# 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:** 490
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9783 "2026-01-06T00:20:55Z")
I have wall calendars hanging up in three different places. They’re all freebies; but two of them have pictures, and I pick out ones with pictures that I like, from piles of free ones in local businesses. The third one, which goes in the packing shed, is sent out by the local school district. Those three are for glancing at and seeing the days rapidly. I also have a large folding desk calendar and a small one to take places; those get things written in them. They have no pictures. So I didn’t vote in the poll, because two choices didn’t seem to be an option. I prefer the month at a time layout on paper. It seems to orient me better than computer versions do, and is sometimes faster to look at. I do keep to-do lists on the computer these days, because my handwritten ones have legibility problems. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9784 "2026-01-06T03:20:54Z")
I’m a pessimist - despite normally having a good New Years (some _noticeable_ exceptions) I expect every year to be worse than the past. And in Trump 1.0 and 2.0 the pessimism was far upbeat considering the actual actions. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9785 "2026-01-06T08:25:51Z")
I have a 2014 calendar with pictures of napping kittens. I was able to re-use it as normal last year, because 2025 had the same sequence of months / days-of-the-week. This year it’s going to be a hunt-and-find to get a match; it’s currently showing May 2014 because that’s the only month with the 1st on a Thursday. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9786 "2026-01-06T13:43:38Z")
I can’t imagine how disillusioned 20-year-old me would have been to be told he would live to see Richard Nixon only be rated the eighth worst president in US History. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9787 "2026-01-06T14:14:49Z")
My This Day in History calendar rightfully notes the criminally-forgotten December 32nd, 1913 usurption of power by Grover Cleveland, and @Karen_Lingel needs not worry about her poll-making abilities. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9788 "2026-01-06T15:18:57Z")
Never trust a Grover. They’re all monsters. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9789 "2026-01-06T16:38:25Z")
Sorry about that. I thought I was in this thread. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9790 "2026-01-06T18:01:00Z")
I’m currently using an Australian calander with lovely prints of birds in this way. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9791 "2026-01-06T18:06:08Z")
Out of curiosity, does the calendar show Sunday as the first day in the week (i.e., the left-most day), or Monday? My wife has bought a few English calendars over the years, and they all ran Monday-Sunday, whereas American calendars usually run Sunday-Saturday. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9792 "2026-01-06T18:14:54Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My wife has bought a few English calendars over the years, and they all ran Monday-Sunday, whereas American calendars usually run Sunday-Saturday. Swiss calendars are also Monday start, so it’s weird when I’m planning a trip with someone from the U.S., because I have to adjust to Sunday start. And that’s the only time I have a paper calendar - when I print out the month(s) for a vacation, to figure out what gets done on which days. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9793 "2026-01-06T18:19:51Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Out of curiosity, does the calendar show Sunday as the first day in the week (i.e., the left-most day), or Monday? My wife has bought a few English calendars over the years, and they all ran Monday-Sunday, whereas American calendars usually run Sunday-Saturday.. A couple years ago I brought home a European calendar and hung it up in the conference room at work where we regularly meet with our attorney. He used the calendar as a reference for writing out court orders and messed them all up lol! He was pissed but I still left the calendar up all year. He adjusted for one year. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9794 "2026-01-06T18:48:25Z")
Sunday first on this one. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9795 "2026-01-06T20:20:04Z")
My True Love got me a Red-Eyed Vireo, somewhat rare in winter in Vacationland, NE Florida, so voted for “calling birds”…in 4 months in Ohio they’ll be all over the place of course. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9796 "2026-01-07T19:17:27Z")
I like thin fries, so shoestring or curly. I also like the twice fried fries, or those lightly battered. The KFC potato wedges were good as they were battered. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9797 "2026-01-07T19:23:33Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Swiss calendars are also Monday start, so it’s weird when I’m planning a trip with someone from the U.S., because I have to adjust to Sunday start. My calendar this year is Canadian, but it runs Sunday - Saturday. Actually, it’s Sundae Munchday Tacoday Whoopsday Turkeyday Fryday and Snackday. I got it because it’s a Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund calendar, and it might be the last one they do (Crusoe retired this year at 16). I usually get a dachshund calendar, but this year I had already bought a calendar from the Huntington. I love their gardens. But due to it maybe being the last Crusoe one I had to get it. The calendar is on a kitchen wall, and I enjoy looking at it. As for fries, I don’t think of shoestring potatoes as fries – they’re closer to potato chips for me. But I prefer fries on the thinner side. I don’t like steak fries or other thicker cuts, because they’re often on the underdone side and often a bit mealy. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9798 "2026-01-08T03:42:00Z")
Unlike most movie polls, I’ve seen almost all of the ones on this list. The only one I’m unfamiliar with is _Someone Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_, although it seems to me that the title is similar to that of another film. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9799 "2026-01-08T03:57:40Z")
One, not Someone. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9800 "2026-01-08T05:10:38Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Unlike most movie polls, I’ve seen almost all of the ones on this list. The only one I’m unfamiliar with is _Someone Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_, although it seems to me that the title is similar to that of another film. And who is Grommit? I marked them both. Probably some direct to video exploitation of some mainstream movies. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9801 "2026-01-08T05:26:34Z")
I’ve seen them all except the great dictator, spirited away, and a miracle on 34th St. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9802 "2026-01-08T14:21:00Z")
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