# 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:** 47
**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 10, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/922 "2024-04-10T22:22:41Z")
Some of us don’t have any kids. And some of us don’t have any money. Since you didn’t have enough options to sort those out, you don’t know how many people voted their non-existent kids wouldn’t get any money, how many people voted that their existent or non-existent kids wouldn’t get any money because the money’s so close to non-existent that it’ll all have to go to funeral expenses if there’s any left from the expenses of dying, and how many people do have kids and do have money but don’t intend to leave the kids 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 10, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/923 "2024-04-10T22:45:47Z")
Another @Velocity poll I can’t answer. I have no kids. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/924 "2024-04-11T00:03:11Z")
Yeah, what **thorny** said. Plus, I have no idea how much, if any, money I’ll have when I die, but I’m expecting/hoping it won’t be any time soon. ---
**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 11, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/925 "2024-04-11T01:30:12Z")
My wife is younger than me so the plan is she gets everything. She doesn’t have kids so the plan is my kids to get what’s ever left. But since I won’t be here she can blow it all on hats if she wants. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/926 "2024-04-11T02:27:05Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Interesting. So far, about 74% of Dopers have voted that they will either give almost everything - or give almost nothing - to their kids as an inheritance. Well, what are the options? Kids, other relatives, friends, charity? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/927 "2024-04-11T04:43:48Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Well, what are the options? Kids, other relatives, friends, charity Cats? I have no kids. My nieces and nephews don’t need my money. So I’m considering putting everything in a trust to take care of any cats who survive me. The ones I have now are the last I will have. They are all middle-aged and will probably be dead in 10 years or so. If they survive me, I’d like for them to be able to stay in the house until they die. The house is paid for and there should be plenty of money to hire someone to look after the house and them. When they are all gone, everything can be liquidated and the proceeds split between some cat rescue groups in the area. If I outlive them, I imagine I’ll still leave everything to animal organizations. I’ve only recently started to consider this. I need to talk to my niece who I would like to be the trustee. It breaks my heart to think of the cats ending up in a shelter. I want them to live out their lives in their home. And it’s not as crazy as it sounds. [What Happens if You Leave Your House to a Pet in Your Will? (todayifoundout.com)](https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/06/happens-leave-house-cat-will/) ---
**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 11, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/928 "2024-04-11T12:26:10Z")
Sure. So anyone without kids is likely to pick “nothing”. If you had kids, and got along with them, you’d probably leave what you had to a child you trusted to care for the cats, or split among the kids, with an understanding the kids would care for your cats. You probably wouldn’t leave the house to the cats and another chunk of your estate to the kids. I’m just trying to think of a situation where you’d plan to leave half your estate to your kids, and the other half to… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/929 "2024-04-11T12:30:46Z")
My gf is objectively healthier, and 11 months younger than I am. She gets everything and then she likely quickly withers away from grief at my loss and distributes to my kids. ---
**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 11, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/930 "2024-04-11T12:39:17Z")
Does she have kids? I guess that’s one reason to split it. 60% to my kids, and the roughly 40% my ex left me to their kids. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/931 "2024-04-11T12:39:43Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Does she have kids? Barren she is. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/932 "2024-04-11T14:20:56Z")
I like Klaatu a lot - I may have all their albums - and I don’t like The Carpenters so much…and yet, I like their version of that song better. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/933 "2024-04-11T14:27:37Z")
Of course, both those versions pale compared to this… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x8wykEr8rqs/maxresdefault.jpg "The Langley Schools Music Project - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (Official)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8wykEr8rqs) ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/934 "2024-04-11T14:44:33Z")
That was really interesting. Thanks for posting that. ---
**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 11, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/935 "2024-04-11T15:09:19Z")
And what a backstory. > **[The Langley Schools Music Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langley_Schools_Music_Project)** > > The Langley Schools Music Project is a collection of recordings of children's choruses singing pop hits by the likes of the Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie. Originally recorded in 1976–77, they were found and rereleased 25 years later (in 2001) and became a cult hit and a successful example of outsider music. It was rereleased on vinyl March 9, 2018, by Bar/None Records. > The project was undertaken in 1976–77 by Canadian music teacher Hans Fenger with students from four different ele... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/936 "2024-04-11T15:19:28Z")
I love the song _I Think We’re Alone Now_. My favorite rendition is by **The Killers**. They start off crediting **Tommy James & the Shondells** , then they mention it was stolen by **Tiffany**. Then **Brandon Flowers** says, “well tonight we are taking it back” and they start doing their cover. [Here it is.](https://youtu.be/1bDKGJGqIIg?si=lW3_oKZBwNGMOJ8D) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/937 "2024-04-12T14:33:32Z")
Tokyo is definitely two syllables. I’ve been there three times and have friends there. In certain J words, in theory there’s an extra syllable but when pronounced a syllable disappears (or is so subtle you just can’t hear it). I can’t say I understand the pattern well, but it’s a vowel in the middle of a word. Examples: - The Asakusa district in Tokyo is pronounced “Ah socks ah”. The “u” disappears. - The name “Satsuki” is pronounced “Sots kee”. It’s pronounced this way in Miyazaki’s _My Neighbor Totoro_. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/938 "2024-04-12T14:45:58Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Tokyo is definitely two syllables. I say it with three. Toe key oh ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/939 "2024-04-12T14:47:18Z")
Say it fast. You’ll find the last two syllables start to merge. I _think_ “Ky” is a phoneme analogous to “qu” in English which is pronounced “kw”. Quick = “kwik”. So in J you get Tokyo = “Toh kyo”. Or something like that. Maybe a native speaker will happen along to add context or kick my butt on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/940 "2024-04-12T14:50:45Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Say it fast. What’s the hurry? ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/941 "2024-04-12T15:00:21Z")
I was in a picnic shelter that was struck by lightning and was knocked unconscious by the concussive blast. I’m not sure how to score that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=48)