# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1030 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1031 --- ## [Famous example of "You had ONE job!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-example-of-you-had-one-job/697549)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-example-of-you-had-one-job/697549 "2014-09-12T16:50:46Z")
Can you think of historical disasters that happened largely because a single person failed to complete a single, easy task? --- ## [Could money solve your most serious problem? If so, how much would it take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-money-solve-your-most-serious-problem-if-so-how-much-would-it-take/697884)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-money-solve-your-most-serious-problem-if-so-how-much-would-it-take/697884 "2014-09-12T16:37:29Z")
Think of your worst problem. It can be the thing most likely to keep you from falling asleep, or that causes you the most distress on a daily basis. If you can’t choose among two such problems, that’s okay; we can deal … --- ## [The BIG Threads at SDMB -- UPDATE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-threads-at-sdmb-update/698301)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-threads-at-sdmb-update/698301 "2014-09-12T16:14:06Z")
The BIG Threads at SDMB was started 03-14-2009, 06:25 PM and received 28 Replies and 2,551 Views until 04-17-2009. Here’s a brief snapshot of the current picture by Forum using the search rules at the bottoms of the pag… --- ## [Dr. Ian Paisley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ian-paisley/292943)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ian-paisley/292943 "2014-09-12T16:11:24Z")
In Northern Ireland, The Reverand Dr. Ian Paisley is a strong Pro-British, Anti-Irish/Anti-Catholic leader and voice of the Protestant Majority. What does the average Briton (in England proper) think of this individual … --- ## [Talk me into- or out of- trying to start a business in Ireland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-or-out-of-trying-to-start-a-business-in-ireland/697771)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-or-out-of-trying-to-start-a-business-in-ireland/697771 "2014-09-12T16:03:06Z")
First off, a bit of background (skip to bolded for actual questions). I dropped out of university in the first year and instead went travelling. I can’t exactly say I regret this, as I had a great few years, and the deg… --- ## [NEED ANSWER FAST - bird just hit window, now injured. What do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-bird-just-hit-window-now-injured-what-do-i-do/697965)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-bird-just-hit-window-now-injured-what-do-i-do/697965 "2014-09-12T15:57:24Z")
Is there anything I can do? It looks like her leg is broken. --- ## [Why do older people often get gullible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-older-people-often-get-gullible/692613)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-older-people-often-get-gullible/692613 "2014-09-12T15:34:42Z")
That recent thread inspired me to post, but I’ve been pondering this awhile. I don’t think it is only down to dementia or declining mental faculties, and I don’t think it is only related to new technologies either beca… --- ## [What foreign languages did you take in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foreign-languages-did-you-take-in-school/698048)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foreign-languages-did-you-take-in-school/698048 "2014-09-12T15:28:00Z")
So when you were in grade school or college, which foreign languages did you take and for how long? Did you ever achieve fluency or something close? And how much do you remember now? --- ## [Anyone have experience with plantar warts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-plantar-warts/226579)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-plantar-warts/226579 "2014-09-12T13:38:51Z")
I have a lump about the size of a pencil erasre on my left foot that is giving me trouble. It doesn’t hurt on it’s own, but it does irritate the nerves and tendons associated with my big toe, which causes me no end of di… --- ## [German spelling revolt: Finally some Euros stand up for themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-spelling-revolt-finally-some-euros-stand-up-for-themselves/265706)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-spelling-revolt-finally-some-euros-stand-up-for-themselves/265706 "2014-09-12T10:31:12Z")
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Der Spiegel and other German publishers have decided to revert to pre-1999 spelling standards, in defiance of government directives. Well, you go, I say. I never could unders… --- ## [Sex before Catastrophe - is it really a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-before-catastrophe-is-it-really-a-thing/697495)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-before-catastrophe-is-it-really-a-thing/697495 "2014-09-12T06:09:54Z")
Inspired by a conversation at work today where a colleague related a story whereby he was on a passenger flight when both pilots became hypoxic (unknown to the passengers at the time but they were acutely aware that the … --- ## [Anyone use that "No No" hair removal device? Any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-that-no-no-hair-removal-device-any-good/697685)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-that-no-no-hair-removal-device-any-good/697685 "2014-09-12T05:24:53Z")
Well, it looks like I’m going to have to go shopping for new shaving supplies, as the blades on my electric razor are pretty much shot. That got me thinking of an alternative I saw advertised on TV a few times and has i… --- ## [Radio Shack closing many stores. Are experimenters obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-closing-many-stores-are-experimenters-obsolete/682828)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-closing-many-stores-are-experimenters-obsolete/682828 "2014-09-12T04:54:50Z")
Radio Shack is announcing closing of more than a fourth of their stores (1100). Although I’ve never been overly fond of the company, if they close the one store near me, there will be no place to quickly get some of the… --- ## [German-speaking Dopers: translation help, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-speaking-dopers-translation-help-please/698063)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-speaking-dopers-translation-help-please/698063 "2014-09-12T04:22:53Z")
I need a short two-sentence piece of dialogue translated into German. English: "Please don’t take that. I need it." Google Translate gives me: "Nehmen Sie bitte nicht, dass. Ich brauche es." But we all know Google Tra… --- ## [USPS is robbing me, What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-is-robbing-me-what-to-do/697991)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-is-robbing-me-what-to-do/697991 "2014-09-12T02:52:09Z")
I sell a lot of computer parts on ebay, and I have had quite a few cases filed against me recently. Apparently someone received an empty box instead of a $75 LCD panel, another person got an empty envelope instead of a … --- ## [Tell me about insulating an attic in an older house, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-insulating-an-attic-in-an-older-house-please/698241)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-insulating-an-attic-in-an-older-house-please/698241 "2014-09-11T23:57:36Z")
Now that winter is looming… I have a small, 60-year old house with original wood siding covered with vinyl. The roof is fine, the windows are (mostly) newer, and I had new gutters installed this spring. However, last y… --- ## [Do illegal immigrants have it made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-illegal-immigrants-have-it-made/688129)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-illegal-immigrants-have-it-made/688129 "2014-09-11T22:00:08Z")
On one of my motorcycle forums, somebody outside the country asked for information about securing a motorcycle driver’s license for his upcoming visit. The fourth reply was this gem: “Just sneak across the border. Free w… --- ## [How often are you insulted at work and what was the last insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-insulted-at-work-and-what-was-the-last-insult/697717)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-insulted-at-work-and-what-was-the-last-insult/697717 "2014-09-11T21:43:57Z")
I’d put the number somewhere around once or twice a week. I think that number is too high, but there is little I can do about it. It seems to be a hazard of being an attorney. The last insult came from an opposing part… --- ## [Escaping from a mental facility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaping-from-a-mental-facility/552368)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaping-from-a-mental-facility/552368 "2014-09-11T20:13:13Z")
A theoritical question inspired by the movie shutter island. Your family has conspired to put you there . You know you are not mad . When you tell that to the staff ,they reply " everyone here tells us the same." If yo… --- ## [20 random people including you. Person who asks for least gets it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-people-including-you-person-who-asks-for-least-gets-it/697937)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-random-people-including-you-person-who-asks-for-least-gets-it/697937 "2014-09-11T18:57:44Z")
So the eccentric billionaire from IMHO strikes again. This time, she approaches 20 random people in your office, including you. She lays it out, you can ask for any amount of money between $.01 and $10,000,000,000, and t… --- ## [How does a sue-happy culture help human-friendly society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-sue-happy-culture-help-human-friendly-society/698153)
**Author:** [@aatayyab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aatayyab)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-sue-happy-culture-help-human-friendly-society/698153 "2014-09-11T18:54:56Z")
How does the right and ability to sue anyone, anywhere, for any (sometimes even stupid) reason become the biggest hurdle in achieving nice, courteous and a human-friendly society vision? Some of those millions of prisone… --- ## [Do you think the Post Office is right in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-post-office-is-right-in-this-situation/698098)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-post-office-is-right-in-this-situation/698098 "2014-09-11T18:52:39Z")
I was prepared to be outraged. Those lazy so and so postmen. :smiley: Then I looked at the photos. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Did a double take and looked again. I can easily imagine the Postman’s frustration. Especially with… --- ## [Are there popular foods you're tired of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-popular-foods-youre-tired-of/21015)
**Author:** [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-popular-foods-youre-tired-of/21015 "2014-09-11T18:35:10Z")
I don’t like a lot of things that are added to old recipes these days. “Oh, you’ve got to try this! I put cilantro in it!” All aftertaste. “Don’t be stingy, waiter, pour more and more pesto sauce on Fanny’s dish” Thank… --- ## [Should I Move for Her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-move-for-her/696837)
**Author:** [@pack78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pack78)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-move-for-her/696837 "2014-09-11T16:44:27Z")
Hey everyone, need some advice. This is going to be a long post, thanks for reading- Quick Summary- My Girlfriend of 15 months wants me to move somewhere I don’t want to go for the rest of my life. I like her but relati… --- ## [Girlfriend not wanting to take Birth Control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-not-wanting-to-take-birth-control/697815)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-not-wanting-to-take-birth-control/697815 "2014-09-11T13:09:58Z")
Hi all. Hope I’m asking in the right place. I have a new girlfriend, and she’s great. Things are going forward well and we click together well in many ways. She’s extremely healthy, which is awesome. She eats well, is … --- ## [Just how bad is ISIS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-bad-is-isis/698135)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-bad-is-isis/698135 "2014-09-11T12:33:03Z")
Inspired by tonight’s Presidential speech. I remember it being major news when the two journalists were executed by ISIS thugs. What else have they done? Yes, the executions were a horrible tragedy. However, it doesn… --- ## [Does this auto repair cost (exhaust system) sound reasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-auto-repair-cost-exhaust-system-sound-reasonable/588634)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-auto-repair-cost-exhaust-system-sound-reasonable/588634 "2014-09-11T10:53:25Z")
1999 Toyota Sienna minivan. We took it in because the muffler sounds like it’s not doing its job (understatement) and the place just called us back to say that the “front Y-pipe” is rotted out and needs to be replaced. A… --- ## [Why aren't rapid strep tests avail OTC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-rapid-strep-tests-avail-otc/343870)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-rapid-strep-tests-avail-otc/343870 "2014-09-11T03:21:04Z")
So I’ve had a sore throat for a few days. No fever. No rash. I assume I have a virus, but realize that there’s a chance it could be strep. Now I could make an appointment with the doctor and have the test taken, but fr… --- ## [Why do serial killers have fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-serial-killers-have-fans/697948)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-serial-killers-have-fans/697948 "2014-09-11T02:47:51Z")
There have been cases of serial killers in prison being sent letters by “well stacked” women asking if the serial killer could rape and kill them. Other times, mothers have offered in letters to give famous child molest… --- ## [Recommend a decent phone to help me learn Android OS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-decent-phone-to-help-me-learn-android-os/698091)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-decent-phone-to-help-me-learn-android-os/698091 "2014-09-11T02:32:59Z")
Hi all, I am learning user experience design. And while I am familiar with the iOS, I need to get up to speed on the Android OS. While I can read all about it, there is no substitute for for actually using it. So I wan… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1029) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1031)