# How many polls is too many polls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212 "2010-09-27T13:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/1 "2010-09-27T13:36:55Z")
Are we getting sick of polls? ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/2 "2010-09-27T13:39:26Z")
YES! A poll or two every now and then is fine. This board is getting ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/3 "2010-09-27T13:42:53Z")
This should be a poll. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/4 "2010-09-27T14:57:10Z")
We definitely need another dozen about THE WIRE. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/5 "2010-09-27T15:05:26Z")
42 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/6 "2010-09-27T15:07:17Z")
I voted the Kilmer option because I am a hypocrite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/7 "2010-09-27T15:13:22Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > 42 Base 13, since it’s 6 times 9. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/8 "2010-09-27T15:51:10Z")
Your poll has 8 choice options that should actually 8 be individual polls of their own, preceded by a poll about whether to start a thread about polls. Do you agree? Let’s start a poll to find out! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/9 "2010-09-27T17:28:52Z")
This poll doesn’t seem to involve the Beatles at all. What is the point of that? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/10 "2010-09-27T17:59:21Z")
You just broke the camel’s back. _goes crazy_ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/11 "2010-09-27T18:47:07Z")
But the real question is…how many polls does it take to change a lightbulb? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/12 "2010-09-27T21:30:37Z")
Such a racist thread. This should probably be in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-polls-is-too-many-polls/555212/13 "2010-09-27T21:51:05Z")
Are you out of your mind? There are still hundreds–maybe even _thousands_–of albums on which we have not yet determined the best song. How can we live until this gap in the human experience is filled?