# 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:** 163
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3242 "2024-09-04T00:56:55Z")
Asta was not in the dog poll. šŸ˜¬ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3243 "2024-09-04T05:16:49Z")
Yes, I was sad, and I pointed that out. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3244 "2024-09-04T06:04:07Z")
No Maurice Chevalier either, I note. ā€œThank Heaven For Little Girlsā€ is a lot less charming than it used to be, but he still gets credit for the theme to _The Aristocats_. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3245 "2024-09-04T17:43:49Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I only know _Shadowy Men From a Shadowy Planet_ because they did the _Kids in the Hall_ theme music. Me too ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3246 "2024-09-04T17:50:11Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Parades: > > My town is very horse-centric, and thereā€™s a big Christmas parade every year where most of the parade is people on horses, followed by dog-walkers. Iā€™ve ridden in it for 4 or 5 years now. When Covid restrictions were easing and everyone was twitching to get out and DO something, there were about 300 horses that year! Yes, I should have included a ā€œI have ridden an animal in a paradeā€ option. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3247 "2024-09-04T22:05:22Z")
Haircuts: I have not had my hair professionally cut since before covid. I have very long hair that mostly lives braided, currently when itā€™s loose I can almost sit on it. When it gets ratty I trim it myself, and I manage to keep my bangs reasonably tidy too. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3248 "2024-09-04T22:20:04Z")
I started shaving my head back in 2001. Not balding in the least - I just prefer the cue ball look. So I havenā€™t had a **haircut** in decades. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3249 "2024-09-04T22:23:30Z")
I cut my own hair/beard during COVID, but now get a pro cut twice a year. I shaved my head after my gfā€™s cancer diagnosis, but it turned out she didnā€™t need chemo. Great for her, but I was a bald or for a few years. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3250 "2024-09-04T22:25:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Not balding in the least - I just prefer the cue ball look. When I was shaving my head I was in the same situation. Bald by choice is a real thing. I stopped shaving because it was too demanding. I liked my head smooth, which meant shaving twice a day. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3251 "2024-09-04T22:26:28Z")
Iā€™ve been cutting my own hair since I was out of high school. I hate people touching my head. I just buzzed it all off with an electric razor for about 20 years, then during COVID I decided to just let it grow. Iā€™ve trimmed off a couple of inches here and there since then, just with a pair if scissors at home. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3252 "2024-09-04T22:36:47Z")
Haircuts (early 50, full head of hair so far) are about every 3 months. I cut it to about an inch and a half (half that on the sides) and it grows out and gets stupidly curly. Much past 3 months it gets unspeakably poofy (Loose curled Jew-Fro [which I am] ) so I have to get it cut. That is +/- about a month depending on the season. Itā€™s up to a month shorter during hot months, and the reverse if itā€™s cold. No, I donā€™t need a hat to keep my head warm in winter. šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3253 "2024-09-04T23:11:16Z")
Haircuts about every two to three weeks. I HATE when I can feel hair that has grown out to touch my ears. I was really glad when the 1970s ended šŸ™‚ My SO is a barber/hair stylist, so I havenā€™t been to a barber shop in more than twenty-five years. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3254 "2024-09-05T00:10:23Z")
I stopped getting my hair cut during COVID and started wearing it pulled up on top of my head with a scrunchie. For some reason (gravity?) it stays curlier that way. I trim it myself about once a month, and I had Sue Grafton flashbacks when I realized I was using nail scissors to cut 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:** [September 5, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3255 "2024-09-05T00:30:34Z")
I had my hair professionally cut shortly before my wedding, decades ago. My husband trimmed the rest tail at the end once, and Iā€™ve done that once since then. So nope, i have hair and donā€™t have it cut. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3256 "2024-09-05T00:52:53Z")
About every 4 weeks. One on the side five on top. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3257 "2024-09-05T01:32:18Z")
I answered ā€œI donā€™t have hair.ā€ (I actually have plenty of hair, just not on my head.) What little fringe I have growing around the back and sides gets buzzed off with a guardless clipper every couple weeks or so. I donā€™t consider that a haircut. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3258 "2024-09-05T02:42:09Z")
I have to have regular haircuts (usually done by **Mrs Magill** ) otherwise it devolves into possum head real quick. I have (much) less hair than I used to on top. Iā€™d considered shaving, but i have a really big head, and it would just look silly. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3259 "2024-09-05T03:22:43Z")
One day in about '90, I looked in the mirror and came to realize I was doing a weak-ass combover, so I tossed it all back off the back and let my dome shine. Never really needed a haircut since then: it grows to about 8 or 9 inches and no more. But it was a damn relief not to have to struggle with it any more. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3260 "2024-09-05T04:38:36Z")
I donā€™t understand all the votes that Dr. Pepper is not a cola. Looking in a variety of dictionaries, ā€œcolaā€ is generally defined as a dark-colored sweetened carbonated drink flavored with kola nut extract or similar flavors. Dr. Pepper meets most of that definition; the only plausible way I can see to claim that itā€™s not a cola is to argue that its flavor is not similar to kola nut extract. Is that what everyone is claiming? I honestly couldnā€™t tell you what kola nut extract tastes like. Dr. Pepperā€™s taste is not identical to Coke or Pepsi, but I couldnā€™t justify an argument that itā€™s not ā€œsimilarā€. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3261 "2024-09-05T04:40:35Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > the only plausible way I can see to claim that itā€™s not a cola is to argue that its flavor is not similar to kola nut extract. Is that what everyone is claiming? Yup, thatā€™s exactly it. Itā€™s a dark brown soda; but it has a different flavor profile. As per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper): > [@](#): > > Although Dr Pepper has similarities to [cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola), the American [Food and Drug Administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration) has ruled that Dr Pepper is not a cola,[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper#cite_note-4)[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper#cite_note-5) nor a [root beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer), nor a fruit-flavored soft drink.[[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper#cite_note-6) Rather, Dr Pepper is said to be in a category of its own kind, called ā€œpepper sodaā€, named for the brand. Other soft drinks in this category, such as [Dublin Original](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Original) and [Pibb Xtra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Pibb), have a similar flavor profile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=164)