# 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:** 28
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/541 "2026-03-05T14:25:05Z")
Playing Minecraft for me ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/542 "2026-03-05T14:30:26Z")
I have two dogs so I will spend my 10 hours _trying_ to read or surf the web while constantly being interrupted to let the dogs out, in, out, in, out… ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/543 "2026-03-05T15:57:51Z")
10 hours alone! That would be my dream day. Depending on the weather, I would probably do just about everything on that list. But if it’s a sunny, warm day, I’m going to be outside for most of those 10 hours. I’d read, do crosswords, do all of my Wordle and other NYT word games, hang laundry outside to dry, walk the dogs, eat outside, work in the yard, maybe even take an outdoor nap. If it’s cold and/or rainy, I’d watch some TV, do my NYT games, look at TikTok, do a crossword, etc. But no matter what the weather, I would FIRST get the house in order. I can’t relax until the house has been cleaned/straightened up. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/544 "2026-03-05T16:01:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’m not going to spend 10 hours doing just one thing; that should have been a multiple choice poll. This. Voted other. Probably some of it reading, some outside just walking around, some of it goofing off online, maybe some of it sleeping. Definitely some of it patting cats and dog. Might start to organize a bookcase, give up somewhere in the first dozen books, and start reading one of them. > [@TRC4941](#): > > But no matter what the weather, I would FIRST get the house in order. I can’t relax until the house has been cleaned/straightened up. I thought we were assuming ten hours with nothing we had to do. If you’ve got to clean house, I think the ten hours doesn’t start till that’s done. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/545 "2026-03-05T16:17:03Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I thought we were assuming ten hours with nothing we had to do. If you’ve got to clean house, I think the ten hours doesn’t start till that’s done. I agree!! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/546 "2026-03-05T18:05:54Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > that should have been a multiple choice poll Agreed. I chose “other hobby,” because if I have an unassembled Lego set I’ll probably spend at least half of the time building it – but I always have the TV on while I’m building. The rest of the time will be a combo of TV, reading, and surfing the web. (Which is also the answer if I _don’t_ have an unassembled Lego set.) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/547 "2026-03-05T18:15:00Z")
Ten hours alone sounds like a dream. I would spend more of it than I would have liked surfing the web (and posting here.) Ideally I’d balance the time. There would be pure relaxion, like cross stitch with podcasts, video games, and reading, combined with intermittent getting stuff done around the house, including decluttering and organization projects. I could not enjoy leisure time for ten hours straight without throwing some productivity in there. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/548 "2026-03-05T20:20:05Z")
If it were a nice day, taking a bike ride would be a top priority, but not for more than 3 or 4 hours. If it’s not a nice day, I’d do some yoga. The majority of the time would likely be spent either reading or playing computer games. IRL I’d probably go out to eat at some point, but if that weren’t an option I’d likely cook myself a nice meal. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/549 "2026-03-05T21:16:23Z")
> [@saje](#): > > 10 hours alone at home would be utter HEAVEN. I’d do all my favorite things: nap with cats, read, cruise the interwebs, watch a little tv, putter outside, eat my favorite things. More or less my day. Maybe do a few little minor chores that I have been putting off. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/550 "2026-03-06T01:24:03Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > It lacks an option “Playing Civilization” Yep. The last time the Sumerians betrayed me, so today THEY MUST DIE! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/551 "2026-03-06T02:23:13Z")
I dunno if Master of Disguise qualifies as a Saturday Night Live cinematic spinoff or not. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/552 "2026-03-06T02:28:39Z")
Blues Brothers is a great film with great music. 2000 is a meh film- with great music. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/553 "2026-03-06T02:31:48Z")
Bob Roberts is a terrific film, though it seems many haven’t seen it. It might be splitting hairs, but I don’t think of it as an SNL sketch - it’s a short mocumentary film Tim Robbins created and submitted to Lorne Michaels, and SNL ran it. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/554 "2026-03-06T02:32:52Z")
You left out “haven’t seen any of them.” ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/555 "2026-03-06T03:55:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Blues Brothers is a great film with great music. 2000 is a meh film- with great music. A hearty + 1 to this sentiment. I don’t hate 2000, though it would go up a full letter grade by just removing the whole substory about the child IMHO, but it obviously _cared_. It reminds me that even with good intentions, honest effort, and most of the same actors, lighting may not strike twice. Still, it’s a lot less terrible than most of the movies in that list that I’ve made it 20-30 minutes into and then noped out of. Which is why I still voted it for 2000 in both best and worst categories. It wouldn’t appear in the worst if it wasn’t the worst of the ones I’ve actually seen all the way through. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/556 "2026-03-06T12:50:20Z")
“One more turn!” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/557 "2026-03-06T20:59:20Z")
_Office Space_ isn’t an SNL movie, in my opinion. Yes, Mike Judge’s _Milton_ shorts, which inspired _Office Space_, did apparently air on SNL, but I don’t believe that he specifically made them for the show (they apparently aired on MTV’s _Liquid Television_ first). As far as I can tell, Judge was never on the SNL writing team, nor were any of the actors in the film regular SNL cast members. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/558 "2026-03-06T21:14:38Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > _Office Space_ isn’t an SNL movie, in my opinion. Just curious, did anybody suggest it was? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/559 "2026-03-06T21:23:02Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Just curious, did anybody suggest it was? @Leaper posed the question in the Polls thread, but did not state an opinion one way or the other. That said, _someone_ must have at least considered it, to warrant a question about it. > [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6613): > > Do you consider Office Space an SNL movie? [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6613) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/560 "2026-03-06T21:24:47Z")
Thanks. I had the chronology of the posts reversed in my head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=29)