# 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:** 344
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6864 "2023-09-19T21:07:31Z")
Ah. I definitely had the wrong Sutton; which isn’t surprising. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6865 "2023-09-20T00:11:36Z")
Gerry Cheevers was a goalie, and, yes, for the Bruins (don’t know if he played for another team). ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6866 "2023-09-20T00:46:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I once heard a bagpipe (band? brigade?) do “What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?” It was fricken hilarious. When the Black Watch pipes & drums toured the States in '76 one of the tunes they played was “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. And I used to have a tape of somebody’s police pipe band – somewhere in Texas, I think – playing the theme from _Dallas_. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6867 "2023-09-20T09:31:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And psst, @pjd, you are incorrect about R. Dean Taylor. In what way ? ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6868 "2023-09-20T11:11:09Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > In what way ? Oh, never mind, my bad. I was not familiar with the song “There’s a Ghost in My House”. I thought you were thinking of somebody else, perhaps a host of some ghost-hunter type TV show. I included him in my list - made up of childhood memories - because his was the first album I ever bought. Sorry! mmm ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6869 "2023-09-20T11:17:27Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I was not familiar with the song “There’s a Ghost in My House” That’s the _only_ reason i’ve heard of him ! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6870 "2023-09-20T11:55:09Z")
I’m surprised that so far half the respondents to my own “names you recognize” poll know who Adrian Edmondson is. Then again, this might be because most of those who _don’t_ know who he is are probably still asleep. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6871 "2023-09-20T12:18:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Was I the only person who recognized Hugh Brannum as the real name of Mr. green Jeans from Captain Kangaroo? So far, yes. I’m disappointed in myself that I didn’t know the actor’s name. The _only_ way I want to hear Amazing Grace is on bagpipes. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6872 "2023-09-20T12:23:58Z")
We used to sing _Amazing Grace_ before meals at summer camp. It was one of about 10-15 songs we rotated through. I think that was a compromise between the director wanting us to say grace before means and not wanting to be overtly Christian. Another was “Johnny Appleseed”. > **lyrics** > > Oh, the Lord’s been good to me > And so i thank the Lord > For giving me > The things i need > The sun and the rain and the appleseed > The Lord’s been good to me Amazing grace was my favorite. I still enjoy it. I don’t especially associate it with funerals. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6873 "2023-09-20T12:26:45Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > That’s the _only_ reason i’ve heard of him ! Weird. OK, now I see that “Ghost” (1967) reached #3 in the U.K. but apparently did not even chart in the U.S. “Indiana Wants Me”, which is the reason I bought that album, was #1 in the U.S. in 1970. It reached #2 in the U.K. Are you in the U.K.? mmm ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6874 "2023-09-20T15:24:53Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > I’m surprised that so far half the respondents to my own “names you recognize” poll know who Adrian Edmondson is. Then again, this might be because most of those who _don’t_ know who he is are probably still asleep. Who doesn’t know Vyvyan Basterd? ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6875 "2023-09-20T15:50:44Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Are you in the U.K.? Yes ! And that is almost certainly the reason. (I don’t remember the Indiana song. I see that it was a bit earlier, before i started hearing chart music (when i started high school (my dad was a complete square - classical music only at home !))) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6876 "2023-09-20T16:21:18Z")
I was in love with Rik! ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6877 "2023-09-20T19:36:47Z")
This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say: “But why are the kids crying?” And the kids will say: “Haven’t you heard? Rik is dead! The People’s Poet is dead!” ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6878 "2023-09-21T03:08:15Z")
I like bagpipes when occasionally. [With a mazurka](https://youtu.be/MlVnARMYaws?feature=shared) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6879 "2023-09-21T13:26:00Z")
A bit surprised that only 18% recognized Gul Dukat, given all the Trekkies we have around here. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6880 "2023-09-21T15:10:10Z")
Gul Dukat was in one of the polls? If I had noticed, I would have recognized him. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6881 "2023-09-21T15:57:40Z")
I went to the Maryland Ren Fair a few years ago. I didn’t get it. I assume Putin would cheat somehow, and I’m sure he’s full of KGB dirty tricks, but he is also almost twice Zelensky’s age. I’m leaning towards Draw. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6882 "2023-09-21T16:25:24Z")
I’m going with Zelensky of course. How could a 70-year old guy possibly beat a 45-year old, especially given Putin’s health issues lately? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6883 "2023-09-21T16:28:12Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > How could a 70-year old guy possibly beat a 45-year old I’d put my money on a 70 year old Jack Lalanne, but he’s an extreme example. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=343) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=345)