# 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:** 490
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9784 "2024-02-01T17:35:39Z")
I chose “tiger” because “snow leopard” wasn’t in the choices. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9785 "2024-02-01T18:13:38Z")
I’d go blue for $10,000. Not for anything less than that, because my time is worth money and the upkeep would take time. The color is irrelevant. Hell, I dye my Van Dyke the school colors for graduation some years. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9786 "2024-02-01T18:20:28Z")
I figure if they’re willing to pay, they’d be willing to pay $10 million. Plus, blue hair might impact my ability to argue to juries and judges, even in Seattle. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9787 "2024-02-01T18:20:29Z")
Considering tomorrow, I’m mildly disappointed that there’s no groundhog in any of these polls. I chose porcupine, because I saw a Brazilian one just a few weeks ago and they are adorable. > **[Brazilian porcupine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_porcupine)** > > Hystrix prehensilis Linnaeus, 1758 > The Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador. It inhabits tropical forests at elevations up to 1500 m. > The body is covered with short, thick spines that are whitish or yellowish in color, mixed with the darker hair, while the underside is grayish. The lips and nose are fleshy. The t... ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9788 "2024-02-01T18:35:16Z")
I went for $1 million on the blue hair, on the theory that I could make a really useful donation to something. I’m not saying fewer monies aren’t useful, I’m just saying that’s where I really become motivated. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9789 "2024-02-01T18:53:31Z")
I’m out in public every day, and it would be very difficult for me to do my work and/or maintain any respect from the public, I think, if I were to have blue hair. If I weren’t in my current line of work, I might consider it, but only for big money, like $10 million. We have lots of deer, skunks, possums, rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks in our neighborhood - I often see them, and an occasional coyote, too. Tough, very tough to pick just one favorite animal, but I went with cheetahs. Fast, sleek, beautiful, graceful and, alas, endangered. I’ve long been a supporter of this worthy nonprofit group: [https://cheetah.org/](https://cheetah.org/) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9790 "2024-02-01T19:08:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Tough, very tough to pick just one favorite animal, but I went with cheetahs. Fast, sleek, beautiful, graceful and, alas, endangered. I’ve long been a supporter of this worthy nonprofit group: [https://cheetah.org/](https://cheetah.org/) Cheetahs were my close second, I have long wanted to see them in the wild. Thanks for posting that link. [![](https://i.imgur.com/J7YKZJA.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/J7YKZJA.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9791 "2024-02-01T19:11:32Z")
Thanks, **Maserschmidt**! They do excellent work on a number of different fronts to help cheetahs, and I’m sure your donation will be put to good use. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9792 "2024-02-01T19:19:37Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Considering tomorrow, I’m mildly disappointed that there’s no groundhog in any of these polls. > [@How to kill evil Nazi Groundhogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-evil-nazi-groundhogs/11064): > > I Live on a farm. I have horses. I have fields. I have groundhogs. They dig holes which endanger the horses (broken legs), and destroy portions of the fields so that tractors can not run over them without danger of ground collapse (which means I get less money for renting them.) Some of these “Ground Grizzlies” can get quite large and agressive. Both my wife and I have been chased, and our two dogs have both needed stitching up after an ill-advised tangle with these menaces of the dirt. They ha… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9793 "2024-02-01T20:00:45Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I settled on otter because there has been a river otter hanging out in front of our house for the past few months and I’m enjoying watching him. They are cute. It seems we like wolves. I want $1M for the blue- becuase i can use the $$ ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9794 "2024-02-01T20:16:15Z")
My little brother dyed his beard blue about a year ago. He has kept it blue by choice. He’s retired and living in Denver, where he isn’t all that odd. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9795 "2024-02-01T20:27:21Z")
For blue hair I picked $100k. Even if they’re paying for it, it’s time and energy that could be spent doing other things, and looks I’d rather not get. Honestly, I’d probably do it for around 50K, but 10k is too little, so… My car is dying and I really would like to get a new PHEV/BEV and home infrastructure to support it, so that’s how I’m balancing a short term irritation (since it’s only a year) for dealing with immediate needs. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9796 "2024-02-01T20:33:37Z")
I’d have no qualms at all about taking $1 apiece from a million people; it’d have about zero effect on them. I’d have serious qualms about taking a million dollars from a single unknown individual, especially since that’s statistically **not** likely to be some rich tycoon, but rather, a middle-class suburban average person at retirement age who’s been saving up in a 401k or IRA or something for decades. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9797 "2024-02-01T21:27:01Z")
I’d take the million from a million different people just because a dollar would have a minimal effect on _most_ people’s lives nowadays. I would have a few qualms, though. There are more people than we generally think about who have to really struggle for every dime. That would probably prompt me to give a good amount of it to individuals in developing countries. From one person? If I knew it would be a billionaire, I’d jump at it, but since that might be someone’s entire life savings, I wouldn’t take it. As for the hair, sure! Realistically, $10,000 would convince me, but I’m both lazy and greedy, so I’d ask a million for my trouble. My actual favorite wild animal would probably be one of the smaller big cats, but of the ones on the list, I chose the tiger. What can I say? I like animals that would eat me if they could. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9798 "2024-02-01T21:52:32Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4521): > > If you are keeping someone else’s secret, do you think it was fair for them to ask you to do this? They didn’t, I unexpectedly discovered 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:** [February 2, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9799 "2024-02-02T00:24:55Z")
I’ve considered dying my hair purple. I did it for a while, but it was too much of a nuisance to keep up. But i just retired. So i could find the time. And while i prefer purple, blue would be okay. I went with 10k. It really is a nuisance. But if i liked the person enough i might do it for less. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9800 "2024-02-02T00:25:38Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > They didn’t, I unexpectedly discovered it. Oh. Hmm I’d completely forgotten… Actually, i did, too. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9801 "2024-02-02T00:35:19Z")
If I could tell my wife I will take $100,000 the maintain blue hair. If I can’t tell my wife there is no amount of money that can make up for the misery. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9802 "2024-02-02T08:05:12Z")
I’ve been very close (\< 10 m) to live groundhogs in the wild. They soon became dead groundhogs as they are a menace on a farm, as mentioned in the linked thread. And least one of those groundhogs was behaving weird and had to be killed before the dogs got too close. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9803 "2024-02-02T18:39:38Z")
I’m surprised to see that any Dopers have set foot on Victoria Island, being a rather desolate slab of tundra in the Arctic Ocean. Could it be that voters have confused it with sunny Vancouver Island? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=491)