# 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:** 482
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9623 "2025-12-19T14:24:05Z")
Why can’t we take the stairs? Just this week we’ve had two elevator rescues…& **zero** people trapped in stairs ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9624 "2025-12-19T14:28:38Z")
But a lot more people fall down stairs than elevator shafts… ---
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9625 "2025-12-19T14:31:29Z")
falls down elevator shafts tend to be terminal more often I’ve never fallen going up stairs; something I do _a lot_ of ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9626 "2025-12-19T14:57:39Z")
I prefer Coke, but I must admit that Pepsi has always had better advertisements. Actually, when I want caffeine, I drink Mountain Dew. I am rather fond of the duet with Bing Crosby singing “Little Drummer Boy” and David Bowie singing that other song. I don’t listen to music often enough to get tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9627 "2025-12-19T19:33:58Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I am rather fond of the duet with Bing Crosby singing “Little Drummer Boy” and David Bowie singing that other song. I don’t listen to music often enough to get tired of it. Peace on Earth. The video is so cute- Bowie has no idea who Bing is, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9628 "2025-12-19T23:45:25Z")
I’ve come to realize that my personal reaction to “The Little Drummer Boy” depends greatly on the age of the singer(s) and the tempo they choose. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9629 "2025-12-20T01:43:23Z")
Only two are allowed, in my book- the original and that duet with Bing & Bowie. And- played only once in a while. I did hear an instrumental that was okay once. ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9630 "2025-12-20T04:24:41Z")
The [Joan Jett and the Blackhearts](https://youtu.be/Nm2GYiQfBXM?si=AlOWUwsv1W9IT-rq) version isn’t that bad…naw, they’re all bad. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9631 "2025-12-20T21:46:09Z")
No idea what a “Toyotathon” is, but my nuclear family owns two cars, both Toyotas — so we’d probably celebrate it (but I had to choose “no”). ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9632 "2025-12-20T21:56:09Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > No idea what a “Toyotathon” is An annual ad campaign and sales promotion, which Toyota’s U.S. division has run, usually in late November and December, since ~1979. [![](https://www.team-toyota.com/static/dealer-13490/toyotathonbanner.webp) ](https://www.team-toyota.com/static/dealer-13490/toyotathonbanner.webp) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9633 "2025-12-20T22:04:13Z")
Ah, thanks. No, we have enough Toyotas for now. 🙂 I was hoping it would involve Jerry Lewis or Pheidippides. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9634 "2025-12-20T22:56:54Z")
My family is a Honda family. Toyota’s nice too, though. Especially for fighting aliens. (NSFW language) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9QmStPA8rzg/maxresdefault.jpg "Aliens aren’t that tough. #aliens #space") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QmStPA8rzg) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9635 "2025-12-21T03:43:13Z")
I get so upset when people wish me a Merry Toyotathon when they _know_ I celebrate Happy Hondadays. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9636 "2025-12-21T04:28:10Z")
If some fast casual restaurant sent me an email i would only assume that it is a scam so off to the junk folder it would go. I also don’t typically eat at those types of restaurants; if i was just out somewhere & hungry before making it home, i would take the second one for later but more than likely I’d go there while traveling, which weans I have nowhere to store it…unless I buy $10 of bakery products (for later) & eat that as my (only) sam’ich at a Panera ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9637 "2025-12-21T16:12:06Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I get so upset when people wish me a Merry Toyotathon when they _know_ I celebrate Happy Hondadays. I am agNissantic but I will respect your beliefs. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9638 "2025-12-21T16:16:03Z")
Wish _I_ could afFord a car for Christmas… ---
**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:** [December 21, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9639 "2025-12-21T16:17:10Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I get so upset when people wish me a Merry Toyotathon when they _know_ I celebrate Happy Hondadays. > [@Loach](#): > > I am agNissantic but I will respect your beliefs. > [@JohnT](#): > > Wish _I_ could afFord a car for Christmas… No one where I live _ever_ wishes me Frohe Weihnachten…don’t they see my BMW?!? 🥺 ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9640 "2025-12-21T17:07:14Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > If some fast casual restaurant sent me an email i would only assume that it is a scam so off to the junk folder it would go. For what it’s worth, that poll was inspired by a real promotional email I got from Shake Shack, with a promo code for a free Chicken Shack with a $10 purchase. I assure you it was not a scam, and I did get my free Chicken Shack. I saved it for lunch the next day. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9641 "2025-12-21T23:09:19Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > For what it’s worth, that poll was inspired by a real promotional email I got from Shake Shack, with a promo code for a free Chicken Shack with a $10 purchase. I assure you it was not a scam I’m assuming that you signed up for their email list; given I’ve been there maybe twice I have not added myself to their distribution list & therefore, if I did get an email from them i would have to assume that it was spam/spoof attempt. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9642 "2025-12-22T00:46:17Z")
When I get takeout I almost always order something for later anyways. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=481) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=483)