# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1155 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1156 --- ## [How patient are you with strangers who want to talk when you don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-patient-are-you-with-strangers-who-want-to-talk-when-you-dont/679197)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-patient-are-you-with-strangers-who-want-to-talk-when-you-dont/679197 "2014-01-26T04:43:04Z")
Inspired by an incident with just such a person. It also reminded me of some indie comic book in which the main character gets a negative reaction in such a situation (he’s the one talking to someone else), and gets sni… --- ## [Arsons, or coincidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arsons-or-coincidence/679585)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arsons-or-coincidence/679585 "2014-01-26T02:41:56Z")
My wife and I work at the local high school and know three kids in the same family. In the last ten years, three houses that they were living have burnt down. The most recent was last night. Is there any way in hell tha… --- ## [Do you feel bad clicking & not responding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-bad-clicking-not-responding/679504)
**Author:** [@FAL01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FAL01)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-bad-clicking-not-responding/679504 "2014-01-26T00:58:26Z")
Does anyone ever feel bad clicking on a thread but not responding? In what situations do you respond? --- ## [Women who got hotter as they got older](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-got-hotter-as-they-got-older/679131)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-got-hotter-as-they-got-older/679131 "2014-01-25T23:58:10Z")
What women do you feel have gotten more attractive (physically) with age? I would list Julia Louis Dreyfuss 20s 40s Sarah Silverman teenager 40s --- ## [Would You Visit North Korea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-visit-north-korea/678609)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-visit-north-korea/678609 "2014-01-25T22:49:26Z")
You are offered a chance to go on a 10-day tour of North Korea, all expenses paid. Like in most tours taken by foreigners in North Korea, the itinerary will be set by the North Korean tourism agency and you will be acco… --- ## [Medical charities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-charities/679701)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-charities/679701 "2014-01-25T19:32:49Z")
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been advertising quite a bit lately. I’ve always heard good things about them, and it’s nice that Danny Thomas backed up his faith with deeds. I was wondering how they perform … --- ## [Why cats don't like certain people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cats-dont-like-certain-people/679603)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cats-dont-like-certain-people/679603 "2014-01-25T19:32:20Z")
When we lived in Hermosa Beach in the 60s and had the big black-and-white tomcat Archie, there was a couple around the corner, named Jones, with a female Siamese named Winnie. The people were friends of mine, but Winnie … --- ## [Help me decide how to choose a school for my daughter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-how-to-choose-a-school-for-my-daughter/679543)
**Author:** [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-how-to-choose-a-school-for-my-daughter/679543 "2014-01-25T19:12:36Z")
My daughter will be starting kindergarten in the fall. We live in Detroit, and aren’t really enamored of the Detroit Public Schools, but we do have a wide array of other schools we can choose from. We’ve done some back… --- ## [Knock on the door after midnight, what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-on-the-door-after-midnight-what-would-you-do/679509)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-on-the-door-after-midnight-what-would-you-do/679509 "2014-01-25T17:08:31Z")
So I’m sitting up unable to sleep, and it’s been 30 minutes. I was woken up by someone knocking on my front door, which is unheard of. My front door is on the highway side and hasn’t been used in forever. When I woke … --- ## [Least to Most Uncomfortable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-to-most-uncomfortable/679492)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-to-most-uncomfortable/679492 "2014-01-25T16:26:03Z")
Please rank the following conditions from least to most uncomfortable for you, with no pain or severe sickness involved. With regard to degree (“How nervous are we talking?”), think the worst that you’ve experienced: n… --- ## [Hotel/Restaurant recommendations in Quebec City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-restaurant-recommendations-in-quebec-city/679551)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-restaurant-recommendations-in-quebec-city/679551 "2014-01-25T14:24:36Z")
The missus and I are headed to Quebec City in mid-Feb for a few days during school break. We’ll be skiing in upstate NY before heading over on Monday, leaving on Thursday, skiing nearby (Le Massif, Saint-Anne) Tuesday an… --- ## [Public Speaking ( seminar)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-seminar/679672)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-seminar/679672 "2014-01-25T13:06:10Z")
Looking for some tips on doing a seminar. I have zero experience in public speaking, I do have a good background in what I will be talking about. The seminar will be approx. 2 hours. I plan to spend the final 1 hour sho… --- ## [Teach me about the Iranian government!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-the-iranian-government/679600)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-the-iranian-government/679600 "2014-01-25T10:31:42Z")
To be more specific, I am trying to figure out how much of a democracy Iran really is, and how much power the Supreme Leader has. For example, the UK is a monarchy of course but while the monarch theoretically has vast … --- ## [Would other Relatives Call Us Gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-other-relatives-call-us-gay/679255)
**Author:** [@RichieBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RichieBoy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-other-relatives-call-us-gay/679255 "2014-01-25T07:20:20Z")
Was on another thread called ‘‘Homosexual v Homoerotic’’ and if there is a difference or are they the same. I was told to come here where I would get a better answer. My problem is I have a male cousin who is the same… --- ## [Real estate question – length of time on the market affecting value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-question-length-of-time-on-the-market-affecting-value/679618)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-question-length-of-time-on-the-market-affecting-value/679618 "2014-01-25T07:10:05Z")
Short version: If I want to sell a piece of property (land + house) but I’m not in an immediate hurry to do so (and I’m not at a point to do the whole staging thing), would it be counterproductive to put it on the market… --- ## [Please Swallow Their BS, They're FAMILY...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-swallow-their-bs-theyre-family/679292)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-swallow-their-bs-theyre-family/679292 "2014-01-25T06:16:13Z")
My brother and his wife were burglarized a few weeks back. It appears some classmates of my nephew, knowing he had some games or a games system, decided to break in the house. They broke the lock and came through a bac… --- ## [Juvenile delinquent taught at a university](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-delinquent-taught-at-a-university/678154)
**Author:** [@Don\_Simus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Simus)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-delinquent-taught-at-a-university/678154 "2014-01-25T05:45:37Z")
http://ecclesiastes911.net/fake\_sociology\_professor/ And what do you think? --- ## [Do you lose the same things over and over again? What did you do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lose-the-same-things-over-and-over-again-what-did-you-do-about-it/679525)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lose-the-same-things-over-and-over-again-what-did-you-do-about-it/679525 "2014-01-25T03:00:11Z")
I’m a serial donor of some things to the public good - primarily umbrellas and earphones. 2013 has been a bad year for me; the London Underground is richer to the tune of 3 umbrellas and 2 pairs of earphones, and in addi… --- ## [Can Reno come close to approximating a Vegas Strip vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-reno-come-close-to-approximating-a-vegas-strip-vacation/679544)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-reno-come-close-to-approximating-a-vegas-strip-vacation/679544 "2014-01-25T02:51:48Z")
The wife and I were supposed to go to Las Vegas with her sister and BIL this spring. Long story short: we’re not going, for various financial and logistical reasons. So I got to wondering if maybe a long weekend in Reno… --- ## [What would you do if you found out your teenage child was smoking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-found-out-your-teenage-child-was-smoking/193260)
**Author:** [@non-native](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/non-native)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-found-out-your-teenage-child-was-smoking/193260 "2014-01-24T23:54:15Z")
Or drinking maybe? Or smoking pot? Or doing hard drugs? --- ## [Where can I find 3 inch deep storage jars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-3-inch-deep-storage-jars/679637)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-3-inch-deep-storage-jars/679637 "2014-01-24T21:07:10Z")
Since it’s about cooking, I put it here. So I bought and moved into a new house. The Kitchen is less than ideally arranged, and until I can get it worked on, I have to live with it. The main problem is that the oven is … --- ## ['Possum in My Yard... What Do I Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possum-in-my-yard-what-do-i-do/479933 "2014-01-24T20:21:40Z")
The last few weeks, my Setters have been acting positively nuts, trying to climb my privacy fence, and this morning it was worse than usual. I brought them inside, but left them out about a half hour later. That’s when… --- ## [Do you get motion sickness easily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-motion-sickness-easily/679496)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-motion-sickness-easily/679496 "2014-01-24T17:46:52Z")
I can’t say that I have-on roller coasters I am just fine, on a boat rocking at sea I feel so much at home it isn’t even funny. Never had it happen to me, ever. --- ## [Would a Boarding House Be Viable in 2014?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-boarding-house-be-viable-in-2014/679541)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-boarding-house-be-viable-in-2014/679541 "2014-01-24T17:13:38Z")
You don’t hear much about boarding houses (or people living in them) much these days, primarily since they went out of fashion after the post-war economic boom. However, I see no reason why they can’t make a comeback, e… --- ## [Why do bees keep swarming on my hummingbird feeder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-bees-keep-swarming-on-my-hummingbird-feeder/679498)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-bees-keep-swarming-on-my-hummingbird-feeder/679498 "2014-01-24T16:09:04Z")
The first time I thought it was an anomaly. But now it’s a regular occurance. It’s a little chill here in AZ for bees, and they’re stupid slow, but I need to know how to make this stop happening. Any ideas what’s going o… --- ## [Bill Gates predicts 'almost no poor countries' by 2035. Is he delusional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-predicts-almost-no-poor-countries-by-2035-is-he-delusional/679459)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-predicts-almost-no-poor-countries-by-2035-is-he-delusional/679459 "2014-01-24T03:21:26Z")
I have to wonder if Bill Gates lives on the same planet. The Middle East is falling into civil war one country after another. Africa is still experiencing drought and is starving. A new genocide warning for the Central A… --- ## [Trip planning - a week in DC/Virginia/Maryland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-planning-a-week-in-dc-virginia-maryland/679469)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-planning-a-week-in-dc-virginia-maryland/679469 "2014-01-24T03:08:52Z")
My wife has a business trip in Washington DC coming up in the middle of March; 4 days of meetings (Tue - Fri), and wants me to come along. I’ve never been there, so this is an exciting opportunity. Roughly, we plan to … --- ## [What is the liability of this (hypothetical) drunk driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-liability-of-this-hypothetical-drunk-driver/679484)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-liability-of-this-hypothetical-drunk-driver/679484 "2014-01-24T02:53:08Z")
Two best friends (we’ll call them D for driver and P for Passenger) stumble out of a bar one night. Both D and P know they are BOTH drunk. Despite that, they decide to drive themselves home anyway. (They are both riding … --- ## [Any competitive dog obedience folk here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-competitive-dog-obedience-folk-here/679519)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-competitive-dog-obedience-folk-here/679519 "2014-01-24T02:46:13Z")
I’d love to pick your brains a bit if I may. My Labby girl has just completed her CD and I’m aiming now for Open, but this is new training territory for me. The club I’m with is more basic pet obedience, Agility, and Ral… --- ## [What could be hard about printing a new copy of a paystub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-hard-about-printing-a-new-copy-of-a-paystub/679475)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-hard-about-printing-a-new-copy-of-a-paystub/679475 "2014-01-24T01:49:31Z")
I haven’t kept my wife’s pay stubs because, for whatever foolish reason, I assumed we could access the information online. And when I found out we couldn’t, and an occasion arose in which we needed the last two paystubs,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1156)