Some of you probably remember I used to work here for a couple years. So let me explain how something like this can happen: There are several people doing the coding for the site. Those people are not really involved in the activies they are coding. What I mean is. They don't really know what they are setting up a lot of the time. What probably happened was someone (coding personnel) posted the poll by accident. And nobody who was involved in deciding whether it was supposed to be posted or not caught it. Then one of the members IM'd the Admins. to complain when Legume was getting close to taking the lead. Causing the Admins. to notice that the thing was live. When it shouldn't have been posted in the first place. Yes. I've recieved many complaints as a mod. here from members angry that Legume was getting notoriety for posting "Unusual" images. And making the site look like a joke. So you can see how this can happen. Because similar things have happened before. So I don't buy the conspiracy theory. But I can't say it isn't possible. Anything is possible here. ;-) ScottA