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Voting survey

The woman on the other end of the telephone was very polite when she gave her name, said she was doing a voter survey in my area, then asked to speak with the youngest male in the household who was over the age of 18.

"The youngest male in the house would be my cat," I said.
"Your dad?"
"No, my cat."
"Your cat? Oh, um, well."

She then went back to her script and asked to speak with the youngest female over the age of 18. I told her that would be me, but I'm not registered to vote (not entirely true, but that's beside the point).

"Oh, well in that case, I think I had better talk to the cat," she replied.

Posted by Layla at 1:31 PM, February 29, 2004

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So who are your cats voting for?

Posted by: Sarah at 2:27 PM, February 29, 2004


What a quick-witted woman! :P And I always thought those pollsters were just dry and personality-less!

Posted by: jpb at 5:01 AM, March 01, 2004


Sarah: Maybe they'll write you in.

jpb: I can't imagine what I'd do as a pollster or telemarketer, especially if I got a headache and went into Blunt Mode, in which I basically speak my mind.

Posted by: Layla at 8:40 AM, March 01, 2004


At least your cat is smarter than many voters. On a radio show this morning, there was a brief furor about the California propositions not being on ballots unless you were registered Republican or Democrat. The hosts were dumbfounded and trying to verify if this was true. Since I had just voted, I knew the most likely reason for the confusion and a caller soon spoke my mind when he indicated that the propositions were on the back of some ballots. Both sides of my ballot told me to turn it over, too.

People are dumb.

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