What are our favorite songs about transportation / travel? Composed entirely of songs I could think of. Sorry if I left off your favorite.
Songs about planes
Amelia - Joni Mitchell
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Drunk On a Plane - Dierks Bentley
Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band
Leaving On a Jet Plane - John Denver
Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, and Mary
Songs about trains
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
City of New Orleans - Willy Nelson
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
Take the A Train - Duke Ellington
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Orange Blossom Special - Composed by Ervin T. Rouse and covered by many artists
Wabash Cannonball - Johnny Cash
Wreck of the Old 97 - Johnny Cash
Songs about automobiles
Beep Beep - The Playmates
Drive My Car - The Beatles
GTO - Ronny & The Daytonas
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
Low Rider - War
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Stickshifts and Safetybelts - Cake
Songs about bus travel
America - Simon & Garfunkel
Another One Rides The Bus - Weird Al Yankovic
Jackson Park Express - Weird Al Yankovic
Magic Bus - The Who
The Wheels on the Bus - Traditional children’s song
Songs about trucks
Convoy - C.W. McCall
East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed
I’ve Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) - Alabama
Teddy Bear - Red Sovine
How much do you enjoy Halloween?
I love it!
I like it well enough
Totally meh
I lean toward disliking it
It can go away for all I care
Other / it’s complicated / Igor on chains backed by his baying hounds
What is our favorite overall transportation / travel song (Out of the songs @WildaBeast was able to think of when he created the last poll)?
Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, and Mary
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
America - Simon & Garfunkel
I’ve Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
How many hours of sleep do you get on a typical night?
I never sleep
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven hours or more
How many hours of sleep do you wish you could get on a typical night?
I don’t sleep
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven hours or more
If you wake up while it’s still dark out, how often are you able to fall back asleep?
Always
Usually
About half the time
Not often
Never
“There’s an old man sittin’ next to me, makin’ love to his tonic and gin”
Which part of this lyric bothers you?
Tonic and gin instead of gin and tonic
An old man making love to his drink
Both parts bother me
Neither part bothers me
Other / I’m just wondering if Davy is still in the Navy
Have you ever sent back a bottle of wine after sampling it?
Yes
No
I don’t drink wine
Where are you washer and dryer located (or just the washer if you don’t have a dryer)?
Dedicated laundry / utility room
Basement
Garage
Closet
Kitchen
Bathroom
Mud room
Other room
My washer and dryer are in different rooms
I don’t have a washer or dryer
It’s Halloween! How many pieces of candy did you eat yourself?
None, because I don’t do Halloween
None, because I have amazing self control
One
A Few
Many
I ate all of it. There’s none left for the trick-or-treaters
Have you eaten more candy since you responded to the above poll?
Yes
No
I don’t have any candy
Would you still be willing to fly if jets and planes flapped their wings like a bird to fly, leading to similar movements as birds have in flight?
I would be unwilling to fly
I would be less willing to fly
I would be equally willing to fly
I would be more willing to fly
President Biden (or the queen, or king, or some other person you consider extremely important) suddenly needs to stay at your home for a week. How long would it take you to tidy it up and get things ready for the 1-week stay?
No time - my place is already ready to go
1 hour or less
Several hours
1 day to several days
My place will never be ready.
Which Beatle will live the longest?
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Someone offers to give you a young ferret as a pet, free of charge. Do you accept it?
I accept it.
I decline, principally because I don’t have the space for it.
I decline, principally because I don’t have time for it.
I decline, principally because I can’t afford keeping it.
I decline, principally because I’m allergic to such animals.
I decline, principally because I don’t think it and my other pets would get along.
I decline, principally because my landlord wouldn’t allow it.
I decline, principally because someone I live with wouldn’t like it.
I decline, principally because I don’t like ferrets.
I decline, principally for some other reason.
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November 4, 2023, 6:31pm
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Which of these Miscellaneous and Personal threads have you never clicked on?
Discussion thread for the “Polls only” thread
What’s the most interesting car you saw today?
The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread
Today in nature I saw
More Jokes
Let’s make Earth the #1 Planet
Everest: Just Don’t Do It
Pet pictures!
Bad bad bad anything
Being the last poster on a thread and then it dies
Knee cyst EXPLODES!
We got’sch PUPPIES!
When in the course of sequential threads
(No value judgement on anyone’s thread implied - well, except for that ONE.)