Oh, I was using poll not in the Burrell/Rebecca way. Yes, your wording is good, Sophia. Less confusion that way.

I've just been using poll in general, to get us back to the more casual Buffista vibe of "we're not the supreme court, we're friends deciding on issues about a posting board". Sorry for that. I like how you put it.

I don't know if this helps, but here's how I'm thinking about it: The earlier vote was between "50%" and "more than 50%," kind of. (I mean, I understand that majority is 50%+1, but stick with me.) "More than 50%" lost. Now that we're thinking about questions with more than two options, we realize we need to decide between "50%" and "potentially less than 50%."

Does that make any sense? Help anyone clarify at all?

(And yeah, big thanks to Sophia.)

Your vote on the last ballot does not commit you to vote in any certain way on this ballot.

OK. Done in Press. Now let's see if I can access the server her at work to update the poll page...

t edit Hey! It worked!

Just to prove that we're not the only ones who get a little worked up in bureaucratic discussions comes this morning's quote from the Iraqi delegate to the UN, in response to remarks made by the Kuwaiti delgate:

Shut up, monkey!

Shut up, monkey!

I'd like to nominate Saddam as an honorary Buffista.

Shut up, monkey!

but you have to know that every aghast diplomat was secretly wishing they'd said the same thing to someone they disliked at one time or another.

every aghast diplomat was secretly wishing they'd said the same thing to someone they disliked at one time or another.

I can tell you I'm going to be saying it from now on.

At least he said it to a Kuwaiti delegate. I hate to think what would have went down had he called the Nigerian delegate that.

Oh, yeah, that crossed my mind, ita.

Bureaucracy II: Shut up, Monkey!