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Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Richard Kettlewell" journal:

October 23rd, 2009
09:05 pm [Link]	Ice, oh, one hundred! Poll #1475390 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 61 The consonant in the middle of “ISO” is: View Answers [s] 54 (88.5%) [z] 4 (6.6%) Something else 3 (4.9%) Tags: polls, questions (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
October 15th, 2009
10:17 am [Link]	Docking Poll #1471524 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 35 The dock on a Mac should be... View Answers on the left 10 (28.6%) at the bottom 16 (45.7%) on the right 4 (11.4%) auto-hide on 10 (28.6%) auto-hide off 20 (57.1%) magnifying icons on 13 (37.1%) magnifying icons off 15 (42.9%) at the largest setting 4 (11.4%) somewhere in the middle 14 (40.0%) at the smallest setting 4 (11.4%) I only have inferior computers 6 (17.1%) Tags: geek, mac, nonsense, polls (14 comments \| Leave a comment)
September 30th, 2009
12:51 pm [Link]	Make a prediction Poll #1464460 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 60 What will the outcome of the next general election be? View Answers Labour win 2 (3.3%) Conservative win 51 (85.0%) LD win 0 (0.0%) Hung parliament 6 (10.0%) Something else 1 (1.7%) Tags: politics, polls (25 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 22nd, 2009
08:52 pm [Link]	The Green Man Poll #1419599 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23 I have... View Answers green fingers 5 (25.0%) green eyes 6 (30.0%) green hair 2 (10.0%) green toes 2 (10.0%) a green beret 1 (5.0%) a green light 9 (45.0%) green skin 1 (5.0%) Dan Dare foiled my invasion plot, you insensitive puny human 11 (55.0%) If I was a plant I would be... View Answers If ewx was a plant, he would be... View Answers Tags: nonsense, polls (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 19th, 2009
11:09 pm [Link]	Malign hypercognition disorder Poll #1402533 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14 You acquire a superpower. What is it? View Answers How did you get it? View Answers bitten by radioactive/genetically modified arthropod 1 (7.1%) scientific experiment gone wrong 2 (14.3%) alien influence 1 (7.1%) mutation 3 (21.4%) slept with wrong deity's wife 2 (14.3%) black-budget military program 1 (7.1%) other, will describe in comments 4 (28.6%) You will be... View Answers good 6 (42.9%) evil 8 (57.1%) What's your superhero/supervillain name? View Answers ewx gets one too. What is it? View Answers How did he get it? View Answers bitten by radioactive/genetically modified waterfowl 14 (100.0%) ewx will be... View Answers good 7 (50.0%) evil 7 (50.0%) What's ewx's superhero/supervillain name? View Answers You have to choose one of good and evil; black and white comic-book morality here. Tags: nonsense, polls (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 11th, 2009
01:54 pm [Link]	Don't lose your head Poll #1398014 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30 I would rather be... View Answers right but repulsive 24 (80.0%) wrong but wromantic 6 (20.0%) Tags: nonsense, polls (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
May 7th, 2009
04:48 pm [Link]	/usr/sbin/sendmail Poll #1396328 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 48 Which MTA? View Answers Exim 32 (66.7%) Postfix 13 (27.1%) qmail 1 (2.1%) Sendmail 7 (14.6%) Smail 0 (0.0%) PP 0 (0.0%) MMDF 0 (0.0%) Exchange 1 (2.1%) Something else 3 (6.2%) I have renounced email in favour of Twitter 2 (4.2%) I have renounced email in favour of pen and paper 1 (2.1%) Huh? 1 (2.1%) Tags: geek, polls (27 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:08 pm [Link]	Money can't buy you happiness You're cycling¹ along and you spot a coin or note on the ground. Presumably whether you stop to pick it up depends on its value, so how much does it have to be before it's worth stopping, dismounting, picking up, remounting, and picking your speed back up? Poll #1396261 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53 Which would you pick up? View Answers ½p coin 19 (35.8%) 1p coin 4 (7.5%) 2p coin 4 (7.5%) 3p coin 16 (30.2%) 5p coin 8 (15.1%) 10p coin 13 (24.5%) 20p coin 14 (26.4%) 50p coin 19 (35.8%) £1 coin 28 (52.8%) £2 coin 32 (60.4%) £5 note 46 (86.8%) £10 note 45 (84.9%) £20 note 44 (83.0%) £50 note 44 (83.0%) I have entirely repudiated money 4 (7.5%) My country uses some inferior currency 11 (20.8%) ¹ If you don't cycle, assume some other means of transport that's comparably inconvenient to interrupt. Tags: polls (39 comments \| Leave a comment)
October 3rd, 2008
03:52 pm [Link]	It's time to play the music Poll #1271759 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22 Which muppet are you most like? View Answers Animal 3 (13.6%) Beaker 5 (22.7%) Big Bird 0 (0.0%) Fozzie Bear 2 (9.1%) The Great Gonzo 3 (13.6%) Kermit 1 (4.5%) Miss Piggy 5 (22.7%) Oscar The Grouch 6 (27.3%) Statler or Waldorf 6 (27.3%) The Swedish Chef 2 (9.1%) Other, which I will describe in a comment 4 (18.2%) Which muppet is ewx most like? View Answers Animal 0 (0.0%) Beaker 4 (20.0%) Big Bird 4 (20.0%) Fozzie Bear 2 (10.0%) The Great Gonzo 5 (25.0%) Kermit 6 (30.0%) Miss Piggy 1 (5.0%) Oscar The Grouch 0 (0.0%) Statler or Waldorf 0 (0.0%) The Swedish Chef 0 (0.0%) Other, which I will describe in a comment 1 (5.0%) Tags: nonsense, polls (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
September 4th, 2008
04:51 pm [Link]	Poll #1253662 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 26 Which of the following, left on a piece of paper from last night, are (at least close to) right? WANNABE 5 (31.2%) ISOTHERM 12 (75.0%) HERESY 6 (37.5%) THEREMIN 6 (37.5%) CHERRY 10 (62.5%) THATCHER 4 (25.0%) And which is completely wrong? WANNABE 8 (47.1%) ISOTHERM 2 (11.8%) HERESY 3 (17.6%) THEREMIN 6 (35.3%) CHERRY 3 (17.6%) THATCHER 8 (47.1%) On an unrelated matter. Have you guessed? yes 7 (28.0%) no 11 (44.0%) knew already 3 (12.0%) I object to such obscure questions! 11 (44.0%) If yes, what have you guessed? Tags: nonsense, polls (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
September 1st, 2008
01:31 pm [Link]	Re gossip poll Do you lot really have so little gossip? Hopeless. Naath denies leering at wombats, she says she leers at mongeese. Tags: nonsense, polls (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 31st, 2008
11:27 am [Link]	Poll #1251148 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 5 Got any gossip? Also: ...it might not be true 4 (80.0%) ...don't tell anybody 1 (20.0%) ...tell everybody 0 (0.0%) Poll #1251149 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4 Make up some gossip about yourself: View Answers ...about ewx: View Answers ...about the Pope: View Answers ...about anyone else: View Answers Tags: nonsense, polls (Leave a comment)
August 25th, 2008
01:06 pm [Link]	XKCD Poll #1247883 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 50 XKCD... View Answers ...has jumped the shark 13 (26.0%) ...and did so ages ago 5 (10.0%) ...started out pre-jumped 1 (2.0%) ...hasn't jumped the shark 23 (46.0%) Shouldn't this poll have a hover caption? 30 (60.0%) I have been living under a rock and have no idea what XKCD is 4 (8.0%) Tags: polls (18 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:36 am [Link]	TL;DR Poll #1247843 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 57 Someone on your friends list makes a longer LJ post than you're really willing to read. You: View Answers Just skip it 46 (80.7%) Comment saying you didn't read it because it was too long 2 (3.5%) Read it anyway because you have a crush on them 22 (38.6%) This poll is too long so I didn't complete it 20 (35.1%) Tags: nonsense, polls (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 22nd, 2008
07:28 pm [Link]	Poll #1246553 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20 Which would be more true, after zapping someone's brain? View Answers You have a new personality 9 (45.0%) You are a new personality 11 (55.0%) Tags: polls (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 15th, 2008
10:54 am [Link]	Holding out for arbitrary Thursdays Poll #1242218 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 72 I know what day of the week it is... View Answers always 15 (20.8%) usually 54 (75.0%) sometimes 4 (5.6%) occasionally 0 (0.0%) never 0 (0.0%) I know what day of the month it is... View Answers always 2 (2.8%) usually 28 (38.9%) sometimes 36 (50.0%) occasionally 7 (9.7%) never 0 (0.0%) I know what month it is... View Answers always 28 (39.4%) usually 46 (64.8%) sometimes 0 (0.0%) occasionally 0 (0.0%) never 0 (0.0%) I know what year it is... View Answers always 38 (52.8%) usually 33 (45.8%) sometimes 2 (2.8%) occasionally 0 (0.0%) never 0 (0.0%) I can remember my age... View Answers immediately 19 (26.4%) after a bit of thought 48 (66.7%) once I've worked out what year it is 12 (16.7%) I don't actually know when I was born 0 (0.0%) I prefer not to remember my age 6 (8.3%) Tags: nonsense, polls (9 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 14th, 2008
10:47 am [Link]	Inbox size Poll #1241657 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 78 How many emails in your inbox? View Answers 0 6 (7.7%) 1-9 9 (11.5%) 10-99 16 (20.5%) 100-999 13 (16.7%) 1000-9999 30 (38.5%) 10000-99999 4 (5.1%) 100000 or more 0 (0.0%) I don't use email 0 (0.0%) (Memory and browser history strongly imply I've done this poll before, but I can't find the actual poll...) Tags: email, polls (29 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 13th, 2008
09:11 pm [Link]	Food restrictions Poll #1241007 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 55 I am unable to eat: View Answers shellfish 7 (14.0%) peanuts 1 (2.0%) nuts 2 (4.0%) cow's milk and its derivatives 4 (8.0%) milk from other animals (and derivatives) 4 (8.0%) eggs 3 (6.0%) wheat 3 (6.0%) tomatoes 4 (8.0%) onion 0 (0.0%) arsenic 43 (86.0%) something else 19 (38.0%) How strictly do you avoid them: View Answers I avoid even the slightly possibility of consumption 16 (36.4%) I can cope with “same factory” proximity 16 (36.4%) I can cope with very small quantities 13 (29.5%) I can cope with a teaspoonful 3 (6.8%) Something more complicated than that 11 (25.0%) For religious/ethical/similar reasons I am unwilling to eat: View Answers land animals 10 (22.7%) birds 10 (22.7%) ducks 11 (25.0%) pigs 11 (25.0%) cows 10 (22.7%) fish 10 (22.7%) invertebrates 10 (22.7%) eggs 0 (0.0%) milk 0 (0.0%) honey 0 (0.0%) peanut butter 0 (0.0%) people 38 (86.4%) something else 9 (20.5%) How strictly do you avoid them: View Answers Surfaces and/or tools must never have touched them 2 (5.0%) Surfaces and/or tools must be cleaned after touching them 8 (20.0%) Accidental contamination not easily detectable is OK 11 (27.5%) Trivial accidental contamination is OK 10 (25.0%) Any accidental contamination is OK 9 (22.5%) I'll eat leftovers 4 (10.0%) I won't buy them myself 14 (35.0%) I'll feel a bit guilty when buying them 5 (12.5%) I'll eat them in emergencies only 15 (37.5%) I go out of my way to eat unethical food 4 (10.0%) (I'm asking about the nature of the substance, not the process that led to it: I'm not asking whether you'll eat battery chickens or baby-killing coffee.) Tags: food, polls (32 comments \| Leave a comment)
August 4th, 2008
10:06 pm [Link]	You and her and I, and Lady Di Poll #1235156 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13 Who is the most important figure who has appeared in your dreams? View Answers The Queen 2 (15.4%) The Prime Minister 1 (7.7%) The Pope 1 (7.7%) The Secretary-General Of The United Nations 0 (0.0%) The President Of The European Commission 0 (0.0%) The President Of France 0 (0.0%) The Chancellor Of Germany 0 (0.0%) ewx 7 (53.8%) The President Of The USA 2 (15.4%) Tags: nonsense, polls (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 30th, 2008
01:12 pm [Link]	Haircut 100 Poll #1232152 Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 24 Which decade had the best haircuts? View Answers 1940s 4 (17.4%) 1950s 12 (52.2%) 1960s 4 (17.4%) 1970s 3 (13.0%) 1980s 7 (30.4%) 1990s 4 (17.4%) 2000s 2 (8.7%) ..and which had the worst haircuts? View Answers 1940s 3 (13.0%) 1950s 3 (13.0%) 1960s 3 (13.0%) 1970s 9 (39.1%) 1980s 16 (69.6%) 1990s 5 (21.7%) 2000s 5 (21.7%) Tags: nonsense, polls (1 comment \| Leave a comment)

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