# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1982 "2023-02-11T21:18:10Z")
Reading in a tub of hot water is relaxing, pleasant, and will usually soak loose ground-in grime, if you do the sort of work that sometimes results in ground-in grime. Taking a shower is just work. I add hot water to the tub when it starts to cool down. Once; more than once is too decadent, and I should probably get out of the tub and either go to bed or get dressed and do something else. I do rinse off briefly with the shower afterwards. When I see the topic “number of beds in the world” my first thought isn’t to compare that to the number of people. When it’s made clear that that’s the context my second thought is to wonder what qualifies as a “bed” – hammocks? mats on the ground? sleeping platforms? whatever the Andaman Islanders sleep on, they probably use something? or are we talking only about bedframes and mattresses? – and my third is that a) some people share beds b) some people have more than one bed, because they have more than one house c) some people have guest beds d) hotels and motels and such have beds; and I don’t know whether the sharing-beds factor outweighs the other factors, maybe it comes out about even? The one time I was so sure somebody at a party must have taken something home, possibly accidentally, that I proceeded to ask everybody to look for it, I found it several days later, right where I’d put it myself. So I became pretty reluctant after that to think ‘Somebody must have taken it!’ I voted that I want my receipt, because I usually do; but actually the answer is more like “it depends.” And I voted that I wear glasses but don’t use an umbrella, because I rarely use an umbrella, but once in a while I do. @puzzlegal, is that question about rain making the glasses hard to see through? Some (not all) hats do help with that; and IME umbrellas don’t always stop it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1983 "2023-02-11T22:02:51Z")
I take baths daily, especially in the winter. They are a great solution to any number of problems. Cold? Bath. Stressed? Bath. In any sort of pain? Bath. I have a giant garden tub which makes it even better. Fill that sucker up with hot water as hot as I can stand it. I swear something about that sudden shock of hot water creates some kind of chemical change that instantly lowers my stress. Usually I read, surf the web, or chat with my friends via text. When I’m really stressed out I shun all electronics and light some candles. I really can get zoned out and sit in a tub for hours, so lately I’ve been setting an alarm that I have to physically get out of the tub to turn off. I usually do shower afterward. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1984 "2023-02-11T22:17:01Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > is that question about rain making the glasses hard to see through? Some (not all) hats do help with that; and IME umbrellas don’t always stop it. Yes. I use umbrellas and my husband doesn’t, and in many conditions, i think the difference is that he can see when it’s raining, and i can’t, unless i keep the rain off my face. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1985 "2023-02-11T23:30:13Z")
My lovely wife’s wedding vows included her support for as many baths as I wanted to take. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1986 "2023-02-12T00:47:22Z")
Penalty kicking is another good case for ‘none of the above’. Like a lot of good strikers, I ignore whatever he did and try to read his lean after slowing my approach to the ball. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vrXoQKmZui8/maxresdefault.jpg "Robert Lewandowski - How To Score The Perfect Penalty") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrXoQKmZui8) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1987 "2023-02-12T00:54:24Z")
I cannot recall the last time I bathed twice in one day. I shower twice a week, unless there is some special event that warrants an additional shower. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1988 "2023-02-12T12:57:44Z")
I’m amazed that such a comprehensive poll missed the word “leg”. You must be a spry young’un! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1989 "2023-02-12T13:53:12Z")
Dang it! Meant to include leg and knee. Poll is worthless now. Will close and re-do. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1990 "2023-02-12T14:08:05Z")
You left out “nothing” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1991 "2023-02-12T14:18:37Z")
Now includes leg and knee! sounds like something a chicken food place might say! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1992 "2023-02-12T15:22:08Z")
The inside of my ears are itching. So I’m still going with “other”. But I suspect that’s weird, and I don’t think you should expand your poll to include it. 😉 My knees often hurt, but not right now. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1993 "2023-02-12T15:26:41Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > The inside of my ears are itching. So I’m still going with “other”. But I suspect that’s weird If it’s weird, so am I. Which is not much help, because I definitely am weird; but the insides of my ears often itch. It didn’t occur to me to think of that for that poll, though; possibly because I’m nearly always itchy somewhere and have been all my life, so it’s faded into background noise. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1994 "2023-02-12T16:19:52Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > The “greatest” GOATS of all time in baseball say would include Bill Buckner Buckner will be forever remembered for that error, but Calvin Schiraldi (3 straight hits allowed after two were out) and Bob Stanley (wild pitch allowing the tying run to score) were more to blame for that loss than Buckner was, IMO. And then Schiraldi went on to give up 3 earned runs (the eventual margin of victory) in a third of an inning - including a WP of his own - in game 7. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1995 "2023-02-12T16:33:30Z")
Again, no option in the Aches and Pains poll for “nothing”… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1996 "2023-02-12T16:57:24Z")
Ribs/torso? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1997 "2023-02-12T17:37:54Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > You left out “nothing” 🙂 Yes, I thought of that, too, afterwards. Poll-making ain’t easy. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Again, no option in the Aches and Pains poll for “nothing”… I’m aware, thank you. 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1998 "2023-02-12T20:43:11Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I just finished Randy Rainbow’s autobiography in the tub Wasn’t it a hoot? When we remodeled our townhouse, my _en suite_ had the only tub in the house. I had it removed for a larger shower. I don’t take baths and don’t have time for them. Plus, I live in drought country, and baths use more water, and I couldn’t justify taking a bath just to relax if I’d already showered. I don’t mind soaking in hot tubs, but most bath tubs are not very comfortable for me. I’m a born and raised Southern Californian, and I went long stretches in my life when I didn’t even own a coat, but I’ve always had an umbrella…usually many. I’m downsizing my possessions, and I recently donated about 5 umbrellas. I still have six. But I will often go out in the rain without one. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1999 "2023-02-12T22:01:50Z")
He’s a funny boy. I live in anti-droughtland, and tend to bathe more in fall-winter-spring and less in summer (when there’s no rain). I also use the greywater (baths without soap) for watering outdoor plants in summer. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2000 "2023-02-12T22:48:12Z")
The only time I suspect something was stolen from me but I can’t be sure of it, was at my birthday party when I was just a wee lad, maybe nine or so. Someone gave me a copy of the USS _Enterprise_ schematics (yes, I was a Trekker even then), looseleaf foldout pages in a little plastic portfolio. Within a day or two I realized that one of the pages, showing the starship from the outside in profile, was missing. I still suspect one of my birthday guests ripped me off, but never figured out who. I almost always use either an umbrella (if I’m dressed up) or a raincoat (if I’m not) when I’m out in the rain. I haven’t taken a bath in years, although our house has a tub; I much prefer showers, first thing in the morning. I’ve only rarely showered twice in one day, and then only when I’ve gotten very hot and sweaty since my morning shower. If I know I’m going to be sweating that morning, such as doing yardwork, moving heavy objects, etc., I just wait to have my shower later. I do enjoy a dunk in a hot tub or jacuzzi when I can. We don’t have one, but it’s a nice perk if a hotel has one. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2001 "2023-02-12T22:53:51Z")
So what are the “something else”'s that are hurting on people? Hair? Fingernail? Medulla oblongata? mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=101)