# 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:** 9
**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 31, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/161 "2022-10-31T17:59:19Z")
_Emphasis mine_ > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Would acting a love interest make me fall in love? I really need a “maybe” option. Would it increase the odds? Yes, i imagine so. **Especially if i had chemistry with the guy.** Would it make me fall in love? That seems unlikely. What if i disliked him? What if we kissed and it just wasn’t there and it was really hard to fake it for the camera? That’s the thorny issue of Hollywood romances. Is your chemistry with the character or the actor? ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/162 "2022-10-31T18:02:02Z")
Re: having kids with birthdays close together. A friend of my sister has two boys, and both were born on the same day. And not intentionally…like with induced labor. She always gave the kids separate celebrations. My mom was lucky, though. She had four of us, and our birthdays were in August, November, April and June. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/163 "2022-10-31T18:11:51Z")
My sister’s birthday is the day before mine. Sharing a birthday sucks. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/164 "2022-10-31T18:16:11Z")
Yeah, My BiL’s birthday is Christmas Eve. That sucks, too. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/165 "2022-10-31T20:30:42Z")
Eh, I just think it would be more efficient/easier to celebrate four closely-grouped birthdays on the same day. I can certainly see why the kids would want separate ones, though. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/166 "2022-10-31T20:58:15Z")
I would never fall in love with an opposite gender person. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/167 "2022-10-31T22:00:44Z")
yes. i noticed that pollular omission. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/168 "2022-10-31T22:11:33Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Re: having kids with birthdays close together. My mother, me, and a whole passel of cousins were born, as my aunt put it, “Nine months after the end of duck hunting season.” But my parents never hunted ducks. Seriously, it was one sheet cake for me and a bunch of cousins I barely knew. I hated that, not in the least because I hated cake either. Mom’s answer was simply that a sheet cake is easier and cheaper than the birthday blueberry pie I wanted. To me, this just reinforced that I was not anywhere near the top of her list of interests. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/169 "2022-10-31T22:13:55Z")
Ha. I always preferred pie to cake, too. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/170 "2022-10-31T22:17:29Z")
I always made my kids the dessert of their choice on their birthday. Usually the dinner of their choice, too. It’s a small thing that names the kids feel special for a day. ---
**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 1, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/171 "2022-11-01T00:47:54Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > it was one sheet cake for me and a bunch of cousins I barely knew. I hated that, not in the least because I hated cake either. Mom’s answer was simply that a sheet cake is easier and cheaper than the birthday blueberry pie I wanted. That’s awful. I hereby send you one internet-transmitted blueberry pie. Which, due to the fact that I’m sending it via the intertubes, is guaranteed to be fresh and still warm from the oven whenever your birthday arrives. That doesn’t make up for it, of course; but you still ought to get one. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/172 "2022-11-01T02:20:05Z")
Is it possible to ship an actual pie? I’d love to make one for you, but I’m stuck on how to deliver it. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/173 "2022-11-01T02:29:40Z")
> **[Homemade Blueberry Pie Recipe](https://handletheheat.com/blueberry-pie-recipe/)** > > Here's how to make the BEST Homemade Blueberry Pie Recipe! Buttery pie crust and easy pie filling made with fresh or frozen blueberries. Yum! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/174 "2022-11-01T02:40:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Eh, I just think it would be more efficient/easier to celebrate four closely-grouped birthdays on the same day. I can certainly see why the kids would want separate ones, though. I ran that poll in the thread because my two brothers and I were all born in November, separated by only 17 days. My parents would typically just get us one cake only, and celebrate it all together in one day for efficiency’s sake. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/175 "2022-11-01T13:52:05Z")
There needs to be an option to pick more than one in the covet poll. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/176 "2022-11-01T14:20:17Z")
Yeah, I thought that one ought to have been multiple choice, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/177 "2022-11-01T14:28:47Z")
I covet my neighbor’s manservant, but only if that includes the pool boy 🙂 ---
**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 1, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/178 "2022-11-01T14:43:05Z")
Re: the trick-or-treat poll. We’ve lived in this neighborhood for 10 years. Our first Halloween here, we got about 15-20 kids, but even before COVID, that number had been steadily declining. This was the third year in a row with zero. I think we are entering an era when door-to-door trick-or-treating just isn’t a thing anymore. ---
**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 1, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/179 "2022-11-01T15:07:55Z")
I’ve lived with my gf nearly two decades. Every year we buy some candy “just in case”. We’ve never had a trickortreater. Not one. We are rural, plus our road is private, with a big "NO TRESPASSING sign. Mmmmm, Snickers. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/180 "2022-11-01T15:18:32Z")
Same here (without the sign, but with a long steep driveway that works the same), but we stopped buying candy after about two years of no shows. We’re not candy eaters, so it would get wasted. (I’m not imply any virtue in that, we eat a lot of other crap, just not candy). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=10)