# Poll II **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625 "2007-02-10T16:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625/61 "2007-02-13T15:00:07Z")
1. **Canon in D** or Minuet in G 2. **Free Bird** or Stairway to Heaven 3. **Marilyn Monroe** or Helen of Troy 4. **Albert Einstein** or Stephen Hawking 5. **1964** or 1968 6. **Tokyo** or Bejing 7. **Cairo** or Addis Ababa 8. **Mensa** or Masons 9. Standard time or **daylight savings time** 10. **Pipes** or cigars 11. **Rum** or Bourbon 12. Southern fried chicken or **Yankee pot roast** 13. Gone with the Wind or **Wizard of Oz** 14. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or "**No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him." (Jefferson)** 15. Discover a new comet or **win the lottery** Bonus question: $500,000 now or **$5,000,000 ten years from now.** ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625/62 "2007-02-13T15:20:24Z")
1. _Canon in D_ or Minuet in G: It’s what I walked down the aisle to at my wedding. 2. _Free Bird_ or Stairway to Heaven: Reminds me of my high school boyfriend. 3. _Marilyn Monroe_ or Helen of Troy: Beautiful and tragic. 4. _Albert Einstein_ or Stephen Hawking: Love that crazy hair. 5. 1964 or 1968: No opinion - I wasn’t born yet 6. _Tokyo_ or Bejing: I like Japanese stuff better 7. _Cairo_ or Addis Ababa: Not familiar with the other 8. _Mensa_ or Masons: I’m a woman, and the Masons won’t let me in. 9. _Standard time_ or daylight savings time: Grew up with it 10. _Pipes_ or cigars: They smell better 11. Rum or Bourbon: neither 12. _Southern fried chicken_ or Yankee pot roast: I can never make good fried chicken, but I like it better 13. Gone with the Wind or _Wizard of Oz_: Never seen/read the other 14. _“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy)_ or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” (Jefferson): Purely familiarity 15. Discover a new comet or _win the lottery_: I would prefer to fade into obscurity Bonus question: _$500,000 now_ or $5,000,000 ten years from now: I might not be here in ten years, and I have a family to think of ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625/63 "2007-02-13T18:47:44Z")
1. **Canon in D** or Minuet in G (Thankfully, I am not [haunted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM) by Pachelbel 2. **Free Bird** or Stairway to Heaven (It doesn’t have the same effect to shout “Stairway to Heaven” at the totally-unrelated cover band.) 3. **Marilyn Monroe** or Helen of Troy (I know what Marilyn looks like. Helen just has her rep.) 4. **Albert Einstein** or Stephen Hawking (Both way cool, but Albert wins by a hair) 5. 1964 or **1968** 6. **Tokyo** or Bejing (I find the Japanese fascinating.) 7. **Cairo** or Addis Ababa (Pyramids!) 8. **Mensa** or Masons (Institutional secrets are not a good thing.) 9. Standard time or **daylight savings time** (Daylight savings time means it’s warm.) 10. **Pipes** or cigars (Cigars lack the full-blown ritual of filling and tending a pipe.) 11. Rum or **Bourbon** (Rum is too sweet.) 12. **Southern fried chicken** or Yankee pot roast (It’s fried. 'Nuff said.) 13. Gone with the Wind or **Wizard of Oz** (I disdain Scarlett.) 14. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (Kennedy) or “No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.” **(Jefferson)** (Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It’s what we’re all about, no?) 15. Discover a new comet or **win the lottery** (I prefer physical comfort to fame.) Bonus question: $500,000 now or **$5,000,000** ten years from now. (No way I’d be able to get a 25% annual return on my money for 10 years running.) ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625/64 "2007-02-13T19:14:43Z")
Doh. Missed the poll closing announcement. ---
**Author:** ![tbdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tbdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbdi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625/65 "2007-02-13T19:33:14Z")
1. Minuet in G 2. Free Bird 3. Tokyo 4. Masons 5. Pipes 6. Rum 7. Yankee pot roast 8. Jefferson 9. win the lottery Bonus question: $500,000 now The rest I have no strong preferences about ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ii/391625/66 "2007-02-14T00:43:43Z")
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