# 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:** 430
**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 22, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8582 "2025-09-22T12:53:02Z")
That’s Autry. Maybe Audrey Horne from Twin Peaks, otherwise I’ve got nothin’. ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8583 "2025-09-22T13:35:49Z")
When using the GPS, I prefer the isometric view, because I glance at it. I do not read it like a map. I glance at it, and can easily determine how far away the next turn is, so most of my brain power is concentrating on not rear-ending the car in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8584 "2025-09-22T13:40:28Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Maybe Audrey Horne from Twin Peaks, otherwise I’ve got nothin’. It didn’t occur to me at the time I answered, but likely so. There are other names that could be _Twin Peaks_. The above-mentioned Leland. Also Dale (Cooper). But I clicked on Dale because Dale Gribble (_King of the Hill_) sprang to mind immediately. ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8585 "2025-09-22T17:36:31Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Gidget - wasn’t that a movie? It was also a TV show. Sally Field’s first big role. I was at just the right age to fall in love with this show, so I think of it more often than the movies. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8586 "2025-09-22T17:52:23Z")
Dating myself, but the only Leland I could think of was Richard Dysuart’s character on **L.A. Law.** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8587 "2025-09-22T19:27:47Z")
Did the poll mean Pinky and the Brain? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8588 "2025-09-22T19:40:14Z")
No Penny and Brain, from _Inspector Gadget_. ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8589 "2025-09-22T20:13:39Z")
Whoops - gotta change a vote. ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8590 "2025-09-22T20:45:54Z")
Only Leland I’ve heard of is this one.. > **[Leland Sklar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Sklar)** > > Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylum Records' artists that they became known as Asylum's de facto house band, as those artists became iconic singer-songwriters of the 1970s. > Sklar has recorded and toured with artists including James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil ... ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8591 "2025-09-22T21:44:52Z")
I’d give a truthful, harsh critical statement about Kirk while emphasizing that he should not have been shot. And I would announce that I’d been told I had to say something, and by whom. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8592 "2025-09-22T22:28:52Z")
Well, there’s Leland Stanford, former governor and senator from California. You may have heard of his university there. > **[Leland Stanford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford?wprov=sfla1)** > > Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893. Stanford and his wife Jane founded Stanford University, named after their late son. > Stanford became a successful merchant and wholesaler after migrating to California in 185... ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8593 "2025-09-23T00:00:16Z")
I matched most of these, but to me, Dale means Dale Gribble (_King of the Hill_) and Leland means Leland Townsend (_Evil_). I didn’t check Laura because I thought of two almost immediately: Laura Petrie (_The Dick Van Dyke Show_) and Laura Ingalls (_Little House on the Prairie_). I didn’t check Buddy because I had to think long and hard before I thought of Letitia “Buddy” Lawrence (the Kristy McNichol character in _Family_). I didn’t check Audrey because I couldn’t come up with anything at all without googling. ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8594 "2025-09-23T17:25:00Z")
Suggested solutions to the [poll on name pairs from TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6238): - 86 and 99: _Get Smart_ - Al and Peggy: _Married… with Children_ - Arnold and Willis: _Diff’rent Strokes_ - Benson and Stabler: _Law & Order: Special Victims Unit_ - Bob and Doug: _SCTV_ - Buster and Babs: _Tiny Toon Adventures_ - Eric and Donna: _That '70s Show_ - Fry and Leela: _Futurama_ - Gene and Roger: _Siskel & Ebert_ - Goren and Eames: _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_ - Kate and Allie: _Kate & Allie_ - Kevin and Winnie: _The Wonder Years_ - Larry and Balki: _Perfect Strangers_ - Lou and Andy: _Little Britain_ - Maddie and David: _Moonlighting_ - Pam and Jim: _The Office_ (US) - Patty and Selma: _The Simpsons_ - Penny and Brain: _Inspector Gadget_ - Richie and Eddie: _Bottom_ - Sam and Diane: _Cheers_ - Stanley and Helen: _Three’s Company_ - Wilma and Betty: _The Flintstones_ ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8595 "2025-09-23T17:28:21Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Gene and Roger: _Siskel & Ebert_ That seems so obvious now, but I kept going to Gene Autry and Roy Rogers for some dumb reason. ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8596 "2025-09-23T17:36:05Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > That seems so obvious now, but I kept going to Gene Autry and Roy Rogers for some dumb reason. It’s the only entry on the list that names real-life people rather than fictional characters. I probably should have saved it for [today’s poll on duos known by their last names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6241). ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8597 "2025-09-23T18:26:43Z")
I voted in the round-up poll, but none of the reasons were quite right. I don’t think it’s a scam, exactly, but I do think that it’s excessively greedy and not something I’m inclined to reward. They can donate out of their profits if they’re so inclined. The idea that they need more money, or a special basket of money, in order to donate doesn’t make any sense to me. I will, rarely, round up if it’s a charity I know and trust. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8598 "2025-09-23T18:31:05Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > but I do think that it’s excessively greedy and not something I’m inclined to reward. They can donate out of their profits if they’re so inclined. I never thought of it as a corporate donation, but more as a way to aggregate donations from their customers. I do it rarely, but sometimes I feel willing. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8599 "2025-09-23T18:34:09Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I voted in the round-up poll, but none of the reasons were quite right. Same here. It’s not that I can’t afford to give to everyone who asks, I’m sure I could. It’s just as a matter of principle I’m not going to give to everyone who asks just because they asked. And there’s probably an element of “charity fatigue”. After you see that prompt so many times you just automatically hit “no” without really thinking about it. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8600 "2025-09-23T18:35:54Z")
If I’m not mistaken they deduct the donations from _their_ taxes. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8601 "2025-09-23T18:44:30Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I never thought of it as a corporate donation, but more as a way to aggregate donations from their customers. I do it rarely, but sometimes I feel willing. I believe that is exactly what they want you to think: that they are facilitating community generosity, merely helping us all save a step. In reality, however, the corporation is presenting money they have collected to a charity. How is that not a corporate donation? And, as **Frodo** says, they are also benefitting from it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=431)