Poll Results

Total votes: 1777

rule them all: 391 (22.0%)
4: 267 (15.0%)
buckle my shoe: 243 (13.7%)
many: 224 (12.6%)
..., N: 214 (12.0%)
3: 118 (6.6%)
..., infinity: 91 (5.1%)
n: 88 (5.0%)
punch: 47 (2.6%)
10: 39 (2.2%)
...: 36 (2.0%)
5. "3, sir.": 12 (0.6%)
1: 11 (0.6%)
2: 8 (0.5%)

I got quite a few e-mails from people indicating they wanted to write in a vote for "5." "3, sir."

After the first 6 or 7, I got curious enough to Google, and discovered that this is a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I've never seen this movie, so naturally that particular response never even occurred to me.

And to stave off the inevitable rash of e-mails telling me, "Oh, you must see it!" allow me to reveal the following:

• I don't particularly like Monty Python.
• I really hate it when people tell me, "Oh, you must see it!" This has been built up over many years of people telling me the same thing about various movies, TV shows, and books, with the inevitable result that when I do see/read it, I am totally underwhelmed and wonder what all the fuss was about.