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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
5269

Toilet paper

  • I bring out a new roll when the current roll runs out
  • I bring out a new roll on standby when the current roll gets low
  • I keep a second roll on standby while I use the current roll
  • My toilet paper supply is near the toilet so I can get a new roll anytime
  • I don’t change the toilet paper so I don’t have a plan
  • I don’t use toilet paper
  • Something, something, something, other
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5270

When you read The Third Policeman, did you foresee the twist at the end?

  • No
  • Yes, it was obvious
  • I knew about the twist before reading it
  • I foolishly read the book’s introduction, which gives away the book’s ending. What the hell?!?
  • I’ve never read that book
  • I read it but I didn’t notice any twist at the end
  • Something else
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5271
Steven Spielberg’s last truly great film was:
  • something prior to Saving Private Ryan
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  • Minority Report (2002)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • The Terminal (2004)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • Munich (2005)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  • The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
  • War Horse (2011)
  • Lincoln (2012)
  • Bridge of Spies (2015)
  • The BFG (2016)
  • The Post (2017)
  • Ready Player One (2018)
  • West Side Story (2021)
  • The Fabelmans (2022)
  • I haven’t seen all or enough of these to have an opinion.
  • He’s never produced a truly great film, in my opinion.
0 voters
5272
  • Coffee black
  • Coffee with cream/milk only
  • Coffee with sugar/sweetener only
  • Coffee with cream/milk and sugar/sweetener
  • Coffee with something else
  • No coffee!
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(cream/milk includes flavored milky stuff as well as powdery milky stuff)

5273

Have you ever been trapped in an elevator?

  • yes
  • no
  • something else
0 voters
5274

Have you ever purposely bumped threads in order to make a good pairing for entry into the “Sequential Threads” thread?

  • Um, yes, I do admit to doing that once or twice.
  • No, never
  • Sometimes I just post good pairings even if they are not sequential.
  • Sometimes I start new threads just to try to make good pairings!
0 voters
5275

Prediction Poll: Will Trump weasel out of the Sept 10 debate, and why?

  • ABC something something unfair
  • Rules/format something something unfair
  • Harris something something unfair
  • Gag order something something unfair
  • Unfair indictments something something
  • Another engagement
  • Bone spurs
  • Other
  • Some combination of the reasons above
  • Trump will NOT weasel out of the Sept 10 debate
0 voters
5276
Do you store stuff on top of your refrigerator?
  • Yes. Where else are you supposed to store a wok, a bamboo steamer, and a salad spinner?
  • There’s space up there and I sometimes use it for temporary storage.
  • There’s space up there and I put stuff up there, but it’s a black hole. If something goes up there, I’ll probably never see it again until I replace the appliance.
  • There’s no space above my refrigerator where I could store anything.
  • No, there’s space up there, but I like to leave it clear.
  • No, there’s a cabinet directly over my refrigerator. So… yes.
  • No, there’s a cabinet directly over my refrigerator, but I don’t store anything in there.
  • I don’t have a refrigerator.
  • Something else?
0 voters
5277

Is your net worth more than a million dollars? (private poll)

  • Yes
  • Probably
  • Maybe
  • Probably not
  • No
  • Other
0 voters
5278

Do you think you could calculate the product of 2 whole numbers between 1-99 without paper in less than 20 seconds?

  • yes
  • no
0 voters
5279

Thoughts on bamboo steamers à la https://assets.bonappetit.com/photos/57bf2d20a184a3c9209db44b/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/two-tier-bamboo-steamer.jpg

  • I have a bamboo steamer only
  • I have a steamer, but not a bamboo steamer
  • I have a bamboo steamer and also another steamer / more steamers
  • I never use a bamboo steamer (though I have one / because I don’t have one)
  • I only use the bamboo steamer when preparing recipes of Asian origin
  • I use the bamboo steamer for steaming a variety of things
  • I have other things to say about this item not covered here.
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5280

Assume your household starts off with a full bottle of shampoo and a full bottle of conditioner. Which will you run out of first?

  • We’ll run out of both at about the same time.
  • We’ll run out of shampoo first – we use both, but use more shampoo.
  • We’ll run out of shampoo first because we don’t use conditioner at all.
  • We’ll run out of conditioner first – we use both, but use more conditioner.
  • We’ll run out of conditioner first because we don’t use shampoo at all.
  • We’ll never run out because we use only 2-in-1 formulations, not separate shampoo and conditioner.
  • We’ll never run out because we use neither shampoo nor conditioner. (We keep our hair clean some other way, or else we don’t have hair at all.)
0 voters
5281
Did you have a Spirograph?
  • “Have”? I still do!
  • Yes I did.
  • I’ve never owned one, but I’ve used one.
  • No, but I always wanted one.
  • No I did not.
  • What’s a Spirograph?
0 voters
5282

Do people in your household share shampoo and/or conditioner?

  • Eh, I am the only person in my household
  • Yes, i share these hair-care products with at least one other household member
  • No, there are others in my household, but i don’t share with them
  • Something else
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Would the others in your household have the same answer as you to the poll above?

  • I told you, it’s just me
  • Yes, we all share the same stuff in the same way
  • I dunno. I know how often i replace product, but not who uses what
  • Oh hell no. At least one household member and i would answer that poll differently.
  • It’s complicated.
0 voters
5283
“Iraq”
  • eye-rack
  • eye-rock
  • e-rack
  • e-rock
  • err-rack
  • err-rock
  • something else
  • I don’t know
0 voters
5284

The best portrayals of an actual President in a film or miniseries (pick up to five)

  • Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, The Butler
  • Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, Night at the Museum
  • David Morse as George Washington, John Adams
  • Paul Giamatti as John Adams, John Adams
  • Bryan Cranston as LBJ, All the Way
  • Martin Sheen as JFK, Kennedy
  • Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, Lincoln
  • Kevin Kline as U.S. Grant, Wild Wild West
  • Anthony Hopkins as Nixon, Nixon
  • Bruce Greenwood as JFK, Thirteen Days
  • Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, W.
  • Frank Langella as Nixon, Frost/Nixon
  • Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams
  • Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams, Amistad
  • Bill Murray as FDR, Hyde Park on Hudson
  • Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton, The Special Relationship
  • Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush, Vice
  • Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump, The Comey Rule
  • Somebody else in something else
0 voters
5285
  • I wish I had grown up with smartphones.
  • I’m happy I did not grow up with smartphones.
  • There are times in my life when having a smartphone would have been useful, maybe even life-saving, but I’m still happy to have grown up without one.
  • I’m not sure how I feel about growing up without smartphones.
  • I did grow up with smartphones.
  • Something else?
0 voters
5286
Ever owned a black and white television?
  • Yes.
  • No.
  • I still do!
  • There are black and white televisions?
0 voters
5287
  • My Parents owned a black and white television while I was a child but I was too young to say I owned it
0 voters
5288

Ever owned a monochrome computer monitor or terminal?

  • Yes, I still have it, and it’s still in use.
  • Yes, I still have it, but it’s not in use anymore.
  • Yes, I used to own one, but not anymore.
  • No, but someone else in my household had one when I was younger.
  • No, we’ve never had one.
0 voters

For those who had such a monitor, what colour was the display?

  • white
  • amber
  • green
0 voters