# 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:** 241
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4804 "2023-06-12T19:11:22Z")
Is the fig tree related to the thorny locust? ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4805 "2023-06-12T21:36:28Z")
Everything and everybody’s related to everything and everybody else. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4806 "2023-06-12T21:43:56Z")
Are you the eggman? > I am he as you are he as you are me > And we are all together ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4807 "2023-06-12T21:53:54Z")
No, I am she. If everybody’s he there won’t be any eggs, anyway. – mostly I was rephrasing an old (and true) environmental adage: everything’s connected to everything else. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4808 "2023-06-12T22:45:58Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Banana Foster is quite delicious Only if you find bananas delicious. As for Jesus, Guns, or Babies. I just closed my eyes and drove on by. I’d vote for Jesus if I could trust that the guy would be the one discussed in the Bible, and not the one being sold by some of his followers. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4809 "2023-06-12T23:10:45Z")
> [@saje](#): > > As for Jesus, Guns, or Babies — No, No, and No. Most emphatically no. Yeah, I wanted a “none of the above” option for that one. Some wasps bite. There were some “meat-eating” wasps buzzing around us when were camping with our Explorer Scout kids. One of the advisers told them to take some of meat trimmings and put them on a plate away from our campsite to draw the wasps away. They built a whole elaborate little meat shrine for them. One of the kids got in one of the cars and wouldn’t leave. We were a computer Explorer Post and most of our kids were immigrants with little or no camping experience. It was always an adventure. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4810 "2023-06-13T11:02:38Z")
So, I chose alcohol, meat, and sex. I’d like to have fruit in there, but couldn’t figure out which to replace. Couldn’t I allow some of my fruit to ferment? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4811 "2023-06-13T11:09:35Z")
Good question. For what it’s worth, I would not consider wine “fruit”. 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:** [June 13, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4812 "2023-06-13T12:08:04Z")
My choice of fruit was very deliberate. I love fresh fruit and eat lots of it anyway. In addition fruit has juices. Juices, along with the fruits themselves, can ferment. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I would not consider wine “fruit”. There is no way you could convince me (for the purposes of this hypothetical) that fermented fruit is not still fruit!. Plus, coffee beans are the seed of coffee fruits that are often called ‘cherries’. If I have fruit, I can use ALL of it! Even if a beverage resulting from the coffee beans is not allowed, that still leaves room for roasting and chewing on them. The reason I didn’t pick sex was because no matter how bad for us, no matter how severely banned or punished, it’s gonna happen anyway 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4813 "2023-06-13T13:42:46Z")
@Mean_Mr.Mustard - what constitutes “sex?” Strictly heterosexual dick-in-orifice? What about non-penetrative, or digital penetrative? Mutual masturbation? _Solo_ masturbation? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4814 "2023-06-13T14:09:15Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Plus, coffee beans are the seed of coffee fruits that are often called ‘cherries’. If I have fruit, I can use ALL of it! Even if a beverage resulting from the coffee beans is not allowed, that still leaves room for roasting and chewing on them. Ditto for chocolate. Different fruit, but it’s the seed of the cacao fruit. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4815 "2023-06-13T14:09:38Z")
> [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > @Mean_Mr.Mustard - what constitutes “sex?” Strictly heterosexual dick-in-orifice? What about non-penetrative, or digital penetrative? Mutual masturbation? _Solo_ masturbation? Anything that gives you physical sexual pleasure. mmm ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4816 "2023-06-13T14:10:45Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@Bayaker](#): > > > > Plus, coffee beans are the seed of coffee fruits that are often called ‘cherries’. If I have fruit, I can use ALL of it! Even if a beverage resulting from the coffee beans is not allowed, that still leaves room for roasting and chewing on them. > > Ditto for chocolate. Different fruit, but it’s the seed of the cacao fruit. Sheesh, only on SDMB. 🙂 mmm ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4817 "2023-06-13T14:16:54Z")
[Purple is a fruit.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGH-b3xtDm4) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4818 "2023-06-13T14:37:01Z")
I seem to be the only person who picked soft drinks so far. I was about to pick coffee, but then I admitted I pretty much just drink coffee for the caffeine, and I can get caffeine from soft drinks, too. So in this scenario soft drinks are pretty much my substitute for coffee. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4819 "2023-06-13T14:57:02Z")
Can’t vote in that one. I need at least five. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4820 "2023-06-13T15:12:51Z")
I only drink soft drinks a couple times a year, and I might vaguely miss them, but “don’t ever have soft drinks again” would be like “don’t ever have fresh pomegranate again.” That wasn’t even in the running for my 3. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4821 "2023-06-13T15:46:48Z")
If I choose Desserts, can they not have chocolate or fruit or dairy or eggs in them unless I also choose those things? A chocolate cake could use up _four_ choices. Unless I have it for breakfast; then it’s not a dessert, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4822 "2023-06-13T15:52:13Z")
For me, eggs, meat and dairy were all tough choices. I already committed to sex and alcohol (of course). So, meat without cheese or cheese without meat? In the end, I went with meat, but I wasn’t happy about it. But, that’s what alcohol is for, right? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4823 "2023-06-13T17:18:34Z")
This Japanese (I think) sign seems relevant to mmm’s poll. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/37/3c/fa/373cfa629e274daefed970591392739a--coffee-and-alcohol-signs.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/37/3c/fa/373cfa629e274daefed970591392739a--coffee-and-alcohol-signs.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=242)