# 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:** 263
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5244 "2023-07-01T20:08:43Z")
This kind of [reminds me of the feud](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artist-only-person-banned-using-worlds-pinkest-pink-180961464/) between the guy who obtained exclusive rights to use “Vantablack”, the blackest black, and the guy who created the pinkest pink but made his purchasers agree not to let it fall into the hands of that other guy. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5245 "2023-07-01T20:31:05Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Was it the color of a particular Giant? It was an AMC Gremlin, so not exactly. 😄 mmm ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5246 "2023-07-01T20:35:15Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > It was an AMC Gremlin, so not exactly. 😄 I had that color Gremlin. We called it Mountain Dew green, even though that color has too much yellow in it. Rather like #5FD460 on the color palatte. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5247 "2023-07-01T20:59:19Z")
My Gremlin is kudzu green at the moment. It started out orange. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5248 "2023-07-01T21:10:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It started out orange. I can picture that exactly. Nature does take over. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5249 "2023-07-01T21:16:03Z")
We have three cars: - My Mustang is metallic red - My wife’s Corvette is “Laguna Blue,” and her Mazda SUV is a medium blue I dislike the fact that most cars today are black, white, gray, or silver; I’ve owned a white car, and a black car, in the past, and I’d rather not own another car in any of those neutral colors. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5250 "2023-07-01T21:58:34Z")
It seems I’ve had a lot of orange vehicles. It ain’t right, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5251 "2023-07-01T22:21:33Z")
But much safer during hunting season. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5252 "2023-07-01T23:22:51Z")
My high school girlfriend drove a Ford Maverick (remember those?). It was painted “Hulla Blue.” Ford thought they were hip. Other colors were “Antiestablish Mint” and “Original Cinnamon.” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5253 "2023-07-01T23:40:43Z")
William Burns is a 67 year old man sporting a 16-year-old’s mustache. That thing is weird looking. It’s almost as if he had a full mustache, then tried to cut it off with craft scissors without a mirror just before walking into this room, and that’s the best he could do. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5254 "2023-07-01T23:59:29Z")
Yeah. I wasn’t sure whether to vote “too much” or " too little", but that’s one weird and unflattering mustache for a grown man to sport. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5255 "2023-07-02T00:00:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I dislike the fact that most cars today are black, white, gray, or silver; I’ve owned a white car, and a black car, in the past, and I’d rather not own another car in any of those neutral colors. My previous car was a red station wagon – extremely easy to spot in a car park. Now I have a silver sedan which blends in with all the other silver and grey cars. Hyundai had a really nice copper colour for their SUVs a few years back. I’d love to have one of those. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5256 "2023-07-02T00:03:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My Gremlin is kudzu green at the moment. Wait…_you still have a Gremlin?_ > [@silenus](#): > > My high school girlfriend drove a Ford Maverick (remember those?). It was painted “Hulla Blue.” > > Ford thought they were hip. Other colors were “Antiestablish Mint” and “Original Cinnamon.” Ha, the Maverick was my first car, before the Gremlin. I don’t remember the name of the color but now it looks like it may have been Antiestablish Mint. mmm ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5257 "2023-07-02T00:03:56Z")
I think I know the problem with the mustache, and it’s the same one I had with wispy bangs: when the hair turns white, it starts getting translucent, and the overall effect is to make it disappear. It’s the right _amount_ of mustache, but he’s going to need to either grow it bushier or dye it darker. Or shave it off! I’m almost always rooting for less facial hair. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5258 "2023-07-02T00:42:34Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Wait…_you still have a Gremlin?_ I take it she means it is out between the ancient magnolia and the split-rail fence that runs along the northwest edge of the property, just behind the big boulder that marks the end of the field it was dug out of. Careful when you open the hood, those yellowjackets tend to be in a nasty mood even this time of year. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5259 "2023-07-02T01:18:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Wait…_you still have a Gremlin?_ It sounds like Beck’s Gremlin has been reclaimed by the Arkansas brush. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5260 "2023-07-02T01:20:18Z")
Yep. So true ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5261 "2023-07-02T02:39:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It seems I’ve had a lot of orange vehicles. It ain’t right, I tell you. Somehow, I’m not surprised. Orange or red. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5262 "2023-07-02T03:06:46Z")
I admit I didn’t know that Elephant’s Breath is actually a color. _Frasier_ once had a hilarious scene with Frasier and Niles discussing the twenty shades of light gray, IIRC, in some high-end clothing catalog. Wish I could find it online. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5263 "2023-07-02T10:48:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It sounds like Beck’s Gremlin has been reclaimed by the Arkansas brush. 😃 Ah, ok. For a minute there I was jealous. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=264)