# 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:** 66
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1302 "2024-05-08T17:17:54Z")
Weren’t many of those options lines from the movie throw Mama from the train? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1303 "2024-05-08T17:22:33Z")
They all were, to the best of my recollection. And yes, they’re all awful. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1304 "2024-05-08T19:38:29Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > “There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. **Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands’ necks.** Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.” I quote the bolded above all the time. This is Raymond Chandler describing the Santa Ana winds – _Red Wind._ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1305 "2024-05-09T00:19:20Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > They all were, to the best of my recollection. And yes, they’re all awful. Except for the one that provoked Billy Crystal to a murderous rage. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1306 "2024-05-09T01:13:05Z")
One of my favorite stories. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1307 "2024-05-09T21:45:59Z")
Private Sewerage companies do exist. In England and Wales under Margaret Thatcher water supply and and sewage were privatised. The Country was split into a number of regions with the privatised companies each having a monopoly in one region (both water supply and Sewage), the price they charge is regulated by government. The company was formed by the sale of shares by the government. It was part of a much large policy of privatisation with sectors such as telecomunications, gas supply, power generation and supply, and rail transport all being sold by the government into private hands. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1308 "2024-05-09T22:00:34Z")
I don’t understand @Velocity’s [poll about betting on the 2020 election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4887). The way the question is phrased, the obligation to bet is now, in the present, but the event on whose outcome we must bet is in the past. Since we already know that Biden won the election, it would be stupid not to wager as much as possible, no? Is this some sort of trick question where the bet’s arbiter is some MAGA conspiracy theorist who thinks Trump won? Or was the question supposed to be, “If you _had to have bet_ a sum of money [before the November 2020 election] from your savings/assets that Biden _would_ win in November 2020…”? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1309 "2024-05-09T22:07:06Z")
I assume he meant 2024. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1310 "2024-05-09T23:16:17Z")
Sorry, you’re right. I meant 2024. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1311 "2024-05-10T00:17:43Z")
I didn’t even notice the date, I just assumed the upcoming election I didn’t bet very much. Having 45 win would be enough of a downer, without losing a bunch of money on top of that ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1312 "2024-05-10T00:36:11Z")
I wouldn’t bet anything. I don’t bet. Didn’t vote, because I had no option. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1313 "2024-05-10T01:10:50Z")
Same. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1314 "2024-05-10T01:37:50Z")
My water is supplied by an independent water district, encompassing an area larger than my city and smaller than my county. My sewerage is supplied by a sanitary district, which is different from the water district. The two districts cover similar, but not identical, areas. Both are governmental districts but not a city or county, so I picked “other” in both cases. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1315 "2024-05-10T03:58:15Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Both are governmental districts but not a city or county, so I picked “other” in both cases. When I wrote that I meant any governmental agency, not exclusively cities and counties. You are allowed to select that option rather than “other”. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1316 "2024-05-10T14:47:21Z")
In the “have to place a bet” poll, I picked Drump. I figured if Biden is re-elected I still come out ahead long-term, and my bet/loss is like donating to whichever cosmic Organisation enforces Murphy’s Law. If the other guy ends up with it, at least I get a bit of extra cash. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1317 "2024-05-10T20:54:57Z")
Regarding [Polls only: No discussion - #4875 by WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4875), I thought **agave nectar** was the canonical sweetener. I know some use triple sec, just surprised agave got left off the poll. I make a great margarita with 1800 Coconut, lime juice, agave nectar, and coconut water. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1318 "2024-05-11T19:30:53Z")
@colinfred – what state am I in? (Not at all sure I could bring myself to vote for candidate B in any case; but am entirely sure that I couldn’t in a swing state.) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1319 "2024-05-11T19:46:19Z")
It said root, not vote. It’s who you want to win so your location doesn’t matter. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1320 "2024-05-11T21:15:21Z")
You’re right; I missed that. Can’t root for B for any amount of money. And I’m dead broke. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1321 "2024-05-11T21:51:00Z")
I usually eat a little of this and then a little of that, and save a bite of the tastiest thing for the end. But why would i care if someone starts by eating all their French fries, it whatever? I doubt I’d even notice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=67)