# 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:** 86
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1702 "2024-06-04T16:36:47Z")
I’d _prefer_ to take a train, and that’s the option I picked, but that assumes there’s decent public transportation in my destination city. If I know I’m definitely going to need a car when I get there (I’m looking at you, Los Angeles) my actual choice would be to drive. But I still wish the train were a more viable option. For the glasses cleaning poll, I don’t wear glasses to correct my vision, but I wear sunglasses whenever I go outside, so I answered for how I clean those. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1703 "2024-06-04T16:42:23Z")
I generally clean my glasses with dishsoap and water, alternating either with lens cleaner (mostly diluted isopropyl alcohol) or windex. When I am out and about and desperate, I have resorted to licking, so I chose that option in a surfeit of honesty. But it’s a rare event. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1704 "2024-06-04T16:58:07Z")
I try to have lens wipes around but I often just use a tissue or my shirt. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1705 "2024-06-04T17:02:45Z")
I clean my glasses with my shirt periodically, but my main technique is to wait for my husband to say, “What on earth did you do to your glasses?” remove them and clean them for me (with his shirt.) He always does a better job. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1706 "2024-06-04T18:57:31Z")
Depends on what’s to hand, and I used all 5 choices up on various soaps, plain water, and huffing; and didn’t even get to choose facial tissue. But I think licking might make them worse, not better. Haven’t tried it, though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1707 "2024-06-04T20:18:42Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > 325 annoyances so far and I’m please to report that not a single one of you has a problem with Spam. Not my fave, but my Dad- a WW2 veteran no less, enjoyed it, and we used to eat chopped fried Spam added to scrambled eggs- which is quite good. > [@Zyada](#): > > Here’s my reason Great clip. I keep rubbing alcohol spray in both bathrooms, and use that- otherwise huffing and a tissue or a bandanna. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1708 "2024-06-04T20:33:45Z")
I picked automobile for almost exactly the same reason. Travelling by train will cost far more and I will almost certainly have to make multiple changes, which is an annoyance with no luggage but I usually travel with a load of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1709 "2024-06-04T20:38:22Z")
I voted for Floyd Pepper, but here is why Animal is a close second: > **[Animal-style Bowling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP6oV26SV8k%2F)** > > Animal, from The Muppets. (Clip taken from the Bob Hope episode.)All characters and works copyright (c) their respective owners. > **[The Muppet Show - 505: James Coburn - Backstage #1 (1980)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEx_98C38e0%2F)** ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1710 "2024-06-04T20:46:20Z")
I picked flying because I am almost always happy to fly and 300 miles is flight-justifiable distance. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1711 "2024-06-05T00:09:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Every time I make Spam Musubi my gf makes snide comments about Spam. Every time I make Spam Musubi there aren’t leftovers. I only like Spam fried. I’ve never seen Musubi with fried Spam, so I’ve never eaten it. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1712 "2024-06-05T00:54:15Z")
I pan fry then add a soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar sauce. Cook for a bit, remove the spam, reduce the sauce, return the spam to the pan and toss around. Wrap with sushi rice in a press. Eat! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1713 "2024-06-05T01:15:53Z")
Now _that_ sounds good! I would definitely eat that. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1714 "2024-06-05T03:39:26Z")
Yes, that sounds delicious. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1715 "2024-06-05T19:57:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I pan fry then add a soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar sauce. Cook for a bit, remove the spam, reduce the sauce, return the spam to the pan and toss around. Wrap with sushi rice in a press. Eat! I’d eat that, but I would also eat just plain fried Spam. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1716 "2024-06-07T05:01:33Z")
Commentary on the election poll In 2016, Tumblr had a lot of memes about how the candidates were just the same/voting didn’t matter/etc. Turns out these memes were being spread by Russian bots. Now, people on Tumblr are reminding others of this. One comment I thought was worth repeating: “Nihilistic disinterest in politics favors the party most opposed to democracy.” ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1717 "2024-06-12T13:32:13Z")
Jeez - it’s been twenty-five years since I’d last surfed. I know for damned sure that I no longer have the balance (or the back) to do it now. Skateboarding and roller skating were easy. It was the stopping that was hard. “Fly? Yes! Land? No!” - Dr. Henry Jones Jr. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1718 "2024-06-12T13:53:00Z")
I’m considering “inline skating” to include “ice skating.” I have both ice skated and roller skated as a child. I put “successful”, because I managed to do so for short distances; but I was very bad at it. There is absolutely no way I’d even try it now. My balance isn’t much worse than it was; but people don’t bounce as well at 73 as at 13. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1719 "2024-06-12T15:21:58Z")
I had to choose both “I’m confident I still could” and “I’m not confident I still could.” I’ve roller-skated and skateboarded. Strapping wheels onto my feet today would be a _very_ bad idea. However, I’m pretty sure I could go at least a short distance on a skateboard without incident. Not that I’m in a hurry to find out. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1720 "2024-06-12T15:50:39Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I had to choose both “I’m confident I still could” and “I’m not confident I still could.” Me, too. Also, i have used a unicycle but was never successful at it. I checked it off, but wasn’t sure if that was the intent. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1721 "2024-06-12T17:13:38Z")
My perk: that my job just continue until I’m fired or retired, not this endless renew-your-contract-by-tons-of-time-wasting-portfolio-construction. It’s not like they don’t know how I’m doing: I wouldn’t have worked here so long if I were bad at my job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=87)