# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1371 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1372 --- ## [best boyfriend reaction to: with a girlfriend at a bar, and random drunk guy starts hitting on her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boyfriend-reaction-to-with-a-girlfriend-at-a-bar-and-random-drunk-guy-starts-hitting-on-her/647356)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-boyfriend-reaction-to-with-a-girlfriend-at-a-bar-and-random-drunk-guy-starts-hitting-on-her/647356 "2013-01-21T16:13:38Z")
This is completely hypothetical (as far as I’m concerned), but the SDMB seems like a great place to get hypotheticals like this answered. Suppose I’m at a bar, shooting pool with my girlfriend. I walk away to use the r… --- ## [Co-worker wrote a book - it's terrible. What to say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-worker-wrote-a-book-its-terrible-what-to-say/647732)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-worker-wrote-a-book-its-terrible-what-to-say/647732 "2013-01-21T15:48:47Z")
About a year ago one of my co-workers, Eric, wrote and published a book. He gave a signed copy to me and another co-worker, Craig. The book is so bad it’s unreadable. I’ve tried and tried but I can barely get past the f… --- ## [Where are all these FLIES coming from??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-these-flies-coming-from/647898)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-these-flies-coming-from/647898 "2013-01-21T14:11:37Z")
Yes, it’s summer in Australia, therefore it’s also FLY season. We begrudgingly share our oxygen and our sweat with the little fuckers…it comes with living in the best place in the world yannow?? :smiley: My problem is… --- ## [For Legal and HR types: was this a huge breach of confidentiality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-legal-and-hr-types-was-this-a-huge-breach-of-confidentiality/647668)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-legal-and-hr-types-was-this-a-huge-breach-of-confidentiality/647668 "2013-01-21T13:18:52Z")
Not a hypothetical, but I cannot give all the details or it will be too easy to figure out the who/what/where. A person has been offered a position with a company that provides services to outside clients. Before start… --- ## [How to stop being afraid when playing scary computer games and watching horror movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-being-afraid-when-playing-scary-computer-games-and-watching-horror-movies/647339)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stop-being-afraid-when-playing-scary-computer-games-and-watching-horror-movies/647339 "2013-01-21T07:54:03Z")
Well, this is rather serious questions. I’d also appreciate frivolousness, silly and not serious answers but I like serious ones. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Could Such a Scam Be carried Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-such-a-scam-be-carried-out/647799)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-such-a-scam-be-carried-out/647799 "2013-01-21T05:20:44Z")
You are the president of a small community college. Your school faces declining enrollment, and you feel threatened. You would like to keep your nice job, so you decide to “boost” the enrollment-you make up “phantom” … --- ## [Should I get a flu shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-flu-shot/646210)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-flu-shot/646210 "2013-01-21T03:50:24Z")
I’m wondering whether to get the flu shot. I don’t want to get the flu. I haven’t had the flu in many years. But this flu season is supposed to be especially bad, and I don’t want to get sick, so I was thinking that mayb… --- ## [How Many Other Dopers Have Trained Themselves to Remember Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-dopers-have-trained-themselves-to-remember-names/419132)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-other-dopers-have-trained-themselves-to-remember-names/419132 "2013-01-21T03:48:53Z")
I was reading a thread up in GQ, and saw this post by erie774. How many Dopers share this propensity? To not remember names. Of those of us who share it, how many Dopers have trained themselves to pay attention to nam… --- ## [Production and distribution company clips and logos in movies: who cares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/production-and-distribution-company-clips-and-logos-in-movies-who-cares/647800)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/production-and-distribution-company-clips-and-logos-in-movies-who-cares/647800 "2013-01-21T03:00:00Z")
\ Just now, I watched the first few minutes of Angels & Demons as I was transferring it from DVR to DVD. The first few seconds had the big traditional Columbia Pictures screen, then it seemed like something was ab… --- ## [Best girlfriend reaction to: drunk woman starts hitting on boyfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girlfriend-reaction-to-drunk-woman-starts-hitting-on-boyfriend/647686)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-girlfriend-reaction-to-drunk-woman-starts-hitting-on-boyfriend/647686 "2013-01-21T02:47:46Z")
Inspired by that other thread and true events! Suppose a guy and his girlfriend are attending a wedding, and a drunk female guest (imagine a Rielle Hunter wannabe) starts acting brazenly inappropriate toward the guy, tr… --- ## [Twins Euthanized: Possible in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-euthanized-possible-in-the-us/647218)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-euthanized-possible-in-the-us/647218 "2013-01-21T00:56:15Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/deaf-twins-going-blind-euthanized-165500992--abc-news-topstories.html Wow. I just saw this story on Yahoo, and couldn’t reconcile it with the poli/religious climate in the US. What would happen if … --- ## [A question about the vasectomy consultation process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360 "2013-01-21T00:47:45Z")
So, a friend of mine (it’s actually me, but don’t tell anybody!) is planning on having a vasectomy soon. I’ve got a pre-procedure consultation scheduled for the middle of next month. I seem to recall hearing that women … --- ## [Ever Had a Cat Go Missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-cat-go-missing/588796)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-cat-go-missing/588796 "2013-01-21T00:22:13Z")
My brother’s cat was missing for three weeks and then showed up on his deck Sunday night as if nothing had happened. He just was sitting there, pretty as you please, having a smoke and yawning. Okay, he wasn’t really ya… --- ## [How common are not overtly hostile slaps, shoves and hits among adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-not-overtly-hostile-slaps-shoves-and-hits-among-adults/647154)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-not-overtly-hostile-slaps-shoves-and-hits-among-adults/647154 "2013-01-20T22:30:24Z")
Apart from openly abusive behavior and taps on the arm to get someone’s attention or pats on the back, how common is it for adults to slap, shove and otherwise hit each other with varying levels of intensity? I’ve only e… --- ## [Does Fatigue Affect You Like This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fatigue-affect-you-like-this/647790)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fatigue-affect-you-like-this/647790 "2013-01-20T22:20:59Z")
I seem to have a strange response to physical fatigue…or maybe not. Today, I spent the day helping my SIL fix her house (she had been renting it out, as they had moved out of state). The tenants left the usual damage a… --- ## [Getting Prescription Drugs Paid For w/ Medicaid (any pharmacists out there?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-prescription-drugs-paid-for-w-medicaid-any-pharmacists-out-there/647831)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-prescription-drugs-paid-for-w-medicaid-any-pharmacists-out-there/647831 "2013-01-20T20:51:43Z")
I’m helping a friend navigate Medicaid. He’s got Medicaid, with a, let’s say, $300 spend down. Let’s say his prescription pills for the month cost $100. Exacts aren’t important here. Since he needs to spend $300 each… --- ## [Which law is the most scoffed at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-law-is-the-most-scoffed-at/647719)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-law-is-the-most-scoffed-at/647719 "2013-01-20T20:02:55Z")
By the most people. Jaywalking. Blue laws. Not declaring gambling winnings. Releasing Helium balloons. Laws that are general, not local/buried historical ones ones like “no sodomy by left-handed people,” unless it real… --- ## [First Pro-gun video I don't hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pro-gun-video-i-dont-hate/647459)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pro-gun-video-i-dont-hate/647459 "2013-01-20T19:28:40Z")
First pro-gun video I have seen that makes me go, “Huh, maybe they are right?” (It’s not a long video, worth a look) What do you think? --- ## [Trusting someone you know has cheated in the past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trusting-someone-you-know-has-cheated-in-the-past/645993)
**Author:** [@awinter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awinter)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trusting-someone-you-know-has-cheated-in-the-past/645993 "2013-01-20T16:26:18Z")
I am struggling with trust issues in my current relationship. I love him like crazy, but I know that he has cheated in the past. (not on me, but in previous relationships) I am having a hard time with this and am concern… --- ## [What do you think the next big invention will be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-next-big-invention-will-be/206947)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-next-big-invention-will-be/206947 "2013-01-20T15:23:06Z")
All of us in our department were chatting a while back, and my boss said she thought everything that could be invented had been invented, and she didn’t think there’d be any “new” gadgets coming down the pike. I thought… --- ## [A gift from the dead: What would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-from-the-dead-what-would-you-do/647511)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gift-from-the-dead-what-would-you-do/647511 "2013-01-20T14:29:31Z")
Here is the situation: Your cousin has died. He was a big sports fan. You liked him but were not particularly close. You attend the viewing and note that he is laid out wearing his prized sports jersey of his favorite te… --- ## [What's wrong with my toenail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-toenail/647760)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-toenail/647760 "2013-01-20T14:12:50Z")
You are not my doctor, blah, blah, blah… I have one toe (the second toe on my right foot, to be exact) with a crumbly nail. The nail looks normal in every way. When I trim it, though, it’s crumbly. I don’t think it’s t… --- ## [Taming a vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taming-a-vampire/647619)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taming-a-vampire/647619 "2013-01-20T09:43:40Z")
Hypothetical vampire (do no fight it) Eats only blood Assuming 450 calories/pint, the dietary requirement for a normal human of 2-3,000 calories would demand about 6 pints/day. To sustain supernatural strength and oth… --- ## [Texas Dopers: Given Names of Teenagers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-dopers-given-names-of-teenagers/646966 "2013-01-20T06:40:53Z")
I write textbooks for a living. That means I write a lot of word problems (e.g., “Billy and Susie are designing an experiment to determine blah blah blah.”) When writing word problems, I try to come up with names that a… --- ## [Imagining scents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagining-scents/647540)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagining-scents/647540 "2013-01-20T05:35:05Z")
Recently reading Oliver Sacks’s Hallucinations, I discovered a few things. The first was that I regularly experience tactile hallucinations in the form of the notorious “phantom ring” of my cellphone, which is usually s… --- ## [Machu Picchu 16GP Photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machu-picchu-16gp-photo/647622)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machu-picchu-16gp-photo/647622 "2013-01-20T05:08:15Z")
I just saw this AMAZING photo. I never realized that the peak commonly seen in the background pics was also terraced. That is unbelievable construction. My factual question is - Can you climb it? Have any Dopers done so?… --- ## [Paper's employees get death threats (guns)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-employees-get-death-threats-guns/646355)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-employees-get-death-threats-guns/646355 "2013-01-20T04:56:48Z")
We all remember the flap over the Journal News, the paper that inadvisedly printed the names and addresses of gun owners in White Plains, NY. Since then, the employees of the paper have had their names and addresses pri… --- ## [Do these vacation ideas exist? Looking for a different vacation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-vacation-ideas-exist-looking-for-a-different-vacation/647727)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-vacation-ideas-exist-looking-for-a-different-vacation/647727 "2013-01-20T04:01:39Z")
I’m planning for my February break. I’ll have a week off, and I’d like to go on vacation but do something different. I’d like to do something where I am a participant, or some sort of retreat. Any ideas? Here are some p… --- ## [My temporary cap is sooooooooooo loose, should I yank it, can I swallow it and die???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-temporary-cap-is-sooooooooooo-loose-should-i-yank-it-can-i-swallow-it-and-die/647775)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-temporary-cap-is-sooooooooooo-loose-should-i-yank-it-can-i-swallow-it-and-die/647775 "2013-01-20T03:57:02Z")
Arrggh, cannot see the dentist until Tuesday. Seems like it’s dangerous! What to do? --- ## [Fastening papers together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastening-papers-together/647624)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastening-papers-together/647624 "2013-01-19T16:14:54Z")
When you’ve got a multi-page document printed out, how do you fasten the pages together? Or don’t you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1372)