# Poll III **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481 "2007-02-16T14:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/21 "2007-02-16T23:16:04Z")
1[sub] - neither - [/sub] 2 Slim 3 A Whiter Shade of Pale 4 Don’t Tread On Me 5[sub] - neither - [/sub] 6[sub] - neither - [/sub] 7 Bill Clinton 8 Oxford 9 The Iliad 10[sub] - neither - [/sub] 11 Edgar Alan Poe 12[sub] - neither - [/sub] 13 Twenty minutes of bagpipes 14[sub] - neither - [/sub] 15 Bing Crosby 16 Mr Spacely 17[sub] - neither - [/sub] 18 egg noodles 19 mustard How? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/22 "2007-02-16T23:26:38Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “May the Force be with you” May the Force be with you. I’ll probably have to turn in my geek card to admit it, but I’m not sure where the other one is from (though I have heard it many times). 2. Slim Elvis or Fat Elvis Slim Elvis 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or The Dark Side of the Moon Dark Side of the Moon 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God Don’t Tread On Me 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” Prince Albert in a can. 6. Rule Britannia or Pomp and Circumstance Rule Brittannia 7. Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton 8. Oxford or Cambridge Oxford 9. The Iliad or The Odyssey Odyssey 10. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” “A thing must exist before it can have an identity.” 11. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson Poe 12. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) I got lost trying to work my way to the end of the first one, so I’ll take the second one. 🙂 13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps I love bagpipes, so that’s an easy one. 1. Judo or Karate Karate 2. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline Patsy Cline 3. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely Mr. Burns 4. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela Gandhi 5. Rice or Pasta Pasta 6. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw Yecch–sorry, but both of them make me vaguely queasy, so neither Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why? Why. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/23 "2007-02-16T23:49:45Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or **"May the Force be with you"** 2. Slim Elvis or **Fat Elvis** 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or **The Dark Side of the Moon** 4. Don’t Tread On Me or **One Nation Under God** 5. **"Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!"** or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” 6. Rule Britannia or **Pomp and Circumstance** 7. **Bill Clinton** or Jimmy Carter 8. **Oxford** or Cambridge 9. The Iliad or The **Odyssey** 10. **"A thing must have an identity before it can exist"** or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” 11. **Edgar Alan Poe** or Ralph Waldo Emerson 12. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or **"Something unknown is doing we don’t know what."** (Eddington) 1. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes** or Two minutes of stomach cramps 2. Judo or **Karate** 3. **Bing Crosby** or Patsy Cline 4. Mr. Burns or **Mr. Spacely** 5. **Mahatma Gandhi** or Nelson Mandela 6. Rice or **Pasta** 7. **Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise** or Chili mustard and slaw Bonus Question: Which is more important — **how** or why? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/24 "2007-02-17T00:12:49Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or **“May the Force be with you”** - from the kid who saw Star Wars in '77 2. **Slim Elvis** or Fat Elvis - more about his age, I think. He was pretty fine looking as a young man 3. \*\*A Whiter Shade of Pale \*\* or The Dark Side of the Moon - just because 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God - neither. I’ll take “peace, order and good government” thanks. 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” - neither I don’t like stupid comedy. 6. Rule Britannia or \*\*Pomp and Circumstance \*\* 7. Bill Clinton or **Jimmy Carter** - far more statesmanlike 8. **Oxford** or Cambridge - Harriet Vane taught there 9. \*\*The Iliad \*\* or The Odyssey - if I were Penelope I wouldn’t have been waiting for him to come home. 10. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or **"A thing must exist before it can have an identity"** 11. \*\*Edgar Alan Poe \*\* or Ralph Waldo Emerson - I really like The Tell-tale Heart 12. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or **"Something unknown is doing we don’t know what." (Eddington)** I’m going with the not blah blah blah choice 1. \*\*Twenty minutes of bagpipes \*\* or Two minutes of stomach cramps - not much of a dilemma for me, I adore the bagpipes 2. Judo or **Karate** 3. Bing Crosby or **Patsy Cline** - for Crazy 4. Mr. Burns or **Mr. Spacely** - he has sprockets! 5. **Mahatma Gandhi** or Nelson Mandela 6. Rice or **Pasta** - though either will do nicely 7. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or \*\*why? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/25 "2007-02-17T00:15:53Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “May the Force be with you” \*\*“Klaatu barada nikto”, \*\* a great movie and a better message. 2. Slim Elvis or Fat Elvis \*\*Slim Elvis \*\* changed the country and music, Fat Elvis was just a strange dude living off slim’s success. 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or The Dark Side of the Moon\*\* The Dark Side of the Moon \*\* is one of the best albums of all time. A Whiter Shade of Pale is a very good song. 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God I like the attitude of \*\*Don’t Tread On Me \*\* and I am not much on God anyway. 5. Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter \*\*Clinton \*\* was the better President and Carter the better man. So for President I will pick Clinton. 6. Oxford or Cambridge **Oxford** for the sake of my favorite author and his friend. (J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S.Lewis) 7. The Iliad or The Odyssey **Odyssey** was a more enjoyable story for me. 8. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson **Poe** 9. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps \*\*Twenty minutes of bagpipes \*\* or even 2 hours of the Chieftains can be incredible. 10. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline **Bing** , I will take him for his body of work and for singing Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral in Going My Way. Besides I dislike Patsy’s singing. 11. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely \*\*Mr. Burns \*\*, he revels in his crapulence like no other. 12. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela \*\*Gandhi \*\* 13. Rice or Pasta **Pasta** , but hey, I am Italian 14. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw Yuck! Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why? \*\*How \*\* is usually more important to me. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/26 "2007-02-17T00:27:07Z")
Missed the second one, but… 1. **"Klaatu barada nikto"** or “May the Force be with you” - More interesting source story. 2. **Slim Elvis** or Fat Elvis - Vegas is the ruination of anyone. 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or **The Dark Side of the Moon** - Much better album, overall. 4. **Don’t Tread On Me** or One Nation Under God - Anything with snakes is good. 5. **"Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!"** or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” - More flexible and varied punchlines. 6. **Rule Britannia** or Pomp and Circumstance - Pomp and Circumstances annoys me slightly more. 7. Bill Clinton or **Jimmy Carter** - Worse president, better human being. 8. Oxford or **Cambridge** - Better university press selections ( for me ). 9. **The Iliad** or The Odyssey - More political. 10. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or **“A thing must exist before it can have an identity”** - identities are malleable, existence is not. 11. **Edgar Alan Poe** or Ralph Waldo Emerson - Dank beats tranquility in literature, if not in real life. 12. NA 13. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes** or Two minutes of stomach cramps - I like bagpipes. 14. **Judo** or Karate - More effective when you get down to it. 15. Bing Crosby or **Patsy Cline** - Never a fan of Bing. 16. **Mr. Burns** or Mr. Spacely - Burns is at least interesting in his evil. Spacely is just a screamer. 17. **Mahatma Gandhi** or Nelson Mandela - Tough call on this one. But Gandhi was far more the phenomenon. 18. Rice or **Pasta** - Even tougher call. Virtual tie, but pasta by a hair. 19. **Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise** or Chili mustard and slaw - Easy. I loathe slaw. Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or **why**? - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/27 "2007-02-17T00:29:40Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” (It’s more obscure and less overdone) 2. Fat Elvis (not much of an opinion either way, so I went with identifying with the fat) 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale (definitely - even more since I heard the mushrooms singing it) 4. Don’t Tread On Me 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” (more variations available) 6. Pomp and Circumstance (it took me forever to graduate - I still tear up) 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Cambridge (for no particular reason - although I think that was were the ficticious St. Ced’s College was located) 9. The Odyssey (I’m between Sylla and Charybdis on this one) 10. “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” (but then, I’m and engineer) 11. Edgar Alan Poe 12. “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) (Or “The self is a construct of X region of the brain”) 13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes (I have more than one Christmas Bagpipe tape) 14. Karate (more familiar) 15. Bing Crosby (White Christmas) 16. Mr. Burns (has better lines) 17. Mahatma Gandhi (dead long enough to be mythical) 18. Pasta (today - I make no claims about other days) 19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise (yum vs appaled) Bonus Question: Which is more important — how ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/28 "2007-02-17T00:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I’ll evaluate the responses and post a new thread explaining what the poll was about and announcing the results. [/QUOTE] But the poll seems so self explanatory. There’s more to the poll than meets the eye? What could that be, is it part of a class project like the recent one on smoking? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/29 "2007-02-17T00:38:00Z")
[1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “May the Force be with you” 1. Slim Elvis or Fat Elvis 2. A Whiter Shade of Pale or The Dark Side of the Moon 3. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God 4. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” 5. Rule Britannia or Pomp and Circumstance 6. Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter 7. Oxford or Cambridge 8. The Iliad or The Odyssey 9. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” 10. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson 11. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) 1. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps 2. Judo or Karate 3. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline 4. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely 5. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela 6. Rice or Pasta 7. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/30 "2007-02-17T00:43:09Z")
1. May the Force be with you 2. Slim Elvis 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale 4. One Nation Under God 5. Do you have Prince Albert in a can? 6. Pomp and Circumstance 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Cambridge 9. The Odyssey 10. A thing must exist before it can have an identity 11. Ralph Waldo Emerson 12. “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) 13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes 14. Karate 15. Patsy Cline 16. Mr. Burns 17. Mahatma Gandhi 18. Pasta 19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why? Why. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/31 "2007-02-17T01:00:21Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “May the Force be with you” _Klaatu barada nikto_ 2. Slim Elvis or Fat Elvis _slim elvis._ 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or The Dark Side of the Moon _buh?_ 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God _don’t tread on me_ 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” _Prince Albert in a Can._ 6. Rule Britannia or Pomp and Circumstance _Rule Brittania_ 7. Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter _wasn’t alive for Jimmy Carter; will default to Clinton._ 8. Oxford or Cambridge _Oxford_ 9. The Iliad or The Odyssey _Odyssey_ 10. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” _A thing must have an identity before it can exist_ 11. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson _Poe_ 12. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) _Eddington_ 13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps _twenty minutes of bagpipes_ 14. Judo or Karate _judo_ 15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline _Patsy Cline_ 16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely _Burns_ 17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela _Mahatma Gandhi_ 18. Rice or Pasta _Ride_ 19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw _Are these pertaining to the same thing? Lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. mmmmm._ ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/32 "2007-02-17T01:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] ==================================== 1. “May the Force be with you” 2. Slim Elvis 3. The Dark Side of the Moon 4. Don’t Tread On Me 5. “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” 6. Rule Britannia 7. Bill Clinton 8. Oxford 9. The Odyssey 10. “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” 11. Edgar Alan Poe 12. Fuck off with the navel-gazing 13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes 14. Karate 15. Bing Crosby 16. Mr. Burns 17. Mahatma Gandhi 18. Pasta 19. Chili mustard and slaw Bonus Question: Which is more important — why? [/QUOTE] Joe ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/33 "2007-02-17T01:13:22Z")
I find I’m quite anxious to see where all this is going, Lib. [QUOTE=Liberal] 1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “May the Force be with you” May the Force be with you. I’m not sure it’s entirely possible to define the impact of Star Wars on my cohort of suburban boys. 2. Slim Elvis or Fat Elvis Slim Elvis. 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or The Dark Side of the Moon Dark Side of the Moon 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God Don’t Treat on Me. God can take care of himself…he doesn’t need a nation. 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” Fly in my soup. 6. Rule Britannia or Pomp and Circumstance Neither. 7. Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter Our boy Bill. 8. Oxford or Cambridge Neither. 9. The Iliad or The Odyssey Odyssey 10. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” Exist comes first. 11. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson 12. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) Eddington. 1. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps Bagpipes. 2. Judo or Karate Karate. 3. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline Patsy Cline. 4. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely Burns 5. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela Gandhi 6. Rice or Pasta Rice. 7. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw Ew. Neither. Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why? My journalistic instincts scream ‘why’ but my inclintations shout out that they want to know how that worked. So I choose ‘how’. [/QUOTE] ---
**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 17, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/34 "2007-02-17T06:19:47Z")
1.\*\* “Klaatu barada nikto”\*\* or “May the Force be with you” 1. **Slim Elvis** or Fat Elvis 2. **A Whiter Shade of Pale** or The Dark Side of the Moon 3. **Don’t Tread On Me** or One Nation Under God 4. **"Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!"** or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” 5. Rule Britannia or **Pomp and Circumstance** 6. Bill Clinton or **Jimmy Carter** 7. **Oxford** or Cambridge 8. **The Iliad** or The Odyssey 9. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or\*\* “A thing must exist before it can have an identity”\*\* 10. **Edgar Alan Poe** or Ralph Waldo Emerson 11. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or **"Something unknown is doing we don’t know what." (Eddington)** 1. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes** or Two minutes of stomach cramps 2. Judo or **Karate** 3. Bing Crosby or **Patsy Cline** 4. Mr. Burns or **Mr. Spacely** 5. **Mahatma Gandhi** or Nelson Mandela 6. **Rice** or Pasta 7. **Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise** or Chili mustard and slaw Bonus Question: Which is more important — **how** or why? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/35 "2007-02-17T06:26:22Z")
1.\*\* “Klaatu barada nikto”\*\* or “May the Force be with you” 1. **Slim Elvis** or Fat Elvis 2. A Whiter Shade of Pale or **The Dark Side of the Moon** 3. **Don’t Tread On Me** or One Nation Under God 4. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or **"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"** 5. **Rule Britannia** or Pomp and Circumstance 6. **Bill Clinton** or Jimmy Carter 7. **Oxford** or Cambridge 8. The Iliad or **The Odyssey** 9. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or \*\*“A thing must exist before it can have an identity” \*\* 10. **Edgar Alan Poe** or Ralph Waldo Emerson 11. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or \*\* “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.”\*\* (Eddington) 1. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes** or Two minutes of stomach cramps 2. \*\*Judo \*\*or Karate 3. **Bing Crosby** or Patsy Cline 4. **Mr. Burns** or Mr. Spacely 5. **Mahatma Gandhi** or Nelson Mandela 6. Rice or **Pasta** 7. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw **neither** Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or **why**? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/36 "2007-02-17T07:29:33Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “May the Force be with you” – May the Force be with you. I love Star Wars. 2. Slim Elvis or Fat Elvis. Slim Elvis. Sexyyyy! 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or The Dark Side of the Moon – A Whiter Shade of Pale. I know that one. 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God – Don’t tread on me. I believe in God _and_ separation of church and state. 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup. I hate stupid prank phone calls. 6. Rule Britannia or Pomp and Circumstance – Pomp and Circumstance. It’s my favorite segment of Fantasia 2000. 7. Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter – Jimmy Carter. He only lusted in his heart. 8. Oxford or Cambridge – Cambridge. I’ve been there. 9. The Iliad or The Odyssey – The Odyssey. It’s less of a war story. 10. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” – “A thing must have an identity before it can exist”. I’ve had some bad experiences with existentialism. 11. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson – Poe. Spooky, man. 12. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” (Kant) or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) – ??? 1. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps – Twenty minutes of bagpipes. On a hill in Scotland playing Amazing Grace, they can be sublime. 2. Judo or Karate – Judo. Somehow karate seems more violent to me (may just be an impression from the movies). 3. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline. Patsy. Bing always seemed kind of creepy to me, and I don’t really enjoy his voice. 4. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely. Mr. Spacely. I like the Jetsons. 5. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela – Gandhi. Non-violence. 6. Rice or Pasta. I’ll go with pasta, because I could have orzo too. 7. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw. Lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Three of the five things I order on my Subway sandwich every day (the other two are pickles and olives). Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why? How. Just do it. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/37 "2007-02-17T07:39:54Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] This is the final poll in a three part series. (Note to the posters who posted after Poll II closed: I have included your responses.) [/quote] Whoops! That one seemed to vanish fast. I missed it. =================================== 1. “Klaatu barada nikto” or “ **May the Force be with you** ” I think I saw the first movie once and liked it but I like that some people are drawn to the spiritual message they perceive in the Lucas series. 2. **Slim Elvis** or Fat Elvis I’d see his movies on TV when I was little and thought he was kinda cute. My tastes have changed since. 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale or **The Dark Side of the Moon** Best listened to in the dark. 4. Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God Don’t Tread On Me or One Nation Under God [QUOTE=PastAllReason] - neither. I’ll take “peace, order and good government” thanks. [/QUOTE] I’m with **PastAllReason** 1. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “ **Do you have Prince Albert in a can**?” Cool cans. Meh to the ‘joke’. 2. **Rule Britannia** or Pomp and Circumstance It’s just so handlebar-moustachey. 3. **Bill Clinton** or Jimmy Carter Really tough choice. I’m picking Bill because I like the way he’s running his current project but think both are a real gift to the planet. 4. Oxford or Cambridge Neither generates any particular feeling. 5. The Iliad or The **Odyssey** I overdosed on mythology when I was a pre-teen. Just have no interest in it any more. I picked _Odyssey_ because it’s mellifluous. 6. “ **A thing must have an identity before it can exist** ” or “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” It’s about the metaphysical. 7. Edgar Alan Poe or **Ralph Waldo Emerson** This one’s for you, mom. 8. “Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being.” ( **Kant** ) Delicious. And a fond remembrance of philosophy club back in Cowgary. or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) 1. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes** or Two minutes of stomach cramps Massed bands: Amazing Grace. Exquisite. 2. Judo or **Karate** No real feeling for either. I’m going with appearance and sound (of the word). 3. **Bing Crosby** or Patsy Cline Country music = eeeew. 4. Mr. Burns or **Mr. Spacely** So. Tired. of Simpsons. 5. **Mahatma Gandhi** or Nelson Mandela Almost as hard a choice as 7. I’ll go with Gandhi as homage. 6. Rice or **Pasta** Good so many ways. And Gnocchi Alfredo at the Ritz - heaven. 7. **Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise** or Chili mustard and slaw But please any lettuce but iceberg, which makes me sick. Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or **why**? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/38 "2007-02-17T07:44:21Z")
1. **"Klaatu barada nikto"** or “May the Force be with you” 2. A Whiter Shade of Pale or **The Dark Side of the Moon** 3. **Don’t Tread On Me** or One Nation Under God 7. **Bill Clinton** or Jimmy Carter 1. **The Iliad** or The Odyssey 2. “A thing must have an identity before it can exist” or **"A thing must exist before it can have an identity"** 3. **Edgar Alan Poe** or Ralph Waldo Emerson 4. **"Even the inner and sensible intuition of our mind (as object of consciousness) which is represented as being determined by the succession of different states in time, is not the self proper, as it exists in itself — that is, is not the transcendental subject — but only an appearance that has been given to the sensibility of this, to us unknown, being." (Kant)** or “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) 1. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes** or Two minutes of stomach cramps (Note: I’m assuming the bagpipes are played by a competent player.) 2. Judo or **Karate** 3. Bing Crosby or **Patsy Cline** 4. **Mr. Burns** or Mr. Spacely 5. Mahatma Gandhi or **Nelson Mandela** 6. Rice or **Pasta** 7. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or **Chili mustard and slaw** ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/39 "2007-02-17T08:04:17Z")
1. “Klaatu barada nikto” 2. Slim Elvis 3. A Whiter Shade of Pale 4. Don’t Tread On Me 5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” 6. Pomp and Circumstance 7. Bill Clinton 8. Cambridge 9. The Odyssey 10. “A thing must exist before it can have an identity” 11. Edgar Alan Poe 12. “Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington) 13. Two minutes of stomach cramps 14. Judo 15. Patsy Cline 16. Mr. Burns 17. Mahatma Gandhi 18. Rice 19. Chili mustard and slaw Why? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481/40 "2007-02-17T10:02:44Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] But the poll seems so self explanatory. There’s more to the poll than meets the eye? What could that be, is it part of a class project like the recent one on smoking? [/QUOTE] It’s just that I have a reason for doing it is all. It’s a selfish reason and won’t make me any money, but still… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-iii/392481.md?page=3)