# 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:** 318
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6342 "2025-04-13T22:27:48Z")
I like honey in mine; but I’ve been drinking it plain lately, as I’d rather eat my carbs then drink them, and tea unsweetened is good too. But I never put any sweetener in the tea in Chinese restaurants; it doesn’t seem to match the flavor, somehow. Plus which, I don’t think there’s usually been any readily available. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6343 "2025-04-13T22:29:51Z")
I would say 99% of the Chinese food I’ve had has been take out. The few times I’ve eaten at the restaurant I remember liking the tea and drinking it straight no sugar or anything else. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6344 "2025-04-13T22:33:23Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I’d rather eat my carbs then drink them, and tea unsweetened is good too. > > But I never put any sweetener in the tea in Chinese restaurants; it doesn’t seem to match the flavor, somehow. Plus which, I don’t think there’s usually been any readily available. Yes, yes, and yes. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6345 "2025-04-14T02:34:39Z")
I was six. I don’t put sugar in my tea today. Six year olds _usually_ like sugar. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6346 "2025-04-14T14:41:40Z")
I put a couple of drops of stevia (and milk) in my afternoon tea. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6347 "2025-04-14T14:43:15Z")
I need some kind of sweetener in tea to soften the bitterness that I taste. Equal is usually good but sugar is fine. If I don’t have sweetener I feel like I am drinking melted lampshades or something similar. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6348 "2025-04-14T16:22:50Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > I need some kind of sweetener in tea to soften the bitterness that I taste. Try adding a wee pinch of salt. Not much - just a couple of grains is enough to cut the bitterness. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6349 "2025-04-14T16:24:16Z")
I enjoy the bitterness, and often “over brew” tea to extract extra tannins. I taste bitter just fine, but enjoy many bitter flavors. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6350 "2025-04-14T19:48:30Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > I need some kind of sweetener in tea to soften the bitterness that I taste. > > Try adding a wee pinch of salt. Not much - just a couple of grains is enough to cut the bitterness.. Will keep that in mind for next time! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6351 "2025-04-15T15:24:57Z")
I skipped the poll because I hate every version of that song. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6352 "2025-04-15T15:38:30Z")
I picked the Karl Denver version. What’s not to like about it? In addition to the falsetto singing common to most other versions, it’s got unabashed yodelling, extra-frenetic vocalizations, and even Ballad of Bilbo Baggins–style backup dancers: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/09SXTH699xE/hqdefault.jpg "Wimoweh - Karl Denver") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09SXTH699xE) It’s very much a precursor of Focus’s manic masterpiece “Hocus Pocus”. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6353 "2025-04-15T16:06:04Z")
Usually I remain at the sink while brushing my teeth. But occasionally I wander around the bathroom or outside the bathroom. And once in a while I move someplace away from the sink in order to do something else with my free hand; which I wouldn’t really describe as “wandering”. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6354 "2025-04-15T16:16:06Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I skipped the poll because I hate every version of that song. I skipped it because I wasn’t willing to listen to so many versions of the song to get an informed opinion. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6355 "2025-04-15T16:47:19Z")
I have a sweet tooth, and will happily add sugar to either coffee or tea. The Tokens’ 1961 version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is hands-down my favorite of all those options. (In the sf satire _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin - great book, BTW - the title character, disguised as a chieftain of a lion-oriented colonial society, identifies himself as Weemowet). I usually stay at the sink when brushing my teeth, but will sometimes idly wander out into the bedroom for no particular reason, or to write a note to myself, or just to gaze out the window. > [@mbh](#): > > Most places I’ve been, you have to ask for sugar, and the little old lady who owns the restaurant will bring it to your table with a sad sigh and a very disappointed look on her face. I was at a little neighborhood French restaurant with some friends in NYC not long ago, and the waitress told us quite firmly that they didn’t have ketchup available for our _pommes frittes_, so we shouldn’t even ask. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6356 "2025-04-15T17:31:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I was at a little neighborhood French restaurant with some friends in NYC not long ago, and the waitress told us quite firmly that they didn’t have ketchup available for our _pommes frittes_, so we shouldn’t even ask What did they have? Although the go to is ketchup I don’t mind some alternatives. Just slabs of potato? No thanks. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6357 "2025-04-15T17:39:22Z")
Salt and pepper. Mayonnaise, maybe, if you asked (we didn’t). ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6358 "2025-04-15T19:08:11Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > What did they have? Although the go to is ketchup I don’t mind some alternatives. Just slabs of potato? No thanks I often eat fried potatoes without any dressing on them. Good ones, IMO, don’t need any. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6359 "2025-04-15T20:07:27Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I often eat fried potatoes without any dressing on them. Good ones, IMO, don’t need any. Right. I only use ketchup if the fries aren’t particularly good, and I want to eat a few. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6360 "2025-04-15T20:14:09Z")
You folks who wander around the house whilst brushing your teeth…what are you, _barbarians_? mmm ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6361 "2025-04-15T20:25:32Z")
Possibly. But tooth brushing is b-o-o-o-o-ring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=317) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=319)