Reader Poll Monday

07 May 2007 By

Reader Poll Monday is back! Sherri has reinstituted the RPM. Play along here if you like, leave your answers in Sherri’s comments, or blog ‘em yourself. Whatever floats your boat.

1. What is your all-time favorite song? You can only choose one. Are you kidding me? *blink*blink*

2. What is the cheapest price per gallon you recall ever paying for gas? 79 cents-ish. When I was in college, there was one gas station in Ann Arbor, at Packard and Platt, that had 79 cent gas when all the other stations had it for at least 10 cents more per gallon. Might have been more than that. I don’t know how they got away with that since gas pricing is pretty tightly regulated, but that’s what it was.

3. How long do you think you could manage without any internet access before totally losing your mind? Depends on what I was doing instead. If I were on vacation I could probably manage a couple weeks, but just going about daily life? Maybe a couple days.

4. If you could bring back one cancelled TV series, which one would you choose? Ally McBeal.

5. Do you use Twitter? Yup.

6. Do you use MySpace? Yup.

7. Did you celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Saturday? Nope. I was busy doing other stuff and frankly didn’t even think about it until after. Question of the day: Is “Cinco de Drinko” offensive (or at least in poor taste)?

8. Have you ever had a mint julep? No and they sound like they’d be tastier than I hear they actually are.

9. Would you rather be in a hot dog eating contest or a pie eating contest (assuming you’d have to 5 lbs. of the food)? Ugh. As much as I detest hot dogs, I think I could stomach that better than all that sugar.

10. Ask me something. How was your blogging break?

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  • http://www.popcultist.com/blog TK

    “Cinco de Drinko?”

    Really? How… common.

    Here in SF, we (and by we, I mean people in the beverage industry, so perhaps we’re biased) call it “Drinko de Mayo.” It seems so much more elegant to replace a word with one that rhymes. :)

    But either way, I don’t see how an (un)clever pun is being disrespectful. The holiday, as commercially alcoholic as it has become, was originally a celebration of the Battle of Puebla. So it was always a commemoration of lives lost and liberty preserved, but also a celebration of that victory.

    Obviously, you can take it in a different direction and host a somber re-enactment, but at the end of the day, people will celebrate the event as they see fit. Those who are just in it for the party will party; those who know better can offer up a toast, pour a little cerveza on the ground, and celebrate an important historical moment and the lives lost therein.

  • http://www.swirlspice.com Erica

    I’m not real big on the somber re-enactment, so I’ll pass on that celebration.

    Ultimately it’s not any different than any other holiday that’s been co-opted into a big drinkfest. Except you’re drinking margaritas instead of Guinness or Hurricanes.

  • http://fridayfishwrap.com MJ

    I don’t find it offensive. Technically speaking, the Mexican Army eventually lost to the French and the Mexicans that I know think it’s fucking hilarious that we Americans celebrate it at all.

    If anyone has successfully co-opted Mexican culture for profitable gain it’s Mexico’s very own Grupo Modelo S.A. They’ve managed to market a very bad Mexican beer (Corona – talk about “poor taste”) into a lifestyle image for many Americans and they are laughing all the way to el banco. Hell, I buy the crap and I know better! Go Modelo! Miles away from ordinary…

  • http://fridayfishwrap.com MJ

    Just to clarify about my use of the term Mexican…

    It took me a good couple of years after leaving Uber PC San Francisco to even be able to say “Mexican” instead of Hispanic or Latino, much less feel comfortable with the word.

    What I’ve learned down here in So. Cal near the border is that the distinction lies with race vs. nationality. Just as I identify as white (or Anglo-Saxon) I am an American. If I came from Canada, I’d still be white but I’d be Canadian.

    One might be Hispanic (Latin American) but if they hail from Mexico, they are Mexican.

    As long as it’s used appropriately, I’ve learned that there is nothing wrong with the term Mexican. In fact most are quite proud of that word, but hesitate to use it here in the US because of anti-Mexican sentiment.

    Still, I felt the need to clarify – so I guess I’ve not shed all of my SF PC-ity.

  • http://www.caterwauling.com/ dawn

    Mint juleps, from what I recall, are very sweet. I mean, you need to have a serious sweet (and even sour) tooth to enjoy them. I remember liking them but not feeling like it was an experience I needed to have again.