# 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:** 216
**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 21, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4302 "2023-05-21T21:05:37Z")
Answered as well as I could, considering this morning’s breakfast was a bacon, sausage, onion, pepper, mushroom and tomato omelet with hashbrowns, sourdough toast and coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4303 "2023-05-21T21:12:21Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Why is it that men “Urinate”, but women “Use the toilet” ? I didn’t know it was sex-based. But urinating is only one of several ways one may use the toilet. You would use the word “urinate” if you wanted to be specific about what one was using the toilet _for_ (as I assume was the case in that poll). I didn’t answer the poll. My answer is: when I am reasonably certain that I will be the next person to use that particular toilet, I leave the seat up after urinating. When I am not, I leave it down. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4304 "2023-05-21T21:18:45Z")
Siam Sam: Are you aware that public polls give you the option of removing your vote? ---
**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:** [May 21, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4305 "2023-05-21T21:22:51Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > > I’ve always left the seat down after using the toilet; it’s a courtesy, and I’ve never understood guys who insist on leaving it up. > > And I’ve never understood this view. If it’s a courtesy for a man to lower the seat after use, isn’t it also a courtesy for a woman to raise the seat after her use? This has been my argument for years. I once worked in a small office with one unisex bathroom. One woman in particular would say, every now and then, “you never put the seat down”. I would always reply, “and you never put the seat up, so I guess we’re even”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4306 "2023-05-21T21:31:22Z")
We have dogs: Shoes stay on, lid goes down. Sunny side up or “dippy eggs” with buttered toast. I love sausage but it hasn’t liked me for years, so bacon it is. I’ll drink the cranberry juice if it’s blended with something else, like grape or peach. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4307 "2023-05-21T21:37:44Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > urinating is only one of several ways one may use the toilet. I was visiting someone I know, and during that visit I discovered that they used their toilet kinda like a garbage disposal. Their leftover stew had “gone bad” so they flushed it down the toilet. I was shocked. They, in turn, were shocked that I was shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4308 "2023-05-21T21:38:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@markn\_1](#): > > > > And I’ve never understood this view. If it’s a courtesy for a man to lower the seat after use, isn’t it also a courtesy for a woman to raise the seat after her use? > > This has been my argument for years. I once worked in a small office with one unisex bathroom. One woman in particular would say, every now and then, “you never put the seat down”. It hadn’t occured to me that anyone would, or even could, use a toilet without looking at it first, until the first time I encountered the explanation that was here given by @puzzlegal (about falling in when you stumble into the bathroom at night, which you might legitimately do in the dark if you were going to be sitting down and didn’t have to worry about aiming). Still, that wouldn’t apply to an office bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4309 "2023-05-21T21:42:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I was visiting someone I know, and during that visit I discovered that they used their toilet kinda like a garbage disposal. Their leftover stew had “gone bad” so they flushed it down the toilet. I wouldn’t have thought to do that, but it makes a certain amount of sense. Number One and Number Two are the two most common ways of using a toilet, but in the interest of completeness I wanted to acknowledge that there are also others, such as Praying to the Porcelain God (a.k.a. Talking to Ralph on the Big White Phone) and disposing of dead goldfish. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4310 "2023-05-21T21:43:44Z")
We have _the_ ideal solution to the toilet problem. She has her bathroom, I have mine. We have a guest bathroom that either uses if necessary , but we’re both lid down people (if it’s yellow, and we have dogs). ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4311 "2023-05-21T22:13:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I was visiting someone I know, and during that visit I discovered that they used their toilet kinda like a garbage disposal. Their leftover stew had “gone bad” so they flushed it down the toilet. I was at a campground once, I think it was at Lassen National Park, that had a fixture outside the bathrooms that looked like a giant toilet, which campers were supposed to use to dispose of food waste. I assume it was there because putting food in the trash would attract bears. But that had a much bigger hole than a regular toilet; I would never use a normal toilet for such a purpose. ---
**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 21, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4312 "2023-05-21T22:44:17Z")
Patty Melt, fries, iced tea. Almost picked the tri-tip, but the burger hybrid gets the nod. ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4313 "2023-05-21T23:06:22Z")
I did vote in the lunch poll; but, in practice, I might pick something else based on what I was in the mood for, or what I thought was particularly good there. And I’d probably pick something different than whatever I ate there last time, if I ate at the place at all often. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4314 "2023-05-21T23:20:28Z")
It didn’t hit me until the poll went live that the California chicken and club sandwiches are quite similar, except the California chicken comes with avocado at no additional charge. So assume that sandwich is priced higher to account for that. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4315 "2023-05-22T00:07:49Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > I was visiting someone I know, and during that visit I discovered that they used their toilet kinda like a garbage disposal. Their leftover stew had “gone bad” so they flushed it down the toilet. > > I was at a campground once, I think it was at Lassen National Park, that had a fixture outside the bathrooms that looked like a giant toilet, which campers were supposed to use to dispose of food waste. I assume it was there because putting food in the trash would attract bears. But that had a much bigger hole than a regular toilet; I would never use a normal toilet for such a purpose. Hospitals have these as well in their dirty utility rooms. They call them “hoppers”. All manner of human waste - fluids and solids - go in them. 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:** [May 22, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4316 "2023-05-22T01:10:35Z")
Reuben (I _love_ a good Reuben), potato salad, and iced tea (no sugar!!!). I know a ton of euphemisms for barfing in a toilet, but “Talking to Ralph on the big white phone” was new one for my repertoire. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4317 "2023-05-22T02:07:27Z")
BLT had an early lead, but now it’s neck and neck with Reuben. California chicken, club sandwich, an burger are all close behind. A poor showing from tri-tip, maybe because hardly anyone outside California has heard of it. And patty melt bringing up the rear, well behind the rest of the pack. ETA: And more votes came in while I was writing that, with burger now falling behind. A surprisingly poor showing from the classic American hamburger. ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4318 "2023-05-22T02:22:24Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > LOL. > > There was only one other respondent when I did the diner poll, and that person had all the same responses as me, except they chose grits instead of hash browns. Because grits and eggs is a wonderful combination. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4319 "2023-05-22T03:09:45Z")
I waffled between getting the burger with fries or the BLT with clam chowder. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4320 "2023-05-22T03:18:04Z")
If I’m just average hungry, the BLT. If I’m _really_ hungry, the Club, because it still has everything the BLT came with, plus a pile of other stuff. I’m a clam chowder fan and I have to find out. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4322 "2023-05-22T05:11:54Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > A surprisingly poor showing from the classic American hamburger. I would never get a hamburger at a diner - there’s hamburger places for those. I would have chosen potato chips, preferably BBQ, to go with my club sandwich. For breakfast, I chose the side (toast or pancakes) and then decide how I wanr my eggs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=215) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=217)