# 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:** 354
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7064 "2023-09-30T00:17:32Z")
I can’t imagine what you think of food that grows in _DIRT!_ ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7065 "2023-09-30T00:37:57Z")
I think it would have been preferable to separate don’t like shrimp / can’t eat shrimp into two distinct options. FWIW I can eat it but I don’t like it. mmm ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7066 "2023-09-30T00:50:43Z")
I haven’t had all the versions of shrimp listed, but I checked all the ones that sounded good. And the list left off shrimp scampi. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7067 "2023-09-30T01:09:45Z")
Yes the verdict in _A Few Good Men_ was wrong. What they were found guilty of doesn’t exist. Conduct unbecoming is only for officers. They were guilty of assault. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7068 "2023-09-30T01:20:12Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > FWIW I can eat it but I don’t like it. After an unfortunate food poisoning incident, and too many instances where the shrimp are just not cooked well, I no longer order shrimp. I might eat one deep fried coconut shrimp, but that’s it. I do like planted shrimp, which are a vegetarian version. The texture doesn’t disturb me and it’s a little less shrimp-like. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7069 "2023-09-30T01:58:56Z")
Also never seen _a few good men_, so i voted “something else”. I like shrimp, unless they’ve been cooked in a sauce i don’t care for. But I’m struggling with what this > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > the shrimp are just not cooked well, even means. I guess i don’t enjoy the texture of raw shrimp (although they taste fabulous raw, at least, the little sweet ones my Chinese coworker sometimes brought to office pot-lucks did) but I’ve never eaten a cooked shrimp and thought “this needed more/less cooking”. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7070 "2023-09-30T02:53:01Z")
One gallbladder removal, and two separate cataract relensifications, so three outpatient surgeries. If you count local anesthesia, then four with a cyst removal. I’m assuming stitches don’t really count as surgeries. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7071 "2023-09-30T03:01:04Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve never eaten a cooked shrimp and thought “this needed more/less cooking” Overcooked shrimp get stringy. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7072 "2023-09-30T03:01:10Z")
I’m going to assume wisdom tooth extraction counts as outpatient surgery, because I counted it. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7073 "2023-09-30T03:03:15Z")
And if they’re grilled to long they get dry. But it’s not horrible, and it’s also not a common problem, at least in my experience. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7074 "2023-09-30T03:45:33Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’m going to assume wisdom tooth extraction counts as outpatient surgery Oral surgery is surgery, so yes. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7075 "2023-09-30T03:48:17Z")
Only one “major” surgery: repair of a congenital abdominal hernia, done when I was 2 years old, which required general anesthesia and an overnight stay in the hospital. Only one outpatient surgery, as well: having my impacted wisdom teeth extracted. That, too, was under general anesthesia (because I didn’t care to be awake for it), but I was sent home once I’d woken up. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7076 "2023-09-30T04:06:42Z")
I have pills I take every day, they’re in one of those day of the week containers, and I take them when I remember to take them. About once a month I forget. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7077 "2023-09-30T04:07:56Z")
This thread reminded me, I forgot to take my meds today! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7078 "2023-09-30T05:05:56Z")
I was thinking I was two each on the surgeries, but if we’re counting oral surgeries (and yes, why wouldn’t we?) it’s two and eight. I’ve had a thyroidectomy and an emergency hernia repair inpatient, and a bunionectomy, lumpectomy, wisdom teeth removal, three root canals (two of them on the same tooth), and two surgeries to remove growths in my mouth. I can remember a time when my list of procedures wasn’t two pages long, but it’s been a while now. And of course I take daily meds - four at night and two in the morning. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7079 "2023-09-30T11:26:19Z")
I originally counted my two cataract surgeries as just one, and I did not count my wisdom teeth extractions. I went back and changed my answer to more than two. mmm ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7080 "2023-09-30T12:54:42Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > > [@WildaBeast](#): > > > > I’m going to assume wisdom tooth extraction counts as outpatient surgery > > Oral surgery is surgery, so yes. That’s what I was going to ask about. Now that I know, I can go back and answer that one. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7081 "2023-09-30T12:58:10Z")
One of the fun things about those “How many of these names do you recognize?” polls is going through and seeing which of the names that I recognize is most obscure (i.e. the fewest other people recognize it). This time I was totally shocked to see that it was John Deacon. I would have thought that all four members of Queen were more iconic than that. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7082 "2023-09-30T13:07:24Z")
I agree, @Thudlow_Boink, but it’s early. I suspect that he will move up in the standings before long. 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 30, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7083 "2023-09-30T13:36:25Z")
I recognised Steve Marriott, but from the Small Faces. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=355)