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class="titlechooser">  <span class="attribution">on Aug 10, 2005 at 09:28 UTC</span> <span class="addlinks">( <a href="?node_id=482550">[id://482550]</a>=<a href="?node_id=1440">poll</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="?displaytype=print;node_id=482550">print</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="?replies=1;displaytype=print;node_id=482550">w/replies</a>, <a href="?node_id=482550;displaytype=xml">xml</a> )</span>  </td> <td valign="middle" align="right" class="monktitlebar"> <a href="?node=PerlMonks%20FAQ">Need Help??</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   <center> <table width="98%"> <tr> <td width="80%" valign="top" class="main_content">   <p style="text-align:center"><b> <a href="?node_id=482550;displaytype=vote">Vote on this poll</a> </b></p> <div id="writeup"> <table class="poll"> <tr><td align="right">I immediately vote for the last option<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="52" alt="[bar]" /> 9/3%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I usually read "pool" and dive in<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="400" alt="[bar]" /> 69/24%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I vote for the shortest answer, because it's easier to read, which pleases me very much<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="289" alt="[bar]" /> 50/17%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I pick an answer and vote for another<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="301" alt="[bar]" /> 52/18%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I vote for a random option<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="382" alt="[bar]" /> 66/23%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I either vote for the first or for the last option<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="17" alt="[bar]" /> 3/1%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I don't vote, I just comment<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="150" alt="[bar]" /> 26/9%</td></tr> <tr><td align="right">I immediately vote for the first option<br /></td> <td><img src="/images/bluebox.gif" height="15" width="75" alt="[bar]" /> 13/5%</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td align="right"><b>288 total votes</b></td></tr> </table> <div class="comment-on notes" style="text-align:center"><table width="100%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0" ><tr><th colspan="2" class="comment-on"><ul class="inline-list"><li><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482550"><u>Comment on</u></a> When I see a poll</li></ul></th></tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="notes" style="text-align:center"><table width="100%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0" id="replies_table"><tr><th colspan="2" class="comment-on"><span class="note-ordering">Replies are listed 'Best First'.</span></th></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482571"></a> <a href="?node_id=482571">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=233329">tinita</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Parson)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 11:29 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-233329' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><tt class='inlinecode'>[x]</tt> I never comment on polls</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482571">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=482571;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482592"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482592">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=146055">Happy-the-monk</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Canon)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 12:58 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-146055' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><p><tt>[x]</tt> I definitely never join a discussion on the poll options<br />          that were given or missing out.</p> <p>Cheerio, Sören</p></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?parent=482592;node_id=3333" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482573"></a> <a href="?node_id=482573">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=435302">aukjan</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Friar)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 11:34 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-435302' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>[X] I think of some clever non-perl funny comment to raise XP <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-435302"> -- <br /> <center>Go Fish!</center> <br /> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?node_id=3333;parent=482573" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482579"></a> <a href="?node_id=482579">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=1936">japhy</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Canon)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 11:57 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-1936' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><tt class='inlinecode'>[X]</tt> My answer of choice does not appear.  <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-1936"> <hr /> Jeff <tt><font color="#0000ff"><a href="?node=japhy">japhy</a></font></tt> Pinyan, <a href="?node_id=371157">P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.</a>: <a href="http://japhy.perlmonk.org/modules/">Perl</a>, <a href="http://japhy.perlmonk.org/modules/Regexp-Parser/">regex</a>, and <a href="http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl5-porters"><tt>perl</tt></a> <a href="http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=hacker">hacker</a> <br /> <i>How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ <b>Meister Eckhart</b></i> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482579;node_id=3333">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=482579;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482594"></a> <a href="?node_id=482594">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=187037">tbone1</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Monsignor)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 13:15 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-187037' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>To quote Mike Krzyzewski, "The only poll I pay attention to is my mother."<p> (Okay, that's a much funnier verbal joke than a written one. I apologize.)<p>  <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-187037"> <p> --<br /> tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub)<br /> <i>And remember, if he succeeds, so what.<br /> - Chick McGee<br /></i> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482594;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483157"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=483157">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=403515">mrborisguy</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Hermit)</span> on Aug 12, 2005 at 00:45 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-403515' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><p>It's a lot funnier after I realized who Mike Krzyzewski is, and what polls he doesn't pay attention to.</p> <p>    -Bryan</p></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=483157">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482574"></a> <a href="?node_id=482574">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=194370">skx</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Parson)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 11:37 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-194370' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><p>[<a href="?node=%20"> </a>] - I never see polls.</p>  <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-194370"> <a href="http://www.steve.org.uk/">Steve</a><br /> -- <br /> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482574;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482618"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482618">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=162153">wolfger</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Deacon)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 15:09 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-162153' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><blockquote></blockquote> <p>[<a href="?node=%20"> </a>x] - I never see polls.</p> <tt class='inlinecode'></tt> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-162153"> -- <br /> <a href="http://www.wolfger.com/">Random Synapse Firing</a> </div></div></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?parent=482618;node_id=3333" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=482618;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482582"></a> <a href="?node_id=482582">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=63250">gregor42</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Parson)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 12:18 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-63250' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><p><strong>| x | </strong>I vote for Cowboy Neal or make a weak comment about why there's no listing anymore... <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-63250"> <br /> <br /> <i>Wait! This isn't a Parachute, this is a Backpack!</i> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?node_id=3333;parent=482582" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482630"></a> <a href="?node_id=482630">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=165770">Sisyphus</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Chaplain)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 15:41 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-165770' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>Love the paradoxical shortest answer option :)</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482630;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482660"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482660">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=162153">wolfger</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Deacon)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 17:13 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-162153' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><blockquote> Love the paradoxical shortest answer option :)</blockquote> <p>What? No love for the paradoxical "last answer" or "first answer" answers? Or the "either first or last answer" answer? What about the paradoxical "I don't vote, just comment" or "pick one answer and vote for another"?<br /><br />In fact, the only answers you could possibly give without lying are the "pool" answer and the "random" answer.<br /><br />But yeah... I liked the "short" answer best, too.</p> <tt class='inlinecode'></tt> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-162153"> -- <br /> <a href="http://www.wolfger.com/">Random Synapse Firing</a> </div></div></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482660">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?displaytype=displaycode;node_id=482660">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482693"></a> <ul class="indent"><ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482693">Re^3: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=210813">shemp</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Deacon)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 18:11 UTC</span> </ul></ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-210813' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'>The random choice is horribly underrepresented in the results. only 1/8th of the people who do the random thing would actually vote for it because there are 8 choices, and if i agree with the random choice i'll probably not vote for it because im voting at random.  <hr /> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-210813"> I use the most powerful debugger available: print! </div></div></ul></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?node_id=3333;parent=482693" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482975"></a> <ul class="indent"><ul class="indent"><ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482975">Re^4: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=162153">wolfger</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Deacon)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 14:31 UTC</span> </ul></ul></ul> </td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482819"></a> <ul class="indent"><ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482819">Re^3: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=321497">rdm</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Hermit)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 01:08 UTC</span> </ul></ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-321497' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><i>'... which pleases me very much.'</i><br /> "I like it very much". (816, Crow, et al)<br />  <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-321497"> -Reality might not get out of Beta today. (O.Timas, "Bot") </div></div></ul></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482819;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482842"></a> <ul class="indent"><ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482842">Re^3: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=468732">zshzn</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Hermit)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 03:24 UTC</span> </ul></ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-468732' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'>And should the person 'dive in', taken in a more literal sense, they would not end up responding to the poll at all.</ul></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482842;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482634"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=482634">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=120995">scmason</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Monk)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 15:54 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-120995' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'>And it loves you...</ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482634;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482622"></a> <a href="?node_id=482622">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=432253">felonius</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Scribe)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 15:24 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-432253' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><a href="?node=X">X</a> None of the above... :-)</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?node_id=3333;parent=482622" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482756"></a> <a href="?node_id=482756">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=403515">mrborisguy</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Hermit)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 20:47 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-403515' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><p><tt class='inlinecode'>[x]</tt> I try to mimic everybody else's comments.</p> <p>    -Bryan</p></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482756">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?displaytype=displaycode;node_id=482756">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483094"></a> <a href="?node_id=483094">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=475061">cryptoquip</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Novice)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 19:30 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-475061' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>Best Poll Evar. (I didn't vote.)</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?parent=483094;node_id=3333" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483154"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=483154">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=409485">Thilosophy</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Curate)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 23:46 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-409485' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><pre class="code"><div class='codeblock'><tt class='codetext'>(x) I downvote the poll itself, because it is stupid (not this time!) </tt></div><div class='embed-code-dl'><a href="?part=1;node_id=483154;displaytype=displaycode;abspart=1">[download]</a></div></pre> <p>Yeah, Best Poll Ever (did not vote neither). <p>++ cryptoquip <p>++ cog (for the poll) </ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=483154;node_id=3333">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=483154;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483770"></a> <a href="?node_id=483770">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=75722">oceanic</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Novice)</span> on Aug 15, 2005 at 05:37 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-75722' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>[x] I see dead polls</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=483770;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482843"></a> <a href="?node_id=482843">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=461912">GrandFather</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Saint)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 03:30 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-461912' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><p><tt class='inlinecode'>[x]</tt> I never vote or comment <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-461912"> <hr />Perl is Huffman encoded by design. </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?parent=482843;node_id=3333" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=482843;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482932"></a> <a href="?node_id=482932">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=358007">rockwiz</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Friar)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 12:42 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-358007' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>WOuld have voted for first or last but it wasn't first or last</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482932">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483064"></a> <a href="?node_id=483064">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=253850">kwaping</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Priest)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 18:03 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-253850' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>[x] I always vote for the funniest one</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=483064;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482623"></a> <a href="?node_id=482623">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=299295">Paulster2</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Priest)</span> on Aug 10, 2005 at 15:30 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-299295' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><p><tt class='inlinecode'>[x]</tt> Run and hide in a quivering state wondering what this world is coming to....then, realizing that, "Gee Paul, it's only a poll, not the end of the world." </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-299295"> <p>Paulster2</p><center><i>.oO( If only I could think of something perlish to write.... )</i></center> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=482623;node_id=3333">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=482623;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482976"></a> <a href="?node_id=482976">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=162153">wolfger</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Deacon)</span> on Aug 11, 2005 at 14:34 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-162153' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><blockquote></blockquote> <p>[<a href="?node=%20"> </a>x] I vote libertarian.</p> <tt class='inlinecode'></tt> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-162153"> -- <br /> <a href="http://www.wolfger.com/">Random Synapse Firing</a> </div></div></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482976">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?displaytype=displaycode;node_id=482976">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483870"></a> <a href="?node_id=483870">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=483651">hackerjosh</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Novice)</span> on Aug 15, 2005 at 14:06 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-483651' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><tt class='inlinecode'>[x] This poll contains inherently wrong answers.</tt> <ol> <li>I immediately vote for the last option: Um, this is NOT the last option. <li>I vote for the shortest answer, because it's easier to read, which pleases me very much: Well then go find the shortest option and vote for it. (This option is the longest.) <li>I either vote for the first or for the last option: Ok, is that why you voted for option 6 of 8? <li>I immediately vote for the first option: Yeah, this is the last option. Enough said. </ol></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=483870">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=483870;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="482619"></a> <a href="?node_id=482619">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=961">Anonymous Monk</a> on Aug 10, 2005 at 15:16 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-961' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><tt class='inlinecode'>[X]</tt> Vote for the one with the biggest <tt>b(<font color="pink">o</font>)(<font color="pink">o</font>)bs</tt></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=482619">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=482619;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="484344"></a> <a href="?node_id=484344">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=57469">gloryhack</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Deacon)</span> on Aug 17, 2005 at 08:39 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-57469' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>...it's usually unintentional, and almost always regretted soon afterward.</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=3333;parent=484344">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483769"></a> <a href="?node_id=483769">483769</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=75722">oceanic</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Novice)</span> on Aug 15, 2005 at 05:37 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-75722' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?parent=483769;node_id=3333" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="869295"></a> <a href="?node_id=869295">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=822218">fbicknel</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Beadle)</span> on Nov 03, 2010 at 19:27 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-822218' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><tt class='inlinecode'>[x] I walk around it.</tt></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=869295;node_id=3333">[reply]</a><br /><a href="?node_id=869295;displaytype=displaycode">[d/l]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483476"></a> <a href="?node_id=483476">Re: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=391408">TedPride</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Priest)</span> on Aug 13, 2005 at 01:07 UTC</span> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-391408' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'>All the choices are retarded. I'm not voting on this one.</ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=483476;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="483666"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=483666">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=961">Anonymous Monk</a> on Aug 14, 2005 at 05:58 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-961' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'><p>I dunno... that never stopped *me* before...</p></ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a rel="nofollow" href="?parent=483666;node_id=3333">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="484273"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=484273">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=31503">runrig</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Abbot)</span> on Aug 16, 2005 at 23:16 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-31503' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'>Yeah, I agree, this one's so dumb, I'm not even going to post a comment.</ul></ul></td><td class='reply-body adjunct-links' align='left' valign='bottom'><a href="?node_id=3333;parent=484273" rel="nofollow">[reply]</a></td></tr> <tr class="reply" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan=2> <a name="484357"></a> <ul class="indent"> <a href="?node_id=484357">Re^2: When I see a poll</a> <br /> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=299049">ysth</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Canon)</span> on Aug 17, 2005 at 10:39 UTC</span> </ul> </td></tr> <tr class='reply-body pmnote-299049' bgcolor='ffffff'><td class='reply-body'><ul class='indent'><ul class='indent'>You can always go vote on a past poll instead; 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