# 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:** 267
**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, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5324 "2023-07-04T02:50:56Z")
Re: “fungi” In my head, I pronounce it FUN-gee, but I say FUN-guy aloud. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5325 "2023-07-04T03:00:14Z")
I’m a bit surprised that so far everyone has either been to the ocean or is Aquaman. I figured there would be a couple of people who were landlocked and didn’t have any desire to go. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5326 "2023-07-04T03:06:09Z")
I can’t remember ever hearing “fungi” pronounced “fun-gee.” The g may be hard or soft, but the i is a long i. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5327 "2023-07-04T03:31:21Z")
Of course it’s pronounced fun-guy. The joke wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5328 "2023-07-04T03:39:03Z")
> [@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. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Agreed. I picked Blues Brothers 2000, because it was the only other one I’ve actually seen in its entirety. I have seen Coneheads (which as admitted upthread, get’s grating extremely fast) and Wayne’s World 2. I also voted for Blues Brothers 2000, but mostly for the parts of the cast that were NOT Ackroyd. John Goodman, while far from perfect, showed a lot of love. And I enjoy Joe Morton in most of the things I’ve seen him in. We do not speak of child sidekicks in my house however. Despite a mediocre plot and recycled gags though, it’s got fun, wonderful music. So while I don’t own a DVD of the movie, I do have a CD of the soundtrack. Which pushes it into the win category for me. Even if it’s a forced technicality. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5329 "2023-07-04T09:06:00Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Hmm, I’ve been in the Atlantic and the Pacific. _…but the Atlantic wasn’t romantic…_ I counted the Bosphorus as “Black Sea”, as it was close enough. > [@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. Yep. Although I did like Coneheads enough not to mind choosing it for #3. Wayne’s World 2 was very uneven, although it contains my favorite Charlton Heston role of all time. Conversely I couldn’t make it through either Blues Brothers 2000 (despite the quality of the music) or Macgruber. > [@Allecher](#): > > 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! Yeah, I’m over the flash-bang-boom of fireworks, particularly as the quality of drone shows goes up and up. And they’re much less likely to traumatize housepets and any vets with PTSD. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5330 "2023-07-04T11:29:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I counted the Bosphorus as “Black Sea”, as it was close enough. Plus the Sea of Marmara! I’ve dipped my tootsies in that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5331 "2023-07-04T11:49:07Z")
No Billy Ocean either. ---
**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 4, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5332 "2023-07-04T13:05:47Z")
“fung-guy” ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5333 "2023-07-04T13:57:52Z")
As a kid I swam a few times every summer in the Atlantic from Maryland, Virginia, or Delaware beaches. I spend a couple hundred hours every year wade-fishing the surf in the Gulf of Mexico, but I never swim in it. Usually it’s about waist deep, but I often shuffle through a chest deep gut to get from the second sand bar to the third, though none of that counts for the poll. My qualification for the poll is that I occasionally fish from my kayak in deeper water on very calm days. And once took my small outboard-powered jonboat through the breakers at the mouth of the Colorado River and fished about a half-mile offshore. ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5334 "2023-07-04T14:40:39Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Of course it’s pronounced fun-guy. The joke wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t. Exactly! There are plenty of good movies with SNL alums (_Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Talladega Nights_ and _Trading Places,_ first and foremost IMHO), but precious few good movies based on SNL sketches. I felt a little dirty having to pick three, frankly. I am not now, nor have I ever been, either Aquaman or Sub-Mariner. ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5335 "2023-07-04T14:44:38Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:5334, topic:972380, full:true”]!. I am not, nor have I ever been, either Aquaman or Sub-Mariner. [/quote] Nor am I, despite repeated testing when I drink a glass of water. ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5336 "2023-07-04T14:54:56Z")
Fun - ji. Long i, soft g. And I checked 10-50 in the flying poll, because I’m pretty sure it’s been more than ten times, and probably somewhere in the low teens; but it’s possible it was only 9. There were some places that I went to which sometimes I’d drive and sometimes I’d fly, and I no longer remember how many times I did which. ---
**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 4, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5337 "2023-07-04T16:36:08Z")
I always thought of _Animal House_ and _Caddyshack_ as SNL movies. ---
**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 4, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5338 "2023-07-04T16:39:18Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > No Billy Ocean either. If you have been in, or sailed on, Billy Ocean, that may be worth its own thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5339 "2023-07-04T18:44:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I always thought of _Animal House_ and _Caddyshack_ as SNL movies Ditto ---
**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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5340 "2023-07-04T18:45:00Z")
Agreed. And Animal House would have received a vote from me. ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5341 "2023-07-04T19:02:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I always thought of _Animal House_ and _Caddyshack_ as SNL movies. I think of them as being sort of SNL-adjacent, at least as far as type of humor, and that they both featured SNL stars. _Animal House_ owed far more to _National Lampoon_: not only was it branded as a National Lampoon project, but two of the three film’s writers were on the Lampoon staff. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5342 "2023-07-04T19:36:54Z")
My ears used to be pierced, until they started getting enflamed. I’m allergic to most metals. On skin contact, my skin gets a bit red and itchy. But if it’s through the skin… not as bad as childbirth, but horribly painful anyway. It was really bad when I had the staples in for my first C-Secton. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5343 "2023-07-04T19:54:11Z")
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