# 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:** 426
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8502 "2025-09-16T21:29:08Z")
This is a fun game. I’m not sure I can remember all of mine. North America: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento (such as it was: more of a light rail / tram). Africa & Asia: managed to travel without using rail. Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Venice (more of a tram: _Tranvia di Venezia_), Vienna ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8503 "2025-09-16T21:29:13Z")
Not in the poll, but I’m a bit spoiled by the tunnelbana in Stockholm. Each station is a work of art! [https://www.visitstockholm.se/se-gora/sevardheter/konst-i-tunnelbanan-upptack-14-vackra-stationer/](https://www.visitstockholm.com/see-do/attractions/art-in-the-subway/) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8504 "2025-09-16T21:51:23Z")
You left cheddar cheese off the apple pie poll. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8505 "2025-09-16T21:56:29Z")
No I didn’t. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8506 "2025-09-16T22:00:09Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > When I visit a new city, I always try to find time to ride its metro, if it has one. I’m fascinated by how different, yet similar, they are. I don’t go out of my way to ride transit systems, but i usually end up doing so. I find them easy to navigate. I don’t worry about a cab driver taking me to his friend’s place instead of the place i asked for, nor about getting into the wrong bus, nor about waiting in the wrong place for the bus. And i rarely rent a car while traveling. So I’ve ridden the transit system in most every city I’ve visited that has a useful one. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8507 "2025-09-16T22:02:01Z")
Damn I miss Athens and Greece, best holiday trip of my life. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8508 "2025-09-16T22:03:01Z")
Ok, sure, I’ll join. North America: Washington, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and I’ve ridden Sacramento’s light rail if we’re counting that. Europe: Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, and sort of London (I’ve never really been to London apart from Heathrow Airport, but I did use the Underground to get between terminals at Heathrow so I counted it in the poll) Oceania: Sydney. In Melbourne I rode the tram but not the metro system. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8509 "2025-09-16T22:03:08Z")
I’ve ridden most in the poll. For ease of use and affordability, you can’t beat Mexico City. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8510 "2025-09-16T22:05:58Z")
Dang. How’d I miss it? Oh, _sharp_ cheddar. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8511 "2025-09-16T23:00:34Z")
About half the time, I want apple pie _au naturale_. When I do want to gild the lily, my first preference is whipped cream. Ice cream is a distant second place. If you were to serve it with clotted cream or _creme fraiche_, I would enjoy it, but those are pretty rare in my part of the country, and it would not occur to me to ask for it. As far as being touched while drinking, it depends on the gender and the hotness of the person doing the touching. I like a hot dog with ketchup and relish. More than two or three toppings, and you are gilding the lily. I want a hot dog, not a pile of toppings with a scrap of meat at the center. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8512 "2025-09-16T23:34:35Z")
I’ve only ridden on two subway systems outside of the United States, Toronto and Montreal. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8513 "2025-09-16T23:54:57Z")
PM me that recipe @Karen_Lingel! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8514 "2025-09-17T00:35:39Z")
I’ve ridden most of them in the poll (plus Australia). ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8515 "2025-09-17T03:07:56Z")
I wish the subway poll had an option “I’ve ridden some of these and I’d like to tell you about others in the discussions thread”. In addition to several in the poll, I’ve ridden the systems in Montreal, Osaka and Buenos Aires. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8516 "2025-09-17T03:10:09Z")
I got myself majorly lost in the Brussels metro systems. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8517 "2025-09-17T10:42:08Z")
I did vote yes for the Cinnamon Ice Cream recipe.. but then I noticed that @Karen_Lingel voted no thanks. So I’d like to know if she voted that way because she’s already got it, or whether it’s because it’s _not very nice_ ! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8518 "2025-09-17T14:08:47Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > or whether it’s because it’s _not very nice_ ! I can’t speak to her recipe but, in general, cinnamon ice cream is Da Bomb so even if her recipe is so-so, it’s probably still pretty good. Sherlock Holmes - Don’t know enough about the specific actors or what SH movie they made to give a valid answer, & if I watched them all I might have a preference so even that wasn’t a great choice. Didn’t vote. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8519 "2025-09-17T14:12:02Z")
I’ve generally liked the Holmes actors fine, maybe RDJ a bit less…I even liked the kid in Young Sherlock Holmes, Nicholas Rowe. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8520 "2025-09-17T14:34:58Z")
Nicol Williamson…or Peter Cook. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8521 "2025-09-17T14:58:59Z")
I liked Jeremy Britt as an older Holmes, later in his career. RDJ was a pretty good younger Holmes - perhaps mid-career. I know people didn’t like his take. I think they expect a more cerebral Holmes, but they forget that Holmes was a pretty good bare knuckles boxer. IIRC, one of his former opponents said that, if Holmes had stuck with it, he would have been a champion. He also would take to shooting at the walls of his flat when bored. Holmes was no Nero Wolfe. He was a man of action. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=427)