# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1299 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1300 --- ## [The Point You Would Have Left Nazi Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-you-would-have-left-nazi-germany/657780)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-you-would-have-left-nazi-germany/657780 "2013-05-17T01:00:27Z")
In this poll thread about surviving Nazi Germany, at what point would you have left Germany to escape the whole mess? I like to think that mrAru and I would have left when they started with the hard core restrictions on… --- ## [Would you have survived in Nazi Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-survived-in-nazi-germany/657342)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-survived-in-nazi-germany/657342 "2013-05-17T00:35:03Z")
Inspired by a podcast in which one of the participants feels guilty that they would be just fine in Nazi Germany as they have blonde hair and blue eyes. If you had to live under the Nazi yoke, would you be just fine or a… --- ## [Anybody know of a good free investment management software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-a-good-free-investment-management-software/658562)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-of-a-good-free-investment-management-software/658562 "2013-05-16T23:22:04Z")
I am trying to find a kind of program, but having no luck. I want something that will look up stocks and basically tell me where I stand. I do it by spreadsheet now after manually logging into all the sites, but that se… --- ## [Family humor, inside jokes, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-humor-inside-jokes-etc/657517)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-humor-inside-jokes-etc/657517 "2013-05-16T22:40:58Z")
My mother used to put notes in my lunch that said, “Help, I’m being held prisoner in a school lunch factory.” :cool: Share some of your family jokes, humor, etc. --- ## [The half life of information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-half-life-of-information/658551)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-half-life-of-information/658551 "2013-05-16T21:55:39Z")
I often wonder what the 1/2 life of information might be if passed word of mouth from generation to generation. I also often wonder if information from the Bible used any of the ideas passed word of mouth over thousands … --- ## [How does one bounce back from a demotion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-bounce-back-from-a-demotion/658494)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-bounce-back-from-a-demotion/658494 "2013-05-16T21:31:57Z")
Four years ago- almost to the day- I got my dream job. I took a bit of a paycut to move all the way across to US to work on the project I’ve wanted to work on ever since I got into the game industry. Over the years, I … --- ## [Have you ever welcomed a cold call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-welcomed-a-cold-call/654735)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-welcomed-a-cold-call/654735 "2013-05-16T20:17:39Z")
Inspired by this thread - has there ever been a time that you responded favorably to a cold call either at home or work? Or can you think of any situation in which you might be? I can’t think of one myself. Basically,… --- ## [My ex is signing on my son's checking account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ex-is-signing-on-my-sons-checking-account/658368)
**Author:** [@LuxuryMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuxuryMom)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ex-is-signing-on-my-sons-checking-account/658368 "2013-05-16T19:32:59Z")
My Ex Husband who is in Bankruptcey opened a checking account with my teen age son’s name and is using the checking account as his own, making cash deposits and signing my son’s name. My son doesn’t realize what is go… --- ## [Why are sluts so hated and reviled by other women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-sluts-so-hated-and-reviled-by-other-women/210621)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-sluts-so-hated-and-reviled-by-other-women/210621 "2013-05-16T19:15:57Z")
Seems the most harm (if any) so called sluts do is to themselves. Why are “easy girls” so hated and reviled by other women? --- ## [forging bill of sale? what should i do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forging-bill-of-sale-what-should-i-do/658498)
**Author:** [@ironic55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ironic55)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forging-bill-of-sale-what-should-i-do/658498 "2013-05-16T19:02:27Z")
ok so here is the story. i bought a car 2 months ago or so and me and the seller forgot/did not sign a bill of sale. anyway i needed the bill of sale to transfer the car to my name. cus the car has a salvage title… anywa… --- ## [Whistling at Women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistling-at-women/657935)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whistling-at-women/657935 "2013-05-16T19:00:49Z")
A compliment? or a message a woman is cheap? Any men here do it? And women: how did you react? --- ## [Asking This Girl Out After Her Breakup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-this-girl-out-after-her-breakup/658291)
**Author:** [@dnguy0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnguy0)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-this-girl-out-after-her-breakup/658291 "2013-05-16T16:42:37Z")
Eventually a lurker needs to stop lurking and speak. That time is now. I just finished my fourth year at college, will be going back in the fall for my final semester, and I’ve got a bit of a girl problem. One that go… --- ## [FedEx's business model](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedexs-business-model/658330)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedexs-business-model/658330 "2013-05-16T16:17:16Z")
I don’t think this is pit-worthy, but it’s basically a mild rant. I recently met a guy who I knew was a FedEx driver. As I got to know him, he talked about things like his employees and his trucks. Ends up Fedex doesn… --- ## [Ladies, educate me on hair styling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-educate-me-on-hair-styling/658391)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-educate-me-on-hair-styling/658391 "2013-05-16T14:41:28Z")
I am an utter noob when it comes to hair styling. I want to change that, so today I bought a curling iron. Like any woman, I’ve got years of magazine reading under my belt about hair styling. But none of it seems to … --- ## [why aint the sky filled with ets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aint-the-sky-filled-with-ets/658403)
**Author:** [@o\_rion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/o_rion)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aint-the-sky-filled-with-ets/658403 "2013-05-16T13:00:45Z")
Things and events are composed of smaller Things and events, roughly I’m patterns, albeit With plenty of outliers and exceptions to the Patterns. Like in an explosion, heavier shit don’t go as far As the lighter shi… --- ## [What is the Brightest Flashlight Bulb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-brightest-flashlight-bulb/539146)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-brightest-flashlight-bulb/539146 "2013-05-15T17:24:32Z")
Flashlights are getting so darn confusing. Xenon, halogen, Krypton, LED I even found Xenon LED combo flashlights. A alphabet soup for light. all I want, is to see into the deepest, darkest corner of my basement. I w… --- ## [How to Remove Grease Stains from a Carpet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-grease-stains-from-a-carpet/658425)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-grease-stains-from-a-carpet/658425 "2013-05-16T03:43:07Z")
We just replaced the compressor on one of our air conditioners. The service we use, we’ve dealt with for years, and they’re usually pretty good guys and very careful. But accidents will happen, and while carrying the old… --- ## [Aeromedical mystery; Any pilots or medical personnel care to weigh in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeromedical-mystery-any-pilots-or-medical-personnel-care-to-weigh-in/658349)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aeromedical-mystery-any-pilots-or-medical-personnel-care-to-weigh-in/658349 "2013-05-16T00:52:22Z")
As I’ve mentioned before, I occasionally deliver airplanes cross-country to their new owners. I traveled to the PNW via airlines last week to fetch a Cessna back to DFW. The 20-hour ride home in the little plane was un… --- ## [Why aren't condoms advertised on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-condoms-advertised-on-tv/658047 "2013-05-16T00:42:51Z")
Every other kind of intimate product is, including birth control for women, erectile dysfunction drugs, adult diapers, sexual lubricants, and probably some I haven’t thought of. --- ## [Running Technique Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-technique-books/658317)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-technique-books/658317 "2013-05-16T00:05:27Z")
So at a recent meeting of the local Hash House Harriers, a friend mentioned that I have bad running technique, and offered to give me his copy of Chi Running. I’m in general open to the idea of working on my technique–I… --- ## [Job interview question - what to tell my second choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-question-what-to-tell-my-second-choice/658354)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-question-what-to-tell-my-second-choice/658354 "2013-05-15T23:39:00Z")
After submitting many applications over the last several weeks I have landed 2 interviews in the next few days! But, of course, it is never that simple. On Thursday I have an interview with Company A and on Tuesday I ha… --- ## [Aliens Tech/Nano-DNA Causes Rapid Physiological Changes - What Do You Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-tech-nano-dna-causes-rapid-physiological-changes-what-do-you-do/658376)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-tech-nano-dna-causes-rapid-physiological-changes-what-do-you-do/658376 "2013-05-15T22:07:57Z")
So, let’s just consider a light-hearted scenario (we needn’t ask too many questions about how such is possible): So, now what do you do? If you risk showing people how you look, the government might get involved. You’l… --- ## [Quebecians: help me plan my vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebecians-help-me-plan-my-vacation/657585)
**Author:** [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebecians-help-me-plan-my-vacation/657585 "2013-05-15T21:10:31Z")
I am flying into and out of Montreal, but I want to spend a week in Quebec City. There’s a train. Should I take the train? Is it worth getting business class on the train? How convenient are the train stations (Quebec… --- ## [How do you decide what companys/jobs to apply to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-what-companys-jobs-to-apply-to/658369)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-what-companys-jobs-to-apply-to/658369 "2013-05-15T19:35:19Z")
I’m curious. It seems like a lot of people here are looking for jobs. How do YOU decide what sort of jobs or companies you want to apply for? Do you have a picture in your mind of what you want your work place to be l… --- ## [Give ideas for an "Invisible Hand" t-shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-ideas-for-an-invisible-hand-t-shirt/658415 "2013-05-15T19:24:00Z")
Brother wants to make t-shirts that cleverly show the idea of Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”: Invisible hand - Wikipedia Your pithy ideas are appreciated and will probably used and not paid for. Contributing ideas is for… --- ## [What does an adult do at Disneyworld?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-adult-do-at-disneyworld/655366)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-adult-do-at-disneyworld/655366 "2013-05-15T18:55:45Z")
My fiance desires that the two of us take a vacation to Disneyworld. It’s not going to happen right away, but it will probably take place at some time in the next couple years. I’ve already agreed to this, since I neve… --- ## [Why would it appear that hetrosexual men are discriminated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397)
**Author:** [@NarmSayin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NarmSayin)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-it-appear-that-hetrosexual-men-are-discriminated/658397 "2013-05-15T18:05:50Z")
Why would it appear that hetrosexual men are discriminated against in the recruitment of airline cabin crew (excluding pilots or those involved in the piloting of the aircraft). I have done a fair bit of online research … --- ## [Easiest way to clean walls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-clean-walls/658360)
**Author:** [@midnight-dreary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midnight-dreary)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-way-to-clean-walls/658360 "2013-05-15T13:03:01Z")
I’m slowly doing over my room. I don’t want to paint my walls, unless necessary, but they are dirty. It’d probably be easiest if I was able to clean it in ‘spurts’, instead of doing it all at the one time. The less … --- ## [How many Feb. 29s have you seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-feb-29s-have-you-seen/650177)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-feb-29s-have-you-seen/650177 "2013-05-15T12:53:35Z")
As a variation on the “how old are you?” threads in progress, this one won’t need updating for three years, Just pick the poll option that has the earliest Leap Year you were alive for. Here’s the list for everybody un… --- ## [Is there some psychology to parking like a jackass in a parking lot (i.e. across the lines)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-psychology-to-parking-like-a-jackass-in-a-parking-lot-i-e-across-the-lines/658187)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-psychology-to-parking-like-a-jackass-in-a-parking-lot-i-e-across-the-lines/658187 "2013-05-15T12:43:25Z")
Please help me understand why it is that once a day, in a parking lot somewhere, I’ll see someone park their car diagonally across two (or sometimes even four :smack:) open spaces? (think in terms of a Walmart parking l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1300)