# 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:** 227
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4522 "2024-11-22T22:20:14Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > and Oxford commas Can you eat those outside of Digitopolis in the Phantom Tollbooth? 🤪 ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4523 "2024-11-22T23:01:12Z")
Historically (but of course not certainly) it’s a bad sensor. It’s a 2007 and the same thing happened about 5 years ago. And it was (IIRC) about $125 to replace the sensor. I’m thinking I’ll just go back to testing at least every other month which isn’t exactly a bad idea anyway. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4524 "2024-11-22T23:02:13Z")
If I had answered the foods quiz myself I would have checked like three, but my wife is the cook, and apparently when we got married she had a British Isles cookbook, and so I read them out and she answered, and I checked like 85% of them. If a meal falls in lost memory, does it make a poll? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4525 "2024-11-22T23:50:40Z")
I checked “Sunday roast” because i eat roast chunk-o-meat pretty often. But if it means something more specific than that, maybe i shouldn’t have. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4526 "2024-11-23T00:07:05Z")
The only assholes I could think of were definitely assholes because of their parents. IMHO, the worst two things you can do to a child is to treat them as if they can do no wrong, or treat them as if they can do no right. In both cases you’re left with someone who never learned to play well with others ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4527 "2024-11-23T00:09:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I checked “Sunday roast” because i eat roast chunk-o-meat pretty often. But if it means something more specific than that, maybe i shouldn’t have. It’s kinda like a Thanksgiving meal, it’s not just the roast, but Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, gravy, and some other veggies. I don’t think it _has_ to have Yorkshire pudding, so I’m guessing what you had was close enough. ETA or mebbe you have to have the Yorkshire pudding, I dunno. [Sunday Roast is a British traditional Sunday dinner | Secret Food Tours](https://www.secretfoodtours.com/blog/what-is-a-traditionnal-sunday-roast/) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4528 "2024-11-23T00:10:56Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > IMHO, the worst two things you can do to a child is to treat them as if they can do no wrong, or treat them as if they can do no right. In both cases you’re left with someone who never learned to play well with others Same here. I still occasionally see some of the people with whom I went to grade school and high school, a fair number of which were junior assholes as children. The ones in the second group (i.e., the ones who were bullied by their parents) generally straightened out as adults, and some of them have apologized for picking on me when we were kids. The ones in the second group continue to be assholes, pretty much without fail. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4529 "2024-11-23T00:29:39Z")
I did a roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, and some vegetable once. The Yorkshire pudding didn’t rise properly, but it was delicious and was eaten quickly. I’m guessing that counts. We often have popovers, which are almost Yorkshire pudding. And we often have a roast. But we don’t usually have them in the same meal, because I’m the roaster and my husband is the popover-maker. We tend to have a roast for Sabbath dinner (aka Friday night) not Sunday, but that doesn’t seem critical to the dish, at least to me. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4530 "2024-11-23T09:17:35Z")
Sunday roast is a bit like the full English breakfast… Ask 10 Brits and you’ll get 10 different versions. Also, i don’t suppose many people make the Yorkshires from scratch as you can get them ready made (frozen) from the supermarket. Just stick 'em in the oven for 5 minutes. ---
**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 23, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4531 "2024-11-23T12:24:49Z")
> **[Mr Brains Pork Faggots 4's 439g (12 Pack)](https://mjbakerfoodservice.co.uk/mj-848411-mr-brains-pork-faggots-4-s-439g-12-pack.html)** > > Price: GBP 0 I bought these once just to try them. They were basically disturbingly squishy meatballs (being made of pork offal). The brand name is offputting but appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4532 "2024-11-23T13:26:09Z")
I haven’t bought those since they are only now sold in supermarkets as frozen packs of 6. That’s too many for me and you can’t take out just 2 or 3. (Love 'em though !) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4533 "2024-11-23T14:21:30Z")
Re the squirrels, i think both are right. The names aren’t racist, but the daughter is right to recognize the risk of using names like that. I think it warrants a discussion, and whether it but the family changes the names is less important than that discussion. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4534 "2024-11-23T14:34:33Z")
I grew up in a highly racist environment, and that term was one of many used. So, I think of it as one member of a set of such words, and it seems grotesque to me as such, and I imagine someone more directly impacted might feel that way as well, so I’d advocate against it. ETA: I mean, as a test, if you had some Black friends over, and the squirrels showed up, would you introduce them by name (the squirrels, not the friends) (or I guess you could do both). ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4535 "2024-11-23T15:01:29Z")
I grew up in a basically all-white environment, so i probably lack sensitivity to that words are painful and/or insulting. So after reading your post, probably not. But without that input, yeah, i might have. Although, i wouldn’t have picked those names for a completely different reason. They sound extremely childish to me. When i was 5, i had a lot of stuffed animals that all had names like that (fishy, kitty, big blue dog, coony, owly …) and as an adult, i tend to pick slightly more interesting names for animals. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4536 "2024-11-23T15:36:48Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I grew up in a highly racist environment, and that term was one of many used. So, I think of it as one member of a set of such words, and it seems grotesque to me as such, and I imagine someone more directly impacted might feel that way as well, so I’d advocate against it. Interesting. To me, the name/word “Blackie” has absolutely zero racial connotations, and if I heard it without context, I’d assume it was a name or nickname for a black-colored animal (like a dog or a horse). ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4537 "2024-11-23T15:51:35Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > To me, the name/word “Blackie” has absolutely zero racial connotations, and if I heard it without context, I’d assume it was a name or nickname for a black-colored animal (like a dog or a horse). I’ve known a few dogs named Blackie, but interestingly enough, never one named Whitey. When I was in elementary school, my neighbor had a black and white dog named Oreo. I presume that would also not fly any more. ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4538 "2024-11-23T15:54:47Z")
I knew a guy named Whitey. No idea why he was called that. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4539 "2024-11-23T15:55:27Z")
I had a children’s book with three horses named Blackie, Brownie, and Whitey. I’ve known a couple of cats named Oreo. They both were black with a white band around their middle. One is young, and belongs to some liberal friends. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4540 "2024-11-23T15:56:54Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I’ve known a few dogs named Blackie, but interestingly enough, never one named Whitey. I’ve rarely seen an all-white dog. All-black dogs are common. 🤷‍♀️ ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4541 "2024-11-23T15:57:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I knew a guy named Whitey. No idea why he was called that. Baseball fans are likely familiar with Whitey Ford and Whitey Herzog, both of whom got their nicknames due to their light blond hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=228)