# 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:** 223
**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:** [November 19, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4442 "2024-11-19T11:54:10Z")
“Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” –bumper sticker ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4443 "2024-11-19T12:12:37Z")
“Always remember: you’re a unique individual, just like everyone else.” ---
**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:** [November 19, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4444 "2024-11-19T12:42:49Z")
I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4445 "2024-11-19T13:58:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then be Batman. Pffft…& need to turn the camera sideways to walk up a building?? He’s a junior superhero. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > That’s how i feel about Greek. I know every language in the world _except_ Greek. Go ahead, test me, type anything for me to translate. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4446 "2024-11-19T15:11:04Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I have whole journals written in runic (and just a little Tengwar) transliteration that I have to refresh myself on if I want to read what I wrote. How proficient did you get in Tengwar? It’s a really cool concept–each stroke of the letter communicating phonetic information, telling you how to form the sound. In theory, it should be easy to read. But in practice, I got confused. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4447 "2024-11-19T15:48:12Z")
Not very! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4448 "2024-11-19T19:38:19Z")
North Korea can’t be trusted. They lie more often than a MAGA politician. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4449 "2024-11-19T19:57:26Z")
Agreed, but the hypothetical included: > The West and the UN will be allowed to have many inspectors to verify that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is indeed dwindling and eventually eliminated, this way. Which as good as it’s going to get. My niggle with saying yes is that I’d give nigh-unlimited food aid and large quantities of medicine (pretty clear conscience on that) per the agreement: > In return, the international community will give North Korea vast amounts of food and other forms of support. But there are going to be limits on how much of the “other forms of support” I’m willing to give, much of which could be used to increase their conventional forces. But thousands of gallons of high proof/high quality booze so the Glorious Leader drinks himself to death? Oh hell yes. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4450 "2024-11-20T14:52:54Z")
With regard to turkey: Give me some of both, please. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4451 "2024-11-20T14:57:50Z")
I love turkey white meat. I’ll eat turkey dark meat, but I far prefer white meat. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4452 "2024-11-20T15:00:47Z")
I do not currently have a dog. I only had one many years ago and she was a shite. A rambunctious little cocker spaniel. One day I came home and she had eaten/chewed all of our toothbrushes which were scattered in the hallway. Another time she went ballistic on some rosary beads and I was finding residue from that attack for weeks. She ate the bottom of my dining room curtains. She gnawed through wooden vanity door in the bathroom. She chewed through the cord on my new sewing machine the day I received it as a Christmas gift. Another time she ate an entire bowl of Christmas colored Hershey Kiss candies. I did not realize until I saw her pooping in technicolor. Same thing happened with some packing peanuts. One day I came home from work and she had shat all over every bit of furniture in the living room. When I started part time graduate school and had to also work full time I re-homed her with my father and brother who treated her like a granddaughter/niece lol. Unbelievably she lived to be 17 years old. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4453 "2024-11-20T15:06:48Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > …she ate an entire bowl of Christmas colored Hershey Kiss candies. Who among us has not done that? mmm ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4454 "2024-11-20T15:08:59Z")
Our dog is the best. She’s now a cranky old lady but she is still the best girl. Never any problems. No chewing. No accidents. Loves children. Her only issue is fear of men which probably comes from puppyhood trauma. If you give her time she is good with men she knows. Couldn’t ask for a better dog. I love turkey and look forward to it every year. I’ll eat the drumstick but not the other dark meat. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4455 "2024-11-20T15:09:22Z")
I’d understood chocolate would kill a dog. No? I haven’t “owned” a dog since I was a kid. Too much work, too much poop in the back yard. I’m over it. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4456 "2024-11-20T15:17:15Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > …she ate an entire bowl of Christmas colored Hershey Kiss candies. > > Who among us has not done that ? > > mmm Well…at least I take the foil wrappers off lol! ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4457 "2024-11-20T15:21:02Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’d understood chocolate would kill a dog. > No? > > I haven’t “owned” a dog since I was a kid. Too much work, too much poop in the back yard. I’m over it. That’s what I thought. Apparently not. She also ate one of those giant Hershey Bars they used to make years ago - the approximately 8 inch by 4 inch ones (uncertain of exact size)? She was a resilient little bugger. I never wanted to have a pet in the first place but my ex husband thought and acted otherwise. I have never had another pet as I just do not have the time and energy and I am gone from my home all day. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4458 "2024-11-20T16:13:37Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’d understood chocolate would kill a dog. No? It’s more “could” rather than “would”. Milk chocolate and white chocolate aren’t great for dogs but unless they are tiny or it was an immense amount it won’t kill them. It might get pretty messy. When you get up to dark chocolate and unsweetened baking chocolate it becomes much more harmful. It’s not a good idea to feed chocolate to any dog but it’s not immediately deadly in small doses per weight. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4459 "2024-11-20T16:38:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Our dog is the best. Your dog can be the second best as my baby gurl is the best!!! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4460 "2024-11-20T16:39:54Z")
@colinfred but up a flawed poll ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4461 "2024-11-20T16:58:08Z")
My cattle dog is a Grade-A pain in the ass, among other places. The husky is a derpy floof. The cattle dog, Crocodile, has eaten our couch, killed 3 groundhogs and a possum (he got better), and is constantly biting my ankles. He takes the name “Heeler” as a religious mandate and I’m his sacred cow. Bear-Bear, our Humane Society boy, spends most of his time on his back, legs up, begging for belly scritches. I’d post pictures if I knew how. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=224)