# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1356 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1357 --- ## [What do you think about drinking drinks you've gargled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drinking-drinks-youve-gargled/650089)
**Author:** [@Altivu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altivu)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-drinking-drinks-youve-gargled/650089 "2013-02-13T15:13:55Z")
WARNING: MUNDANE TOPIC So…from my extremely large sample of two females, they’ve both expressed disgust at me gargling water in my mouth to remove some of the food residue stuck on my teeth, and then drinking it. They … --- ## [Suggestions for an iPad app to open documents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-an-ipad-app-to-open-documents/650156)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-an-ipad-app-to-open-documents/650156 "2013-02-13T12:30:10Z")
Mrs Piper has an iPad and was in court using it today, and ran into a problem. The app she was using to open pdf docs was something called “evernote” but she found that it was really slow. Anyone have any suggestions f… --- ## [Have A Manifesto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-manifesto/650148 "2013-02-13T12:28:40Z")
And if so, where do you keep copies; safe deposit box, desk drawer, with a trusted friend, etc.? Oddly, I find myself without a manifesto. :frowning: --- ## [Traffic-type question: what would be the thing to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-type-question-what-would-be-the-thing-to-do/649863)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-type-question-what-would-be-the-thing-to-do/649863 "2013-02-13T07:29:01Z")
This situation revolves around an urban firehouse. It is just off the downtown of a major city. Because of this, the street in front of it (a four lane one way street) has no “do not idle in this stretch” markings. I … --- ## [Help with a sprained / weak wrist & exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-sprained-weak-wrist-amp-exercise/649898)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-sprained-weak-wrist-amp-exercise/649898 "2013-02-13T07:10:48Z")
I sprained my wrist months ago, thought it would heal on its own like other injuries I’ve had, but I guess I am officially old now. I was lifting something heavy which shifted weight suddenly. My left wrist jacked itsel… --- ## [Question about nasal sprays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-nasal-sprays/650039)
**Author:** [@destry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/destry)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-nasal-sprays/650039 "2013-02-13T03:35:42Z")
Afrin, etc., tell you in the directions to use no more than 2 or 3 days, because it may worsen your problem. I understand that, basically. What I don’t understand is when can I start them again. They don’t tell you. If… --- ## [Need answer fast: how close is this French pronunciation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-how-close-is-this-french-pronunciation/649885)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-how-close-is-this-french-pronunciation/649885 "2013-02-13T03:29:55Z")
If I go to this webpage, it will do a text to speech reading for me. I want to know if it’s fairly accurate…at least accurate enough that I shouldn’t be embarrassed to mimic it. Specific regional accent doesn’t matter, I… --- ## [Remarried an ex-spouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarried-an-ex-spouse/649921)
**Author:** [@4311](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4311)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remarried-an-ex-spouse/649921 "2013-02-13T00:53:20Z")
Has anyone remarried and ex-spouse after some time being divorced from them? Or do you know of friends or family where this was done? Please share the story…How long where they married, how long divorced before remarried… --- ## [My nephew wants to be a game developer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-wants-to-be-a-game-developer/650049)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-wants-to-be-a-game-developer/650049 "2013-02-12T23:57:57Z")
My 14-year-old nephew has decided he wants to become a game developer. He LOVES games (iOS, various web-based games, various game systems) and would like to be involved in creating them for a living. I know he’s not alo… --- ## [Can't remember exact title of RECENT misconception book:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-exact-title-of-recent-misconception-book/649673)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-exact-title-of-recent-misconception-book/649673 "2013-02-12T23:38:00Z")
I’m pretty sure that what I am vaguely recalling is a book release within the past year. Perhaps it’s only been a matter of months. The title is something like: # {hundred, thousand} Things Everyone Believes that are … --- ## [What can you do with JUST a PolSci BA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-do-with-just-a-polsci-ba/650091)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-do-with-just-a-polsci-ba/650091 "2013-02-12T22:09:18Z")
I’m returning to college in the Fall. Unless I can pull a bunch of "A"s in my remaining classes, my GPA won’t be high enough to get into graduate school (I’d do a M.Ed). What kind of jobs can someone get with just a BA? … --- ## [new car pricing: sorting through the bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car-pricing-sorting-through-the-bullshit/650077)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car-pricing-sorting-through-the-bullshit/650077 "2013-02-12T19:14:22Z")
I bought a new car yesterday. It’s a done deal, so at this point , the discussion is purely academic for me, though it might benefit someone else. As I declared in this thread just a couple of days ago, I really don’t … --- ## [To drink or not to drink the milk... That is the question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-drink-or-not-to-drink-the-milk-that-is-the-question/649791)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-drink-or-not-to-drink-the-milk-that-is-the-question/649791 "2013-02-12T18:44:04Z")
This is a fairly simple poll. In fact, it’s the easiest one possible. One of two choices. Do you drink the milk from the bowl after finishing your cereal? Or do you finish the cereal and toss the remaining milk down … --- ## [How to be less ignorant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-less-ignorant/649972)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-less-ignorant/649972 "2013-02-12T16:59:20Z")
While ignorance is an evil thing and this Message Board’s main purpose is to fight it, the problem is that according to a lot of people here, I have a lot of it. If you know Anonymous User even the slightest bit, you ar… --- ## ["As entertaining as a blowtorch" - good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-entertaining-as-a-blowtorch-good-or-bad/650059)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-entertaining-as-a-blowtorch-good-or-bad/650059 "2013-02-12T14:53:16Z")
When I was kid, my dad would use the New York Times TV listings to pick movies for us to watch. Most movies came with a pithy, one-liner review and a star rating. One of them - I can’t remember which - always had the r… --- ## [What do you call an individual unit of bacon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-an-individual-unit-of-bacon/649719)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-an-individual-unit-of-bacon/649719 "2013-02-12T14:24:05Z")
Ha ha, “A whole pig!” While I certainly agree (I have eight pieces in the oven right now :)), I want to know what you call one unit of bacon. Where you’re from might be interesting, too. --- ## [What Is Fundamentally Wrong With Argentina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-fundamentally-wrong-with-argentina/649987)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-fundamentally-wrong-with-argentina/649987 "2013-02-12T12:55:38Z")
The country is wealthy, self-sufficient in oil, and has modern universities-so why does is (seemingly) lurch from one crisis to the next? I just read that the currency is now (effectively) devalued-after the governme… --- ## [Anyone know how Groupon's G Passes work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-groupons-g-passes-work/650060)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-groupons-g-passes-work/650060 "2013-02-12T04:33:12Z")
I bought discounted Broadway show tickets using Groupon. I never bought anything with them before. I paid last week and it said my G Passes (which would be my tickets as I understand it) would be available on 2/11 which … --- ## [How, exactly, does your credit card company calculate interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-your-credit-card-company-calculate-interest/649880)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-your-credit-card-company-calculate-interest/649880 "2013-02-12T01:52:57Z")
Because I was in for a rude awakening a couple of months ago. I usually strive whenever possible to pay off the entire balance, but in early December I was short about 200 bucks due to some other mini-emergency. I figu… --- ## ["Train for an IT career in 4 months." Nuh-uh. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-for-an-it-career-in-4-months-nuh-uh-really/649999)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/train-for-an-it-career-in-4-months-nuh-uh-really/649999 "2013-02-12T01:08:14Z")
Ive been hearing radio spots for this IT training school. Their claim is that they can take someone with no IT experience and train and Microsoft certify them in 4 months. From what I have been able to gather, they off… --- ## [WWII - Why the Eternal Interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-why-the-eternal-interest/649382)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-why-the-eternal-interest/649382 "2013-02-12T01:04:27Z")
Maybe because it was the US’s last “good” war? There is a current thread in GQ about Midway - how many thousands and thousands of hours of history and military people have gone over that battle? Yes, it was the turning … --- ## [How do thieves get money with a stolen ATM card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-thieves-get-money-with-a-stolen-atm-card/646359)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-thieves-get-money-with-a-stolen-atm-card/646359 "2013-02-12T00:16:20Z")
I have \*\*difficulty \*\*getting my own money because I forget my password and cannot remember where I scribbled it down. Latest story, these appear regularly, is about some dude is stealing cards from purses in theaters a… --- ## [Employment Contract Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-contract-question/650033)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-contract-question/650033 "2013-02-11T23:37:04Z")
I understand that you are not my lawyer, etc. etc. I started a new job not too long ago and received rather extensive and highly marketable training. On accepting the offer I was required to sign a contract saying that… --- ## [Annual Savings for Home Maintenance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-savings-for-home-maintenance/649591)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-savings-for-home-maintenance/649591 "2013-02-11T23:13:37Z")
Hi everyone, I just recently purchased a home and I was looking for some rough guidelines on what to expect in terms of yearly maintenance and repairs (cost and occurrence). Obviously, there are an innumerable amount o… --- ## [How old is "too young to die"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-young-to-die/649871)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-young-to-die/649871 "2013-02-11T21:32:23Z")
When someone dies, you often hear people say that they were too young to die - that the age at which they died was a young age to die. What’s the oldest age at which you would consider someone “too young to die”? --- ## [Romaji to Kanji typing program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romaji-to-kanji-typing-program/422501)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romaji-to-kanji-typing-program/422501 "2013-02-11T20:03:44Z")
Does anyone know where I can download a program where you type romaji and it converts to hiragana as you type, and then you can choose from a list of kanji. I know that there is a Mac program that does this, but I haven… --- ## [Best place to stay in Edinburgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-stay-in-edinburgh/648179)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-stay-in-edinburgh/648179 "2013-02-11T19:57:13Z")
My wife and I will be taking a trip to Scotland in April and will be staying in Edinburgh for a few days. I’d like to hear from Dopers on what you all think is the best place to stay in the city center. Some criteria: … --- ## [Can you describe what depression feels like to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-describe-what-depression-feels-like-to-you/361191)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-describe-what-depression-feels-like-to-you/361191 "2013-02-11T19:23:27Z")
While discussing my chronic depression with my doctor, he asked me to describe what it feels like. I had a hard time. It is not the same as being sad. The closest I came to describing it was saying that it feels like … --- ## [Home repair help? (woodworking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-repair-help-woodworking/649881)
**Author:** [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-repair-help-woodworking/649881 "2013-02-11T19:08:39Z")
I’ve got a set of kitchen chairs that I have as hand-me-downs, and they are slowly falling apart. The pegs that come from the seat section are pulling from the legs, causing significant instability. We’ve tried putting t… --- ## [SUV owners: What do you call your vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suv-owners-what-do-you-call-your-vehicle/650005)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suv-owners-what-do-you-call-your-vehicle/650005 "2013-02-11T19:07:26Z")
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