# Polls only: No discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642 "2021-11-01T18:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 196
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3909 "2023-09-25T01:44:30Z")
Your best friend has disappeared, and the police are asking you for a physical description to help locate them. Which of these characteristics would you be able to describe? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3909))_ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3910 "2023-09-25T01:52:24Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3910))_ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3911 "2023-09-25T03:25:10Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3911))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3911))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3911))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3911))_ ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3912 "2023-09-25T05:09:12Z")
Surely some of the names in some of the “names you recognize” polls are just made up, right? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3912))_ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3913 "2023-09-25T14:11:44Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3913))_ ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3914 "2023-09-25T16:04:16Z")
If you decorate for Christmas or some other December holiday, which of these comes closest to _how much_ you decorate? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3914))_ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3915 "2023-09-25T17:04:53Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3915))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3916 "2023-09-25T17:41:06Z")
Which of these characters from literature do you (pretty much instantly) recognize? (answers spoilerized at the bottom) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3916))_ **Atticus Finch** - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee **Dean Moriarty** - On the Road by Jack Kerouac **Elizabeth Bennet** - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen **Gregor Samsa** - The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka **Holden Caulfield** - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger **Ignatius Reilly** - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole **Lennie Small** - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck **Leopold Bloom** - Ulysses by James Joyce **Willy Loman** - Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller **Yossarian** - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3917 "2023-09-25T19:05:05Z")
My Christmas Tree is: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3917))_ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3918 "2023-09-25T19:17:14Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3918))_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3919 "2023-09-25T19:55:33Z")
You bought a new loaf of bread from the grocery store. Not a fresh baked loaf from the bakery, it a commercially mass produced sliced loaf like Wonderbread or Arnold’s. White, wheat, whatever doesn’t matter. What do you do with the heel? I don’t care what you call it. The heel, the crust, the end it doesn’t matter. There are two of them at the beginning and end of the loaf. What do you do with it? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3919))_ ---
**Author:** ![Bashorian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bashorian/32/3546_2.png) [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3920 "2023-09-25T20:10:16Z")
If I had to live in the TV version of the Swamp I would prefer to live with: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3920))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3921 "2023-09-25T20:32:35Z")
If paid blood donations were the accepted norm, how much would it take, per donation, to persuade you to give blood once every 2 months? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3921))_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3922 "2023-09-25T22:28:57Z")
“Ghosting,” in case you’re not familiar with the term, refers to a situation where, rather than a proper breakup, one party in a romantic (or potentially romantic) relationship simply cuts off all contact with the other. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3922))_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3923 "2023-09-26T02:19:03Z")
Before this sort of poll gets run out of the metaphorical town by villagers with pitchforks and torches, How many of _these_ names do you recognize? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3923))_ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3924 "2023-09-26T02:41:37Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3924))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3925 "2023-09-26T16:55:30Z")
Which describes you best? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3925))_ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3926 "2023-09-27T02:51:59Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3926))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3927 "2023-09-27T16:02:36Z")
Kamala Harris abruptly announces that she won’t run for VP in 2024. Biden asks you to be his running mate. Do you? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3927))_ Rewind back to February 2017. Trump asks you to be his presidential advisor. Assume that he’ll actually listen and take what you say seriously. Do you? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3927))_ ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3928 "2023-09-27T19:27:30Z")
Have you ever been a member of a labor union? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3928))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=195) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=197)