Poll III

[According_to_Pliny]

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?

[Infovore]

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.

14. Judo or Karate
    Karate

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline
    Patsy Cline

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely
    Mr. Burns

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela
    Gandhi

18. Rice or Pasta
    Pasta

19. 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.

[dwc1970]

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)

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps

14. Judo or Karate

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela

18. Rice or Pasta

19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw

Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why?

[PastAllReason]

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

13. **Twenty minutes of bagpipes ** or Two minutes of stomach cramps - not much of a dilemma for me, I adore the bagpipes

14. Judo or Karate

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline - for Crazy

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely - he has sprockets!

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela

18. Rice or Pasta - though either will do nicely

19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw

Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or **why? **

[What_Exit]

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

[Tamerlane]

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

[Yllaria]

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

[According_to_Pliny]

@Liberal

I’ll evaluate the responses and post a new thread explaining what the poll was about and announcing the results.

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?

[Stratocaster]

[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)

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps

14. Judo or Karate

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela

18. Rice or Pasta

19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw

Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why?
[/QUOTE]

[StuffLikeThatThere]

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.

[nashiitashii]

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.

[Yorikke]

@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?

Joe

[Jonathan_Chance]

I find I’m quite anxious to see where all this is going, Lib.

@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.

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps
    Bagpipes.

14. Judo or Karate
    Karate.

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline
    Patsy Cline.

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely
    Burns

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela
    Gandhi

18. Rice or Pasta
    Rice.

19. 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’.

[Czarcasm]

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)

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps

14. Judo or Karate

15. Bing Crosby orPatsy Cline

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela

18. Rice or Pasta

19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw

Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why?

[Queen_Bruin]

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)

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps

14. **Judo **or Karate

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela

18. Rice or Pasta

19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw neither

Bonus Question: Which is more important — how or why?

[SpoilerVirgin]

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) – ???

13. 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.

14. Judo or Karate – Judo. Somehow karate seems more violent to me (may just be an impression from the movies).

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline. Patsy. Bing always seemed kind of creepy to me, and I don’t really enjoy his voice.

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely. Mr. Spacely. I like the Jetsons.

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela – Gandhi. Non-violence.

18. Rice or Pasta. I’ll go with pasta, because I could have orzo too.

19. 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.

[Quiddity_Glomfuster]

@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.)

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

@PastAllReason

• neither. I’ll take “peace, order and good government” thanks.

I’m with PastAllReason

5. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” or “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” Cool cans. Meh to the ‘joke’.

6. Rule Britannia or Pomp and Circumstance
   It’s just so handlebar-moustachey.

7. 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.

8. Oxford or Cambridge
   Neither generates any particular feeling.

9. 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.

10. “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.

11. Edgar Alan Poe or Ralph Waldo Emerson
    This one’s for you, mom.

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)
    Delicious. And a fond remembrance of philosophy club back in Cowgary.

or

“Something unknown is doing we don’t know what.” (Eddington)

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps
    Massed bands: Amazing Grace. Exquisite.

14. Judo or Karate
    No real feeling for either. I’m going with appearance and sound (of the word).

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline
    Country music = eeeew.

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely
    So. Tired. of Simpsons.

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela
    Almost as hard a choice as 7. I’ll go with Gandhi as homage.

18. Rice or Pasta
    Good so many ways. And Gnocchi Alfredo at the Ritz - heaven.

19. 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?

[Larry_Borgia]

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

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)

13. Twenty minutes of bagpipes or Two minutes of stomach cramps (Note: I’m assuming the bagpipes are played by a competent player.)

14. Judo or Karate

15. Bing Crosby or Patsy Cline

16. Mr. Burns or Mr. Spacely

17. Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela

18. Rice or Pasta

19. Lettuce tomato and mayonnaise or Chili mustard and slaw

[Hilarity_N.Suze]

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?

[Liberal]

@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?

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…