2010-01-16T23:31:23Z")
Oh! You said FEWEST votes. I picked 9. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/18 "2010-01-16T23:34:06Z")
I voted for 7, because studies show most people will say 7 if you ask them to pick a number from 1 to 10, so I figured most people would know that and _not_ pick 7- a little reverse psychology. I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/19 "2010-01-16T23:46:09Z")
Awesome! I picked 8 and was right! ETA: Looking more closely, it was a three-way ties between 5, 6, and 8. But still… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171/20 "2010-01-16T23:51:03Z")
I deliberately broke the rules and then picked the number the most people had voted on, because I am a strange duck. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-silly-poll/525171.md?page=2)