Vote Archives

Question:

This is vote number 371. Shocking to think that I've now put out more than a year's worth of vote questions by doing one a week. Crazy when you think about it. What's also crazy is that I haven't asked this question that I heard somewhere this week. It's a really obvious one and can't think why it's not been asked before - King Kong or Godzilla?

Results:

King Kong and Godzilla tied with 50% of the votes each from the following:

• King Kong (50%)
• Godzilla (50%)

Analysis:

A split decision ... interesting. I was always a Godzilla fan when I was younger and for the most bizarre reason. I thought the concept of a giant gorilla made no sense at all. Whereas the concept of a giant lizard seemed to make perfect sense. I can't justify this or explain it. Was just the way I felt at the time and it always seemed to me that Godzilla looked way more cool.

Question:

And yet again, we stumble upon a question that I can't believe hasn't been asked before. To be, or not to be?

Results:

To be was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:

• To be (67%)
• Not to be (33%)

Analysis:

Ah ha! 'Tis better to be than not to be.

Question:

I've been watching some of the old Star Trek's, so there might be a bit of a flood of Trek based questions, but one thing stands out as being quite odd. With all the technical advancement that is displayed in the 24th century with space travel, I can't help but notice that every time the enterprise (doesn't matter which one) gets into any kind of trouble, the crew goes flying from one side of the bridge to the other. Do you think they should have fitted the Starship Enterprise with seatbelts?

Results:

Yes and No tied with 50% of the votes each from the following:

• Yes (50%)
• No (50%)

Analysis:

A 50/50 split. Here's the thing - it would make perfect sense to put seatbelts on the Enterprise. I mean, all spacecraft have harnesses on them. Well, that's the spacecraft we have in operation today, but I guess they don't have inertial dampeners on them. Anyway, so it would make sense, but it wouldn't be cool. If Kirk had to ask everyone if they'd buckled in before the set course to explore new worlds it just wouldn't be the same. But then again, can anything associated with Star Trek really be cool? I think so, but that may not be unanimous.

Question:

One of the topics that came up a few times this week was that of fast food. Not in a bad way, just cropped up in a couple of conversations. Which fast food do you prefer?

Results:

McDonald's was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:

• Burger King (0%)
• Carl's Jr (0%)
• KFC (0%)
• Pizza Hut (25%)
• McDonald's (75%)
• Subway (0%)
• Taco Bell (0%)
• ToGos (0%)
• Wendy's (0%)

Analysis:

McDonald's is still the good old favorite then. Our local Macky D's is currently being rebuilt so we're without burgers for a while.

Question:

Time to pretend to be a spy and what better spy is there than one who can walk into any bar in the world and everyone know what he's going to have to drink ... “dry Martini, shaken, not stirred”. So who is your favorite James Bond actor?

Results:

Sean Connery was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:

• Pierce Brosnan (25%)
• Daniel Craig (0%)
• Sean Connery (75%)
• Timothy Dalton (0%)
• George Lazenby (0%)
• Roger Moore (0%)
• David Niven (0%)

Analysis:

Thinking about it, this was probably a foregone conclusion. Unless there was a sudden influx of younger voters, Connery was always going to win. Daniel Craig may have got a should with a different generation. Wasn't expecting Pierce to get a vote, but nice that he did. I have to say - Connery will always be Bond as far as I'm concerned. I'm also OK with Roger Moore too.

Question:

I was reading an interesting article about procrastination .... which, in itself, seems to have its own irony. Anyway, the gist of the article was that we procrastinate more these days spending more time with our heads buried in our phones or other smart devices instead of actually doing what we're supposed to. So, why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?

Results:

Nah .... it can wait was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:

• Best to get it done now (33%)
• Nah .... it can wait (67%)

Analysis:

Well, there's at least one eager beaver out there. Not sure if it's a male/female thing, but I generally put things off unless I absolutely need to do them. Interestingly as I type this I'm looking at a stack of mail about 2 weeks old and I know there's some important stuff in there. Still ... it can wait until tomorrow. One more day won't hurt!

Question:

Well, I've spent the entire weekend looking after kids as it's William's birthday. Spent most of the time wishing I was the one going to parties and getting all the presents. When you look back, which age range do you have the fondest memories of?

Results:

10-15 was the clear winner with 40% of the votes from the following selection:

• under 10 (0%)
• 10-15 (40%)
• 16-20 (0%)
• 21-25 (0%)
• 26-30 (0%)
• 31-35 (0%)
• 36-40 (20%)
• 41-50 (20%)
• 51-60 (0%)
• over 60 (20%)

Analysis:

An interesting question when you think about it as you would expect the answers to be biased to the lower end on the assumption that more people have experienced the lower end than the top end. If I were to ask William, for example, he would only be able to pick one answer. Still, we don't worry about crap like that. I am, however, interested to find that there were quite a few votes on the upper age ranges. I suspect that means people are the happiest they've been now. Well, at least that's what they think, but the reality is their memories are fading and they can't remember how good it was before. Me ... it's those endless school holidays that do it. So many memories of long lazy days in my early teens. Well that and finding out what girls are for.

Question:

It's Halloween again which has now become a worldwide phenomenon and not just something kids do in America. I'm assuming that I'm going to have to spend the evening in my apartment with the lights off so I don't have to answer the door and give away any of my hard earned sweets. I'll probably sit in the bedroom just to make sure that nobody knows I'm here. Anyway, which of the following creatures do you think is best suited to Halloween?

Results:

Banshee, Mummy, Vampire, Werewolf and Witch tied with 20% of the votes each from the following:

• Banshee (20%)
• Ghost (0%)
• Mummy (20%)
• Skeleton (0%)
• Vampire (20%)
• Werewolf (20%)
• Witch (20%)
• Zombie (0%)

Analysis:

Interesting, a complete split on the answers. It's rather funny as all the kids now dress up as something they like which completely changes the meaning of Halloween - it's more of just a big fancy dress party. Anyway, one point of interest is that my mum sat in home with a bowl of goodies waiting for the kids to come round trick or treating .... and nobody did. I, on the other hand, turned all the lights off and sat in the dark drinking beer and playing computer games whilst munching my own candy. My doorbell did ring, but the door was not answered .... bar humbug!

Question:

This week's question follows the fact that my latest recruit only lasted a week before being hospitalized. He collapsed and banged his head, which appears to have been down to stomach flu, but in this great day and age of fear, he ended up being quarantined for Ebola. I don't even think he's been to Africa, let alone recently. Anyway, are you afraid that there will be a pandemic from a disease like Ebola?

Results:

Yes was the clear winner with 75% of the votes from the following selection:

• Yes (75%)
• No (25%)

Analysis:

Well, it certainly seems to be getting a lot of attention in the media and parts of Africa definitely on my places not to travel to at the minute. It does also seem like there's no effective means of protecting against it as you kind of feel that the first time you'd find out there's a problem is when it's spread too far and there's nothing you can do about it. I have to be honest though, it's not top of the list of things that keep me awake at night.

Question:

This week's question comes from reading some articles on the BBC's website related to work. The general theme is that if you're not happy in your job, you should quit. Are you happy in your job?

Results:

Not sure was the clear winner with 67% of the votes from the following selection:

• Yes (33%)
• No (0%)
• Not sure (67%)

Analysis: