# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1204 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1205 --- ## [Would setting an air purifier next to the litter box do any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-setting-an-air-purifier-next-to-the-litter-box-do-any-good/671481)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-setting-an-air-purifier-next-to-the-litter-box-do-any-good/671481 "2013-10-28T02:11:38Z")
So I quite smoking a few months ago and have since started noticing smells that weren’t always apparent to me. My biggest issue is with the litter box. I keep it in the laundry room. Now every time I walk in there, it’s … --- ## [A Course Miracles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-course-miracles/672311 "2013-10-28T00:50:03Z")
Over the past thirty years, I’ve been working with A Course In Miracles (google ACIM). Let me say first that I have been an indifferent student, thus, the thirty years. Someone with dedication will complete it one. Nonet… --- ## [Do you think the story about the gay waiter receiving the nasty note is a hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-story-about-the-gay-waiter-receiving-the-nasty-note-is-a-hoax/672225)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-story-about-the-gay-waiter-receiving-the-nasty-note-is-a-hoax/672225 "2013-10-27T23:54:27Z")
Here’s a link to a story making the rounds on Facebook today I’m suspicious about the authenticity of this letter. The language in the letter is just so over the top. It seems like every week we read one of these storie… --- ## [You are the packaging guru at a candy manufacturer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-the-packaging-guru-at-a-candy-manufacturer/672347 "2013-10-27T23:41:19Z")
You have settled on two colors, light blue and red, for two kinds of candy, milk and dark chocolate. Which way do you go? --- ## [Women who like to rub/squeeze men's shoulders during sex - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-like-to-rub-squeeze-mens-shoulders-during-sex-why/672344)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-like-to-rub-squeeze-mens-shoulders-during-sex-why/672344 "2013-10-27T21:29:16Z")
I’m curious. I notice some women I have been with like to rub my shoulders in a similar, but almost automatic and unconscious manner. I’d say maybe 40% do this. I don’t have particularly nice shoulders, but I am curio… --- ## [Name Change-Kinda legal question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-kinda-legal-question/672298)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-change-kinda-legal-question/672298 "2013-10-27T18:05:24Z")
I’m thinking about changing my name, legally. Reading up on it on the Internet, I kind of get the idea that certain names will not fly: I cannot name myself Kim Kardashian or Brad Pitt, and offensive names are not allowe… --- ## [If someone in front of you in the express aisle had more than the maximum items.. what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-in-front-of-you-in-the-express-aisle-had-more-than-the-maximum-items-what-would-you-do/671896)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-in-front-of-you-in-the-express-aisle-had-more-than-the-maximum-items-what-would-you-do/671896 "2013-10-27T14:46:34Z")
This is such a basic question and probably many of you have never even thought about it, but would you say something? Say you were at the grocery store and the express aisle was 12 items or fewer, and you were in a rush… --- ## [Middle, Intermediate, or Junior High School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-intermediate-or-junior-high-school/672141)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-intermediate-or-junior-high-school/672141 "2013-10-27T14:03:10Z")
Middle School: 6th - 8th grade Intermediate School: 7th - 8th grade Junior High School: 7th - 9th grade I’m basing that on what it was when and where I was in school (Montgomery County, MD, early 80s - mid 90s), perha… --- ## [I am afraid of my bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-afraid-of-my-bike/672283)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-afraid-of-my-bike/672283 "2013-10-27T13:34:13Z")
As I jokingly admitted in the excuse mom firestorm thread, I suck at riding my bike. But worse than that, it rather terrifies me, to the point that I shake all over for the duration of any ride. After I get where I’m g… --- ## [Glucose Meter Reviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glucose-meter-reviews/672350)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glucose-meter-reviews/672350 "2013-10-27T13:31:32Z")
Our insurance is making us change glucose meters. Our options are either Accu-Chek (Aviva Plus or Nano) or OneTouch (Ultra2, UltraMini, or Verio IQ). Does anyone have any recommendations? --- ## [How Do You Dispose of Usable Stuff You No Longer Want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-usable-stuff-you-no-longer-want/672329)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-dispose-of-usable-stuff-you-no-longer-want/672329 "2013-10-27T04:29:50Z")
Too much of the usable stuff I no longer want either seems to sit around for years or end up in the garbage. --- ## [Onion posts satiric article calling Redskins owner a "kike" & a "shifty-eyed hebe". OK or too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086 "2013-10-27T04:22:33Z")
Re article below- Redskins’ Kike Owner Refuses To Change Team’s Offensive Name Too much or a fair point of satire given his insistence on not changing team’s name? --- ## [Should I eat more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-eat-more/672332)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-eat-more/672332 "2013-10-27T03:05:27Z")
Been running and working out fairly successfully for about 8 months now. I’m 5’11" and am done to 160 from about 174. I typically run 3-7 miles every other day, with a long run \>10miles every month or so. I’ve noticed … --- ## [Traveling to Tokyo for first time, must do/see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-tokyo-for-first-time-must-do-see/672113)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-tokyo-for-first-time-must-do-see/672113 "2013-10-27T02:53:17Z")
I will be working and with several other people but I am arriving a day early (Saturday afternoon on November 16th) and don’t need to check in with the group until Sunday night. So I got time to do only one or two reall… --- ## [What if an unpopular teacher was murdered by a student?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-an-unpopular-teacher-was-murdered-by-a-student/672075)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-an-unpopular-teacher-was-murdered-by-a-student/672075 "2013-10-27T01:49:01Z")
Just a rhetorical question, I guess. --- ## [Is one diversified fund diversified enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-one-diversified-fund-diversified-enough/672217)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-one-diversified-fund-diversified-enough/672217 "2013-10-27T01:30:12Z")
Right now I have the vast majority of my nest egg in a single Vanguard diversified moderate growth fund. Which is itself divided into hundreds of stock and bond offerings both foreign and domestic. Is this diversified… --- ## [Tell me about rowing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-rowing/570093)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-rowing/570093 "2013-10-27T01:29:17Z")
A girl in a group I’m in at work was talking about how she’s always wanted to learn to row at lunch yesterday, and before our seminar was over the whole group got all fired up about it and have halfway decided to take an… --- ## [The Occupy Movement - could someone explain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915)
**Author:** [@knel3030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knel3030)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occupy-movement-could-someone-explain/671915 "2013-10-27T01:04:12Z")
Could someone explain what the Occupy movement was/ is about? I’ve never been able to figure it out. People are pissed about entrenched and growing inequity and are hoping to reform …something…ok. So what is the objec… --- ## [Looking for stereotypical Italian restaurant music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stereotypical-italian-restaurant-music/672136)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stereotypical-italian-restaurant-music/672136 "2013-10-27T01:01:04Z")
I’m having friends over for Italian night and I want to play some stereotypical Italian music in the background. Do any of you have a suggestion for how to best do this? I did some searching on Pandora and the only sta… --- ## [Disappearing Act-Do NOT need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-act-do-not-need-answer-fast/672224 "2013-10-27T00:01:25Z")
Let’s say you wanted to disappear completely for five years, so completely that even the Feds couldn’t find you. Leave behind friends, job and family-could you do it? If so, how? Let’s avoid any hijack about whether y… --- ## [Intricate Babylonian curly beards. Any modern examples of men having their beards styled this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intricate-babylonian-curly-beards-any-modern-examples-of-men-having-their-beards-styled-this-way/672278)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intricate-babylonian-curly-beards-any-modern-examples-of-men-having-their-beards-styled-this-way/672278 "2013-10-26T23:16:59Z")
Per this 2009 Straight Dope question re \*how \*it was done I was wondering if there are any modern examples of men who have done this? I can’t find any contemporary examples of beards styled this way in google searchs. D… --- ## [Insurance fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-fraud/672110)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-fraud/672110 "2013-10-26T19:34:06Z")
Could this be medical insurance fraud? My wife received a letter from a “Subrogation Firm”, stating that they wanted her statement about some medical treatment received on a certain date last year. The letter said that t… --- ## [Is the Amazon share price overvalued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-amazon-share-price-overvalued/672153)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-amazon-share-price-overvalued/672153 "2013-10-26T15:39:23Z")
I’ve read a few reports on Amazons business performance for last year, it didn’t make a profit, and it’s on course to do the same this year from what I’ve read about the upcoming earnings report this afternoon. The gene… --- ## [HELP Name my YOGA Studio!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-yoga-studio/661213)
**Author:** [@cdngal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdngal)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-yoga-studio/661213 "2013-10-26T14:50:30Z")
Hello! I stumbled across this amazing group via a Google search looking for INSPIRATION NAMING MY YOGA STUDIO. I noticed that there was a similar thread over three years ago, but I am hoping there are some \*\*new and fre… --- ## [Another Landlord/Tenant Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-landlord-tenant-question/672024)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-landlord-tenant-question/672024 "2013-10-26T14:15:30Z")
I need some advice on a situation with my landlord. I’m renting a house, and I moved in in late June. I just got a letter from my landlord telling me that I need to let them know by November 4 if I want to renew my lease… --- ## [French Soccer Clubs to Strike over 75% Tax Rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-soccer-clubs-to-strike-over-75-tax-rate/672132)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-soccer-clubs-to-strike-over-75-tax-rate/672132 "2013-10-26T14:11:53Z")
The president of the French professional clubs union (UCPF), Jean-Pierre Louvel, said: “We are involved in a historic protest and have a real determination to save football by having a weekend without games at the end … --- ## [On the benefits of McEmployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-benefits-of-mcemployment/672226)
**Author:** [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-benefits-of-mcemployment/672226 "2013-10-26T11:30:28Z")
CoastalMaineiac posted this about fast-food jobs in another thread. Emphasis mine: Thinking of the people I personally know, dirt-tier minimum wage jobs are actually a hindrance to one’s career. The high schoolers wo… --- ## [Where in the US should I go for Thanksgiving vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-us-should-i-go-for-thanksgiving-vacation/672281)
**Author:** [@Owlett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Owlett)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-us-should-i-go-for-thanksgiving-vacation/672281 "2013-10-26T09:29:59Z")
I’m a Washington, DC, resident looking to spend a week of vacation in late November somewhere in the United States that will be not be too cold (55 F or above), or leafless, or brown and scrubby (bonus points if there ar… --- ## [Would you cross a supermarket picket line as a customer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cross-a-supermarket-picket-line-as-a-customer/671712)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cross-a-supermarket-picket-line-as-a-customer/671712 "2013-10-26T05:29:50Z")
The employees of several major supermarket chains in the area may go on strike soon. Don’t know if they’ll picket, but if they did, would you still shop at those stores? How far out of your way would you go not to? Wha… --- ## [Death of a loved one, is it possible to recover to some extent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-loved-one-is-it-possible-to-recover-to-some-extent/672236)
**Author:** [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-loved-one-is-it-possible-to-recover-to-some-extent/672236 "2013-10-26T04:13:01Z")
Is it possible to find joy/happiness after the death of a person very close to you, for example, a spouse, child, parent, etc.? I would imagine a person may feel content at times, but not really experience any happiness… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1205)