# 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:** 280
**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 15, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5584 "2023-07-15T20:53:31Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I didn’t vote in the shelled/unshelled polls because of the ambiguity I wrote the poll with the definition of “shelled” as “shell removed” in mind and it didn’t occur to me until after I’d already posted it and it had votes that it could be interpreted either way. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5585 "2023-07-15T21:38:31Z")
We like the soft-close toilet seats, so even though our new house came with brand-new toilets, we swapped out the seats. ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5586 "2023-07-16T00:07:41Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Absolutely. Unshelled to slow me down, and a small recycled glass mustard jar so I stop eating when the shells reach the rim. I wish my husband would employ such a system. He insists on shelled and eats them like a fiend. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5587 "2023-07-16T01:04:53Z")
Yeah, you know me and my inadvertent omissions, but shame for not listing Hogan’s Heroes in the 60’s sitcom poll. ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5588 "2023-07-16T01:29:49Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > We like the soft-close toilet seats, so even though our new house came with brand-new toilets, we swapped out the seats. Sure, buying something with a feature you want seems perfectly natural. Replacing the toilet seats because “a good cleaning” isn’t good enough just feels weird. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5589 "2023-07-16T02:06:00Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > the poll asks _where_ you’re going to go, but doesn’t state they have to let you in. If you go with the assumption you’d be allowed in, well, I’m in Colorado Springs. [Cheyenne Mountain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex) is _right there_ after all. > [@Wheelz](#): > > I’m not sure I understand the question. “Ride out” seems to imply that I’ll be safe from the zombies, and I’d therefore want to choose someplace comfortable with ample food supplies to wait out the crisis, e.g. a mall. > But if I need to worry about the zombies getting me, that changes my answer. This was intentional. I wanted people to take into consideration issues like access, defensibility, and supplies, and choose the location they felt offered the best balance. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5590 "2023-07-16T02:18:14Z")
Re pretending it’s your birthday to get goodies - I don’t even want them to know when it IS my birthday ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5591 "2023-07-16T12:32:29Z")
I’ve driven past the Capitol, but that’s the closest I’ve ever been to it. The only show I’ve watched recently (meaning in the last twelve months) is _Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries_, so the next thing I watch will probably be another episode of that. I do need to watch the last few episodes of _Professor T_ and _Murdoch Mysteries_, though, so I may watch one of those instead. I picked Data, with Bishop as second choice, for my robot guardian. My preferred candidate would be a third-party one, so if they came close in even a three-way split I would be astounded. My favourite socks are the ones I bought four years ago when the local Sears was closing and everything was on sale. No idea what brand they were, but I wish I’d gone back for a couple more packages. I flew Tokyo-San Francisco on Northwest Orient back in '87, and was so impressed by the service I actually sent a letter to corporate commending one of the FAs. Most of the flying I’ve done since then has been space-A on military flights, but the Air Force wasn’t one of the poll options… > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I am currently about 100 pages into “Stranger in a Strange Land” and I am extremely disappointed at the quality of the writing and, as I read, I have one eye on the trash bin. That was one of the only two Heinlein books I couldn’t finish (the other being _Job_). The second time I tried, I think I made it into the second chapter before giving up. I know there’ve been a few other books I didn’t finish, but I don’t remember any of the titles. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > For those of you always-finishers: don’t you even allow yourselves to put a book aside for awhile (or indefinitely)? Drove my ex crazy (actually, that was a putt, not a drive) by having one book at each end of the couch and one in the bedroom, and reading whichever one was closest. > [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3598): > > Your preferred or main form of exercise My favourite form of exercise is jogging, but nowadays I mostly don’t exercise, so those were the two options I picked. The main form of exercise I do engage in is pushing a shopping cart around the supermarket. (Fortunately, most of the stuff I buy is at or near eye level, so I don’t have to keep bending over to get things from the bottom shelf…) ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5592 "2023-07-16T12:38:51Z")
My favorite form of exercise is walking. My second favorite isn’t on the list; it’s yard work. Spending a few hours using a chainsaw sure feels like exercise, but isn’t a sport. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5593 "2023-07-16T14:41:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I wanted people to take into consideration issues like access, defensibility, and supplies, and choose the location they felt offered the best balance. I very much doubt that’s my home; but I suspect that what I’d do in practice would be to stay here anyway. Didn’t vote. (And no, I don’t have a zombie plan all worked out. My After The Disaster fantasies are generally based on most (but not quite all) people just being Gone. Maybe they’re rotting in the streets; maybe they’ve vanished altogether, bodies and all. But they’re not turning into zombies.) > [@kayaker](#): > > My favorite form of exercise is walking. My second favorite isn’t on the list; it’s yard work. Spending a few hours using a chainsaw sure feels like exercise, but isn’t a sport – my favored form of exercise is doing farmwork. Which does not appear to be a possible answer to @Velocity’s poll. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5594 "2023-07-16T16:19:38Z")
No kidding. There’s a risk the waitstaff might come and sing at you or some such nonsense. I shudder to imagine. That happened to my brother once about ten years ago, and I’m not sure if he’s ever set foot in a restaurant since. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5595 "2023-07-16T17:09:00Z")
We once won a Valentine’s Day door prize at a place called Dairy Hollow House, which resulted in two children dressed as cherubs coming to our table and singing some song to us while the rest of the room looked on adoringly. I did not enjoy that. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5596 "2023-07-16T19:55:12Z")
Sounds like a scene from a Hammer horror movie. ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5597 "2023-07-16T20:03:32Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Sounds like a scene from a Hammer horror movie… omg my wife just reminded me that they threw rose petals at us while they sang. You are exactly correct. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5598 "2023-07-16T21:05:04Z")
I once worked at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor, so I got a lifetime’s worth of birthday singing in restaurants from the business end of it. I think there are too many forms of exercise to list them all in a poll. But yoga **is** very popular. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5599 "2023-07-16T21:37:32Z")
Are there any Farrell’s left??? I have fond memories from high school, but I wasn’t crazy about the ice cream. I preferred Wil Wright’s (It’s heavenly). My previously preferred exercise was jogging. Now, I have osteo-arthritis in my knees. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5600 "2023-07-16T21:50:49Z")
According to Wikipedia, the last Farrell’s location closed in 2019, although the chain had been in decline for quite some time before that and most of the locations had already closed by 1990. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5601 "2023-07-16T21:58:55Z")
I thought I’d seen one a couple of years ago, but it could easily have been 2019. Covid has wreaked havoc on my time sense. ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5602 "2023-07-16T23:06:28Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I once worked at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor Ha, my older brother worked at a Farrell’s (Schaumberg) when he was in high school. Didn’t they have old timey outfits that the staff wore? ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5603 "2023-07-16T23:25:16Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > If I catch some rookie’s first home run, I’ll give it back no questions asked. We go to [Arizona Fall League](https://www.mlb.com/arizona-fall-league/about) games in October/November. They’re held in six of the Spring Training facilities and typical attendance is about 500 in a stadium for 10,000 so you can sit wherever you like. **Desertroomie** has always wanted a MLB-played ball and one game a home run was hit onto the left field embankment (no seats – it’s for picnicking) and rolled to a stop with no one there to collect it. So she trotted out there and got it just before a pudgy guy coming from the other way. When the game ended she asked who’d hit it and I looked him up on my scoresheet. She went to the dugout before they dispersed and came back with a signed pair of batting gloves instead, saying he _really_ wanted that ball. When I looked him up, sure enough it was his first AFL home run so it would mean a thousand times more to him than to her. She still doesn’t have one, though. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > It would never have occurred to me to swap out the toilet seats when i moved into a new place. I suppose the real answer is “it depends”, because if there was something wrong with the seats, of course I’d get new ones. I replaced the seat in the house we moved into a few years ago but it’s because it was cheap seat, When you looked at the underside, instead of being solid, it was concave with ribs for strength. The lower seat was no problem but when you sat on the lid it would deform. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The shells, for me, act as a governor. Ages ago when I read [_A Child’s Garden of Grass_](https://www.amazon.com/Childs-Garden-Grass-Reloaded-Marijuana/dp/1541011732) unshelled pistachios were recommended for the munchies for exactly this reason, to cut down the calories per hour. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > which resulted in two children dressed as cherubs Cherubs come dressed? [![](https://www.learnreligions.com/thmb/Y8nMfToSS68PGZIz68Lt0VlI9fs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Cherubs_Cupids-56a0004f3df78cafda9f8cae.jpg) ](https://www.learnreligions.com/thmb/Y8nMfToSS68PGZIz68Lt0VlI9fs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Cherubs_Cupids-56a0004f3df78cafda9f8cae.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=281)