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When I say Neil who comes to mind? 🤔

I wanted more choices - so many Neils! - but I'm only allowed 4 choices in a poll. So reply with any other options!

#Silly #Poll

Armstrong
49.8%
Diamond
9.8%
Young
27.4%
deGrasse Tyson
13%
Poll ended at .
Mar 7 at 6:24pmWeb
Show threadDanMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx McCauley
Show threadahimsaMar 7

@dank Who?

*searches*

Hmmm, I never even considered any fictional Neils! 😁

Show threadNatalyaDMar 7

@ahimsa_pdx @neil came to mind before realising this was a poll of celebrity Neils...

So I stick with Neil Brown as my curveball answer. :)

Show threadahimsaMar 7
@NatalyaD
Thanks - I learned about another Neil! 😁
Show threadBruno GirinMar 7
@NatalyaD @ahimsa_pdx I was going to say @neil too, he's a Fedi celebrity.
Show threadwitlessMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Gaiman. He was a huge part of the media I loved for years, it's turning out to be a hard habit to break.
Show threadMoss WizardMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Neil Wheedon Whatkins Pye of the Young Ones!
Show threadSarah dreams of beansMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx @Moss When you say Neil, I say Young. Neil! Young! Neil! Young!
Show threadThe BirdMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx When I was a kid, I read everything I could find on the Apollo missions since I wanted to be an astronaut. So Neil Armstrong is sort of emblazoned in my memory. lol
Show thread🇨🇦 Little-kMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx
I think of my neighbour ...
but trust me, there's no way he'd make on your list. 😂
Show threadwormsMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx neil banging out the tunes (2006)
Show threadahimsaMar 7

@grepfruit I learned a new meme

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/neil-banging-out-the-tunes

Neil Banging Out the Tunes | Know Your Meme

Neil Banging Out the Tunes refers to an image of a rat in front of a toy piano captioned "Neil Banging Out the Tunes April 13 2006." Once the picture got p

Know Your Meme
Show threadwormsMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx a classic :)
Show threadDr Ro SmithMar 7
@grepfruit @ahimsa_pdx the myth, the legend
Show threadCharles A-MMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx since this is Mastodon, I assumed Gaiman, even though I've never read anything of his myself.
Show threadDr Ro SmithMar 7
@Centretowner @ahimsa_pdx keep it that way - he was where my mind went, as I have read several, but it turns out he's a massive creep, to put it mildly. And copied most of his most famous works from Tannith Lee.
Show threadCharles A-MMar 7
@Rhube @ahimsa_pdx good to know
Show threadAndresMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx they're coming to america (I mean, they WERE until stephen fucking miller)
Show threadCourtneyMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Cicierega
Show threadSimon newslttrs.comMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx before Zod
Show threadRené SeindalMar 7

@ahimsa_pdx

Well, @neil , of course.

Who are the others?

Show threadDr Ro SmithMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Some one else, but I wish it were Armstrong.
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Neil Down. :)
Show threadPeggy KernMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Sedaka.
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 7
@ahimsa_pdx @mayintoronto sadly: Gaiman 🤢.
Show threadClarissaMar 7
@deborahh @ahimsa_pdx @mayintoronto Same 😕
Show threadMikeeMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx clearly @neil
Show threadDoomstrikeMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx
Fallon
Show thread~nMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx … Patrick Harris
Show threadchestasMar 7

@ahimsa_pdx

Nigel Planer's character Neil from The Young Ones is the first Neil that comes to mind

Show threadJames SewardMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx it’s @neil
Show threadWurzelmannMar 7
@ahimsa_pdx Brown, of course.
Show threadDaniel Fisher(lennybacon)Mar 7
@ahimsa_pdx
@neilmadden and @neil
Show threadBarryMar 7

@ahimsa_pdx
On here, Brown

@neil

Show threadFLOSSbOxINMar 8
@ahimsa_pdx
@neil
Neil Brown
Show threadTimjanMar 8

@ahimsa_pdx

My friend.

He's not on Mastodon, as far as he has admitted.

Show threadNormanDunbarMar 8
@ahimsa_pdx You say "Neil", I say "Neil who?" 😉
Show threadEric de Redelijkheid Mar 8
@ahimsa_pdx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtcW9u0GDE
The Young Ones - Neil's Exam

YouTube
Show threadThomas A. FrederiksenMar 8
@ahimsa_pdx Obviously @neil first. Then Armstrong.
Show threadDr. bar. met. Paul B.Mar 8
@ahimsa_pdx Neil Patrick Harris.
Show threadMilena ZenMar 8
@ahimsa_pdx Zod