# 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:** 206
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4102 "2023-05-13T20:26:49Z")
I didn’t interpret the favorite TV mom poll as which mom I actually liked the best, but which moms I enjoyed watching on their shows. I’d never in a million years want Lucille Bluth as my mom, but, man, did I enjoy watching her. The Gangie episodes are some of my favorites to re-watch. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4103 "2023-05-13T21:53:52Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Certainly a second flush qualifies as a courtesy flush if needed. Naw. If I flush a second time it’s to get stuff down, and it’s not a “courtesy” any more than the first flush is, it’s just using the toilet. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4104 "2023-05-13T22:46:54Z")
JEN-oh-uh ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4105 "2023-05-13T23:02:39Z")
@aurora_maire: do you mean what did I call my parents when I was a child, or what did I call them when I was grown? Because for me that’s two different answers – at least. I’m not sure whether I called them the same thing as a small child as I did when I was an older child. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4106 "2023-05-13T23:11:11Z")
My SIL calls her mother “Mu.” (sounds like, “Moo.”) This didn’t start until high school. Now we all call her Mu. And to my son, she is Grandma Mu. I’m not sure where this came from. But it always makes me think of the Zen Koan. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4107 "2023-05-13T23:21:09Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > do you mean what did I call my parents when I was a child, or what did I call them when I was grown? I was thinking “do” as right now or “did” as before they died. So as adults (well, unless you were a child when they died). Funny you should bring it up because when I did the poll, I was trying to remember if I always called my mother “Mother”. It seems I probably would have been less formal as a child but if so, I can’t remember the transition. My siblings also called her “Mother”. I didn’t answer for the father poll because he died when I was young and I don’t remember what I called him. There is something else I was wondering about. I don’t have children so I don’t know this. Do parents decide what they want their children to call them or is it usually an organic thing the kids just start doing? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4108 "2023-05-14T00:35:16Z")
When I address my parents, I call them “Mom & Dad,” but they are “My Mother & Father” in the third person. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4109 "2023-05-14T01:15:08Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I was thinking “do” as right now or “did” as before they died. So as adults (well, unless you were a child when they died). Thanks. Have voted accordingly. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4110 "2023-05-14T01:41:39Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Do parents decide what they want their children to call them or is it usually an organic thing the kids just start doing? It varies. My grandmother was called “beema” because that’s what her first grandchild said. But my parents and my husband’s parents picked the names they wanted. And that makes “what did you call your parents” hard, because i sometimes called them their grandparents names, and sometimes called them their parents names. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4111 "2023-05-14T03:16:50Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > It varies. My grandmother was called “beema” because that’s what her first grandchild said. But my parents and my husband’s parents picked the names they wanted. I know grandparents sometimes (usually?) pick their names. My sister spent a bit of time before deciding she was to be “Nana”. I wondered if parents did the same thing. Would a mother prefer to be “Mama” instead of “Mom” or a father want to be “Pop” and not “Dad” for instance. Or maybe they just go with the first thing the baby babbles. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4112 "2023-05-14T05:03:08Z")
[Choosing your Grandma Name is Serious Business - YouTube](https://youtu.be/FEnw-TDuwn0) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4113 "2023-05-14T12:45:31Z")
I have a friend who was called “mother” because that’s what she preferred. She taught her children that was her name. The differences between “most common names for parents” from country to country suggests that in general, parents pick that name. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4114 "2023-05-14T13:58:25Z")
I haven’t eaten Starburst fruit chews and therefore don’t know whether I have a preference and, if so, what it would be. “Minnesota Wrecking Crew” sounds vaguely familiar, so I may indeed have heard of it, but if so I have no idea who are what they are or where, or even for sure if, I’ve run into the term before. I am not a sports fan. So three for three not voting! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4115 "2023-05-14T14:13:37Z")
I believe the Minnesota Wrecking Crew refers to the tag team of Arn and Ole Anderson. That, or Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4116 "2023-05-14T14:32:45Z")
Yo Mr. Mustard, I’m a big fan of Carol Kaye, to this day, even at 88, she’s dropping Facebook posts talking about her experiences with both the wrecking crew and otherwise as a studio musician. Great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4117 "2023-05-14T15:04:32Z")
I’ve heard of the Wrecking Crew. I have never in my life heard them referred to as the “_Minnesota_ Wrecking Crew.” ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4118 "2023-05-14T15:09:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’ve heard of the Wrecking Crew. I have never in my life heard them referred to as the “_Minnesota_ Wrecking Crew.” Two different things. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4119 "2023-05-14T15:11:40Z")
Good! I was worried there for a sec. So I’m guessing the MWC is some sort of sports sub-group, like the only Twins who are hitting above .150 or something? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4120 "2023-05-14T15:22:52Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I believe the Minnesota Wrecking Crew refers to the tag team of Arn and Ole Anderson. That, or Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin. Wikipedia supports this definition. I didn’t recognize the term when it was mentioned in the poll, but I did watch NWA Wresting on TV when I was growing up in Wisconsin in the 1970s, so I think it’s likely that I did hear the term back then. I know who the (other) Wrecking Crew is, and know a fair amount about them, including the debate as to whether they actually went by that term back in the day, or whether Hal Blaine coined it himself. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4121 "2023-05-14T16:12:05Z")
I picked 50/50, but really, i think i have no idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=207)