Online Polls Need more Options

Sometimes just a Yes or No answer is not enough. Take # 1, a recent Globe poll which had just the first two options - a third one should have been added:

1. Do you believe we will see lasting peace in the Middle East in your lifetime?

• Yes
  
• No
  
• Ha ha, good one

2. The question you love to hear: Are you ready for Christmas?

• Yes
  
• No
  
• The experience is truly horrific and you can never be prepared for the hysterical mania that is the unfortunate shopping hell that people have been socialized into

3. Do you think O.J. Simpson’s 1994 acquittal in the slaying of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman factored into a judge’s decision Friday to sentence Simpson to 33-years in prison for a 2007 hotel armed robbery?

• Yes
  
• No
  
• I don't give a flying f@#%
  
• You're wasting space with such an over-hyped media "story" that is sickening to hear about yet again and again
  
• Wow, your paper never ceases to amaze me with useless poll questions

4. Did you watch the Calgary Stampeders win the Grey Cup over the Montreal Alouettes Sunday?

• Yes
  
• No
  
• With the exception of baseball, I cannot think of a greater waste of time than watching such a boring, stupid game where players use their heads as battering rams and end up with brain damage. I would rather spend four hours in solitary confinement at Dorchester, having to listen to Celine Dion .. yes, even torture is better

5. Do you think Michael Ignatieff can lead the Liberals to victory in the next election?

• Yes
  
• No
  
• At this point, no one wants to think of another election. Next question
  
• Try all you wish but even a cloned Elvis heading up the liberals couldn't create much of a buzz right now