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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
4349

New Year’s Resolutions: Ones you try to keep and ones you make up for humor or other reasons. (Choose one answer for each category)

  • I create 0 resolutions that I intend to earnestly keep.
  • I create 1-5 resolutions, and earnestly try to keep them
  • I create 5-10 resolutions, and earnestly try to keep them
  • I create more than 10 resolutions, and earnestly try to keep them
  • I create 0 resolutions for fun/entertainment/humor
  • I create 1-5 resolutions for fun/entertainment/humor
  • I create 5-10 resolutions for fun/entertainment/humor
  • I create more than 10 resolutions for fun/entertainment/humor
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4350

What do you call that legume Southerners traditionally eat on New Years?

(Ignore whitespace. In other words for purposes of this poll “black eye” and “blackeye” are the same thing.)

  • Black eye peas
  • Black eyed peas
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4351

You’re replacing the line on a string trimmer (a.k.a. weed whacker or weed eater). On the spool there’s a curved arrow labeled “rewind string”. How do you interpret that?

  • Rotate the spool in this direction to rewind the string
  • Wind the string in this direction (which effectivly means rotating the spool in the opposite direction of the arrow)
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4352

You go to a cafe and order the all day brunch (2 sausages, 2 poached eggs, bacon, baked beans and thick fries (chips in UK terms). If this is something you would never order think what the closest thing you would order is and act on that.

  • Salt before taste. I always like it saltier than the default way it comes
  • Taste then probably salt
  • Taste then probably not salt
  • Never add salt.
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4353

How long does it usually take for you to fall asleep when in bed?

  • Immediately
  • Within 5 minutes
  • Within 15 minutes
  • Within an hour
  • More than an hour
0 voters
4354


That is:

  • Duck tape
  • Duct tape
  • Something else
  • Either “duck” or “duct” are correct.
  • Depends. Am I using it on a duct, or am I using it on a duck?
  • It’s “bron tape.” It’s printed right on it!
0 voters
4355

Do you

  • Home in on a solution
  • Hone in on a solution
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4356

Can you raise one eyebrow for dramatic emphasis?

  • Yes
  • No
0 voters
4357

When you do, is the eyebrow on the same side as your favored hand?

  • Yes
  • No
0 voters
4358

Are you capable of raising either eyebrow, as needed?

  • Yes
  • No
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4359
Do you ever stop at McDonald’s or another American fast food chain while visiting another country, just to see how or if it’s different?
  • Yes. It’s a thing I like to do.
  • Yeah, that’s happened once or a few times.
  • Sometimes I’ll go in and look, but I won’t eat anything unless there are very unique items on the menu.
  • I’m curious sometimes, but I’ve never done that.
  • No, I don’t and wouldn’t do that.
  • I don’t travel.
  • Something else
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4360

Speaking of duct/duck tape, which of these do you say?

  • Jury rigged
  • Jerry rigged
  • I say them both and they have different meanings
  • I never say either one
0 voters
4361

If you have a blow dryer and you use it to blow dry your hair, you:

  • blow dried your hair
  • blow-dried your hair
  • blew dry your hair
  • blowed dry your hair
  • blowed dried your hair
0 voters
4362

Have you had a sleep dream from years or decades ago that you still remember clearly today?

  • yes
  • no
0 voters
4363
  • I’ve been to a pawn shop
  • I have not been to a pawn shop
0 voters
  • I have bought something in a pawn shop
  • I have not bought something in a pawn shop
0 voters
  • I have pawned something in a pawn shop
  • I have not pawned something in a pawn shop
0 voters
4364

When you were a child, what did your mother tell you not to do when she wanted you to get a move on?

  • Be pokey
  • Dawdle
  • Dilly-dally
  • Drag your feet
  • Hang about
  • Horse around
  • Lag
  • Linger
  • Loiter
  • Lollygag
  • Plod
  • Putter
  • Putz
  • Tarry
  • None of these
  • Something else/let me explain/Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast
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4365

How many live potted plants do you have inside your home? (Count multiple plants in one pot as one.)

  • None
  • 1-2
  • 3-5
  • 6-10
  • 11-15
  • 16-20
  • 21-25
  • 26-30
  • More than 30
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4366
Do you know what a “sugar plum” actually is?
  • Yes. I know what they are and I’ve even had one before.
  • Yes. I know what they are, but I’ve never actually had one.
  • I think I know what they are, but I’m not 100% certain.
  • No I do not. I’m guessing it’s not a sugar-coated plum?
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4367

You wake up around 8am, put on clean clothes. Then, around 4, you decide to take a shower. After the shower, and after you dried off, do you…

  • Put on the same clothes you started wearing at 8am?
  • Put on a different set of clothes (assume tops (shirts/pants/skirts/dresses) only)?
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4368
How much do you like your job? [for retirees or the unemployed, choose your most recent one-NOTE that the scale is centered on ZERO]
  • 3: I love it! Immensely rewarding, have terrific employees, boss(es), and/or customers/clients, etc.
  • 2: I like it, do get a certain amount of satisfaction from my employment despite a few niggling issues here and there
  • 1: It’s decent, like it more than I dislike it
  • 0: Neutral-eh, it’s a living…
  • -1: Have some definite issues with certain aspects, but so far have been able to deal
  • -2: Find it rather frustrating/enervating/unfulfilling/etc.
  • -3: I actively LOATHE every nanosecond spent there
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