# 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:** 363
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7244 "2023-10-06T19:00:39Z")
“Which would you prefer?” needs more context. I read @DCnDC’s zombie question thinking that I was being offered my own personal army of zombies, that I could control or at least deploy. I’m still not sure that wasn’t the intent, but the third choice sort of argues against it. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7245 "2023-10-06T19:11:31Z")
By “decoration”, I meant something that iis optional. A registration sticker, license plate tab, parking sticker or vehicle emblem are not really optional decorations (though you could yank the manufacturer’s emblem things off). Striping is kind of maybe, but is if it is after-msrket. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7246 "2023-10-06T21:19:30Z")
Vehicle decorations: On the Miata I’ve got a Sierra Club window decal (which of course is only visible when the top is up) and a “zoom zoom” license plate frame. I’d kind of like a [Manual Gearbox Preservation Society](https://thecurbshop.com/products/tmgps-interior-window-decal?variant=13646128676913) decal, but I don’t have one yet. Reality shows: I kind of liked Pawn Stars and American Pickers for a while, but haven’t watched them in like forever, but I still picked them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7247 "2023-10-06T22:26:42Z")
No bumper stickers or decals, but I do have custom license plate frames. The back is Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” while the front is a _Firefly_ frame that proclaims “You are beginning to damage my calm.” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7248 "2023-10-07T03:31:45Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > The first time I heard someone refer to _Survivor_ as a “reality show,” I remember thinking, “If it were a real survival situation, they would have eaten the camera crew.” > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Awww…that’s a sweet thought. 😘 We have this week’s winner for Best Sequential Posts. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7249 "2023-10-07T04:28:49Z")
Definitely 😆 ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7250 "2023-10-07T17:45:38Z")
I thought scallions and spring onions were two different things, with the spring onions having a larger bulb. [And Bon Appetit agrees with me](https://www.bonappetit.com/story/are-scallions-and-green-onions-the-same-thing). > Spring onions, on the other hand, are a different thing. **The bulb of a spring onion is much larger** , compared to the small, not-so-bulbous scallion. The bulb of a spring onion actually looks like a mini onion, spherical and bright white. Now, if the poll had been scallion vs. _green_ onion, I would have chosen green onion, but that was not an option. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7251 "2023-10-07T18:28:09Z")
The US location poll I’ve been to 7. Despite living relatively close to NYC and being there many times in my life I have never been to Grand Central Terminal ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7252 "2023-10-07T18:33:37Z")
I remember reading a Poirot story as a kid that mentioned he wanted to grow marrows when he retired. It kinda grossed me out, because the only marrow I knew at the time was bone marrow. I’d love to win the Powerball myself, because whenever I thought about winning a lottery, my main daydreams were about how I could help my friends and favorite charities. But I voted for a charitable organization (that I approved of) winning it. I only watch Project Runway and Top Chef. I used to watch Great British Baking before it left its original home. I have zero interest in any of those unstructured so-called reality shows. Boring and stupid. Oh, I did watch as a dirty, _filthy_ habit – Toddlers and Tiaras. ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7253 "2023-10-07T18:40:12Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I thought scallions and spring onions were two different things, with the spring onions having a larger bulb. [And Bon Appetit agrees with me](https://www.bonappetit.com/story/are-scallions-and-green-onions-the-same-thing). In the US. In Canada and the UK and other countries, it’s “spring onion.” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7254 "2023-10-07T18:42:57Z")
My car has no bumper stickers, but in the “optional adornment” category, I do have decorative license plate frames, both related to the Green Bay Packers, so I counted those. ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7255 "2023-10-07T18:47:06Z")
I don’t have a favorite sports team, and had no idea that sports teams each have both dark and light uniforms. Presuming that it’s true, why do they? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7256 "2023-10-07T18:58:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > had no idea that sports teams each have both dark and light uniforms. Presuming that it’s true, why do they? At home games they wear one version (my Nebraska 🏈 Cornhuskers wear red [dark] jerseys at home games) and away games are in the opposite jersey (white or light). ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7257 "2023-10-07T18:58:57Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > why do they? Answer A: To easily tell the teams apart on the field. Answer B: Merchandising. Every team in every sport now has multiple uniform iterations beyond simply light and dark, and every jersey the team wears on the field is another jersey you can sell to the fans. In Baseball, I generally prefer traditional home whites and road grays over any alternate jerseys. The Cubbies in their classic white with blue pinstripes is their best look. But in other sports, especially Hockey, I almost always prefer the dark jersey look. ---
**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 7, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7258 "2023-10-07T19:03:17Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Answer A: To easily tell the teams apart on the field. Ah. I thought they did that with different colors. Maybe these days there aren’t enough easily distinguishable colors to go around? > [@Wheelz](#): > > Answer B: Merchandising. Every team in every sport now has multiple uniform iterations beyond simply light and dark, and every jersey the team wears on the field is another jersey you can sell to the fans. Or maybe it’s that. Like telling people that they have to dress the boy babies in blue and the girl babies in pink, so that people with one of each will have to buy a whole new set instead of just handing most things down. ---
**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 7, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7259 "2023-10-07T19:07:38Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Maybe these days there aren’t enough easily distinguishable colors to go around? If you look at the “official colors” of most professional American sports teams you’re going to find a heck of a lot of reds, navy blues, and whites, to no one’s shock. Navy blue is more popular than a “bluer” blue because teams like to use it in logos instead of black, although black is a popular “alternates” color as well. Yellow is popular as a contrasting color. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7260 "2023-10-07T19:11:54Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Ah. I thought they did that with different colors. Though usually there is one team in white (-ish) and one in a darker color for a clear contrast, there are sometimes exceptions. A few years ago there was the infamous red-and-green NFL game, which was a nightmare for color-blind folks like me. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53241256986_f40b3dda4e_b.jpg "IMG\_5346") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53241256986/) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7261 "2023-10-07T19:44:21Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A few years ago there was the infamous red-and-green NFL game, which was a nightmare for color-blind folks like me. I suspect the origin dates back to black and white TV days. (although the home/visitor thing obviously predates TV of any kind) ---
**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 7, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7262 "2023-10-07T19:46:58Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A few years ago there was the infamous red-and-green NFL game, which was a nightmare for color-blind folks like me. Whoops, apologies! I forgot about the color-blind people! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7263 "2023-10-07T19:48:06Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Maybe these days there aren’t enough easily distinguishable colors to go around? There certainly are a lot of teams with very similar colors in the NHL. So it’s definitely helpful when watching a game to know that the team wearing the dark uniform is always the home team, and the lights are the away team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=362) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=364)