# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636>\
**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:** 1\
**Showing post:** 308

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [March 4, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/308 "2024-03-04T21:13:41Z")

</div>

Answers to [my poll on cartoon/comic book character minced oaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4668):

- Blistering blue barnacles! – Captain Haddock from _The Adventures of Tintin_
- Good grief! – Charlie Brown from _Peanuts_
- Great Caesar’s ghost! – Perry White from _Superman_
- Sacré bleu! – Painter Smurf from _The Smurfs_
- Raskolnikov! – Boris Badenov from _Rocky and Bullwinkle_
- Suffering psyche! – Newton from _The Mighty Hercules_
- Suffering succotash! – Sylvester from _Looney Tunes_

Prediction: Almost everyone will know “Good grief!” and almost nobody will know “Suffering psyche!”

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636)._