# 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:** 360
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7184 "2023-10-03T17:38:34Z")
Trombones may not be pretty, but they can be [pretty exciting](https://youtu.be/_G77jMcGoHc?feature=shared). (Link to my sons’ band.) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7185 "2023-10-03T17:43:03Z")
Great share! Those were the days. We used to have a routine we made up for marching cadence. And yes I was surrounded by dudes, whose treatment of their instruments was absolutely _appalling._ They used to do jousting competitions riding on each other’s backs. (I was voted Most Protective of Her Instrument.) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7186 "2023-10-03T18:32:23Z")
I wonder if you’d get more votes for the violin if you’d called it a fiddle. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7187 "2023-10-03T19:06:20Z")
I also picked Selena. I don’t know her music and it doesn’t seem like my thing, but what a tragic pointless death. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7188 "2023-10-03T20:02:49Z")
“Invisibility, but always accompanied by a high-pitched whine and conspicuous (though not unpleasant) odour” Well now we know part of what happened to cause Havana Syndrome. I chose invisibility. Cameras can’t smell and some of them don’t have audio. And if you were in a casino in Vegas, the whine and smell wouldn’t even register. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7189 "2023-10-03T23:28:29Z")
I’m a little surprised that nobody wants to excel in the standup bass. That probably would have been my #4 choice. mmm ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7190 "2023-10-04T00:06:30Z")
I didn’t pick anything that might make my fingers bleed. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7191 "2023-10-04T03:01:32Z")
If I’m proficient i probably have the calluses i need. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7192 "2023-10-04T03:20:22Z")
One of my choices was harmonica, because I can carry it around with me everywhere in case I want to impress someone. I guess spoons would also work, but I think generally an impressive harmonica performance is more impressive than an impressive spoons performance. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7193 "2023-10-04T03:29:33Z")
I picked trombone, zither, and mandolin. If you’ve ever seen someone truly play a zither, it is impressive as heck. It’s also relatively easy to transport and maintain. Mandolin is due to the influence of Peter Ostroushko, and I’ve always loved the trombone. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7194 "2023-10-04T04:02:25Z")
I chose piano, acoustic guitar, and mandolin. I’m utterly devoid of musical ability - my only musical talent is enjoying it - and three years of piano left me barely capable of playing the bass and treble at the same time (most of the time). My efforts to learn guitar from friends were even more futile. I’d like to play those two, and the mandolin just sounds pretty. It’s just as well the genie didn’t stop by my house, though, because I’d bitterly regret having given my childhood piano away to someone who’d actually play it. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7195 "2023-10-04T04:22:11Z")
I’ve been to enough estate sales that I bet you could get one for the cost to move it and a little patience ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7196 "2023-10-04T04:36:33Z")
That’s how the family with the piano players got ours! I wanted to avoid my kids having to unload it at my estate sale. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7197 "2023-10-04T06:37:18Z")
Goodell is the worst commissioner for sure, just sheer greed and lack of accountability. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7198 "2023-10-04T13:43:22Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > One of my choices was harmonica, because I can carry it around with me everywhere in case I want to impress someone. A friend who has played harmonica for several blues bands once gave me a harmonica as a gift. He told me to keep it on my car’s dashboard and before I knew it I’d be playing tunes. I kept it on my dash for ten or so years. still cannot play. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7199 "2023-10-04T14:14:54Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I’ve always loved the trombone. I posted this in the random advice thread but I’ll post it here too. A famous conductor’s advice: “Never look at the trombones. It only encourages them.” Having played in symphonic arrangements I have to say that’s true. You really have to moderate your sound because it can overwhelm the orchestra. When I was in junior high I did a duet for Solo & Ensemble with a flute. Judges thought we were nuts. But they gave us a good score. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7200 "2023-10-04T14:17:30Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I’ve always loved the trombone. I don’t know if you’re a video gamer but there’s a game called “Trombone Champ” you should check out. It won’t help you learn to play the trombone, but it’s hilarious. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7201 "2023-10-04T14:18:22Z")
Concur. Hilarious game. I’m terrible at it. The worse your are, the funnier it is. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7202 "2023-10-04T16:09:13Z")
I’ve decided that trombone section:marching band::bassist:rock band. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7203 "2023-10-04T16:13:38Z")
Louie:Louie::Louie:Louie any way you look at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=361)