Pointless Surveys

[grasscarp]

What are the point of these polls that keep popping up? We have had who is better at looking after children - parents or grandparents
Would you have divorce insurance - yes or no.
I personally have never heard of divorce insurance and there was no option of never heard of it!
Now which would you prefer perfect christmas or perfect summer holiday.
Sorry ABed. These polls are trite and pointless and I really dont know why anyone would bother with voting.

[mccfluff]

i presume to someone there is a point, prob the advertisers who pay for the site...

but as trim said

[AB Editor]

I know, terrible we should ask your opinion! I don't think we've forced you to vote on them?

"Would you have divorce insurance - yes or no.
I personally have never heard of divorce insurance and there was no option of never heard of it!"

Well, how useful would that statistic be to us? "I don't know"? We get this a lot, most polls end up with complaints like "there's no answer for me specifically as a lover of left handed antique diversion widgets - I now believe this poll is completely pointless."

Not all polls are for everybody.

[mccfluff]

but i'm a lover of right handed antique diversion widgets


*goes of in a sulk*

[steg]

some are good, some not so.... but pointless....... never

[Lie-in King]

Flaming polls, coming over here, taking our opinions...

[AB Editor]

To clarify: we do TRY to be inclusive, which is why the front page questions are broad.

We are always open to new poll ideas - so if you have questions you'd like answered by The AnswerBank's great unwashed (that's MccFluff) please send them on a postcard to the usual address.

[AB Editor]

"Flaming polls, coming over here, taking our opinions..."

LOL!

[mccfluff]

you owe me one fat cream pie of a cake for that Ed!

(and lol at lie-in-king)

[rowanwitch]

What make the best pets
cats
dogs
birds
rabbits
other small furry creatures
reptiles
Fish
men

[supersuezy24]

"Flaming polls, coming over here, taking our opinions... "

Brilliant Lie in King :)

[mccfluff]

cats obviously, you can leave them to their own devices, the others need looking after

[craft1948]

Can reptiles and men be in the same category?

[jackthehat]

You don't have to carry a man through the house on a spade to bury him in the garden.......

[notasyoungasiwas]

So your cats feed themselves mccfluff and take themselves off to the vets do they ........ lol

[mccfluff]

you just drag them do you??? how big a hole?

not that i need the advice or anything...

[mccfluff]

oh lol ok, well i meant in the sense if i wasn't around she wouldn't hang about she'd go off find some other stupid idiot to feed her.

[grasscarp]

ABed, I still dont know what it achieves. The one about divorce insurance for example. You have a number of fors and againsts. What do you do with that information? I cant see it sparking a debate as you cant add anything to a poll just put a yes or a no or ignore it. I raised the question as I really want to know what is the point of them. All you have said is "Not all polls are for everybody"...... not really much of an answer is it?