# 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:** 476
**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:** [January 22, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9504 "2024-01-22T21:33:06Z")
Anything running when I’m trying to sleep keeps me awake. Though my head has, thankfully, learned to ignore the refrigerator and furnace. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9505 "2024-01-22T21:33:30Z")
My favorite _Alice in Wonderland_ character is Alice, from the 1976 porn film, played by the spectacularly beautiful Kristine DeBell. Also the Black King, from the same movie. Oddly enough, despite being a conservative traditionalist, I like several characters in the Tim Burton movie better than more conventional portrayals. The Caterpillar The Mad Hatter The March Hare I hated the Red Knight, but I loved his final scene. Red Knight: “Kill me! Please!” White Queen: “I don’t owe you a kindness.” ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9506 "2024-01-23T01:44:21Z")
I just now learned “Second star to the right…” was originally from Peter Pan (never seen it, myself). Apparently it wasn’t even originally in the ST6 script, it was a last-minute change on the last day of shooting when the director happened to be in a cheerful mood. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9507 "2024-01-23T02:21:08Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I just now learned “Second star to the right…” was originally from Peter Pan (never seen it, myself). I am surprised by how many Dopers apparently didn’t have childhoods. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NmI9fVrHaf0/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Pan - Main Title Music (The Second Star to the Right)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmI9fVrHaf0) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9508 "2024-01-23T02:27:38Z")
My childhood Disney experience was primarily through Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comics. We didn’t really go to movies and my dad rented what _he_ wanted at the video store so Disney animated stuff was never a thing we were into. But, we went to the mall fairly frequently in the late 80s and our meeting place at a certain time to go home was always the bookstore. If I asked my dad for a Punisher or a Wolverine comic book, my odds of him saying yes and giving me a dollar bill for it were maybe 1/10, but if I asked for a Disney comic book, he always said yes. So now I still have an extensive collection of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comic books that I still read through every now and then. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9509 "2024-01-23T02:40:33Z")
Didn’t Capt. Jack Sparrow say that too? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9510 "2024-01-23T02:43:20Z")
If I’m reading the question correctly, I’ll take $60,000 a year to do nothing. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9511 "2024-01-23T02:44:30Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I am surprised by how many Dopers apparently didn’t have childhoods. Or don’t have echoic memories. I enjoyed Peter Pan, and also the Star Trek movie, but don’t recall that phrase. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9512 "2024-01-23T02:48:02Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > If I’m reading the question correctly, I’ll take $60,000 a year to do nothing. Yeah. And then I’ll keep right on doing the job I like; but it won’t matter if I’m not making money at it. – I know the phrase as from Peter Pan. But I don’t know whether I got it from the Disney movie. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9513 "2024-01-23T03:02:51Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I use the YouTube video “White noise black screen.” I’m completely addicted. I was using a fan, but it stopped working recently, so I found a similar video. It’s new age music ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9514 "2024-01-23T03:06:41Z")
What I like about my video is it delivers what it promises. Just white noise. I listen to ISON sometimes when I just want to look at the city before falling asleep. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9515 "2024-01-23T03:25:18Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > White noise black screen Good white noise. I’ve had too many white noise machines to have a pattern I spotted too quickly. The music in my video is very similar to a tape I got in the 80s that I listened to to fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9516 "2024-01-23T03:48:24Z")
No, his line was “Bring me that horizon.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9517 "2024-01-23T04:02:23Z")
I need A/C here in SoCal. I want either/both CD player or satellite Sirius radio. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9518 "2024-01-23T05:52:37Z")
My bedroom has terrible airflow. I run a fan in the summer and a little space heater with a thermostat set at 60 to keep it from getting too cold mid-winter. It’s always dry here, so I have a cool mist humidifier for summer and a warm mist one for winter. All of these things are for another purpose, but the end result is that I’m now accustomed to a certain level of white noise while I sleep. I’ll take the $60,000 with no strings; since we already have a livable amount for retirement, that’ll cover some luxuries and subtract some background worry about investments. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9519 "2024-01-23T13:10:28Z")
I remove my hearing aid when I go to bed. There could be a fan running or a train going by, I wouldn’t hear it. I had a one million dollar bill with Clinton as the president. I was with friends at a bar, and asked the bartender/owner for change for the jukebox. He was furious, and kicked us out, accusing me of trying to pass counterfeit money. He seriously thought I expected 4 million quarters?!?! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9520 "2024-01-23T13:28:52Z")
I enjoy listening to the rain when I’m trying to sleep. And I’m okay with crickets or gentle snoring. And i slept fine when i lived in Manhattan, on Amsterdam avenue, But the noise of my fan annoys me. It’s part of the AC system, but I’ve been running it sometimes recently when i don’t need AC to force the air through a hepa filter. And during the day i don’t usually notice. But when I’m trying to sleep it annoys me, and i go turn it off. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9521 "2024-01-23T16:28:31Z")
Older generations of CPAPs were quite loud. So when I started using one 20-some years ago, I also started wearing earplugs to bed. Now, my CPAP is so quiet you can barely even tell it’s on. But I’ve gotten so used to the earplugs that I can’t sleep without them. So, total silence for me! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9522 "2024-01-23T17:46:05Z")
@Velocity I assume “no strings attached” also means no taxes, so $60k tax free is the best deal ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9523 "2024-01-23T17:52:41Z")
Re: illegal immmigration I pretended it said “in the UK” and voted I have expereinced negative effects. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=475) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=477)