# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2401 "2026-07-24T14:24:46Z")
Yeah, you can say that again.
mmm
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2402 "2026-07-24T14:31:15Z")
Last year was the year I read more books, at least since I started recording them in Goodreads, with 137.
But last year was special because I was out of work for a month and finally clicked with Terry Pratchet and a couple other authors.
Usually I average about 7 books a month for yearly totals of about 100 books a year.
This year I’m behind on that mark having read only 51 books, probably because I struggled to find new books to read and increased consumption of social media due to the World Cup.
Now that the WC is over (and I don’t want to think about it much more) I’ll probably up my numbers but this year will probably end up in the bottom of the list by number of books read.
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2403 "2026-07-24T14:35:40Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> Now, feel free to choose the sanest most reasonable reaction of someone who hears Mick Jagger’s distinctive voice on their stereo:
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> “Hey! Is that Mick Jagger I hear? I didn’t know the Stones had a new record out-
I would just assume it was one of the hundreds of Stones or Jagger solo songs released since c1972 that all sound the same to me. I can’t skip through the opening titles of _Slow Horses_ fast enough. But play a new-to-me deep cut of their’s from the Sixties, and I ain’t getting out of the car until the song is done.
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### Author:  [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2404 "2026-07-24T15:52:07Z")
As sung by Michael Landon on some forgotten talk show ca. 1980:
🎶 My girl’s real neat,
She eats raw meat,
She’s got big claws on the end of her feet.
She’s a werewolf, baby! Awooooo! 🎶
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2405 "2026-07-24T15:52:08Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> I can’t skip through the opening titles of _Slow Horses_ fast enough.
Heh, me, too. And I think Jagger’s “moves” look like an epileptic fit.
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2406 "2026-07-24T16:10:24Z")
“There Wolf” used to be some sort of end-game password in the _Might and Magic: World of Xeen_ PC games in the 90s.
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### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2407 "2026-07-24T16:30:41Z")
I love some Stones, but the new one is meh to me. I guess it might be different if it came from a young band with little or no history, or at least someone I hadn’t already heard of, but I can’t help but listen to it in the context of these guys having produced _Exile on Main Street_ and _Let It Bleed_. So, ya know, it can’t possibly measure up to that. It’s not fair, but there it is.
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### Author:  [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2408 "2026-07-24T16:44:25Z")
I got really excited for _Hackney Diamonds_ which was a huge letdown. I won’t go out of my way to listen to _Foreign Tongues_, but I hope it’s surprisingly good.
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2409 "2026-07-24T17:32:05Z")
I have no clear idea of how many books I read in a year. I don’t count them. I’m sure it’s more than 50, though.
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### Author:  [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2410 "2026-07-24T23:07:45Z")
For books read, I went with less than 50, more than 40. I’ll often sit and chain read (or more commonly, re-read) a book in a day. But spending time here (and it’s a lot) eats into my reading time. I’m also more likely to read various webnovel translations during my daily workout (30 minutes daily) or before bed. I find small, bite-sized sections better because when I’m really into a book, _I don’t want to stop_.
Or again, before bed, need things with good, natural breaks or it’s “Ooops, it’s 2 am again, I’m screwed.”
By pages/words _read_ (not counting this place or other online news/information), it’s easily in the 50+ “books” range, just not always that format.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2411 "2026-07-24T23:15:44Z")
Always more than 50, generally around 100.
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2412 "2026-07-25T15:44:38Z")
Yes. Me, too. Sometimes I’ll read an especially long book that requires concentration. It can take almost a week to read one like that because I read when I go to bed, so it’s not a lot of time at one time. If I’m reading shorter more frivolous books I can read three or more a week.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2413 "2026-07-25T15:47:27Z")
If I read more books, I’d have to spend less time on the SDMB. (or less time watching baseball).
I read 4 or 5 a year, typically on airplanes.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2414 "2026-07-26T12:28:26Z")
Books? About one every three weeks, but several times a year I’ll read through one in a couple days — like I just did yesterday with _Fear and Fury_, about Bernie Goetz.
Let’s see…that comes out to about 20 or 21 per year.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2415 "2026-07-26T16:32:54Z")
If the question is “Have I occasionally fed a pet using a regular plate or bowl?” then yes.
If the question is “Do I let my pets eat off my plate while I’m eating off it?”, then no. Although god knows they try.
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2416 "2026-07-26T16:41:25Z")
The dog often gets to clean the plate before we put it in the dishwasher. Sometimes it’s very helpful, after messy meals.
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2417 "2026-07-26T16:44:00Z")
The cats routinely use plates that we sometimes use
I think this poll was inspired by the thread on gross things people do with food utensils (starts with a discussion about a woman caught on camera scratching her for with a fork.) So i figured that counted.
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2418 "2026-07-26T17:23:17Z")
I don’t _intentionally_ let them eat from my plate, but the cats are adept at getting at them when I take my eyes from them for one second.
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2419 "2026-07-26T17:30:55Z")
My rats eat off the human plates mostly when they are getting medication. I mix the medicine with some mashed banana or baby food on a regular saucer and let them lick it off the saucer. For their everyday food, they have a dedicated bowl in their cage.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2420 "2026-07-26T17:46:28Z")
She may have helped clean a plate or bowl, in a first-stage sorta way before in-sink cleaning occurs
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