# 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:** 406
**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:** [November 18, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8104 "2023-11-18T13:33:19Z")
There was a cheese shop in Ligonier, PA (COVID did them in) where we used to buy cheeses on the recommendation of the owner. I was surprised by how many of the cheeses on the list I recognized and remembered trying. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8105 "2023-11-18T19:57:46Z")
I ordered Stinking Bishop (oddly enough, not mentioned in the Cheese Shop Sketch) from Amazon after it was prominently featured in one of the _Wallace & Gromit_ movies. It lived up to its name but was actually rather mild in taste. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8106 "2023-11-19T09:00:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Stinking Bishop (oddly enough, not mentioned in the Cheese Shop Sketch) I believe it has been mentioned in various live adaptations, though not in the original TV show version, nor in the one on the _Matching Tie and Handkerchief_ record (which is where I first heard it). ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8107 "2023-11-19T14:49:08Z")
I picked Michael Palin because he seems to be going on pretty strong. I picked Chevy Chase, not because I like him (I don’t), but because it’s always the assholes who seem to outlast the rest. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8108 "2023-11-19T21:09:32Z")
We of course have no idea what, if any, health challenges any of these aging entertainers may be facing, and any of us could join the choir invisible tomorrow, so it’s all a complete stab in the dark. But I chose Idle because he’s always appeared to me to be the most youthful of the Pythons, and he seems to be aging fairly gracefully. And I chose Aykroyd because he’s the only one I’ve actually seen in the past several years, and he looks to be doing OK. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8109 "2023-11-19T21:32:26Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I picked Chevy Chase, not because I like him (I don’t), but because it’s always the assholes who seem to outlast the rest. This is the reason why I picked Chevy Chase and Cleese. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8110 "2023-11-19T21:37:58Z")
I researched the Python and SNL cast members as much as possible with a quick search. I wish Eric Idle all the luck in the world, but he had pancreatic cancer in 2019, so even though he was successfully treated, in a statistical sense, he’s not the best bet. I voted for Michael Palin because he’s the youngest of the rest. That’s also why I went for Laraine Newman. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8111 "2023-11-19T22:05:04Z")
Out here in SoCal, we have Hot weather and “fire season” from July- to when the rains first come(and the heat subsides) in Oct or November. We get lovely cool weather starting October and running thru December. Sometimes Jan & Feb get grey and really wet. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8112 "2023-11-19T22:20:58Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I wish Eric Idle all the luck in the world, but he had pancreatic cancer in 2019 Damn. I missed this news. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8113 "2023-11-19T22:24:03Z")
We get the Jacaranda Season in SoCal. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8114 "2023-11-19T22:47:59Z")
I like the name Petunia. Just checked so to be part of the crowd. 😚 ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8115 "2023-11-19T23:34:15Z")
The thing is, no girl’s name is so Anglified that Americans won’t jump on it. (Except Petunia.) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8116 "2023-11-19T23:35:29Z")
Maybe ‘Daisy’ ? ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8117 "2023-11-19T23:37:54Z")
Oh no, Daisy rides that famous bicycle on the sidewalks of New York, you know the one. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8118 "2023-11-19T23:45:07Z")
I’m not willing to assume that there’s anything that could possibly be a name that somebody in this country doesn’t have as their name. But I am willing to assume that there’s a reference behind those polls that I’m missing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8119 "2023-11-19T23:45:57Z")
Oh, yeah. I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8120 "2023-11-20T00:03:07Z")
I know a dude, born in America, named _Ian._ > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > But I am willing to assume that there’s a reference behind those polls that I’m missing. Yeah, sure those names are much more common across the pond, but gee there are 331 Million of us, and some mighty weird names at that . ---
**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:** [November 20, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8121 "2023-11-20T00:06:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I know a dude, born in America, named _Ian._ I knew a guy whose named was Ian, but he pronounced it Ion. He was an interesting character. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8122 "2023-11-20T00:26:14Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > But I am willing to assume that there’s a reference behind those polls that I’m missing. “Ha ha, furriners sure do have funny names” is the most charitable explanation I can come up with. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8123 "2023-11-20T00:35:39Z")
That seems unnecessarily harsh. I’ve often noticed that, even though the US and the UK share a common language and have much in common culturally, and even though most “English” first names seem to be quite common on both sides of the pond, there are a few names that are quintessentially British, so that if I ran across someone named, say, “Clive” or “Nigel,” it’d be a fairly safe bet he was British. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=405) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=407)