# 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:** 285
**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 20, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5684 "2023-07-20T02:21:01Z")
That looks like 3604 to me. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5685 "2023-07-20T02:21:31Z")
Ditto. Weirdly, the link itself ends in 3613 “https ://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3613” ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5686 "2023-07-20T02:22:11Z")
Discourse is weird. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5687 "2023-07-20T02:23:52Z")
Couldn’t vote in the second part of squeegee’s post – there wasn’t a “Both” option. I’m seven years older than my wife, and seven years younger than my ex. ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5688 "2023-07-20T02:24:40Z")
Maybe just link to the poll in a question above your poll? > [@](#): > > I knew instantly what [this poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3613) was referencing. > > _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5688))_ ---
**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 20, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5689 "2023-07-20T02:36:56Z")
Next time I will. ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5690 "2023-07-20T03:49:00Z")
I’m usually on an Android tablet, and if I highlight text, it will give me an option to do a web search ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5691 "2023-07-20T04:00:36Z")
That makes sense, as post “names” aren’t renumbered if a post is deleted. There are probably a handful of deleted posts here. ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5692 "2023-07-20T04:20:50Z")
In college, I dated a woman four years older than me. I am four years older than my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5693 "2023-07-20T11:58:03Z")
On the betting post, I’d bet that my team will lose. My team is the Pittsburgh Pirates. They lose, I win, all is right with the world. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5694 "2023-07-20T13:35:12Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That looks like 3604 to me. The number given on the sidebar, and the number given if you click on the day or time at the upper right hand corner of the post, will be different if some posts have been deleted during the course of the thread. – @DesertDog: I didn’t know who they were when I first saw the poll, but I do now. And the question’s in the present tense. I didn’t figure it out by recognizing some of the names; I figured it out by reading the discussion. Other. ---
**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 20, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5695 "2023-07-20T15:45:56Z")
My biggest age difference was 20 years younger than me at the beginning of the year (49/29). The next was 15 years older than me about 22 years ago (27/42). Most of my relationships are usually within 3-5 years. My husband is younger by 3 months, and my partner is younger by 3 years. ---
**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 20, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5696 "2023-07-20T16:43:14Z")
Post divorce the first woman I was with was 20 years younger. That wasn’t the plan, she was the first one who showed interest in me at a time I desperately needed some interest. She had been an acquaintance. It soon became clear she was dangerously looney so it never became a real relationship. My very soon to be wife is 11 years younger. ---
**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 20, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5697 "2023-07-20T17:03:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > My very soon to be wife is 11 years younger Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. When I was in my mid 20s I dated someone 10 years older. When I was in my late 30s, I dated someone 10 years younger. I can state the “older” woman was a much better match. ---
**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 20, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5698 "2023-07-20T19:10:10Z")
Yeah, congrats, **Loach**! Haven’t seen my invitation yet, but I’ll keep an eye peeled. 😉 > [@InternetLegend](#): > > …when a friend gave me _The Celestine Prophecy_, I had learned my lesson and I closed that sucker permanently after about the tenth page. Nowadays, I don’t hesitate to put a book down if I dislike the beginning or even if I’m not in the mood for it at that moment. Life’s too short and my TBR pile is too tall for me to waste time not enjoying a book. Couldn’t agree more. _The Celestine Prophecy_ was a terrible book, and one of the few universally-loathed reads for our book club in the late Nineties. I give every book 50 pages. That’s only fair to the author, and if I’m not hooked by then, I know from hard experience that I never will be. > [@Zyada](#): > > …I’m not fond of most piercings, but the only one I really hate is the one on the chin. It never looks like anything but a zit… A college friend of mine once embarrassed himself by complimenting a girl on her nose piercing. Turned out it was a zit. > [@silenus](#): > > …One of our local breweries has Goat Yoga classes every Sunday morning. It’s a fun way to get out and new new and New-Age people. I new that. > [@Cardigan](#): > > Loved Santa as a kid and as an adult. Fond memories and what a memorable way to make concrete the concept of generosity. I’ve never met anyone who felt betrayed, confused, traumatized or otherwise wished their parents never did Santa. Agreed. We didn’t push Santa on our kids, but we let them believe, and I once ordered my oldest son, a born skeptic, not to ruin his little brother’s belief in the right jolly old elf. ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5699 "2023-07-20T22:02:53Z")
I am disappointed that the Yoda poll made no mention of seagulls. ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5700 "2023-07-20T22:04:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I am disappointed that the Yoda poll made no mention of seagulls Stop it, now. 😉 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E) ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5701 "2023-07-20T22:33:11Z")
My wife loves that video (and song) so much I purchased an mp3 copy to play whenever she’s down. I’ve had about 3 serious SO’s in my life (for values of serious). In order, one 2 years older, one 6 months older, and (my wife) 3 months older. -knocks on wood- I don’t think I’ll be in a position to want or need any more examples. 😁 ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5702 "2023-07-20T22:36:32Z")
Four significant others: the first 14 years older than me (I was 18, she was 32; yes, it’s a long story), the second 2 years younger than me (we very nearly got married), the third my age, and the fourth 2 years older than me – she’s the one I did marry, 31 years ago. ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5703 "2023-07-20T23:19:42Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Smith just edges out Tennant, but only just. I never watched the old stuff but the Smith-Tennant years were so much fun. I first saw it in the late '70s on the local PBS station (merged episodes instead of many short ones). It seemed silly and taking itself too seriously, but Tom Baker was iconic, with his wry manner and 17-foot scarf.        The thing about the Smith years was it was written by Steve Moffat, who is a genuine talent. If you have not, you should watch his sitcom _Coupling_. Some diehard fans did not care for Moffat’s work, but I found it to be above par. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=286)