# 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:** 209
**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 16, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4162 "2023-05-16T22:32:50Z")
“That make me think” and “That are easy to answer” are somewhat contradictory of each other; but I nevertheless picked them both (among other choices) because I like them both in different ways. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4163 "2023-05-17T00:21:38Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I think you can safely exclude the “infinite categories” version, however. it was “infinate categories”. Different thing altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4164 "2023-05-17T01:24:22Z")
Regarding the Beautiful South poll, my first thought was I liked “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company”. Then when I went to YouTube to check some of their songs, I realized I had them confused with the Dead South. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4165 "2023-05-17T01:38:28Z")
Is “cafe kitty” a cat who lives (happily) in a café? Because that’s who I voted for. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4166 "2023-05-17T01:45:29Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Is “cafe kitty” a cat who lives (happily) in a café? That is who I meant. And it was a multiple-choice poll, you could have also selected other options. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4167 "2023-05-17T01:46:43Z")
I selected Other as one of them because Pie wasn’t listed. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4168 "2023-05-17T01:52:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That is who I meant. And it was a multiple-choice poll, you could have also selected other options. Prrrrr. And I did also select other options. Thanks for the option to do so! ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4169 "2023-05-17T03:26:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Regarding the Beautiful South poll, my first thought was I liked “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company”. Then when I went to YouTube to check some of their songs, I realized I had them confused with the Dead South. Phew, it’s not just me. It turns out I was thinking of the band “The Soundtrack of Our Lives” (I think I guy I used to work with recommended both to me). ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4170 "2023-05-17T07:34:22Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I selected Other as one of them because Pie wasn’t listed. I wouldn’t have been able to choose between pie and pudding, but I marked Other anyways. Cafe kitties are the best. All the pets and purring, mellow, and no litter boxese or hair balls. ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4171 "2023-05-17T12:53:52Z")
Percentage tip, rounded up to some plausible even number. Voted other. Some furniture etc. gets moved every time I vacuum; some occasionally and erratically; some hasn’t been moved since I got here 30-some years ago. Some of what I have is a lot harder to move than others. Didn’t vote. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4172 "2023-05-17T13:04:04Z")
I sometimes tip a percentage, sometimes round up to a round tip, and sometimes round up to a round bill. It depends a bit how I am paying. I like the cash portion to be a round number, if there’s a cash portion. I probably voted. I never vacuum. Unless you count the handheld thing I use for cleaning up spills. The cleaning lady comes every other week, and that’s enough vacuuming for the carpets. I voted in that one, too. I like to see the answers, and I don’t like having unvoted polls scattered around. Maybe don’t trust votes. Especially if there’s no “other”. 😉 (although I didn’t vote in the long list of names. I rarely vote in those polls.) ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4173 "2023-05-17T14:00:11Z")
I calculate a rough 20% on tips, and then round up a couple of dollars. ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4174 "2023-05-17T14:27:34Z")
Like the above, rough percentage rounded up. I need more choices for the secret agent poll. 7 isn’t enough! In the end, Napoleon Solo loses to Derek Flint entirely due to Coburn’s little “skip” when he moves fast across a room. ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4175 "2023-05-17T14:40:09Z")
Start with 20%, then increase to a pleasant round number. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4176 "2023-05-17T14:40:58Z")
Which Agent 13? The one from Marvel Comics, or the one from _Get Smart_? I can understand snubbing Ethan Hunt and Jack Ryan, but John Clark and Secret Agent X-9 should have been on the list. ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4177 "2023-05-17T14:43:04Z")
And if John Clark is on the list, it must also include Domingo Chavez. ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4178 "2023-05-17T14:53:35Z")
Something/body might be my favorite because of making me re-evaluate my life choices. That wasn’t true of the most recent poll, however; I just liked reading about/watching some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4179 "2023-05-17T15:11:49Z")
Tip depends on where I am. In the U.S, typically 20%, especially since COVID. In Switzerland, often 2 Francs, usually more, depending on the restaurant, the number of people, amount of alcohol imbibed. I tend to follow the local tipping practices and err on the generous side. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4180 "2023-05-17T15:35:16Z")
I picked Cinnamon Carter because I always thought Barbara Bain was incredibly gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4181 "2023-05-17T15:44:33Z")
I just kind of “gut feeling” when calculating tips, based on whatever I feel when I see the total. It’s generally about 25%, and I’m sure I’m just doing the math subconsciously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=210)