# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1219 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1220 --- ## [What is WRONG with these people????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-these-people/670182)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-these-people/670182 "2013-10-03T04:55:58Z")
This seems too mild for the pit, but if I’m wrong, please feel free to move it dear mods. :slight\_smile: My upstairs neighbors are idiots. Or, at the very least, clumsy dolts with nothing to do. They are: a mom, dad,… --- ## [Should the Republicans shut down the government until Obamacare is repealed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-republicans-shut-down-the-government-until-obamacare-is-repealed/670219)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-republicans-shut-down-the-government-until-obamacare-is-repealed/670219 "2013-10-03T03:49:05Z")
What do you think? Should they hold firm with this budget rider until the Democrats cave? --- ## [How long with the US gov't shutdown last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-with-the-us-govt-shutdown-last/670087)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-with-the-us-govt-shutdown-last/670087 "2013-10-03T03:28:14Z")
Wondering how long folk think this debacle wwill last and why? I’m having a hard time seeing the endgame, so I’ll start things off by guessing 14 days - thinking something will get done over the Columbus Day weekend. --- ## [Why are fashions for heavy women so ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-fashions-for-heavy-women-so-ugly/263875)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-fashions-for-heavy-women-so-ugly/263875 "2013-10-03T01:42:15Z")
I took my daughter out to the mall this evening to get her some clothes for college. We visited the GAP, The Limited etc. etc, and etc. and saw lots of nice clothes and outfits, and she tried on several, but was vaguely … --- ## [Adorable Things You Believed as a Child, Part Whatever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-things-you-believed-as-a-child-part-whatever/669809)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adorable-things-you-believed-as-a-child-part-whatever/669809 "2013-10-03T01:41:56Z")
This gets done from time to time around here (even I have started a thread about it). Can’t hurt to do it again. When I was a wee lad, I believed: \[ul\] \[li\]I believed that the brand of baseball played by the Chicago C… --- ## [Firearms on Commercial Airlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearms-on-commercial-airlines/670233)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearms-on-commercial-airlines/670233 "2013-10-03T01:36:33Z")
From what I read, published by both various airlines and the TSA, transporting firearms in checked baggage is not a big deal. Not much more than a suitable/lockable container and advising the ticket counter of the conte… --- ## [.im a contract employee in MNC company but due to my PO expire my Client company give me new joining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-contract-employee-in-mnc-company-but-due-to-my-po-expire-my-client-company-give-me-new-joining/670186)
**Author:** [@preeti144](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/preeti144)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-contract-employee-in-mnc-company-but-due-to-my-po-expire-my-client-company-give-me-new-joining/670186 "2013-10-02T22:34:20Z")
.im a contract employee in MNC company but due to my PO expire my Client company give me new joining in other comapny now issue is that i have not resign from my old company …what reason should i write for resignation to… --- ## [Your worst teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-teacher/616369)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-teacher/616369 "2013-10-02T20:29:05Z")
I had a few poor teachers in high school, but Mr Gilbert was something else. Once a week for two years, starting when I was 12, our hearts would sink as we approached Wednesday afternoon. When the time came, we would fi… --- ## [Bug people - Tarantula Hawk Wasp vs Asian Giant Hornet - Who wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-people-tarantula-hawk-wasp-vs-asian-giant-hornet-who-wins/670099)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-people-tarantula-hawk-wasp-vs-asian-giant-hornet-who-wins/670099 "2013-10-02T18:26:44Z")
This vs this - Who wins? --- ## [That's it. Won't watch Glee anymore.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-wont-watch-glee-anymore/669962)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-it-wont-watch-glee-anymore/669962 "2013-10-02T15:48:44Z")
I have come to accept homosexuality as a normal feature in American television. I’m OK with two men identified as being gay partners, though I was rather disappointed with the Jeff Goldblum character. But if in this seas… --- ## [Pilots: Tie down, or hands off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-tie-down-or-hands-off/669947)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-tie-down-or-hands-off/669947 "2013-10-02T15:34:20Z")
Hands off another pilot’s airplane: always the case? In a nutshell: A guys parks his plane and notices a classic Ercoupe next to him that had not been tied down. He considered tying the Ercoupe down, but abided by the … --- ## [Celebrities that most people don't even notice but you find the incredibly SEXY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-most-people-dont-even-notice-but-you-find-the-incredibly-sexy/668659 "2013-10-02T15:30:52Z")
Is there any famous person that most people consider average-looking or even unattractive, but you find him/her to be inexplicably but incredibly sexy??? I’ll confess first. I’m a gay man and, for reasons that I can’t … --- ## [How long can i wait until doing tax papers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-i-wait-until-doing-tax-papers/670149)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-i-wait-until-doing-tax-papers/670149 "2013-10-02T14:07:47Z")
I have a business idea, which involves retail. I don’t want to create the business yet, because im not sure if the channels i have in mind work. So, lets say i wanted to start out at the garage sale or flea market level.… --- ## [Your thoghts on the quantum double slit experiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoghts-on-the-quantum-double-slit-experiment/670134)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoghts-on-the-quantum-double-slit-experiment/670134 "2013-10-02T13:25:37Z")
What are your opinions on the double slit experiment? --- ## [Hyperloop: Elon Musk's revolutionary transportation concept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperloop-elon-musks-revolutionary-transportation-concept/664701)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperloop-elon-musks-revolutionary-transportation-concept/664701 "2013-10-02T12:49:20Z")
Wunderkind Elon Musk, creator of Tesla Motors and Space X, has, for the last few months, been teasing about a concept he calls “hyperloop”, a revolutionary means of transportation that could travel from LA to San Francis… --- ## [Ambiguous language of love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguous-language-of-love/670175)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguous-language-of-love/670175 "2013-10-02T12:08:19Z")
The ancient Greeks had different words for different flavors of love; spiritual, romantic, friendship, and I imagine one could separate it into a more varied spectrum. In English it seems like we get by on context for th… --- ## [What's the biggest most important event that genuinely happened "in the nick of time"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-most-important-event-that-genuinely-happened-in-the-nick-of-time/669933)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-most-important-event-that-genuinely-happened-in-the-nick-of-time/669933 "2013-10-02T09:07:46Z")
Nick of time in this scenario= 30 seconds or so. In movies it’s common for event A to occur just a couple of seconds before event B happens, thus nullifying the massively important thing that would have happened if even… --- ## [How many hats do you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983)
**Author:** [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hats-do-you-own/669983 "2013-10-02T05:49:58Z")
While reading the hat thread in GQ, I got to thinking. How many of us wear hats regularly? How many hats do y’all have? And what kinds? I wear hats all the time. Keeps my hair under control. I have a dark green wide br… --- ## [Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence/670138)
**Author:** [@d-mendoza1122](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d-mendoza1122)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence/670138 "2013-10-02T05:02:49Z")
If I am to toss a small charger at someone that asked for it back and it didnt hit them and they decided not to catch it, do they have a right to punch me in the face and break my glasses? I did not hit back I walked awa… --- ## [Are the Tea Party Funders Happy With This Congress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-tea-party-funders-happy-with-this-congress/670153)
**Author:** [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-tea-party-funders-happy-with-this-congress/670153 "2013-10-02T03:36:19Z")
Rupert Murdoch, David Koch, and Charles Koch are funding the Tea Party. By funding challengers in primary elections they have managed to remove several moderate Republicans from Congress and have put radical Republicans … --- ## [Is there a British slang term for a taxi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-british-slang-term-for-a-taxi/669920)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-british-slang-term-for-a-taxi/669920 "2013-10-02T02:46:04Z")
I just got a call from my father asking me that one. Is there a term used in England for a taxi? A quick Google search doesn’t reveal anything. Oh, somebody with my father said they thought the word started with a ‘t’… --- ## [How much does it cost to airbrush a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-airbrush-a-car/670120)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-airbrush-a-car/670120 "2013-10-01T23:20:06Z")
I’ve always been a fan of the airbrushed fantasy painting on the side of a white van. While I’m never going to own a van, my next car will most likely be a white Prius. I casually wonder whether the Prius has enough re… --- ## [How do you end conversations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-end-conversations/669649)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-end-conversations/669649 "2013-10-01T22:17:27Z")
How do you end a conversation you no longer want to have? If I’m talking to a friend, I say “I have to go now” and that always works. However, there always comes a point in a business call where both sides realize that … --- ## [Recommend a RAID array for home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-raid-array-for-home/669946)
**Author:** [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-raid-array-for-home/669946 "2013-10-01T22:10:04Z")
Sigh. I finally maxed out my home RAID array. 6TB of storage is not enough. Time to upgrade. It’s been a few years since my last RAID purchases and I have not kept up with the changes within the industry. I’ve looked ton… --- ## [London Double-decker Buses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-double-decker-buses/669988)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-double-decker-buses/669988 "2013-10-01T21:52:20Z")
Do the famous red double-decker buses still exist? Thought I’d read they were being phased out - a shame if so. --- ## [What programming language would be best for a 10-year old kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-would-be-best-for-a-10-year-old-kid/670014)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-would-be-best-for-a-10-year-old-kid/670014 "2013-10-01T21:43:32Z")
My son has shown an interest in creating simple batch files on his computer. He’s 10. If I wanted to get him a book to learn some beginner programming, what would be best? At this point I’m thinking something that would … --- ## [Any experience with the Neat scanner or similar for receipts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-the-neat-scanner-or-similar-for-receipts/670124)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-the-neat-scanner-or-similar-for-receipts/670124 "2013-10-01T21:21:20Z")
A friend is drowning in receipts, and like everyone else has seen the TV ads for the Neat Scanner. Anyone have experience with this, or less heavily advertised competitors? She’d like to do less re-entry of data and wind… --- ## [How do you get ants to fight each other to the death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-ants-to-fight-each-other-to-the-death/298935)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-ants-to-fight-each-other-to-the-death/298935 "2013-10-01T20:47:40Z")
Last Sunday I was bored with time to kill, so I was using a plastic cup to capture ants. I noticed two types, a really fast black ant, and a stouter red ant. I figured these were different species, and assumed the red an… --- ## [Does not liking rap make you racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-not-liking-rap-make-you-racist/669789)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-not-liking-rap-make-you-racist/669789 "2013-10-01T19:49:27Z")
I was linked to this extremely humble man’s list of requirements for a female life partner over on Facebook, and while the list itself is very amusing and he probably deserves all the trolling he’s bound to get, one comm… --- ## [Generic/House Brands That Impress You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-house-brands-that-impress-you/669897)
**Author:** [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-house-brands-that-impress-you/669897 "2013-10-01T19:47:09Z")
There have been threads before about which certain products you MUST purchase brand names. I’m going for the opposite here: which generic/bottom shelf/house brand products have really impressed you and caused you to beco… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1220)