# 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:** 474
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9463 "2025-12-05T21:06:27Z")
I answered that I don’t watch Stranger Things but really I watched the first two seasons. I’m telling myself I’m going to watch the entire thing but I’m not sure if that’s true or not. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9464 "2025-12-05T21:12:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The only catch is they are dead. But freshly dead. Well, to quote my namesake (at least regarding picking candidates for next year’s pool): “Oh, he’s not dead. Well…not yet.” 😃 ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9465 "2025-12-05T22:47:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Then there is a bit of freewheeling discussion about those notable people which would be at home in MPSIMS or CS depending on the person. Yeah, I’m honestly a little surprised it’s not in cafe society. But leaving it where it is, and where people who play expect to find out, seems like a solid plan. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9466 "2025-12-05T22:51:33Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I didn’t know it had opportunities to learn about the people. I may have to start following it. Ditto. I looked at the title, thought‘definitely not my sort of thing’, and have never clicked on the thread. Maybe I should reconsider. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9467 "2025-12-07T08:59:34Z")
Good timing of the Meatloaf question. Last night I had [Embutido](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embutido_(Filipino_cuisine)) at a Philipino Restaurant, not sure if it is the first time I have had hard boiled egg in a meatloaf but if not it is the first time for at least 25 years. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9468 "2025-12-07T14:05:27Z")
My “Something else” on the meatloaf question = “Huh? Is that an actual thing? How does that work?” ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9469 "2025-12-07T14:10:44Z")
Here you go: > **[German Meatloaf with Hard-Boiled Eggs](https://www.easyanddelish.com/egg-stuffed-meatloaf-bolo-de-carne-alemao/)** > > Make this German Meatloaf with Hard-Boiled Eggs stuffed in the middle and smoked bacon on top. It is easy, moist, and delicious, making a comforting high-protein dinner and a great leftover sandwich. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9470 "2025-12-07T14:23:25Z")
They routinely do sometime like that with meat pies on the great British bakeoff. A meatloaf isn’t very different from a meat pie without the crust, baked in a loaf pan. I’ve never seen it done irl, but I’m also not a meatloaf fan, so i haven’t eaten many meatloaves. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9471 "2025-12-07T14:24:15Z")
I duuno why, but “meatloaves” cracked me up. mmm ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9472 "2025-12-07T14:38:14Z")
I’ve never owned a waterbed, but I’ve slept in one, at a friend’s house. I liked it. I liked it more than the foam than has become standard mattress material. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9473 "2025-12-07T15:00:16Z")
I’m always suspicious when people don’t vote in their own polls ! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9474 "2025-12-07T15:52:48Z")
I would try the hardboiled eggs in the meatloaf for sure! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9475 "2025-12-07T15:56:05Z")
I just don’t like egg yolk on its own, so no fried eggs on things or boiled eggs in things, please. Scrambled or otherwise mixed in, great. I had a waterbed from about age 4 to college, then futons until my husband made me get a bed. All fine, but I prefer futons. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9476 "2025-12-07T16:01:32Z")
Never owned or wanted a waterbed, but I have slept in one. According to 1970s lore, a waterbed could somehow enhance certain ‘activities’. It didn’t. We got out of bed and did it on the floor. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9477 "2025-12-07T16:06:19Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Never owned or wanted a waterbed, but I have slept in one. > > According to 1970s lore, a waterbed could somehow enhance certain ‘activities’. It didn’t. We got out of bed and did it on the floor. 🙂 Yes I agree! Me and my ex husband had a waterbed for years but I finally set up sleeping in another room because it was too difficult to fall into slumber with all of the rolling and sloshing, gentle as it was. Waterbeds for me were not good for anything from getting a good’s night’s rest to procreation. He took it with him when we split in the mid 1990s. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9478 "2025-12-07T16:10:28Z")
All of my friends’ parents had waterbeds when I was a kid, and I was envious. I eventually slept on an unheated one on a ski trip when I was 13. I slept on the floor after that first night. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9479 "2025-12-07T16:46:17Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > They routinely do sometime like that with meat pies on the great British bakeoff. They’re called [Gala pies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_pie#Variations) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9480 "2025-12-07T16:47:23Z")
I owned an old-fashioned, “just a bag of water in a frame” waterbed in the late '80s and early '90s. My parents had bought a waterbed in the early '80s, primarily because the warmth was helpful for my mom’s arthritis. They bought me the bed as a gift when I was in grad school. I liked it a lot (especially in the winter), but it was a hassle to move (I moved twice while I owned it), and the heating element stopped working once, which led to me waking up in the middle of the night with incipient hypothermia. When I was getting married, and about to move in with my fiancee, we mutually decided to junk the waterbed, in part because she wasn’t a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9481 "2025-12-07T17:04:47Z")
Hubby got a waterbed before we got married, with my approval. It had baffles, so it was practically waveless. After 4 years, hubby started having back issues, and found his back issues went away when he slept on a normal bed. So we got rid of the water bed mattress and got a California King mattress. Haven’t had any desire to get another waterbed. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9482 "2025-12-07T18:53:50Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > All of my friends’ parents had waterbeds when I was a kid, and I was envious. That was my case, too\*, and that was why I said I wanted one at one point. I never particularly wanted one as an adult, but I really wanted one as a kid. \*Well, maybe not “all”, but some of my parents’ friends had them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=475)