# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2762 "2024-08-02T23:15:26Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If you’re a guy, my understanding is that your prostate gland is a big factor, and it becomes more common past age 50. Yes, and I had prostate cancer, which makes things worse. > [@ParallelLines](#): > > It also depends upon hydration. According to every doctor I’ve spoken too and most websites, we tend to be chronically dehydrated since we often only drink when we feel thirsty to some degree. Yep. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2763 "2024-08-02T23:21:12Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > (He doesn’t pee on the seat, either way, which i would care about.) I don’t care what position anyone, male or female, chooses to use to piss in the toilet: but, in either case, if some of it doesn’t land inside the toilet, the person who caused the spill should clean it up before leaving the john. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > My cats sometimes drink out of the toilet (fine with me) but I’ve never had an adult cat fall into the bowl To be fair, the one who fell into the bowl was expecting the lid to be down; he ran across the room and jumped up on the – whoops, no lid there! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2764 "2024-08-02T23:27:29Z")
I’m wondering how @eschereal knows that Goofy pees sitting down. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2765 "2024-08-03T00:23:04Z")
My mom got a job at American Airlines when I was in kindergarten, and our first trip was to NYC and San Francisco. We did eat at an automat when we were there. I have called Target Tar-zhay. My family also called Penney’s J C Penn-AYS ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2766 "2024-08-03T00:24:12Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > My family also called Penney’s J C Penn-AYS We similarly referred to it as Jacques penn-AY. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2767 "2024-08-03T02:26:01Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I’m wondering how @eschereal knows that Goofy pees sitting down. Well, have _you_ ever seen him pee? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2768 "2024-08-03T05:26:09Z")
My family has referred to Bed Bath & Beyond as “Bloodbath & Beyond” ever since we saw the Simpsons episode with that storefront sign. And I won’t deadname a person, but you can bet I won’t be calling it “KFC” until I’m senile enough to forget all those ads with Colonel Sanders in them. It never really occurred to me to think about whether a man might sit or stand to pee until my very elderly FIL lived with us for four years, during which time neither my husband nor I was able to figure out how to ask him to sit. I spent those four years running into the bathroom after him with paper towels and antibacterial wipes to clean up the puddle **every single time** he peed. Nowadays, I don’t really care how anyone does it as long as there’s no pee on the seat or the floor when they come out. I don’t even care if there _was_ pee and they wiped it up, as long as everything looks like it did when they went in (which also means the lid is down to keep pets out of mischief). ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2769 "2024-08-03T05:46:19Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > you can bet I won’t be calling it “KFC” until I’m senile enough to forget all those ads with Colonel Sanders in them I have a friend who tells a BS story about the family name. His dad was in the army, moving up in rank, until the brass came to him and said, “Major Sanders, we really want to promote you but you name constitutes a branding impediment”, so he said, “How about if I put a ‘u’ in there?” Thus, the family name has been Saunders ever since. And I think that benefitted the family furniture business when he got home, because buying furniture from the Sanders just seems weird. (And there are elements of truth to the story) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2770 "2024-08-03T05:54:39Z")
I don’t know who the Fifth Beatle is, but I know who the 37th Beatle is. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/toAyf_bbHgQ/hqdefault.jpg "Mitch Benn is the 37th beatle (FULL AUDIO , Radio 4)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toAyf_bbHgQ) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2771 "2024-08-03T12:04:45Z")
I love our toilet situation. My gf has her bathroom and I have my bathroom. Company visiting? There’s a guest bathroom. My toilet seat/lid is always left closed. That’s why the lid is there. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2772 "2024-08-03T14:09:08Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > My family has referred to Bed Bath & Beyond as “Bloodbath & Beyond” I call it (in my mind) Bed, Bath & Bullshit. We have Meijer’s locally, which originally was called Meijer’s Thrifty Acres. Dad referred to it as Meijer’s Shifty Takers. Anyone else old enough to recall Monkey Wards? mmm ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2773 "2024-08-03T14:18:55Z")
There used to be an upscale store called Bon Marché where you could spend more than you really should for no particular reason. Somewhere along the line, I heard people stating to call a low-end retailer K-Marché. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2774 "2024-08-03T18:45:22Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Penney’s J C Penn-AYS Here in Iowa and Nebraska we called it Jacque Penn-ays. We’re all formal like that. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2775 "2024-08-03T19:44:18Z")
The hazelnut chocolate spread is made of nuts, not newts. I say nuh-TELL-uh. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2776 "2024-08-03T20:24:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I love our toilet situation. My gf has her bathroom and I have my bathroom. Company visiting? There’s a guest bathroom. Yep- my wife has hers, I have mine, and downstairs is the guest toliel. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2777 "2024-08-03T22:03:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@InternetLegend](#): > > > > you can bet I won’t be calling it “KFC” until I’m senile enough to forget all those ads with Colonel Sanders in them > > I have a friend who tells a BS story about the family name. His dad was in the army, moving up in rank, until the brass came to him and said, “Major Sanders, we really want to promote you but you name constitutes a branding impediment”, so he said, “How about if I put a ‘u’ in there?” Thus, the family name has been Saunders ever since… The story goes that FDR refused to have the top rank of the U.S. Army during WWII become “marshal,” as was the British practice, because the first holder of that rank would have been then-Gen. George C. Marshall. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2778 "2024-08-04T00:08:37Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Anyone else old enough to recall Monkey Wards? I had an older guy at my first real corporate job who called it Monkey Wards. That was decades ago, and I don’t think I’ve heard anyone use that term since then. I always thought the Tar-zhay pronunciation started as a play on Jonathan Winters’ old trash bag commercials where he spoke in a haughty tone “We in gar-BAZH…”. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2779 "2024-08-04T00:12:10Z")
Regarding fixing typos, many OSes or editors provide more efficient navigation and editing keys. On my system, Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right will go to the beginning or end of the word, respectively, and pressing them again will reverse or advance to the next word, and so on. If I need to go back to the beginning of the line, I can press Home. Depending on how far back the typo was, either of these strategies might get to it faster. Emacs, the editor I use, also maps Ctrl+T to a command that transposes two characters, so it’s not even necessary to delete a typo if it’s just a matter of having typed two letters out of order. When I fix the error, I can press End to get back to where I left off. I generally wouldn’t switch to the mouse unless the typo is so far away that I’d need to type more than a dozen or so keystrokes. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2780 "2024-08-04T02:00:22Z")
Huh. I thought I was in a tiny minority of people who couldn’t keep themselves from obliterating and then retyping a batch of correct letters even though it seems obviously more efficient to go back to the error by any of at least a couple of methods and just change the one wrong letter. But I appear to be in a scant majority of poll answerers. I wonder why that impulse is so common? Even though I do it, I don’t know why I do it. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/2781 "2024-08-04T02:06:52Z")
For me, the why depends on the data entry media. On a keyboard, it’s just a (long) finger reach so I don’t have to take my fingers away from the keys like I would for the Arrow or Mouse. On a touchscreen, I have fat fingers, so it’s such a pain to try to insert the cursor to juuuust the right spot to do an accurate fix. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=140)