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Mini Poll: City Hall (and other) Secrets

Current Totals:

From which of the following people is it most difficult to keep a secret?

My spouse or partner:
 56%
My parent:
 5%
My pet:
 9%
My best friend:
 22%
My neighbor:
 2%
My interrogator:
 5%

 

Which of the following "secrets" is the biggest one you are currently keeping?

I have a secret friend:
 6%
I have a secret vice:
 19%
I have a secret virtue:
 3%
I have a secret weight:
 6%
I have a secret age:
 6%
None of these things is secret:
 60%

 

How many big secrets have you kept for longer than five years?

None:
 20%
One:
 23%
Several:
 42%
Too many to count:
 15%

 

Which of following is the best kind of secret to keep?

One that reveals something bad happening to me:
 27%
One that reveals something bad that is about to happen to someone else:
 17%
One that reveals something good happening to me:
 13%
One that reveals something good that is about to happen to another:
 42%

 

Which of the following is the worst kind of secret to keep?

One that reveals something bad happening to me:
 19%
One that reveals something bad that is about to happen to someone else:
 60%
One that reveals something good happening to me:
 7%
One that reveals something good that is about to happen to another:
 14%

 

Which of the following professionals should be most careful with the secrets they learn?

Clergy:
 39%
Lawyers:
 30%
Doctors:
 16%
Hairdressers:
 9%
Bartenders:
 5%
Accountants:
 2%

 

In general, who is better at keeping secrets?

Men:
 66%
Women:
 34%

 

Which of the following is the worst secret-keeping sin?

Telling my best friend my partner's secret:
 32%
Telling my partner my best friend's secret:
 7%
Accidentally telling the same person a secret they told me but asked me to keep secret:
 44%
Telling someone who hasn't finished the book the ending of the most recent Harry Potter adventure:
 18%

 

Which of the following types of "secrecy laws" is the most important to you?

Laws, like Sunshine Laws, that make the activities of government open to the public:
 59%
Laws, like Official Secrets Acts, that protect information that might be vital to national security:
 41%

 

Which of the following is the more apt punishment for someone who has blabbed your secret?

Never tell them another secret:
 87%
Tell someone one of their secrets:
 13%

 

Do you know someone to whom one cannot tell secrets because of his inability to keep anything secret?

Yes:
 77%
Yes, and it's me:
 9%
Not really:
 14%

 

Do you tell your pets secrets that you don't tell anyone else?

Yes:
 27%
No:
 50%
No, my cat/dog/snake/fish is a big gossip:
 23%

 

Which of the following St. Louis "secrets" would you most like to know?

Trattoria Marcella's recipe for lobster risotto:
 25%
When the St. Louis fire department will make promotions to captain and battalion chief:
 11%
The names of the players on the Rams' roster for the first game of the season:
 1%
A certain developer's plans for north St. Louis:
 25%
The telephone number of the person who reduced the print size of the Post-Dispatch's Sunday comics:
 16%
The anchor tenants at Ballpark Village:
 22%

 

Do you believe couples should keep some secrets from each other, or do you believe that total honesty is the best course?

Some secrets:
 70%
Total honesty:
 30%

 

Which of the following movies makes the best use of a secret?

The Wizard of Oz:
 19%
Witness for the Prosecution:
 14%
The Count of Monte Cristo:
 11%
The Crying Game:
 31%
The Secret Garden:
 18%
Tuck Everlasting:
 6%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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