# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1147 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1148 --- ## [Have you gotten a flu vaccination this flu season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-flu-vaccination-this-flu-season/643126)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-a-flu-vaccination-this-flu-season/643126 "2014-02-10T17:56:47Z")
I got my shot today. They won’t let you get the nasal spray if you are over 49. But it was a small needle, barely felt it. Just curious. For purposes of this poll, a “flu vaccination” is a shot, or nasal spray, or an… --- ## [Should I have to pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-to-pay/680438)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-to-pay/680438 "2014-02-10T16:33:23Z")
Not a “should I pay?”. I will be paying the bill if I have to, but I’d prefer not to have to…as the details below will show. The story: I live in an apartment. The cable wire to my internet leads from my modem out the … --- ## [Any Sugru veterans? Got tips or tricks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sugru-veterans-got-tips-or-tricks/680470)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sugru-veterans-got-tips-or-tricks/680470 "2014-02-10T14:41:31Z")
So I just received my first package of Sugru! I already know what my first project will be: repair/remake broken parts off my iPad holder… So any Dopers ever used it? Any cautions or tips I should know before plunging … --- ## [Looking for shoes like Doc Martens brogues but higher quality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-shoes-like-doc-martens-brogues-but-higher-quality/680866)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-shoes-like-doc-martens-brogues-but-higher-quality/680866 "2014-02-10T11:50:57Z")
I work in a profession that requires me to ride the line between blue collar and upscale attire. I also value quality and am willing to pay for it. I’m looking for a pair of high quality, thick leather, heavy soled shoes… --- ## [Drug Abuse Deaths and Celebrities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-abuse-deaths-and-celebrities/680940)
**Author:** [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-abuse-deaths-and-celebrities/680940 "2014-02-10T04:00:25Z")
Why are the deaths of celebrities by overdoses even major news anymore? While the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman is sad and perhaps even tragic for his family, why should it have any true meaning for anyone who follows… --- ## [CVS plans to stop selling tobacco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cvs-plans-to-stop-selling-tobacco/680640)
**Author:** [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cvs-plans-to-stop-selling-tobacco/680640 "2014-02-10T03:12:54Z")
Is this just a publicity stunt? Are they losing money on sales? Will they be able to continue this in the long-term? --- ## [Illegal? \[Rx drugs\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-rx-drugs/680514)
**Author:** [@glnwst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glnwst)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-rx-drugs/680514 "2014-02-10T03:10:04Z")
My girlfriend was caught with a prescription that was not hers (buspars, buspirone), and was charged with possession of drugs. This is not even a controlled substance. Is it still a crime for her to have had them in her … --- ## [What to do about my neighbor's annoying cock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-my-neighbors-annoying-cock/591677)
**Author:** [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-my-neighbors-annoying-cock/591677 "2014-02-10T00:40:04Z")
Yes, I’m having a chicken problem, and need advice. As some of you may know, I work nights and sleep during the day. I live in the city 'burbs in an apartment complex with about 40 units, and they abut up to a property t… --- ## [How old were you when you learned learned that homosexuality existed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-learned-learned-that-homosexuality-existed/680345)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-learned-learned-that-homosexuality-existed/680345 "2014-02-10T00:34:53Z")
(That was the best title I could come up with.) Blunt, even churlish way of putting the question, but I’m kind of curious—I’ve heard plenty of stories about people (straight and gay) growing up not knowing there even wa… --- ## [Developing an App](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/developing-an-app/680753)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/developing-an-app/680753 "2014-02-09T19:58:03Z")
If someone has an idea for an App but lacks the money and skills to develop it what would be the best option in pursuing it? A. try to find a partner who can write the app. b. try to find a partner who has the money to… --- ## [Your 18-yo child has an older lover. What's the minimum age difference you're comfortable with...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-18-yo-child-has-an-older-lover-whats-the-minimum-age-difference-youre-comfortable-with/653372)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-18-yo-child-has-an-older-lover-whats-the-minimum-age-difference-youre-comfortable-with/653372 "2014-02-09T19:23:25Z")
… and does sexual orientation matter? Before you answer, please take a moment to consider what the question is NOT. I am NOT asking whether you would try to dissuade your child from continuing the relationship. I am N… --- ## [Options for Dropping Everything to Study the Bible (Catholicism) - Without $ - Anywhere in the World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-dropping-everything-to-study-the-bible-catholicism-without-anywhere-in-the-world/680833)
**Author:** [@R980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R980)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-dropping-everything-to-study-the-bible-catholicism-without-anywhere-in-the-world/680833 "2014-02-09T19:07:35Z")
I’d like to know what options a registered member of the Catholic Church has in terms of studying the Bible & Catholicism. In my particular situation, I would not have funds to contribute for the courses, but I do have … --- ## [Tokyo and Hong Kong Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-and-hong-kong-vacation/680695)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tokyo-and-hong-kong-vacation/680695 "2014-02-09T18:39:53Z")
Any suggestions for what to do on vacation in Tokyo and Honk Kong? About a week in each city. Thanks! --- ## [Mortgage Queston: 30 yr vs. 15 yr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-queston-30-yr-vs-15-yr/680780)
**Author:** [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-queston-30-yr-vs-15-yr/680780 "2014-02-09T17:57:59Z")
I’m looking to sell my condo and buy a house this spring/summer, and will be facing this question: Get a 30 year mortgage or a 15 year? The challenge for me is that I would be able to cover the 30 year’s monthly payment… --- ## [Estranged elderly relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estranged-elderly-relatives/680647)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estranged-elderly-relatives/680647 "2014-02-09T16:22:14Z")
My grandparents are in their 80s now and I haven’t talked to them in a few years. We used to be close. Up until I was around 12 (I’m 31 now) I would say we were very close. At that time, they were young enough to take me… --- ## [Advertising injects noise. Could government enrich society by limiting advertising?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-injects-noise-could-government-enrich-society-by-limiting-advertising/680431)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-injects-noise-could-government-enrich-society-by-limiting-advertising/680431 "2014-02-09T15:56:13Z")
One idea I thought of the other day is an observation. Advertising is a 0-sum game of one-upmanship. Consumers in a given country have a finite amount of money to spend, and usually they spend all of it. (saving for r… --- ## [Nipple chafing, ow. Don't laugh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827 "2014-02-09T03:36:40Z")
I went to the gym for the first time in a long time yesterday. I was wearing a sports bra and didn’t even do any running (just exercise bike and beginner-level weightlifting), but today my nips itch like hell. Any househ… --- ## [Getting out of minor traffic violations: What can you say that usually works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-minor-traffic-violations-what-can-you-say-that-usually-works/680670)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-minor-traffic-violations-what-can-you-say-that-usually-works/680670 "2014-02-09T01:24:48Z")
Recently a friend did a U-turn 30-40 feet before the markings on the road allowed the U-turn (the road had solid yellow lines in the location where she turned). She was driving her kid to school at the time. A police of… --- ## [Ever taken Flagyl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-taken-flagyl/680795)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-taken-flagyl/680795 "2014-02-08T21:36:03Z")
What a drag it is getting old. :mad: Back in December I had a toothache in the area of a fake tooth, which was weird. Dentist gave me a 2 week dose of some antibiotics that wiped out the toothache. In late-January I st… --- ## [Tennessee : Elvis :: Your State : Who?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-elvis-your-state-who/680421)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessee-elvis-your-state-who/680421 "2014-02-08T20:59:18Z")
Simple idea, really, but you get to decide what important aspect of Elvis’s relationship with his home state (not birth state, he was born in Tupelo, Mississippi) is shared by the person in your state who comes closest t… --- ## [Are tattoos a requirement in today's dating circles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-a-requirement-in-todays-dating-circles/614741)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-a-requirement-in-todays-dating-circles/614741 "2014-02-08T20:57:41Z")
Perhaps it’s because of my age (44), but tattoos don’t really do anything for me. I don’t have any, nor do I plan on getting them. I certainly don’t think less of anyone who has tattoos; I just find them unattractive. W… --- ## [Suggestions for how to tell yoga teacher not to help me so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-how-to-tell-yoga-teacher-not-to-help-me-so-much/680784)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-how-to-tell-yoga-teacher-not-to-help-me-so-much/680784 "2014-02-08T20:03:10Z")
I’ve started taking yoga twice a week. I’ve done yoga off and on for 40+ years, not consistently, and it’s been a while since I was in a class. And let’s face it, I’m old and creaky. Which is one of the reasons I want to… --- ## [Deepwater Horizon oil spill responsibility.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-responsibility/680819)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-responsibility/680819 "2014-02-08T18:34:38Z")
Has the vast collective ‘doper iq’ reached a collective decision? Personally I hope not, I’d prefer collecting your personal decisions as a bit like shepherding cats. Anyway… Tell me about Haliburton’s responsibility i… --- ## [Do you leave hair conditioner on for a while, so it has "time to work"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-leave-hair-conditioner-on-for-a-while-so-it-has-time-to-work/680797)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-leave-hair-conditioner-on-for-a-while-so-it-has-time-to-work/680797 "2014-02-08T18:27:10Z")
I usually shampoo, rinse, apply conditioner, then leave it on while I soap up and wash the bod. I have this belief, unsupported by any evidence, that conditioner needs time to work. Occasionally, I will forget, and rin… --- ## [This kind of thing sounds wildly inappropriate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kind-of-thing-sounds-wildly-inappropriate/680671)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-kind-of-thing-sounds-wildly-inappropriate/680671 "2014-02-08T15:50:05Z")
I would not recommend reading the comments, either. I do sometimes where where all those parents who say they homeschool find the time to post on all these message boards. :rolleyes: Anyway, I didn’t think teachers a… --- ## [Subway and the Yoga Mat chemical.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-and-the-yoga-mat-chemical/680766)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-and-the-yoga-mat-chemical/680766 "2014-02-08T15:44:25Z")
Subway to remove chemical from bread The chemical/food additive that is being forced out is approved by the FDA for use here in the US and is used in Canada as well. It’s banned in Europe and other Countries for differ… --- ## [Grants for Child Custody Battles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grants-for-child-custody-battles/680450)
**Author:** [@Luke\_Anderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luke_Anderson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grants-for-child-custody-battles/680450 "2014-02-08T14:53:19Z")
Yes…I am one of the many fathers in this country that has lost parental rights and is now ready to do absolutely anything (legal of course) to have the ability to have my children in my life. I am anything but a high ro… --- ## [Any job that you will not do/are above doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-job-that-you-will-not-do-are-above-doing/680506)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-job-that-you-will-not-do-are-above-doing/680506 "2014-02-08T14:22:30Z")
I know many of you are professionals in a career, many are retired, so perhaps you may have to think back on this one. Are there or was there any jobs that you wouldn’t do because you either felt you wouldn’t be able to… --- ## [What's the meaning of your userne?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398 "2014-02-08T05:22:53Z")
Demian is one of the main character of my favourite book - Demian, by Herman Hesse. Travis is just Tardis written on a very different way. What bout you dopers? --- ## [Why did "one" as a pronoun drop out of use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-one-as-a-pronoun-drop-out-of-use/680396)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-one-as-a-pronoun-drop-out-of-use/680396 "2014-02-08T04:10:09Z")
It’s perfectly viable, but it’s seen as pretentious I guess. That’s a shame because I think it very useful for making a broad point on a touchy subject. People seem to be so ready to take offense at anything, it would … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1148)