# 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:** 266
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5304 "2023-07-03T19:47:30Z")
I have no bathroom fans; but both of my bathrooms have windows in them. Neither the windows nor the mirrors usually fog up; but my windows in general sometimes fog when it’s really cold, and the bathroom window and mirror occasionally fog when it’s really humid. I have been to, and at least partially in, the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean. (I’ve swum in the first two; I can’t remember whether I actually swam in the Mediterranean or just waded in it.) It has, unfortunately, been quite a while. I like to watch fireworks, whether professional or amateur, provided in the latter case that I don’t think the situation’s hazardous: but I like to watch them from a distance, because I like the light show but I don’t like the noise. Some years I drive partway to a nearby town that puts them on, but I never go all the way to the park where they’re setting them off; I park on a hill overlooking the village and watch them from there. I notice that a number of others do so also; but I don’t know whether they also don’t like noise and crowds, or whether they just don’t want to pay an admission fee (which can also be a factor for me, but isn’t really the deciding factor.) I don’t want to set off any fireworks myself (other than sparklers) because I am a klutz. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5305 "2023-07-03T20:18:37Z")
**Oceans** **On or in** [Atlantic Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean) [Arctic Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean) [Pacific Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean) [Southern Ocean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean) **Seas** **On or in** [American Mediterranean Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mediterranean_Sea) [Sargasso Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargasso_Sea) [South China Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea) [Weddell Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weddell_Sea) [Caribbean Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea) [Mediterranean Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea) [Gulf of Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico) [Gulf of Alaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Alaska) [Norwegian Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Sea) [Argentine Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Sea) [Irminger Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irminger_Sea) [North Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea) [Baltic Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea) [Levantine Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levantine_Sea) [Gulf of Thailand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Thailand) [Celtic Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Sea) [Tyrrhenian Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrhenian_Sea) [Aegean Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea) [Gulf of California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_California) [Balearic Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Sea) [Adriatic Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Sea) **Planned** [East China Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_China_Sea) [Sea of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Japan) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5306 "2023-07-03T20:25:23Z")
The tough part was picking the THIRD good SNL movie. Sure, everyone liked Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World, but the quality sharply falls off after that. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5307 "2023-07-03T20:26:29Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > The tough part was picking the THIRD good SNL movie. Sure everyone liked Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World, but the quality sharply falls off after that Especially, if like me, you have only seen two of them. I was forced to pick a third, so I went with Coneheads, because they were hilarious on SNL. ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5308 "2023-07-03T20:28:01Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Sure, everyone liked Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World, but the quality sharply falls off after that. That was exactly the point of forcing 3 choices. 😀 ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5309 "2023-07-03T20:28:09Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > The tough part was picking the THIRD good SNL movie. Sure, everyone liked Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World, but the quality sharply falls off after that. Agreed. I picked Blues Brothers 2000, because it was the only other one I’ve actually seen in its entirety. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5310 "2023-07-03T20:30:08Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Especially, if like me, you have only seen two of them. I was forced to pick a third, so I went with Coneheads, because they were hilarious on SNL. And therein lies the problem with most SNL- inspired movies. Funny skits for about five minutes, but wear thin quickly thereafter. ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5311 "2023-07-03T20:32:20Z")
I have been to the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, but the Pacific is the only ocean that I have pissed in. ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5312 "2023-07-03T20:33:56Z")
Myself, I went with Coneheads for my 3rd. I actually didn’t hate Macgruber, much to even my own surprise, but Coneheads was on heavy rotation on cable in the mid to late 90s when I was a teen and I watched it a _ton_ of times. I had to give it the vote just because it has a nostalgic charm for me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5313 "2023-07-03T20:43:53Z")
> [@susan](#): > > **Oceans** > **On or in** Fine. If you won’t do a poll then I will. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5314 "2023-07-03T20:49:43Z")
My hero. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5315 "2023-07-03T21:21:56Z")
I went with _Wayne’s World 2_ for the third movie. As SNL movies go, _The Ladies’ Man_ is not a bad film, but it has one serious flaw: the funniest joke in the entire movie is in the first scene. You spend the rest of the film hoping for another gut-buster like that, and you are a bit disappointed when it doesn’t come. ---
**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 3, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5316 "2023-07-03T21:29:29Z")
The only SNL movie I’ve seen is Blues Brothers, and it was pretty average IMO. So, no vote from me. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5317 "2023-07-03T21:35:41Z")
Regarding the question about fireworks: I could take it or leave it. But I heard that Madison WI did a drone show, in part because they have a drought this year. I’d love to see a drone show of that size! ---
**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 3, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5318 "2023-07-03T21:50:04Z")
I have traveled above, on, and below the surface of the ocean. @John_DiFool missed some: ❎ Sea of Japan ❎ Gulf of Thailand ❎ Persian Gulf ---
**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 3, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5319 "2023-07-03T21:51:08Z")
I swam in the Atlantic Ocean just about every summer growing up (and very happily did so again, last week, in Nags Head, N.C.), but in the Pacific only a few times, when I was visiting Hawaii with my parents in 1987. I value modern medicine, vaccines and indoor plumbing too much to want to live in some past historical period, although I certainly wouldn’t mind visiting if I could do so at least reasonably safely. For all their many flaws and occasional aggravations, I would far rather have my current family, and the country of my birth, than any other. I’ve been to a lot of fireworks shows over the years and have reached a point in my life where I enjoy them if I see them, but really won’t go out of my way to do so. If I never saw any more fireworks for the rest of my life, that’d be OK with me. Our bathroom fan does a pretty good job, and eliminates most of the post-shower fog in just a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5320 "2023-07-03T21:56:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > John DiFool missed some: > ❎ Sea of Japan > ❎ Gulf of Thailand > ❎ Persian Gulf Every resource [map] I viewed had some but not others. Plus I was at 46 and had already deleted and added some, wanting to avoid the hitting the limit. After 15 minutes of fiddling around I just said the hell with it and hit post. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5321 "2023-07-03T23:43:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I had a girlfriend who did that (though, she did not have any young’uns). She just skipped past the pink ones and kept taking the white ones. I hear that there is not any issue with skipping the pink ones, they were just added in there to appease the sensibilities of some ranking religious dudes. It’s an official way to treat Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD, which I have, big time) as well as endometriosis and it’s usually referred to as “continuous birth control.” When it works, it’s great. Currently not working so well. ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5322 "2023-07-04T02:03:44Z")
You missed a whole heckuva lot of bodies of water there. I’ve swum in many a lake; Lake Superior was by far the coldest. I’ve been wading in the Pacific at several spots but was very concerned with the undertow and unwilling to do more than wade so it didn’t get a vote from me. The Atlantic did. You missed brats with sauerkraut and spicy mustard. The bathroom exhaust fan where I am living right now is broken. Therefore, very foggy. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5323 "2023-07-04T02:33:01Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > You missed brats with sauerkraut and spicy mustard. And hot dogs with chili, slaw, spicy mustard, and onions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=267)