Final Planet Run-off Poll

GhengisFarb™ · November 19, 2002, 23:39

The obvious 2 leading choices in the previous runoff were:
1) Bob
2) Apolyton

This poll will last 5 days.

Choose wisely.........................

alva · November 20, 2002, 00:30

Again

aaaaaaaaaaarrghhhh

I thought it was allready decided

oh well, whatever

Arnelos · November 20, 2002, 02:23

Thank you, GF. I was stuck offline (stupid ISP...) all day and wasn't able to post the next poll. Thanks

Tiberius · November 20, 2002, 02:23

What does "Bob" mean?

ixnay · November 20, 2002, 02:40

I voted Bob.

GhengisFarb™ · November 20, 2002, 06:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Tiberius
What does "Bob" mean?

1) Typically a shortened version of "Robert".
2) To float up and down in a body of liquid.
3) A short hairstyle.

Tiberius · November 20, 2002, 06:57

I am aware of these. If you search at dictionary.com you can find a lot of other meanings, too. I thought Bob is an abbreviaton, some sort of Apolyton wordplay. Why would anyone call the Planet "Bob" is beyond me.

Randolph · November 20, 2002, 08:03

bob, definitly bob

Tiberius · November 20, 2002, 08:35

I've just realized that I like Apolyton more, even if Bob means something more than just "Robert". So I voted "Apolyton".

alva · November 20, 2002, 08:38

@tiberius;
best I could find:

Quote:

Something from the Civ3 Demo game i recon. They were going to name the continent and someone said that in all our continents (on Earth that is) the names 1st letter is the same as the last. Then they decided to call the continent 'bob'. I think it was something like that, thats what they told me when i asked atleast

GhengisFarb™ · November 20, 2002, 08:47

Ewww. This is a close race. 9 to 9.

Tiberius · November 20, 2002, 08:59

Alva, thanks. I still don't like it. Bob is so ... boring.

Yeah, a very close race.

Harovan · November 20, 2002, 09:14

Bob is really boring. Apolyton lacks any fantasy, everything here is called either Apolyton, Notylopa, Banana or alike. Oh well. Abstain.

GhengisFarb™ · November 20, 2002, 09:27

I still like "Clod".

Ninot · November 20, 2002, 10:05

Bob it has to be

F-PRO · November 20, 2002, 10:06

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Bob is really boring. Apolyton lacks any fantasy, everything here is called either Apolyton, Notylopa, Banana or alike. Oh well. Abstain.

I agree with you, but I voted Bob. Apolyton is the most unoriginal of the two, and one has to be chosen eventually, so Bob it is.

Will we ever have a winner on this one? A race between two not so interesting candidates.

This reminds me of the Bush/Gore race for presidency.

Arrian · November 20, 2002, 11:20

Bob, just 'cause.

-Arrian

ThePlagueRat · November 20, 2002, 15:32

Where is Maailma?

=OttomusCeasar= · November 20, 2002, 18:32

Apolyton is winning 18 to 16.

FrustratedPoet · November 20, 2002, 18:42

You forgot to put the "as in not vote..." in brackets after Abstain this time. Does this mean that with enough votes our planet will be called Abstain?

asleepathewheel · November 20, 2002, 19:15

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Does this mean that with enough votes our planet will be called Abstain?

Sounds like the planet I live on,

(not by choice)

Comrade Tribune · November 20, 2002, 19:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Tiberius
What does "Bob" mean?

You don´t know Bob?

Obviously our great leader is the only choice of distinction to name a new planet after.

http://www.subgenius.com/

GhengisFarb™ · November 20, 2002, 20:04

Quote:

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
You forgot to put the "as in not vote..." in brackets after Abstain this time. Does this mean that with enough votes our planet will be called Abstain?

If "Abstain" wins then yes, I would support the planet being called "Abstain".

MrWhereItsAt · November 20, 2002, 20:20

"Bob"? Yeuch. Whatever bloody happened to calling that continent "Graceland", since it was surmised it must look like Elvis' head?

For this poll I have to vote abstain. Apolyton is boring as a planet name, anything beats Bob, and I prefer Abstain as a name.

Shame we couldn't write in our votes.

pikesfan · November 20, 2002, 20:43

When I read “Bob”, it makes me wish I could trade places with Michael Jackson’s baby...

Odin · November 20, 2002, 21:10

ABSOLUTELY NOT BOB.

Technically not all contenents have the same start-end letters since Europe and Asia arn't truely contenents, they are parts of the contenent of Eurasia. Europe is, geologicaly, simplely one of the 4 cratons (continental "cores") of Eurasia, the others being Siberia, China, and India. The borders of the cratons are the Ural and Himalayan Mts.

Geology lesson over.

Aggie · November 20, 2002, 21:36

It looks like we could have another tie. If that happens DO NOT mention a court getting involved.

Aggie

GhengisFarb™ · November 20, 2002, 21:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Aggie
It looks like we could have another tie. If that happens DO NOT mention a court getting involved.

Aggie

I have no intention of having to leave this game completely because a court can't come to a decision.

punkbass2000 · November 20, 2002, 22:11

Quote:

Originally posted by GhengisFarb

If "Abstain" wins then yes, I would support the planet being called "Abstain".

Can I change my vote?

Arnelos · November 20, 2002, 23:37

I was the one who posted the last two polls and I thought ahead long enough to consider that I should state (for you smart-alecs out there) that a vote "abstain" was an abstention from voting, not a vote for "abstain" as the planet name...

Apparently, some of you took GF's lack of such a statement in the poll as license to consider an abstention a vote for "abstain" as the name