# 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:** 20
**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 9, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/381 "2024-03-09T02:41:04Z")
Doesn’t just about everybody lose teeth when they’re young children? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/382 "2024-03-09T02:44:19Z")
I had one knocked out when i was a toddler. Not just lost at age 6 like every other child. ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/383 "2024-03-09T02:49:06Z")
Ah, I see. The earlier post read to me as if it had just fallen out in the ordinary fashion. ---
**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 9, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/384 "2024-03-09T03:50:51Z")
I checked that I dream about meeting celebrities, but what often happens is that I dream I’m interacting with characters on TV shows. The other night it was _Curb Your Enthusiasm_. Larry David, Richard Lewis, and I were in a snowball fight with a big mean dude, which escalated into rock-throwing. Then Richard Lewis died and we all went to his funeral, including the big mean dude. Dreams be weird. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/385 "2024-03-09T04:07:21Z")
I had some problems with defining, for myself, recurring dreams. I have dreams that I’ve had semi frequently, say at least 4-6 times a year (bathroom, late and lost, can’t control my vehicle [somehow I’m always trying to drive and realize I’m in the back seat!], being unable to move, finding a missing area in the house) but there was one that qualified by the “had more than once” but reaaaaally infrequent. And that’s meeting celebrities - in this one, I’m on the set of Mythbusters, and almost no one knows who I am, but in the dream, the IRL me was one of the early assistents, where I helped in a few episodes, but participated less and less after the first few seasons. But for some reason I’m back and trying to remind people that no, I’m here for a reason. It’s borderline into a frustration dream. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/386 "2024-03-10T01:23:10Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I had one knocked out when i was a toddler. Me, too. Because I jumped off the top of a bunkbed. I’d never climbed a ladder before and didn’t know I could go down the ladder backward. I thought I had to go down head first, and it terrified me, so I jumped. I can still remember how it felt when my tooth hit the linoleum. I used to have stress dreams about school, but they’d faded over the years. However, last week I had a dream where I was at work, and I did _not_ want to be there. I was moaning about having to work another six months. Why can’t I retire now? Then, I woke up and remembered I’d been retired for ten years. Nice. I’d put this in the same category as a school stress dream. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/387 "2024-03-10T01:35:42Z")
I’ve been retired more than four years, and only recently did I have a work anxiety dream (at least that I remember). So weird, especially because it involved coworkers I haven’t thought of since then. ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/388 "2024-03-10T02:24:06Z")
There’s nothing in the External Validation poll that says I can’t change my number multiple times ones I have the cheat code. So I’m cranking it right in up to ten. Imagine the good that a person with this power could do in the world. I’ll raise untold amounts of money for charity. I’ll hold great sway over national politics, even solve world conflicts. I mean, who could ever say no to me? Of course, I will use my power for personal gain as well, and allow people to do things for me and give me stuff. ☺ And when my status as the most-adored person in the world inevitably becomes exhausting and burdensome, I’ll dial it back down to a normal level or lower. Then turn it back up again when I feel like it, _ad infinitum_. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/389 "2024-03-10T13:25:51Z")
The External Validation cheat code did not offer 11 as a choice, so I went with 10. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/390 "2024-03-10T15:12:48Z")
I like **Wheelz** ’s idea, and I think I’ll do that, too. Priority One this year: maintaining Grover Cleveland’s unique historical status. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/391 "2024-03-11T17:22:51Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Tchaikovsky’s 12th Scherzo in A Minor” (or some similarly nonsensical name like that) and I would protest, “WTF is that piece!!!??” It’s especially bad since generally [you can’t read](https://www.wikihow.com/Can-You-Read-in-a-Dream) in a dream. I would assume this includes sheet music. > [@carrps](#): > > I can still remember how it felt when my tooth hit the linoleum. I didn’t lose a tooth but I chipped one when I dived into water just a touch too shallow. I still remember his it felt grazing the bottom of the pool. Oddly enough I’ve never had the teeth falling out nightmare. In fact in _Inside Out_ when Riley had that I asked here it was a common thing. I’ve had the no pants/naked at school/work dreams plenty of times but nothing about teeth. ---
**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 11, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/392 "2024-03-11T17:49:54Z")
What nonsense is that claim (reading in dreams). I don’t know that I’ve dreamed about sitting down with a book, but I’ve definitely dreamed of reading words, and also used the “language area” to dream in languages I have learned. Often gibberish that’s only signifying a language, but sometimes actual meaningful things I understand once I have woken up. I doubt that I’m exceptional. ---
**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 11, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/393 "2024-03-11T17:52:09Z")
I don’t know whether you’re exceptional; but you’re not universal, either. I can’t read in dreams. The dreaming part of my mind knows that reading is important to me, and often puts reading matter in my dreams; but I never actually read any of it. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/394 "2024-03-11T18:59:18Z")
Whatever salad I like to keep it fast and simple. Mayo, pickle relish, and a little Old Bay because this is Maryland and it’s the law here. I _would_ add onion, but the thing is, all those other things are ready to use right out of the can or jar, while an onion I would have to dice first, then clean a knife and cutting board. So no onion. ---
**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 11, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/395 "2024-03-11T19:14:19Z")
If it’s tuna salad, I’ll also add a hardboiled egg, if I’ve got one or if I want to take the time to hardboil some eggs. But that’s specific to tuna salad. Well, and potato salad, though that wasn’t one of the examples. A potato salad also gets mustard, horseradish, dill pickle, and liquid from dill pickles; though the tuna wouldn’t get any of those. Egg salad would get the mustard, but probably not the horseradish or pickle. They’d all get mayo, and they’d probably all get some form of onion, though the egg salad might get only green onion tops if I had 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:** [March 11, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/396 "2024-03-11T19:55:57Z")
After mayo and seasonings (I use Spice Islands Beaumonde - which is celery salt and black pepper), it depends on the protein. Tuna gets a sweet apple (fuji or gala). Chicken gets red grapes and celery. Eggs get chives. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/397 "2024-03-11T22:12:49Z")
I’d expect to get either 12 whole chicken wings, or 12 wings with the tips cut off. If I got 6 wings cut into 12 segments when the menu said just “12 chicken wings”, I’d be annoyed. I’d probably also wonder whether that was normal around there and I was just being clueless about it, though; because I don’t eat out that often and when I do I don’t generally order chicken wings. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/398 "2024-03-11T22:19:31Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > If I got 6 wings cut into 12 segments when the menu said just “12 chicken wings”, I’d be annoyed. I’d _expect_ 6 wings cut into 12 segments, because in my experience that’s what most restaurants/bars that sell wings do. But I would still be annoyed that they’re allowed to get away with calling that “12 wings”. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/399 "2024-03-11T22:50:24Z")
I’m not voting in the “Biden’s margin of victory” poll. It’s bad luck. ---
**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 11, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/400 "2024-03-11T22:52:19Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’m not voting in the “Biden’s margin of victory” poll. It’s bad luck . Agree. Bad luck. And there is no 1-99 option. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=21)