# 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:** 75
**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 25, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1482 "2024-05-25T20:08:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > > Women in the 70s put up with a lot of casual sexual harassment as a necessary condition of existing in public. > > It is by no means “necessary” to appear on such a _Game Show._ You could make that case for a work setting, but not for something you have to really want to be one. No; but if you’re putting up with that crap all the time anyway, and have no models for people objecting to it, you’re likely to figure that this is just the way the world is and you’re stuck with it, so why not go on the game show if you want to otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1483 "2024-05-25T20:12:27Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > No; but if you’re putting up with that crap all the time anyway, and have no models for people objecting to it, you’re likely to figure that this is just the way the world is and you’re stuck with it, so why not go on the game show if you want to otherwise? I was working in the 70’s and yep, there was some crap, but I dont remember anyone having to submit to kissing. I do remember some woman coming to work in a Summer “party dress” and getting some wolf whistles- but then she smiled and twirled. In the 70’s things were _starting_ to get better. However, the next door company- the D.O.M owner hired only pretty young girls for his messenger service, so yep- crap was still around. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1484 "2024-05-25T20:35:34Z")
So the bedpan poll and re-poll, ima going home and eating food I prepared. I’m sick of being offered bedpans. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1485 "2024-05-25T20:52:37Z")
For the student blood type situation, I’d say, “Huh! You should ask your mom about that!” and move on without dwelling on it at all. Then, after the final bell, I’d call the mom to give her a heads-up. I answered no on the bedpan-as-soupbowl questions, even though I’d answered yes to the specimen cup one. I’m old enough that I assume that the bedpan is metal. For me, touching a metal utensil to a metal dish imparts a very unpleasant metallic flavor to the food, so I don’t eat out of metal dishes. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1486 "2024-05-25T20:58:11Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I was working in the 70’s and yep, there was some crap, but I dont remember anyone having to submit to kissing. People often fail to see things that are not happening to them. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1487 "2024-05-25T21:06:29Z")
I think there’s an error in colinfred’s poll. The first and last options are identical. I think the last one was supposed to be “I voted NO to markn’s poll and I now vote yes”. I was a pall bearer at my father’s funeral. While carrying the casket, I accidentally pressed my watch against the side and broke the crystal. It seemed rather symbolic and appropriate. ---
**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 25, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1488 "2024-05-25T21:19:26Z")
I voted no on the bedpan because it seems like it would be a very bad shape to eat soup out of. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1489 "2024-05-25T21:21:12Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > People often fail to see things that are not happening to them. You saw a lot of that in the '70s? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1490 "2024-05-25T21:30:36Z")
I voted no to eating soup out of a bedpan - not necessarily because it’s a bedpan, but what the hell kind of a restaurant is this? I’m not sure I want to eat there at all. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1491 "2024-05-25T21:48:41Z")
For the Bedpan / Sterile medical instrument polls, I provide the definitive answer via [Red Dwarf](https://youtu.be/w2v_lpwjKUw?si=PGEAH5Qzo4wXTSDh&t=85). (video _should_ que properly, otherwise 1:25 in) ---
**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 25, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1492 "2024-05-25T22:11:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You saw a lot of that in the '70s? You don’t have to say you “saw” it when it happened to you. ---
**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 25, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1493 "2024-05-25T22:38:26Z")
I voted yes to the bedpan, but y’all are convincing me it’s a bad idea. Maybe I’ll go change my vote. The sterile urine cups look just like sealed plastic cups to me. I doubt they are any less safe to use than any other plastic cup. And the shape is fine for drinking. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1494 "2024-05-25T22:40:47Z")
I voted NO on the Pallbearer thread, although once for a cremated buddy i was made a “honorary pallbearer”. I’d be so tempted to start whistling the “Coffin Dance” theme… ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1495 "2024-05-26T00:32:22Z")
I considered adding the hosts for the international versions, but I suspect it would have made the list too long and the voting distribution too sparse. FWIW, I’ve been watching the Canadian version and Gerry Dee is a fine host. I prefer him to Steve Harvey (who is also good, but perhaps not as good as Combs or Dawson). ---
**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:** [May 26, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1496 "2024-05-26T12:44:19Z")
I once worked with an RN who thought it was amusing/edgy to drink her soda out of a urinal (the plastic ones they give to male patients). mmm ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1497 "2024-05-26T15:52:38Z")
I named “at least some” of my stuffed animals/dolls and so voted; but, thinking about it, I realized that either I didn’t name most of them, or I’ve long forgotten what the names were and even if they had any. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1498 "2024-05-26T15:54:59Z")
I didn’t give them very original names. I think my favorites were big blue dog, fishy, and,… hmm, the pink cat i loved to death might never have had a name. Oh, and Coony, the raccoon. But i did refer to them by those names. So i think it counts. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1499 "2024-05-26T16:56:20Z")
I’ve yet to witness a single bicyclist using the bike lane, anywhere. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1500 "2024-05-26T16:58:23Z")
Of course I named my stuffed animals. They weren’t very original names though. I had a teddy bear named Teddy and a skunk named Stinky. (Teddy hated it when my sister called him “Teddethy”.) I have one stuffed animal from my childhood, but it wasn’t mine. It’s a kangaroo that belonged to my sister. I took it from her house after she died, and it’s on a special memento table in my living room. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1501 "2024-05-26T17:04:53Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I’ve yet to witness a single bicyclist using the bike lane, anywhere. They use them a lot in Seattle. Constructing them created a host of other problems, but they are used. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=76)