# 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:** 16
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/301 "2024-03-04T17:43:16Z")
There should be a choice somewhere between “I’d still marry” and “No way in hell.” I love my wife and we’ve had a good life together. But going back in time would afford me the chance to try out a _different_ life, for better or worse. I think maybe I’d stay single and live a little more adventurously. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/302 "2024-03-04T17:43:46Z")
I’d go back to my first high school time, yes - around the years 2002-2005. The technology wasn’t as good as today, but it was a happier and simpler era. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/303 "2024-03-04T18:27:33Z")
Yeah, I don’t know if I’d marry my husband again. I am still married and still in love and have gotten so much out of the relationship, but I also think I needed more therapy before choosing a partner. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/304 "2024-03-04T18:37:27Z")
My conundrum is, if I hadn’t married my first wife, my wonderful son wouldn’t have been born. But other than that, no way in hell I’d marry that nightmare again. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/305 "2024-03-04T18:44:21Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > My conundrum is, if I hadn’t married my first wife, my wonderful son wouldn’t have been born. But other than that, no way in hell I’d marry that nightmare again You said it better than I could. Same here. 25 years down the tubes on that person. So much needless unhappiness all around. I wish I had those years back but could keep my son who is a real joy. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/306 "2024-03-04T20:29:07Z")
I wouldn’t take the genie up on the high school offer, as my life choices - god and ill - have led me to the point where I am relatively well off, in a happy marriage, and have three wonderful boys. The only thing I’d do differently is get my depression treated earlier. BUT if the genie could make it so the three miserable years with the first Mrs Magill never happened, I’d be on that like green on peas. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/307 "2024-03-04T21:04:33Z")
I didn’t know the specific twist in the sixth sense, but I knew there was a twist and when I noticed he didn’t interact with anyone but the boy, I figured out what it was. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/308 "2024-03-04T21:13:41Z")
Answers to [my poll on cartoon/comic book character minced oaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4668): - Blistering blue barnacles! – Captain Haddock from _The Adventures of Tintin_ - Good grief! – Charlie Brown from _Peanuts_ - Great Caesar’s ghost! – Perry White from _Superman_ - Sacré bleu! – Painter Smurf from _The Smurfs_ - Raskolnikov! – Boris Badenov from _Rocky and Bullwinkle_ - Suffering psyche! – Newton from _The Mighty Hercules_ - Suffering succotash! – Sylvester from _Looney Tunes_ Prediction: Almost everyone will know “Good grief!” and almost nobody will know “Suffering psyche!” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/309 "2024-03-04T21:26:45Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Sacré bleu! I was certain that one would be Pepé le Pew. I guess I have to go undo my vote now. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/310 "2024-03-04T21:33:17Z")
I knew there was a twist in _The Sixth Sense._ I went into it convinced I would figure it out. The movie drew me in so well that I completely forgot there was going to be twist so it took me by surprise. If I had watched it on tv instead of in the theater I probably would have had a different experience ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/311 "2024-03-04T22:16:16Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I was certain that one would be Pepé le Pew. I think he may have uttered the phrase on rare occasions, but I don’t think it was really a catchphrase the way it was for Painter Smurf. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/312 "2024-03-04T23:27:03Z")
The problem with going to high school now is that I would be clueless. I would be the weird kid that doesn’t get any references, doesn’t understand the slang, and listens to different music than everybody else. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/313 "2024-03-04T23:31:08Z")
> [@LoneRhino](#): > > The problem with going to high school now is that I would be clueless. I would be the weird kid that doesn’t get any references, doesn’t understand the slang, and listens to different music than everybody else Sounds like me in high school as I actually went there. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/314 "2024-03-05T03:00:53Z")
A president I like? Or one that I despise? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/315 "2024-03-05T04:06:14Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Blistering blue barnacles! Of course, that’s from the English translation. In the original books by Hergé, it was “Tonnerre de Brest!” or “Mille sabords!” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/316 "2024-03-05T13:55:57Z")
I attributed “Sacré Bleu!” to Savoir-Faire, the antagonist mouse in the [Klondike Kat](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Kat) cartoons. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/317 "2024-03-05T17:33:01Z")
I can’t remember whether I’ve ever eaten snails. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/318 "2024-03-05T17:35:02Z")
I think the only time I had snails was part of a high school French class. They were “fine.” But that was 45 years ago, and I haven’t since, and I don’t see a need to ever eat them again. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/319 "2024-03-05T17:38:01Z")
I can’t imagine dining on a creature made entirely of snot. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/320 "2024-03-05T17:44:04Z")
Daffy Duck, not Sylvester. And correct me if I’m wrong, but Perry White only said “Great Caesar’s ghost” in the fifties TV version of Superman, not in comics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=17)