# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1368 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1369 --- ## [need some good reading websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-good-reading-websites/648161 "2013-01-25T12:37:24Z")
Places like Salon and Slate. I have some time from time to time at work, when I run out of Dope would like some good reading material. Thanks. --- ## [Hibernate For A Time: Pick Your Pleasure!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hibernate-for-a-time-pick-your-pleasure/648229)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hibernate-for-a-time-pick-your-pleasure/648229 "2013-01-25T12:03:48Z")
Let’s assume they find a way to freeze bodies and then unfreeze them so you can hibernate for long periods of time - safely. While you are “frozen”, it is just like a nice night’s sleep. When unfrozen, you are back to yo… --- ## [Do you think people who don't watch TV are braggarts/snobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-who-dont-watch-tv-are-braggarts-snobs/647970)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-who-dont-watch-tv-are-braggarts-snobs/647970 "2013-01-25T09:54:55Z")
In a recent thread (sorry, don’t remember which thread or who said it) someone seemed to suggest that people who don’t watch TV will sometimes brag or be snobby about it. Do you agree? --- ## [How do you feel about your odd or oddly spelled name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-your-odd-or-oddly-spelled-name/648022)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-your-odd-or-oddly-spelled-name/648022 "2013-01-25T07:58:49Z")
We have had several threads recently on the phenomenon of non-standard names for children. These have included “vaguely African” sounding names for black Americans, the habit of misspelling common names to make them more… --- ## [Olaf's dilemma.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olafs-dilemma/647893)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olafs-dilemma/647893 "2013-01-25T06:03:12Z")
Some time ago, I have described the situation of my friend Olaf: Unfortunately, the situation is a bit complicated. Olaf is working on a special program. Yet a female guard and a male guard are angry at him for not d… --- ## [Diabetics: How do you satisfy the nom nom nom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetics-how-do-you-satisfy-the-nom-nom-nom/645831)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetics-how-do-you-satisfy-the-nom-nom-nom/645831 "2013-01-25T05:56:26Z")
Good morning diabetics! I have recently joined the Lancet Club, and have a ton of questions. The first is about food – as in, how and what do you eat? What’s a typical food day for you? Does it satisfy? How much and ho… --- ## [Redwood National Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwood-national-park/648281)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redwood-national-park/648281 "2013-01-25T05:37:33Z")
I already asked about the drive, and at this point I’m still unclear if I’ll take 101 both ways, 1 one way and 101 the other, or even go over the mountains and back on 5, but what about the park itself. What’s the best … --- ## [Dog People, what am I missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-people-what-am-i-missing/647930)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-people-what-am-i-missing/647930 "2013-01-25T05:32:32Z")
I’m a cat person. A couple folks in the household really wanted a dog. We have plenty of yard, plenty of faces in the house, and decent research skills so it was feasible to get a dog and to raise it into a well-adjust… --- ## [Q for gay male dopers: Best way to apologize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-gay-male-dopers-best-way-to-apologize/648205)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-gay-male-dopers-best-way-to-apologize/648205 "2013-01-25T04:26:42Z")
As a straight man, I’ve recently found myself feeling the need to apologize to a gay man for unintentionally being a “tease”. The story: A couple weeks ago I was at my favorite karaoke bar, and ended up sitting next to… --- ## [Underwater photography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwater-photography/648157)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwater-photography/648157 "2013-01-25T04:23:38Z")
I want to buy an underwater camera for when I go diving, can anybody advise on this subject as to what kind of camera I should get? Thank you for your help. P.S.: I’ll go looking on diving message boards but I thought … --- ## [When and why did the United States become the sole representative of the West?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-the-united-states-become-the-sole-representative-of-the-west/648042)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-the-united-states-become-the-sole-representative-of-the-west/648042 "2013-01-25T04:18:29Z")
The title, please :frowning: --- ## [Could they have developed Blitzkrieg in WW1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-have-developed-blitzkrieg-in-ww1/648282)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-have-developed-blitzkrieg-in-ww1/648282 "2013-01-25T04:07:47Z")
Just as the title poses. I know land fighting and deployment during the great war was already mechanized to a large extent. The main components (vehicles, armor, aircraft, artillery, horses :smiley: ) were already there.… --- ## [Should men and women both pay the same price for a haircut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-both-pay-the-same-price-for-a-haircut/647941)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-men-and-women-both-pay-the-same-price-for-a-haircut/647941 "2013-01-25T03:57:37Z")
Unfortunately I have not read the judgement as I like to do, because firstly I don’t know where to get it and secondly it’ll almost certainly be in Danish (but this is not a given given what a cool place Denmark is) so I… --- ## [Tipping at an all-inclusive in Cancún, Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-at-an-all-inclusive-in-cancun-mexico/648017)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-at-an-all-inclusive-in-cancun-mexico/648017 "2013-01-25T03:40:19Z")
My SO was awarded a work trip to an all-inclusive hotelin Cancún, Mexico next month. I’ve done a lot of travelling but have never stayed in an all-inclusive (excluding the work cruise we went on last year). So I’m unfam… --- ## [Males above the age of 21: what is your height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-above-the-age-of-21-what-is-your-height/647854 "2013-01-25T03:03:55Z")
… --- ## [Am I Crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-crazy/648124)
**Author:** [@heat1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heat1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-crazy/648124 "2013-01-25T02:52:16Z")
Okay, here it goes…and I desperately seek honest thoughts and advice. Okay my question is this. Im in love with my boyfriend who spends every single waking moment of his time when he is not sleeping, working, or sho… --- ## [Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, AND...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lee-harvey-oswald-james-earl-ray-and/647997)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lee-harvey-oswald-james-earl-ray-and/647997 "2013-01-25T02:35:56Z")
Okay so most people know the names and fates of the assassins of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, as well as the circumstances of the assassinations. However, MOST people (myself included) could NOT… --- ## ["Because I said so." - Denying children's critical thinking and reasoning skills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-i-said-so-denying-childrens-critical-thinking-and-reasoning-skills/647951)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-i-said-so-denying-childrens-critical-thinking-and-reasoning-skills/647951 "2013-01-25T00:42:34Z")
If you’re an elementary school child, you hear this all the time. You question something a parent or teacher has told you to do and more likely than not, you are silenced with the authoritative, “Because I said so.” It… --- ## [How come almost nobody goes from the House of Representatives straight to the presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-almost-nobody-goes-from-the-house-of-representatives-straight-to-the-presidency/648273)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-almost-nobody-goes-from-the-house-of-representatives-straight-to-the-presidency/648273 "2013-01-25T00:08:56Z")
As far as I can tell only James Garfield went straight from the House to the White House, nobody else before or since. Meanwhile, there are many who were senators or state governors immediately before being elected presi… --- ## [NEED ASNWER QUICK--Heating/AC estimate--is this reasonable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-asnwer-quick-heating-ac-estimate-is-this-reasonable/648155)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-asnwer-quick-heating-ac-estimate-is-this-reasonable/648155 "2013-01-24T23:43:00Z")
I just got hit with a BIG repair estimate for my condo. Any advice? Need answer fast --- ## [Friend MIA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-mia/648262)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Birdie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Birdie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-mia/648262 "2013-01-24T23:15:48Z")
Hi All, My friend and I use to be really close untill a couple of months ago when he got a girlfriend and has been MIA every since. Before that we would hang out and talk for hours on the phone. I exspected this would … --- ## [Recommend me an iPhone case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-iphone-case/648257)
**Author:** [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-iphone-case/648257 "2013-01-24T22:44:57Z")
Here are the criteria: It’s for an iPhone 4. $50 or less because I’ll be upgrading to the 5 at some point and will have to buy a new case then. I’d like it to be brown leather, but not one of those “sleeve” cases where… --- ## [What countries are "free"? What is a "free country" anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-are-free-what-is-a-free-country-anyway/648261)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-are-free-what-is-a-free-country-anyway/648261 "2013-01-24T22:38:35Z")
One of the things that I remember being taught as a child was that the US is a “free country”, as opposed to other countries elsewhere where the people did not have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, or the right to… --- ## [Service my car at the dealer or a regular mechanic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-my-car-at-the-dealer-or-a-regular-mechanic/648047)
**Author:** [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-my-car-at-the-dealer-or-a-regular-mechanic/648047 "2013-01-24T22:31:43Z")
I bought a new car last year and I’m coming around to the time to start the “regularly scheduled servicing.” I paid the dealer to do the 7,500 mile checkup. The 15,000 checkup is getting close and I wonder if anyone th… --- ## [Peein' In the Pool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peein-in-the-pool/648105)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peein-in-the-pool/648105 "2013-01-24T22:11:21Z")
\[Dear Cecil:\] True story. When I was still a little kid, say about 9 or 10, my family and I would go to a public swimming pool in a nearby suburb. One time while there, I was in the shallow end, slowly walking across th… --- ## [Slippery when sloped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-when-sloped/648145)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-when-sloped/648145 "2013-01-24T21:42:25Z")
I would like to call a moratorium on the overused phrase “slippery slope”. When someone uses that phrase to claim that action A will inevitably lead all the way to Result Z, they should have to show us a cite where that… --- ## [Most Notable Person or Thing without an English Wikipedia Article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-notable-person-or-thing-without-an-english-wikipedia-article/648243)
**Author:** [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-notable-person-or-thing-without-an-english-wikipedia-article/648243 "2013-01-24T21:35:14Z")
Admittedly, this may end up being a thread with single digit posts, but I was thinking about it the other night as I was reading a book on the build up to WWII. The Italian ambassador to Germany, Bernardo Attolico, was … --- ## [Wrong to be Miffed? (traveling and the SO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-to-be-miffed-traveling-and-the-so/648039)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-to-be-miffed-traveling-and-the-so/648039 "2013-01-24T21:06:12Z")
Opinions requested please. I have a relatively new SO who is more than a decade older than I am. I’m a couple of years short of 40. We’ve been dating a little less than a year. There’s no question of having children toge… --- ## [Is my photography any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-photography-any-good/646664)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-photography-any-good/646664 "2013-01-24T21:00:04Z")
About a year and a half ago, I bought a good little travelzoom cam, a Canon SX230. I shot quite a bit with it in a trip across the country and decided I enjoyed photography. It’s a great camera for what it is, but I want… --- ## [Suggest a good "Keep the dog busy" toy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-keep-the-dog-busy-toy/644428)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-good-keep-the-dog-busy-toy/644428 "2013-01-24T18:58:31Z")
The one I am looking for doesn’t seem to be made any longer. It was a knobbly ball which would jump around and make funny noises every couple of hours if you left it on during the day. It also had a treat holder which… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1369)