# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1071 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1072 --- ## [Something came out of my nose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746 "2014-06-28T18:13:36Z")
I have a runny nose. It is really annoying. I was taking a shower and started to blow my nose. All of a sudden… something came out of it. It was a ball of… something. Spongy/soft and quite large - almost a walnut. It was… --- ## [Where to buy white t shirts for sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-white-t-shirts-for-sleeping/691794)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-white-t-shirts-for-sleeping/691794 "2014-06-28T16:44:04Z")
I like to go to sleep wearing a clean white t shirt. The thing is the ones i have are pretty worn and really bad looking. I had bought many of these shirts back from hanes and fruit of the loom but the thing is these s… --- ## [Talking to the media after/during a family tragedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-the-media-after-during-a-family-tragedy/691855)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-the-media-after-during-a-family-tragedy/691855 "2014-06-28T15:52:09Z")
As in, “I’m Bob from KXYZ TV. How did you feel when you heard your son had been vaporized?” I can’t imagine why anyone would put themselves through this, unless there is a chance it would help resolve, say, a kidnapping.… --- ## [Do psychopaths actually exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-psychopaths-actually-exist/691849)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-psychopaths-actually-exist/691849 "2014-06-28T15:31:10Z")
Are there actually people who are entirely devoid of empathy and goodwill? That seems nearly as hard to believe as someone who is entirely devoid of bad will. Even Hitler loved his dogs after all, right? Call me woefull… --- ## [Salvation Army or Goodwill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-or-goodwill/690972)
**Author:** [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-or-goodwill/690972 "2014-06-28T06:35:30Z")
I have some decent quality furniture I will be giving away within the week. I have a child’s or teen’s bedroom set and a Louis XV style armoire. All solid wood and in good condition but no takers on Craiglist. Does anyon… --- ## [Recommend laminate/engineered flooring for me and my leaky pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-laminate-engineered-flooring-for-me-and-my-leaky-pets/691833)
**Author:** [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-laminate-engineered-flooring-for-me-and-my-leaky-pets/691833 "2014-06-28T04:03:51Z")
The cats have pretty much destroyed (diarrhea, vomit, urine) the carpet in “their” room. I have always known that when they die I will replace the flooring. Since I just spent a fortune on radioiodine treatment for on… --- ## [If abortion is made illegal again, what should be the punishment for women having one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-abortion-is-made-illegal-again-what-should-be-the-punishment-for-women-having-one/690633)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-abortion-is-made-illegal-again-what-should-be-the-punishment-for-women-having-one/690633 "2014-06-28T03:53:52Z")
Well? --- ## ["Massage" Parlors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-parlors/691518)
**Author:** [@Meloy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meloy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-parlors/691518 "2014-06-28T02:34:02Z")
Anyone have experience with them? I went to one last week. It was the first time I’d been to one and I wasn’t sure what to expect but was okay with whatever might happen, whether it be a straightforward massage or just a… --- ## [How do ghosts follow people home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ghosts-follow-people-home/691389)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ghosts-follow-people-home/691389 "2014-06-28T00:24:50Z")
I often hear stories on how ghosts can sometimes follow people home or they can stalk them and such. I would like to know how can ghosts do this? --- ## [Soccer is the smallpox blanket of socialism, sez Ann Coulter. Parody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-is-the-smallpox-blanket-of-socialism-sez-ann-coulter-parody/691734)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-is-the-smallpox-blanket-of-socialism-sez-ann-coulter-parody/691734 "2014-06-27T23:44:56Z")
And I have to say I admire her ability to always take the trolling insanity up yet another notch without imploding. The woman knows her audience… It ain’t a sport without the possibility of major injury or personal hum… --- ## [Your opinion of "young lady" in the office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-young-lady-in-the-office/691452)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-of-young-lady-in-the-office/691452 "2014-06-27T22:48:22Z")
A senior executive came by cubicle earlier this morning in search of someone today. Before asking for help, he greeted me as “young lady”–an affectation that is grating if only because it’s unnecessary given that my name… --- ## [Funeral etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-etiquette/691733)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-etiquette/691733 "2014-06-27T22:24:15Z")
I have a question regarding flowers. There is a death that you are not going to go to a viewing, or any sort of service, but you would like to send some flowers to the family. Do you: send flowers to the funeral home … --- ## [Chase no longer accepts cash deposits unless you are on the account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chase-no-longer-accepts-cash-deposits-unless-you-are-on-the-account/691625)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chase-no-longer-accepts-cash-deposits-unless-you-are-on-the-account/691625 "2014-06-27T22:20:41Z")
(Mods: this seems too mild for the Pit, but move it there if you want.) We just tried to deposit $75 cash into a friend’s account. CHASE REFUSED TO DO SO! Since when do banks not accept cash? Ok, ok, I understand tha… --- ## [Why, physiologically, do people experience weather extremes differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-physiologically-do-people-experience-weather-extremes-differently/691817)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-physiologically-do-people-experience-weather-extremes-differently/691817 "2014-06-27T21:23:11Z")
Inspired by this thread. I tend to prefer cooler, or even cold, or even extremely fucking cold, weather over hot and humid. I have one friend who, when we are both outside for say ten minutes in cold weather and simila… --- ## [Help me understand this response to acute stress.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-response-to-acute-stress/691798)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-response-to-acute-stress/691798 "2014-06-27T21:20:16Z")
I have a particular response to certain stressful situations. It happens quite rarely, maybe once every few years, and I find it hard to fully comprehend what exactly is happening. The situations where it occurs will be… --- ## [What's the smallest unit of money you care about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-unit-of-money-you-care-about/691663)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-unit-of-money-you-care-about/691663 "2014-06-27T21:15:31Z")
Or, to put it another way, what’s the smallest unit you’d be a bit bummed to see fall from your hand and disappear down a sewage grate? I’m going to say a five-dollar bill. --- ## [Help with car choice. College kid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-car-choice-college-kid/689671)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-car-choice-college-kid/689671 "2014-06-27T20:50:26Z")
Commutes from Chicago area to Maine for school at least once yearly. Budget roughly 20Kish. Could push a little. Needs decent cargo. Want good mpg. Thoughts so far - A used VW Jetta TDI Sportswagen (Carmax has one wi… --- ## [What does this mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-mean/691700 "2014-06-27T20:03:44Z")
Without resorting to outside sources, including Google or Yahoo! searches, what’s your best paraphrase and meaning for "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at"? Have you heard of it before? If so, where and when? If you never even he… --- ## [Things you'd like to see, just for the name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-just-for-the-name/691359)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youd-like-to-see-just-for-the-name/691359 "2014-06-27T18:51:20Z")
My wife had an idea awhile back for a restaurant/bakery that only sold desserts. All kinds of desserts: cakes, pies, cookies, ice cream, you name it. And she would call this restaurant “Just Desserts”. She admitted she l… --- ## [Is the latest run-up in bay area housing prices just another bubble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-latest-run-up-in-bay-area-housing-prices-just-another-bubble/691789)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-latest-run-up-in-bay-area-housing-prices-just-another-bubble/691789 "2014-06-27T18:43:21Z")
We live a bit south of Silicon Valley, within commuting distance. During the early-to-mid 2000’s our home’s price skyrocketed. Then during the recession, it plunged and business writers everwhere were saying that that … --- ## [Your experiences going to USA customs and declaring taxable goods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-going-to-usa-customs-and-declaring-taxable-goods/691800)
**Author:** [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-going-to-usa-customs-and-declaring-taxable-goods/691800 "2014-06-27T18:33:55Z")
So, you bought a bunch of stuff abroad over the $800 limit, and being a good citizen, you declared them when flying back to US on your customs form. What was your experience with Customs like? Did it take a long time, o… --- ## [Need a answer....\[wheelchair-friendly amusement parks\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-answer-wheelchair-friendly-amusement-parks/691777)
**Author:** [@wreckinball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wreckinball)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-answer-wheelchair-friendly-amusement-parks/691777 "2014-06-27T18:22:29Z")
Guys & Gals, Does anyone know where to take someone who is in a wheelchair to amusement parks in the USA?? So they could ride the rides and enjoy themselves as anyone who is able bodied would. If you could supply me a l… --- ## [I would like to talk about sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-talk-about-sheets/613498)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-talk-about-sheets/613498 "2014-06-27T18:19:02Z")
If you’re into smooth, soft, silky-feeling sheets, what are your favorite brands? I know thread count is a big deal, but I’ve bought some (at discount places like Marshall’s, etc.) that are as high as 300 to 500, and th… --- ## [Need nice words for "yes I am coming to your city, but I am far too busy to see you"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-nice-words-for-yes-i-am-coming-to-your-city-but-i-am-far-too-busy-to-see-you/691604)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-nice-words-for-yes-i-am-coming-to-your-city-but-i-am-far-too-busy-to-see-you/691604 "2014-06-27T18:11:49Z")
On Facebook, I inadvertently revealed a touristy trip to the city a friend from college is living in. I actually didn’t even know he was living there, until he commented on what I wrote to someone else. Though it is tou… --- ## [childhood attachments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-attachments/691792)
**Author:** [@graywolf4020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/graywolf4020)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-attachments/691792 "2014-06-27T17:33:53Z")
I’m 22 and I use a baby bottle and pacifiers at times and I was wondering is it normal for a boy with Asperger’s a type of autism to want to use it and to want to like girls who thumb suck and sleep with a stuffed animal… --- ## [How does a cell site simulator (Stingray device) work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-cell-site-simulator-stingray-device-work/691671)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-cell-site-simulator-stingray-device-work/691671 "2014-06-27T17:30:05Z")
First time I’ve ever heard about this. Must I carry my cell phone in my Faraday cage everywhere I go now? Jeepers Creepers… --- ## [Dialect poll: How do you pronounce the simple past tense of "ring", as a bell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-poll-how-do-you-pronounce-the-simple-past-tense-of-ring-as-a-bell/628819)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-poll-how-do-you-pronounce-the-simple-past-tense-of-ring-as-a-bell/628819 "2014-06-27T17:04:53Z")
From the Wikipedia article on California English, here: I didn’t know there was such a thing as California English, but I have to concede that my pronunciation of the language is pretty well described by the article. … --- ## [More trip advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-trip-advice/691613)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-trip-advice/691613 "2014-06-27T16:18:56Z")
I have been so impressed by the advice I have received that I think I will ask some more. We will be spending two nights in Las Vegas (July 3 and 4). Want to stay on the strip and am looking at the Mirage. Recommendat… --- ## [Hey teachers re: "I'm not going to be an X, so why do I have to learn Y?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-teachers-re-im-not-going-to-be-an-x-so-why-do-i-have-to-learn-y/687815)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-teachers-re-im-not-going-to-be-an-x-so-why-do-i-have-to-learn-y/687815 "2014-06-27T15:46:27Z")
Where Y is the subject you teach and X is any job related to that subject. What do you say to those students? --- ## [Pre-poll data collection: first exposure to music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collection-first-exposure-to-music/691693)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collection-first-exposure-to-music/691693 "2014-06-27T15:26:48Z")
I’m considering putting up a poll on the very first music you were aware of. Help me build a list of options. Parent’s singing Other family member singing Somebody in the family playing: – piano – guitar – harmoni… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1070) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1072)