# You must vote in this poll! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635 "2013-03-22T14:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/1 "2013-03-22T14:36:18Z")
To test if a closed poll thread still allows votes in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/2 "2013-03-22T14:40:21Z")
Nope, voted and all counts are still 0. BTW… \*Ginger. \* It did though change her name alone to _italics._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/3 "2013-03-22T14:41:07Z")
In before the lock! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/4 "2013-03-22T14:41:21Z")
It’s not closed yet, so I don’t know why your vote doesn’t count. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/5 "2013-03-22T14:42:23Z")
Sorry, there was a shiny object in another tab. Closed. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/6 "2013-03-22T14:46:43Z")
Okay, it’s saying “poll closed” for me – um, if the thread is locked, how can you report on ability to vote in the poll. We may not have thought this all the way through. (As mod, I can post anyway, nyah nyah nyah – but not vote in a poll.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/7 "2013-03-22T14:47:34Z")
When I reopened the thread, it reopened the poll. Now we know. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/8 "2013-03-22T14:50:11Z")
Glad to strike another blow against ignorance! Or what ever the absence of knowledge is! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/9 "2013-03-22T15:48:30Z")
Voted.And while we’re at it — only one? What about a choice for those of us who want to bend them all over a home-made bamboo table and cavity search for coconut radios? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/10 "2013-03-22T16:14:26Z")
Yeah, it should’ve been multiple choice. As for now it’s just me and The Skipper making the happiness. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/11 "2013-03-22T16:24:43Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Yeah, it should’ve been multiple choice. As for now it’s just me and The Skipper making the happiness. Alan Hale died in 1990. He was cremated and his ashes were spread into the sea. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/12 "2013-03-22T17:19:27Z")
What happened to his coconut radio? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/13 "2013-03-22T21:10:38Z")
Mary Ann was hands down sexier than Ginger. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/14 "2013-03-22T21:47:25Z")
Ginger was more likely to have butt-herpes. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/15 "2013-03-22T21:47:56Z")
I have placed my order. When will you be making the deliveries? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/16 "2013-03-22T21:51:47Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Ginger was more likely to have butt-herpes. Based on the poll, Mary Ann is in a higher risk-group for butt-herpes. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/17 "2013-03-22T22:03:12Z")
Based on Gilligan’s forced seclusion in that hut with big Skipper, I think he’s the likeliest candidate for butt-herpes. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/18 "2013-03-22T23:10:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Sorry, there was a shiny object in another tab. And did you bring enough to share with the whole class? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/19 "2013-03-23T23:08:23Z")
**You must vote in this poll!** I didn’t vote. Do I get a warning for that, or is this an instabannable offense? Can I make a plea bargain? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635/20 "2013-03-23T23:21:37Z")
Did they ever figure out why the Howells took along so much stuff for just a three-hour cruise? BTW: Interesting snippet from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Island): \*\*Ginger or Mary Ann? The question of which one men prefer has endured long after the end of the series. The question has inspired commercials, essays, videos, etc. By most accounts, the wholesome down–to–earth Mary Ann has outpolled Ginger by a sizable vote. Bob Denver (aka Gilligan), admitted he was a Mary Ann fan, and that when producers did polls, Mary Ann always beat Ginger, usually three to one. It has been cited that this angered Tina Louise (aka Ginger) greatly, who received only half the amount of fan mail that Dawn Wells (aka Mary Ann) received weekly. According to Bob Denver in a 2001 interview, Wells received 3–5,000 fan letters weekly, whereas, Ginger may have got 1,500 or 2,000.\*\* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-vote-in-this-poll/653635.md?page=2)