# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1178 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1179 --- ## [Was it really better "Back in the day?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-really-better-back-in-the-day/675668)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-really-better-back-in-the-day/675668 "2013-12-13T08:51:54Z")
Or do people see things through rose colored glasses and have selective memory? There are also people like myself who have never grown up in an era and can only piece together what I think it might have been like. I wa… --- ## [Is the Lipstick lesbian a mythical creature? (more or less)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lipstick-lesbian-a-mythical-creature-more-or-less/676113)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-lipstick-lesbian-a-mythical-creature-more-or-less/676113 "2013-12-13T05:59:11Z")
I’m thinking she has to be. The local neighborhood bar I go to isn’t a gay bar. Except on Wednesday nights and Friday nights they have a gay (female) bartender. On the nights that she bartends, the clientele goes from b… --- ## [Mortgage refinance question and taking advantage of old ignorant folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-refinance-question-and-taking-advantage-of-old-ignorant-folks/676139)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-refinance-question-and-taking-advantage-of-old-ignorant-folks/676139 "2013-12-13T04:19:35Z")
OK, I don’t have all the details. My mother and her husband have moved to a retirement home and I’m trying to help figure out finances. Well, it turns out the condo they bought about 30 years ago was refinanced 10 years … --- ## [What do you want done with your body when you die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-done-with-your-body-when-you-die/675890)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-done-with-your-body-when-you-die/675890 "2013-12-13T03:48:14Z")
I find the whole tradition of holding wakes and funerals to be offensive. Leaving your corpse on your dinner table overnight for people to wail over, or filling it with chemicals, dressing it up, applying make up to it,… --- ## [What do you want for Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want-for-christmas/674953 "2013-12-13T00:58:32Z")
Completely reasonable stuff I mean. Obviously we’d all like a winning lottery ticket or a new car (or in my case, all new teeth). What would you really like to have that is actually something you have a chance of getting… --- ## [Information overload as a new manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-overload-as-a-new-manager/675807)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-overload-as-a-new-manager/675807 "2013-12-13T00:18:25Z")
Looking for organization/notekeeping suggestions; I’m very recently a manager. This is great! But the one thing that keeps tripping me up is keeping track of everything everyone is working on. Among my team, there ar… --- ## [Why is my tongue swollen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-tongue-swollen/676001)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-tongue-swollen/676001 "2013-12-12T23:26:06Z")
Yes, I have an appointment with my ENT to continue investigating this question, but why not speculate in the meantime? It’s not terribly swollen, just enough that it feels like it doesn’t fit properly in my mouth. It ha… --- ## [Emotionally intimate lesbian-straight man relationship possible akin to gay man-straight female buds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotionally-intimate-lesbian-straight-man-relationship-possible-akin-to-gay-man-straight-female-buds/634161)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotionally-intimate-lesbian-straight-man-relationship-possible-akin-to-gay-man-straight-female-buds/634161 "2013-12-12T19:50:46Z")
It’s not uncommon for a straight woman to have an emotionally intimate relationship with a gay male friend. I cannot recall ever hearing about this sort of thing happening between gay women and straight men. Does it eve… --- ## [How do you pronounce Monticello?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-monticello/612412)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-monticello/612412 "2013-12-12T19:47:34Z")
Thomas Jefferson’s home. I’ve usually pronounced it Monti-Sello, but recently I heard someone on TV say Monti-Chello (like the musical instrument). How do you pronounce it? --- ## [Publishing and marketing an app/website?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-and-marketing-an-app-website/676190)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-and-marketing-an-app-website/676190 "2013-12-12T19:46:40Z")
I’ve done all the preliminary work of researching and writing the text for an app and website combination, and am now ready (or so I think) to have it programmed and brought to market. All static elements and menus of th… --- ## [Socially conscious gift ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-conscious-gift-ideas/675946)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-conscious-gift-ideas/675946 "2013-12-12T19:41:13Z")
Christmas is coming, and once again I’m not sure what to give. My family is notoriously difficult to shop for-- they tend to buy what they want, and aren’t in to the obvious categories of gifts. They don’t do a lot of je… --- ## [Fun with a Fender Bender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-a-fender-bender/672820)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-a-fender-bender/672820 "2013-12-12T19:32:12Z")
I toyed with putting this in MPSIMS because I’m not really asking for advise, more what do you predict will happen. I know the mods are way over worked and way under paid so I thought I’d save them the trouble of moving … --- ## [Printer is stapling all my packets together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printer-is-stapling-all-my-packets-together/676181)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printer-is-stapling-all-my-packets-together/676181 "2013-12-12T19:24:55Z")
This is a question best addressed to my own IT department of course (and it has been) but they are currently focusing all resources on the fact that we haven’t had working email for three weeks now. So I’ll bring it to … --- ## [Glasgow and New York crashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-and-new-york-crashes/675222)
**Author:** [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasgow-and-new-york-crashes/675222 "2013-12-12T17:55:53Z")
I had noticed that there doesn’t seem to be a thread anywhere about the accident in Glasgow on Friday night, and it made me wonder whether it had been reported outside this country. I’d been wondering, and then a train c… --- ## [Dapper men: Jos. A. Banks vs. Men's Wearhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dapper-men-jos-a-banks-vs-mens-wearhouse/648914)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dapper-men-jos-a-banks-vs-mens-wearhouse/648914 "2013-12-12T17:31:06Z")
I’ve been going to Jos. A. Banks for a couple of years now for all my business attire needs. I know (especially since I have a friend who works in their corporate HQ) that under the surface, the stuff they sell isn’t of … --- ## [Ridiculous Hairstyles (Men and Women)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-hairstyles-men-and-women/670935 "2013-12-12T16:38:24Z")
Please post links to pictures… For men: I thought this was called a frohawk or a brohawk, but it must have another name…pointed down the center or to a peak, as displayed in this pic of Mike Wallace, NFL wide receiver… … --- ## [Ever pass on someone hot for a completely petty reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-pass-on-someone-hot-for-a-completely-petty-reason/675627)
**Author:** [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-pass-on-someone-hot-for-a-completely-petty-reason/675627 "2013-12-12T16:34:11Z")
So, I was at the gas station a little while ago, waiting in line to pay for gas. In front of me was a very good looking guy. He was wearing very nice jeans, expensive boots and had beautiful, shoulder length hair, pull… --- ## [Would you like the US to be a constitutional monarchy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-the-us-to-be-a-constitutional-monarchy/575197)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-the-us-to-be-a-constitutional-monarchy/575197 "2013-12-12T16:22:22Z")
I’m listening to BBC World Service at the moment, and I just heard a promo for an upcoming program on people who would like to change their systems of government. One of the people mentioned in the promo was a guy who s… --- ## [Newlywed & father-to-be: Paralyzed in fall on Saturday; kills himself on Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newlywed-father-to-be-paralyzed-in-fall-on-saturday-kills-himself-on-sunday/673345)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newlywed-father-to-be-paralyzed-in-fall-on-saturday-kills-himself-on-sunday/673345 "2013-12-12T15:36:41Z")
OK, a bit of a dramatic headline, but: This past Saturday afternoon, Tim Bowers, a newlywed (married in August; wife is expecting) was hunting from a tree when he fell approx. 16 feet. The fall left him paralyzed from t… --- ## [Contacts and Astigmatism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-and-astigmatism/447183)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-and-astigmatism/447183 "2013-12-12T15:32:30Z")
Last year, I went to the eye doctor when it was time to get my eyes checked. I was also having trouble seeing with my glasses and contacts. Things were a little blurry. It turns out my eyes had gotten worse and I now had… --- ## [Could microbes teach us the difference between life and death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-microbes-teach-us-the-difference-between-life-and-death/676148)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-microbes-teach-us-the-difference-between-life-and-death/676148 "2013-12-12T15:10:11Z")
So far as I know, we still do not have a perfectly accurate, flawless, infallible way of knowing that a person is irretrievably dead. (Within a reasonable time frame, of course.) Many years ago, we thought we did: heartb… --- ## [Flu - take pills or let my body sort it out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-take-pills-or-let-my-body-sort-it-out/676064)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-take-pills-or-let-my-body-sort-it-out/676064 "2013-12-12T10:07:22Z")
Background: So I have the flu. Day two. I’ve contacted work and I’m off for the rest of the week so I can relax and just concentrate on getting better. Question: Will I get better faster if I don’t take the cold and flu… --- ## [Did your parents tell you Santa was real when you were little?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santa-was-real-when-you-were-little/675928)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-parents-tell-you-santa-was-real-when-you-were-little/675928 "2013-12-12T02:35:40Z")
If so, do you feel that doing so enriched or diminished your childhood? If NOT, do you feel your childhood was enriched or diminished? No need to wait for the poll today. --- ## [When to fly the flag at half mast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-fly-the-flag-at-half-mast/675841)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-fly-the-flag-at-half-mast/675841 "2013-12-12T01:03:28Z")
I saw where a South Carolina sheriff refused to lower the flag in honor of Mandella. He stated that it should be reserved for American citisens. Do we have a protocal for this. I have always felt it was just a way of sho… --- ## [Women and hunting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-hunting/675469)
**Author:** [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-hunting/675469 "2013-12-12T01:00:58Z")
I live in an area that is big into hunting, especially deer. My Facebook feed is pretty heavy with pictures of people smiling beside of dead deer in the back of a pick up truck. Not really my thing. I find it especial… --- ## [How shocking would the biggest gov't secret be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-shocking-would-the-biggest-govt-secret-be/675900)
**Author:** [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-shocking-would-the-biggest-govt-secret-be/675900 "2013-12-12T00:35:32Z")
Obviously there’s no way to know the actual answer to this question and the answers are subjective, which is why I ask it here. But if you were to learn the government’s biggest secret, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 least, 1… --- ## [I'm looking for resume ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-resume-ideas/675912)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-resume-ideas/675912 "2013-12-11T23:50:42Z")
I have had health problems for years. Diabetes, liver and kidney failure. It’s been 2 years since my transplants, and I have recovered sufficiently to work again. I’ve made up a resume with the statement that I’m attemp… --- ## [Is this a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-crime/675944)
**Author:** [@notmikeymadden\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notmikeymadden_gmail.com)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-crime/675944 "2013-12-11T23:20:59Z")
A detective contacted me today. He alleged that I have been giving out letters with bags of candy attached. The letters stated, verbatim " Hi, my name is Michael and I’m a college student at UW-Milwaukee. I support mys… --- ## [Suggestions for what to do in Vienna?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-what-to-do-in-vienna/675492)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-what-to-do-in-vienna/675492 "2013-12-11T23:01:36Z")
I’m heading to Vienna for 8 days next week and I’m looking for unique suggestions on what to do. We’ll be hitting the major sights like the Ringstrasse, Stephansdom, and Kunsthistorisches. I’m fond of architecture so I… --- ## [Opinions that others would find blasphemy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-that-others-would-find-blasphemy/674452 "2013-12-11T21:53:19Z")
So, what opinions do you have that aren’t really religious that the majority of the population would find blasphemous? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1179)