# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1238 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1239 --- ## [The Officiant Wrote the Date in the Wrong Place on My Marriage License, and They Say It Isn't Valid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-officiant-wrote-the-date-in-the-wrong-place-on-my-marriage-license-and-they-say-it-isnt-valid/667403)
**Author:** [@MorrisCody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MorrisCody)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-officiant-wrote-the-date-in-the-wrong-place-on-my-marriage-license-and-they-say-it-isnt-valid/667403 "2013-09-03T00:44:46Z")
I was married this weekend in New York State, and in the space on the license where it asks for the officiant’s title, he wrote the date. He then crossed it out, wrote his title above the error and put the date in the co… --- ## [Apple Ipad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-ipad/667679)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-ipad/667679 "2013-09-03T00:02:43Z")
Yesterday my sister told me she had given her laptop to her grandson and to replace it she ordered an Apple Ipad. She asked my opinion and I don’t have one. I don’t even know what an Apple Ipad is. What is its intended u… --- ## [Snowden, NSA and what I think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowden-nsa-and-what-i-think/667835)
**Author:** [@Psychopants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychopants)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowden-nsa-and-what-i-think/667835 "2013-09-02T22:28:08Z")
Dear mods, I’m kinda new here, so if this discussion is misplaced, please move it. For the past couple of months, I’ve been bordering on obsessed with the Snowden situation and frustrated by my inability to articulate … --- ## [What is the name for this kind of bigotry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-bigotry/667831)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-bigotry/667831 "2013-09-02T21:56:56Z")
I didn’t know what to search for this question, so sorry if it’s been asked before. As you’ll see, some people don’t feel this is prejudiced behaviour, so that’s why I didn’t put it in GQ. Basically, it’s the pattern of… --- ## [Complaining on the internet: Not worthy of scorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-on-the-internet-not-worthy-of-scorn/667801)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaining-on-the-internet-not-worthy-of-scorn/667801 "2013-09-02T21:06:12Z")
Frequently, our fellow members here come here to unburden themselves of complaints, sometimes heavy, sometimes petty. And there’s always someone who will respond along the lines of “Why don’t you do X instead of complain… --- ## [The American Dream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-dream/667734)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-dream/667734 "2013-09-02T20:02:27Z")
\*\*Resolved: \*\*The “American Dream” is entirely economic/financial in nature. Debate. --- ## [What's a reasonable pet rent or pet deposit for a house, and how should I go about asking for one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-reasonable-pet-rent-or-pet-deposit-for-a-house-and-how-should-i-go-about-asking-for-one/667481)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-reasonable-pet-rent-or-pet-deposit-for-a-house-and-how-should-i-go-about-asking-for-one/667481 "2013-09-02T18:10:05Z")
Two of my housemates are moving out in the next month, and I’ve got two co-workers who’d like to move into my house. It’s a pretty desirable place both because of the location and the low rent, but the lease stated that … --- ## [Long nails for guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-nails-for-guys/613861)
**Author:** [@Bigshift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bigshift)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-nails-for-guys/613861 "2013-09-02T17:26:36Z")
I keep longer nails than most men. Eventually I do cut them and they’re not freakishly long. They are always clean, very white all the time. I know how to wash my hands and I get under the nails (because who wants to see… --- ## [Anyone take the Bob Marley tour in Jamaica?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-take-the-bob-marley-tour-in-jamaica/667805)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-take-the-bob-marley-tour-in-jamaica/667805 "2013-09-02T15:28:53Z")
There is an excursion in Jamaica - the Bob Marley Nine Mile Tour - that includes a walk through the house that Marley lived in as a child. It sounds half-cool, half-exploitive. Anyone done it? If not, would you, given … --- ## [A poll about the death penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-the-death-penalty/667560)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-the-death-penalty/667560 "2013-09-02T14:45:53Z")
Now that Nidal Hassan has received a death sentence from a military court I thought I’d ask a death penalty related question. The test for whether a person REALLY believes that the death penalty is morally and ethically… --- ## [Best thread hijack lines that don't involve race, religion or sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thread-hijack-lines-that-dont-involve-race-religion-or-sex/667362)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thread-hijack-lines-that-dont-involve-race-religion-or-sex/667362 "2013-09-02T13:46:58Z")
OK. So you’re on some other forum (obviously), probably as a sock puppet (since that’s how you roll) and you’re in a thread that just become one huge circle jerk. You figure that things can’t really get any worse and i… --- ## [Is it just me, or do many female celebrities look alike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-do-many-female-celebrities-look-alike/667728)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-do-many-female-celebrities-look-alike/667728 "2013-09-02T07:10:02Z")
I don’t watch a lot of TV or movies, but while waiting in line at the supermarket or other places, I see celebrities on the covers of magazines near the check-out, and it seems to me that a lot of female celebrities look… --- ## [Selling One's Work Benefits For Profit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-ones-work-benefits-for-profit/667662)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-ones-work-benefits-for-profit/667662 "2013-09-02T02:12:57Z")
This situation just came up where I work and I was wondering what you all think. At my job, the management gets a free parking space. This costs the company $200 per month. When I took this job, I explained that I would… --- ## [3000 A.D; Will historians know more about Rameses II than Barack Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-a-d-will-historians-know-more-about-rameses-ii-than-barack-obama/667068)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3000-a-d-will-historians-know-more-about-rameses-ii-than-barack-obama/667068 "2013-09-02T01:54:54Z")
Assuming we don’t nuke the planet’s balls off or get exterminated by super-intelligent cyborgs, that is. What I’m referring to is the digital dark age; the idea that the digital storage mediums that we use these days ar… --- ## [Help with iTunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-itunes/667683)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-itunes/667683 "2013-09-02T00:36:55Z")
Ok about two weeks ago my computer died. Specifically windows. But I have a fresh install of windows on a new HD and I have most of my programs back on except for iTunes. I’ve been putting this off because every tim… --- ## [Please recommend a hotel in NOLA for a Sunday night in January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-nola-for-a-sunday-night-in-january/667763)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-hotel-in-nola-for-a-sunday-night-in-january/667763 "2013-09-02T00:01:37Z")
My friend and I are planning a trip that will involve driving into New Orleans on a Sunday afternoon in January, staying overnight, and driving out the next day after breakfast. We’d like to find a reasonably priced hote… --- ## [Crafty Dopers: What food-safe finish can we use on these painted wooden spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-food-safe-finish-can-we-use-on-these-painted-wooden-spoons/667753)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-food-safe-finish-can-we-use-on-these-painted-wooden-spoons/667753 "2013-09-01T21:18:13Z")
We’re giving a bunch of hand-painted wooden spoons for party gifts. The handles of the spoons are painted with various colors of acrylic paint. Now we want to put a clear coat on. What can we use? It needs to be nontoxi… --- ## [If a military newbie is sent to fetch a bucket of prop wash, or keys to the submarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-military-newbie-is-sent-to-fetch-a-bucket-of-prop-wash-or-keys-to-the-submarine/598405)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-military-newbie-is-sent-to-fetch-a-bucket-of-prop-wash-or-keys-to-the-submarine/598405 "2013-09-01T19:50:42Z")
. . . and s/he happens to have heard of that joke before, what can s/he do? I imagine it’s a bad idea for him/her to call bullshit and refuse to follow the order, right? --- ## [Home Security Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-scam/666078)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-security-scam/666078 "2013-09-01T19:31:41Z")
We had a very polite, well spoken “salesman” stopped by our house today unsolicited to offer us a security equipment upgrade. He does not work for the company we have use for our security. His pitch was to upgrade our e… --- ## [Invicta watches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invicta-watches/667669)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invicta-watches/667669 "2013-09-01T19:16:33Z")
From another thread: What I know about Invicta watches is what I saw on commercials/infomercials 15 or 20 years ago. Since then, my impression of them is that they’re just knockoff Rolexes. The commercials never me… --- ## [(Hardtop) convertible thoughts? Time for a new car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardtop-convertible-thoughts-time-for-a-new-car/641922)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardtop-convertible-thoughts-time-for-a-new-car/641922 "2013-09-01T18:53:43Z")
My poor little Mitsubishi Spyder convertible is on it’s last legs. It’s lived a good life - 90k miles in 10 years, sleeps inside at night, occasional trip to Disney, etc. The poor thing is at that phase when things bre… --- ## [Anyone ever run a carnival game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-run-a-carnival-game/667709)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-run-a-carnival-game/667709 "2013-09-01T16:59:14Z")
We went to our local Labor Day Fair tonight, and there were almost no games. It led me to think about running one of my own next year, but I have no experience with it. It seems like the highest-traffic and most fun wo… --- ## [Tell me about the Jack Russell terrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-jack-russell-terrier/485471)
**Author:** [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-jack-russell-terrier/485471 "2013-09-01T16:15:00Z")
It’s only been about two months since we lost Boomer, and we weren’t thinking about adopting another dog until summer. But friends of my daughter have rescued a Jack Russell terrier from an elderly couple who can’t keep… --- ## [Beginning the bike training.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginning-the-bike-training/666555)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginning-the-bike-training/666555 "2013-09-01T15:34:11Z")
I have a goal. Next summer, I will compete in the Tri-Ballentyne triathlon. Not just finish, but actually compete. I’ve completed the NHS’ s C25k program, and am running over four mile three times a week. I have also… --- ## [Best Countertop Material: Granite, Concrete, Glass or Corain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-countertop-material-granite-concrete-glass-or-corain/651194)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-countertop-material-granite-concrete-glass-or-corain/651194 "2013-03-04T09:41:17Z")
I’d like to hear from people who have had the above materials put in. I like the look of cast glass-but the durabiloity issue scares me. Concrete looks nice, but is fragile. How about corian? I saw one countertop that lo… --- ## [Gaming laptop advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-laptop-advice/666675)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-laptop-advice/666675 "2013-09-01T11:36:47Z")
I’m in the market for a laptop specifically for gaming and I need suggestions. The key things I need are the ability to play the various Feed The Beast modpacks and Skyrim and then as time goes on, I probably will add m… --- ## [Are there believers here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-believers-here/667355)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-believers-here/667355 "2013-09-01T07:03:22Z")
And if so, please let me know, so I won’t feel so alone! And also, what do you think accounts for the lack of believers on this board that seems to comprise people in mid-life, and very intelligent? --- ## [Funeral card etiquette - money in card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-card-etiquette-money-in-card/249156)
**Author:** [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-card-etiquette-money-in-card/249156 "2013-09-01T02:17:27Z")
I don’t go to many funerals outside of my own family, so I’m asking for help on this one. My husband and I will be going to a visitation tonight to pay our respects to a long-time friend of the family. I’ll be bringing… --- ## [Recommend a good book on the Austrian Empire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-the-austrian-empire/667637)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-the-austrian-empire/667637 "2013-09-01T00:09:36Z")
I love Vienna and its prodigious history and I’d like to learn more so I’m looking for a readable history of Austria. Given the history of Europe I know that the “start” of Austria is amorphous and could be said to star… --- ## [Cis Women- Do you have an issue with trans women who've not had SRS in the women's room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cis-women-do-you-have-an-issue-with-trans-women-whove-not-had-srs-in-the-womens-room/667327)
**Author:** [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cis-women-do-you-have-an-issue-with-trans-women-whove-not-had-srs-in-the-womens-room/667327 "2013-08-31T23:49:05Z")
Wordy title. Anyway, the question is for cis women (women who were born with female genitalia and have XX chromosomes): do you have a problem with trans women using the women’s bathroom, even before they’ve had SRS (sex… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1239)