This week’s Friday poll falls on Valentine’s Day, and so a Valentine’s Day question seems nearly obligatory. Last year’s poll for the holiday asked if there might still be a place for flowers and candy on Valentine’s Day (86.21% of respondents said yes). This year, I’ll ask about different gift items, with multiple answers to…
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Friday Poll: Winter Olympics
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
It’s the Winter Games in Sochi. How interested are you? This year, I’m less interested than I have been past games. I can’t point to a single reason, but I will probably only watch a few speed skating events, perhaps some bobsledding, where in other years I would have followed many more events. How about…
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Friday Poll: Super Bowl Winner?
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Friday Poll: The Rabbit in the Statue’s Ear
by JOHN ADAMS • • 8 Comments
In South Africa, there’s a new, large statue of Nelson Mandela with an unexpected quirk: inside the statue’s ear the sculptors added a small rabbit. Here’s a photo that shows a tiny addition to the late leader’s right ear: The artists consider the rabbit their ‘trademark.’ So, should it stay or should it go? I’ll…
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Friday Poll: Four Teams Left
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
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Friday Poll: 49ers or Packers?
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Friday Poll: Marriage Proposal During Arrest – Minor Setback or Sign of Real Trouble?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 6 Comments
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Friday Poll: Eggnog?
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Friday Poll: Reselling Stolen Meat?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 7 Comments
In Canada’s Charlottetown, a man pled guilty to stealing high-priced chicken and steaks from a supermarket. The market, however, wasn’t about to take that loss: Jeffery Arthur Feehan, 29, appeared before provincial court Chief Judge John Douglas in Charlottetown Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty to six charges, including stealing from two Superstore grocery stores in…
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Friday Poll: An Engagement Ring Briefly Worn
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
There’s a story over at the Huffington Post about a man trying to sell an engagement ring returned to him by a former fiancée (by his account, ‘Satan Herself’). The seller reveals his two options for the returned jewelry: (1) sell the ring or (2) throw it away (‘into the fires of Mordor’). He describes…
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Friday Poll: Shopping Times
by JOHN ADAMS • • 6 Comments
What are your favorite shopping options, from among the most common choices? Multiple answers are possible. (FW published a version of this poll last year, and let’s see if the results differ this year.) My favorites remain Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. What about you? Preferred Shopping Times
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Friday Poll: Whitewater’s first accumulated snowfall in the 2013-14 season?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Here’s a new, third-annual version for 2013-14 of a poll I’ve published since 2011. When will Whitewater see her first appreciable snowfall? (Let’s say that an appreciable snowfall is at least one inch.) Comments are available, including for those outside the city who’d like to predict for their own communities. My guess for Whitewater: December…
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Friday Poll: Great Accomplishment or Bizarre Undertaking?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
One reads about a resident from Brooklyn’s unusual world record: Scott Wiener of Brooklyn has amassed 595 pizza boxes from 45 countries. Just think of all the pizza he’s gotten to eat! Inspired by a beautiful box he found in Israel, Wiener started seriously collecting in 2008. He prizes his boxes from other countries, and…
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Poll: Another Star Wars Film?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Disney’s announced a date for the next Star Wars film, the seventh in the series: “Star Wars: Episode VII” has an official release date: Dec. 18, 2015. “We’re very excited to share the official 2015 release date for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII,’ where it will not only anchor the popular holiday filmgoing season but also…