# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 107
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2122 "2024-07-07T17:01:00Z")
My exposure to scones was as a child at Chuck-a-Rama, a family-style buffet in Utah and perhaps elsewhere. My older brother showed me how he would poke a hole in one corner and then use a honey bear bottle to inject honey into the hollow centre. So good! Every time thereafter I’d be sure to load up my plate with three or four of them. 😋 ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2123 "2024-07-07T17:05:37Z")
A poem about scones. By pjd. When everyone’s gone, and we’re all alone, We’ll have a scone. …or is it scone ? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2124 "2024-07-07T17:17:45Z")
I’ve heard that buttered scones are a traditional food for lumberjacks. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2125 "2024-07-07T18:37:19Z")
John DiFool’s authors: Heard of 30, read 18. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2126 "2024-07-07T18:38:39Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I love scones ever since I discovered them years ago. And I love using clotted cream as a spread. When I was in England over twenty years ago, my friend and I were with a guy who gave walking tours in Cornwall. One day we were in Marazion, and it was time to eat. My friend was plumping for a cream tea, but the guide and I wanted fish and chips. We won. But when we were leaving Cornwall, we stopped at Jamaica Inn and had a cream tea. OMG. That’s all I wanted after that. > [@SailorHG](#): > > My older brother showed me how he would poke a hole in one corner and then use a honey bear bottle to inject honey into the hollow centre I’ve never had a scone with a hollow center. They were always solid all the way through. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2127 "2024-07-07T18:40:13Z")
Very good, is that original to you? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2128 "2024-07-07T18:47:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I generally don’t read books more than once. I should since I don’t remember them after. Give me a few years, and I can even reread mysteries without remembering the outcome. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2129 "2024-07-07T18:54:23Z")
I just read a book where the first quarter or a third of it was _so_ familiar I was sure I’d read it before. Then, it became completely _un_familiar. I couldn’t decide if it was because it was the theme of a lot of books I read (stories set in odd bookstores) or if I’d started it years ago, put it down, and it went astray or accidentally got added to my donate pile. Weird. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2130 "2024-07-07T19:17:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Give me a few years, and I can even reread mysteries without remembering the outcome. I often can also. Some books stay with me a lot better than others. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2131 "2024-07-07T19:20:27Z")
> [@SailorHG](#): > > My older brother showed me how he would poke a hole in one corner and then use a honey bear bottle to inject honey into the hollow centre Were they fried? I checked Chuck-a-rama’s website and they showed “scones” but they look much more like sopapillas than any scone I’ve ever seen. I’ve had scones in Britain and my mom made scones from a Scottish cookbook. They were lovely, like a slightly sweeter biscuit. I tried scones in the US a couple of times and they were as dry as graham crackers. Didn’t like them at all, and gave up on them quickly I will take plain croissants over even the British scones, and strawberry preserves if you have it. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2132 "2024-07-07T20:04:01Z")
Yes ! as far as i know. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2133 "2024-07-07T21:36:14Z")
A [scone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone) is required if you want to be king of Scotland. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2134 "2024-07-08T05:01:46Z")
Regarding when you fill your gas tank before a road trip, making my own road trip last week made me realize why I didn’t think of the of the idea that some people might want to fill up in a different state with lower taxes – I don’t think it’s even possible for me to leave California starting with only half a tank. Maybe I could just barely make it to Stateline, Nevada, but I don’t think I would want to cut it that close just to save a few bucks on a fill up. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2135 "2024-07-08T15:28:49Z")
I didn’t turn that tortoise over in the first place. And if I found it upside down, I’m turning it back rightside up. I might, or might not, go so far as to move the insect out of the path. Depends on a batch of factors. @Elendil_s_Heir: I have multiple answers to that poll, so didn’t pick any of them. I expect you’re aware that people will have multiple answers to that poll, and thought it was funnier the way you did it. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2136 "2024-07-08T15:34:44Z")
What desert? But…how come I’d be there? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2137 "2024-07-08T16:56:07Z")
Maybe you ran there. While carrying a blade. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2138 "2024-07-08T17:27:44Z")
They’re just questions, Thorny Locust. In answer to your query, they’re written down for Gyrate. It’s a test, designed to provoke an emotional response… Shall we continue? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2139 "2024-07-08T18:18:44Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > They’re just questions, Thorny Locust. In answer to your query, they’re written down for Gyrate. It’s a test, designed to provoke an emotional response… Shall we continue I didn’t ask who they were written down for. I wasn’t asking anything, about either @Gyrate’s poll or @Elendil_s_Heir’s. And I expect the thread will continue, if that’s what you meant: both the poll thread and the discussion thread. They’re just questions, and I’m just discussing them. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2140 "2024-07-08T18:19:33Z")
I have a weakness for a nice aloha shirt. By “nice” I mean a non-retina searing print on linen or cotton. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2141 "2024-07-08T18:19:43Z")
It’s a movie reference. A quote from the opening scene of _Blade Runner._ > [@](#): > > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down… > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): What one? > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): What? > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): What desert? > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): It doesn’t make any difference what desert, it’s completely hypothetical. > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): But, how come I’d be there? > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Maybe you’re fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It’s crawling toward you… > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Tortoise? What’s that? > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): [_irritated by Leon’s interruptions_] You know what a turtle is? > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Of course! > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Same thing. > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I’ve never seen a turtle… But I understand what you mean. > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back, Leon. > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you? > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t. Not without your help. But you’re not helping. > - [Leon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001397/?ref_=ttqu_qu): [_angry at the suggestion_] What do you mean, I’m not helping? > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): I mean: you’re not helping! Why is that, Leon? > - [_Leon has become visibly shaken_] > - [Holden](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667133/?ref_=ttqu_qu): They’re just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they’re written down for me. It’s a test, designed to provoke an emotional response… Shall we continue? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=108)