# 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:** 361
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7202 "2025-06-20T16:33:16Z")
I’m the only person/animal I insult in Yiddish. Yidbew, actually: “Oy, Susan, ezo schmuck at!” Working on good Spanish self-deprecations. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7203 "2025-06-20T18:30:57Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > In&Out? Huge long line, so I walk in > > …and out? Nope; they’re like Hotel California (or a Roach Motel); you can check out any time you like but you can never leave ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7204 "2025-06-20T18:56:04Z")
I use dreck and schmutz sometimes when describing objects. I sometimes use schmaltz when taking about cooking with chicken fat. The only one i use to describe people is klutz, and yes, mostly as a factual description. I know about ⅔ of those words, but I’m not sure how one would use all of the ones i know. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7205 "2025-06-20T19:23:07Z")
24/7: nobody says twenty four sevenths? (Or three and three sevenths?) “Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week”. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7206 "2025-06-20T19:27:16Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I’m the only person/animal I insult in Yiddish. A Couple of my friends back in the day spoke Yiddish and I learned most of the common terms., ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7207 "2025-06-20T20:22:07Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > Wasn’t it Melinda Dillon he was married to? > > > > I rarely go for fast food these days, but > > No, MD was unmarried in CE3K and was the mother of Barry, the kid taken by the aliens. > > Dreyfuss was married to Teri Garr. Heh, I saw the movie when it was first released and haven’t seen it since (except for isolated scenes here and there). Guess all those blonde actresses are interchangeable in my brain. It’s funny, because I remember Melinda Dillon, but I don’t remember Teri Garr at all. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7208 "2025-06-20T21:40:49Z")
I don’t use many of the Yiddish words, but dang that was a fun list to read. mmm ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7209 "2025-06-21T21:00:14Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t use many of the Yiddish words, but dang that was a fun list to read. Yep, and I knew almost all. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7210 "2025-06-21T21:01:28Z")
Hasenpfeffer Incorporated. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7211 "2025-06-22T01:28:48Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > 24/7: nobody says twenty four sevenths? (Or three and three sevenths?) > > “Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week” I’m so used to that context that I wouldn’t assume three and three sevenths unless the context around it clearly called for that. Plus which, I’d expect that to be shown as 3 3/7, not as 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7212 "2025-06-22T12:06:03Z")
10000 days is less than 30 years, probably around 1/3 of an average lifetime, and yet only 8% of people would choose to stay in a situation where you stop aging and get any money or goodwill you spent in the last 24 hours returned to you for that long. Seems very strange, especially the average age of dopers, who wants to voluntarily keep aging and die when you can stop the aging and live a life of luxury forever? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7213 "2025-06-22T12:45:16Z")
A life with no relationships, no consequences, and exactly the same choices every day? ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7214 "2025-06-22T12:54:05Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > A life with no relationships, no consequences, and exactly the same choices every day It won’t be the same choices every day, short of saying you start in the same position. There’s a virtually limitless amount of things you can do. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7215 "2025-06-22T13:04:51Z")
I’m surprised that “back” isn’t an option in MMM’s poll; that was my “other.” 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7216 "2025-06-22T13:29:16Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > There’s a virtually limitless amount of things you can do. On the contrary, anything requiring meaningful air travel is either going to be off the table or a very minimal experience. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7217 "2025-06-22T13:41:25Z")
I can get a train or taxi. In just 3 hours I could be anywhere within half of England. Most US dopers could get to their choice of dozens of large cities in the same time period. OK I can’t go to Egypt and spend more time there than it took me to get there and that’s a shame, but I can still go there if it’s a thing I want to do. I’d still say the experiences that I can get within a 3 hour travel area are “virtually limitless” and if there’s something I really want to do, I can still travel further. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7218 "2025-06-22T13:49:22Z")
Likewise! I’d be willing to bet that in a group of ummm older folks like we have here, there are more back problems than any other kind. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7219 "2025-06-22T13:59:53Z")
For hurting body parts, I chose ‘other’ because ‘none’ wasn’t an option. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7220 "2025-06-22T14:21:03Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > I can get a train or taxi. In just 3 hours I could be anywhere within half of England. Most US dopers could get to their choice of dozens of large cities in the same time period. If we’re starting from now, I won’t have the money; and under that hypothetical I’d never have any chance of getting the money. I’d never be able to see anybody who couldn’t conveniently visit with me on that day. I’d never get any weather other than that day’s. I’d never have anything ripe in my fields that wouldn’t be ripe on that specific day. I’d also never have a successful crop on anything that in that year was already doomed for that day. I’d never grow anything that I haven’t grown before. I’d never see any of the children that I know get any older. I’m undoubtedly leaving something out here. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7221 "2025-06-22T14:24:01Z")
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