# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 171
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3401 "2026-10-09T13:02:19Z")
I don’t drive but my wife does and she gets _nasty_ in her comments. She’s a very rule-oriented driver and follows all rules to a T, most other drivers… aren’t and it makes her _furious_ ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3402 "2026-10-09T17:02:53Z")
John clearly knows he’s in the wrong: Dale: “Quit screwing around with my mower and get back in there and start massaging my wife!” John: “He’s taking the fun out of this.” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3403 "2026-10-09T17:06:02Z")
So, as a married woman who has had a few in-home massages from a guy, i don’t see what that has to be with having an affair, or why it’s especially different from seeing the same guy in his office. (Now that he’s moved much closer to me, i go to his office. But he used to be a long enough drive away that the extra $20 to have him come to my home was worth it.) The guy i see is brilliant, by the way, with extensive knowledge of how the muscles connect to everything else. I always feel better after i see him, and i have to adjust the mirror on my car because I’m taller. Also, I’m not having an affair, I’m pretty sure he’s gay, and i rave about him to my husband. (He declined to see my husband when my husband was first diagnosed with cancer because he had medical concerns, and suggested my husband find a medical specialist for massage.) Anyway, i feel i must be missing something in that poll. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3404 "2026-10-09T17:06:38Z")
I feel John is guilty but not _equally_ guilty, he’s colluding in deceiving another person, but he’s not breaking any vow. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3405 "2026-10-09T17:07:04Z")
Does John even know she has another partner? How is he colluding? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3406 "2026-10-09T17:08:09Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/7044): > > John is single, and he does know that Nancy is married. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3407 "2026-10-09T17:11:24Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Anyway, i feel i must be missing something in that poll. Not a fan of _King of the Hill_ huh? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3408 "2026-10-09T17:12:28Z")
Oh, i misread that as “does not know…” I’m a little dyslexic, but usually catch that kind of important word. I just changed my vote. And no, i don’t watch _King of the Hill_. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3409 "2026-10-09T17:13:15Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > i don’t watch _King of the Hill_. Evidently, neither does Dale Gribble. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderMagnolia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@LavenderMagnolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderMagnolia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3410 "2026-10-09T17:42:46Z")
I used those names on the spur of the moment instead of thinking of random names. 🙃 I think a single person is still in the wrong when they have an affair with a married/in-a-serious-partnership person. To me, it’s no better than driving someone to a store when they plan to shoplift. Maybe you just gave them a ride, but if you knew what they were going to do, then you’re involved. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3411 "2026-10-09T18:53:51Z")
> [@LavenderMagnolia](#): > > used those names on the spur of the moment instead of thinking of random names. 🙃 That’s pretty hilarious! ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3412 "2026-10-09T20:46:54Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I feel John is guilty but not _equally_ guilty, he’s colluding in deceiving another person, but he’s not breaking any vow. I agree with this. Both parties are doing something wrong, but Nancy’s transgression is far more serious. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3413 "2026-10-10T15:37:32Z")
The hypercorrect “off-ten” annoys me. I hope, for consistency’s sake, that such people aldo soff-ten the butter and liss-ten to music. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3414 "2026-10-10T15:39:46Z")
We also eat all-monds and sall-mon. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3415 "2026-10-10T18:32:38Z")
I sure do! but Spanish being my first language I have the strange custom of pronouncing things as written… ETA: on the other I never correct people speaking their native language so it doesn’t apply to me. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3416 "2026-10-10T18:41:39Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > We also eat all-monds I do, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3417 "2026-10-10T22:08:16Z")
I do, too. How else would you pronounce that? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3418 "2026-10-10T23:00:07Z")
I’ve always pronounced the L and still do, but dictionaries say that “AH-mond” is the most common pronunciation, and that the version with a pronounced L is a spelling pronunciation. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3419 "2026-10-11T01:03:35Z")
I certainly heard “ah mond” before i ever learned to spell. I probably still say it that way. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/3420 "2026-10-11T02:31:23Z")
There is a classic joke-pirates of penzance pronunciation often vs orphan [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNAPcH0EcKY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNAPcH0EcKY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=172)