# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1093 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1094 --- ## [How would the ancients consider our style of dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-ancients-consider-our-style-of-dress/688646)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-ancients-consider-our-style-of-dress/688646 "2014-05-21T15:22:47Z")
I know it would depend on the culture and time period, but I’ve often wondered how an ancient civilization would consider our modern, western style of clothing. It came up when I was telling my wife about how Minoan sta… --- ## [House foundation question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-foundation-question/688860)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-foundation-question/688860 "2014-05-21T15:00:42Z")
I looked at a house today and I have a question about the foundation. The house is a rancher, 1,800 square feet, built in 1994 with a concrete block foundation/basement. About 5 feet of the the foundation is in the gro… --- ## [Recommendations for iPad or PC apps for learning spanish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-ipad-or-pc-apps-for-learning-spanish/688762)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-ipad-or-pc-apps-for-learning-spanish/688762 "2014-05-21T14:50:33Z")
I’ve attempted to learn Spanish a few times before only to fail. Lately I’ve taken up the gauntlet again and I am finding the iPad is a perfect platform for interactivity which is helping me stay engaged. I’ve been enj… --- ## ["Creative" Auto Insurance Claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-auto-insurance-claim/688588)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-auto-insurance-claim/688588 "2014-05-21T14:35:56Z")
Before you go pointing the fraud finger at me hear me out… my questions are why isn’t #1 an option and where is #2 forbidden. Background (Michigan law if it matters)… somebody bumped me in a parking lot. Got an estimat… --- ## [How are hedgehogs as pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-hedgehogs-as-pets/688579)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-hedgehogs-as-pets/688579 "2014-05-21T13:13:43Z")
My 9-year-old son would love a pet and unfortunately we’ve got fur allergies and would not be able to tolerate a cat or dog in the house. So far we’ve just had fish and hermit crabs, but he’d like something a bit more in… --- ## [Tell me why this study on genetic similarity of human couples isn't crap science.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-this-study-on-genetic-similarity-of-human-couples-isnt-crap-science/688775)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-this-study-on-genetic-similarity-of-human-couples-isnt-crap-science/688775 "2014-05-21T12:20:15Z")
I am a regular reader of the ScienceDaily RSS feed. I like to keep abreast of all of the latest developments in various fields that interest me, although I know that I probably would not get anything out of reading the … --- ## [Women look horrible with one side of their head shaved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-look-horrible-with-one-side-of-their-head-shaved/688629)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-look-horrible-with-one-side-of-their-head-shaved/688629 "2014-05-21T10:42:30Z")
That’s all. Thank you. --- ## [Ethical issue involving download site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-issue-involving-download-site/688869)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-issue-involving-download-site/688869 "2014-05-21T08:01:52Z")
A friend and colleague sent me an invitation to a private download site carrying videos of recent boxing and MMA matches to download. I didn’t ask him for it, I had told him if he saw a fight online I’d like to see it to… --- ## [Losing weight through running](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-weight-through-running/504532)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-weight-through-running/504532 "2009-07-29T14:37:25Z")
So I have been trying to lose weight. Before falling sick to a flu about 2 weeks ago, I was running a 3km route at least once per week and change my diet to include less meat and fried foodstuff. The last time I weigh my… --- ## [Commencement Speaker Complaints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commencement-speaker-complaints/688678)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commencement-speaker-complaints/688678 "2014-05-21T00:51:00Z")
It’s that time of year again where college students object to the speakers at their graduation. I share their distaste with some of the prospective speakers such as Condoleezza Rice for example. However the choice of spe… --- ## [The popular refrain, "I'm glad I'm not dating anymore"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-refrain-im-glad-im-not-dating-anymore/688836)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-popular-refrain-im-glad-im-not-dating-anymore/688836 "2014-05-21T00:37:25Z")
I hear this repeated often on the SDMB, usually in response to a poster struggling with their dating life. It’s either posters who are married (usually for decades) in a long term relationship, or particularly common her… --- ## [Recommend a book on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from an Israeli view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-on-the-palestinian-israeli-conflict-from-an-israeli-view/688789)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-book-on-the-palestinian-israeli-conflict-from-an-israeli-view/688789 "2014-05-20T23:38:47Z")
My book group just finished Blood Brothers, an autobiography by Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian. Chacour is an amazing man, able to preach peace despite what he has suffered at the hands of the Israeli military a… --- ## [Do you have a piece of pencil lead embedded in your skin somewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-piece-of-pencil-lead-embedded-in-your-skin-somewhere/525921)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-piece-of-pencil-lead-embedded-in-your-skin-somewhere/525921 "2014-05-20T23:15:39Z")
I have one in the middle of my left palm, still visible. I’ve met enough other people who also have jabbed themselves with a pencil and still have the souvenir that I’ve come to believe it’s not a rare thing. My wife has… --- ## [Rosacea help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosacea-help/688788)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosacea-help/688788 "2014-05-20T23:15:18Z")
My middle sister has Rosacea, and is looking for helpful tips…any thoughts? --- ## [Let's talk dog walking etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-dog-walking-etiquette/688044)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-dog-walking-etiquette/688044 "2014-05-20T22:22:09Z")
We live in the city in a large house on a small lot. This means we have pretty much no backyard, a small front and side yard and we’re on a corner lot. We have a little dog run but the dogs don’t/won’t do their business … --- ## [Feeling conflicted after reading this article about drug testing and discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-conflicted-after-reading-this-article-about-drug-testing-and-discrimination/688685)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-conflicted-after-reading-this-article-about-drug-testing-and-discrimination/688685 "2014-05-20T21:48:54Z")
I have always disagreed with the policy of random drug testing in the workplace. If there’s a good reason to believe an employee is a junkie or a drunkard, then I have no problem targeting them for testing and firing t… --- ## [Diesel Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-advice/688847)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-advice/688847 "2014-05-20T21:00:05Z")
My dad passed last month and I inherited his truck. It’s a 1999 standard cab F-350 7.3 liter powerstroke diesel. I have to drive it from north of Seattle to Denver in July, and having never owned a diesel before, would l… --- ## [Is it impolite to talk about a social event to someone who's not invited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-talk-about-a-social-event-to-someone-whos-not-invited/688547)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-talk-about-a-social-event-to-someone-whos-not-invited/688547 "2014-05-20T20:40:35Z")
Let’s say you’re invited to a party by Person A. Person B knows both you and Person A, but is not invited. Talking about the party in front of Person B would seem to be rubbing the lack of invitation in. But is it impoli… --- ## [Is there an age when it no longer makes sense to be an organ donor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-age-when-it-no-longer-makes-sense-to-be-an-organ-donor/688744)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-age-when-it-no-longer-makes-sense-to-be-an-organ-donor/688744 "2014-05-20T20:29:10Z")
The title says it all. I’ve been an organ donor since it first went on our drivers license. I figure I won’t need my parts anymore so somebody can have them. I’m older now, I’ve had two heart attacks so I doubt my hea… --- ## [Do you feel pressure to "Do What You Love. Love What You Do"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-pressure-to-do-what-you-love-love-what-you-do/679774)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-pressure-to-do-what-you-love-love-what-you-do/679774 "2014-05-20T19:31:42Z")
From here: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/01/do\_what\_you\_love\_love\_what\_you\_do\_an\_omnipresent\_mantra\_that\_s\_bad\_for\_work.single.html: I agree with the gist of the piece: We shouldn’t encourage… --- ## [Poll: Do you/should you use the toilet if your partner is in the bathroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-should-you-use-the-toilet-if-your-partner-is-in-the-bathroom/688525)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-should-you-use-the-toilet-if-your-partner-is-in-the-bathroom/688525 "2014-05-20T19:16:09Z")
An Onion article today is about a couple who’ve finally reached the point that they are comfortable having one take a pee or drop a deuce while the other is in the bathroom. My fiancee and I have already had this discus… --- ## [Nasal irrigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasal-irrigation/688846)
**Author:** [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasal-irrigation/688846 "2014-05-20T18:37:00Z")
tl;dr cut to the chase: I have had issues with snoring since Easter, when the pollen count exploded and I got congested. I feel much better now but the snoring is still an issue, and I’m wondering if nasal irrigation m… --- ## [Workplace culture and "obligatory drinking"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-culture-and-obligatory-drinking/688782)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-culture-and-obligatory-drinking/688782 "2014-05-20T18:05:03Z")
I just got a new job and have been a bit irked to find that the company culture includes some semi-mandatory socializing. Meaning, I could probably just not go, but it would definitely cause talk. But worse, there is an … --- ## [Handling someone with diminished lucidity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-someone-with-diminished-lucidity/688811)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-someone-with-diminished-lucidity/688811 "2014-05-20T18:02:37Z")
I’m trying to produce a comic book as a hobby, and decided to hire an artist to help me. (I can draw, but two heads are faster than one.) Starting about six weeks ago, we’ve been getting together on Sundays to work, and … --- ## [Is it utterly impossible...\[civilization existed on Earth 100 million years ago?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-utterly-impossible-civilization-existed-on-earth-100-million-years-ago/688558)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-utterly-impossible-civilization-existed-on-earth-100-million-years-ago/688558 "2014-05-20T15:20:04Z")
…that some sort of intelligent civilization existed on Earth 100 million years ago? I mean…in 100 million years, EVERYTHING (except fossils) would be gone wouldn’t they? Including full blown cities? --- ## [What Explains this SCOTUS Decision Breakdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-explains-this-scotus-decision-breakdown/688750)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-explains-this-scotus-decision-breakdown/688750 "2014-05-20T14:29:34Z")
Supreme Court rules Raging Bull copyright case can go forward Correct me if I’m wrong, but ISTM that this is the ends against the middle - the 3 most conservative justices with 3 of the most liberal against a more mod… --- ## [What is your experience with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-experience-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/688445)
**Author:** [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-experience-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/688445 "2014-05-20T13:56:49Z")
I suspect I’ve ‘contracted’ Carpal Tunnel syndrome. My hands are tingling and numb. People have offered various remedies including massaging my tricep and twisting my wrist back and forth. The doctor is sending me to b… --- ## [Help me judge the reasonableness of a flatmate situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-judge-the-reasonableness-of-a-flatmate-situation/688757)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-judge-the-reasonableness-of-a-flatmate-situation/688757 "2014-05-20T11:33:51Z")
We all love these, so I’m hoping to get a few useful insights. I live in a flat with my friend Carol, who is currently sick with an unknown stomach bug that’s making her life hell. I’m also in a long-distance relationsh… --- ## [How do you find recruiters for positions in scientific fields](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-recruiters-for-positions-in-scientific-fields/688777)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-recruiters-for-positions-in-scientific-fields/688777 "2014-05-20T07:13:55Z")
In my experience many recruiters are recruiting for permatemp jobs. Places like Kelly or Aerotek can help you get a job, but it is going to be a low wage job with no benefits or job security that ‘may’ turn into a job wi… --- ## [Conspiracy theory or reasonable suspicion in Nigerian kidnappings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-or-reasonable-suspicion-in-nigerian-kidnappings/688797)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conspiracy-theory-or-reasonable-suspicion-in-nigerian-kidnappings/688797 "2014-05-20T04:22:12Z")
I was pretty startled today when someone pointed me in the direction of this blog post by a Nigerian resident of the U.K. I was fairly interested in the perception of the story from the viewpoint of a Nigerian, but I go… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1092) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1094)