# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1397 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1398 --- ## [Share your protect-civilization-from-zombies plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-protect-civilization-from-zombies-plan/643134)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-protect-civilization-from-zombies-plan/643134 "2012-12-10T17:54:21Z")
Suggested by a discussion in the current Walking Dead thread, which only laziness prevents me from linking to. By means too contrived to go into here, you have gained the friendship and confidence of the President. Thus… --- ## [How do you learn to live in the present?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-learn-to-live-in-the-present/643573)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-learn-to-live-in-the-present/643573 "2012-12-10T17:01:52Z")
One of my largest character flaws is that my mind tends to drift to the future or dwell on the past far too often. I never really understood how big of a problem it is for me until recently. I probably could be far more … --- ## [Roku vs Apple TV vs something else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-vs-apple-tv-vs-something-else/643114)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-vs-apple-tv-vs-something-else/643114 "2012-12-10T16:21:42Z")
I’m looking to get one of those streaming TV boxes, but I don’t know which one. Price-wise they all seem to be in the same ballpark. Price isn’t really an issue here. My current computer set-up is all Apple, and I also … --- ## [Do you think it's disrespectful to speak English in other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-disrespectful-to-speak-english-in-other-countries/643159)
**Author:** [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-its-disrespectful-to-speak-english-in-other-countries/643159 "2012-12-10T13:58:59Z")
I really have no opinion about that. So, your opinions will form mine. If you’re native speaker of English language, is it disrespectful to speak English in other countries? If you’re non-native English speaker, is it … --- ## [Mentally retarded men have a crush on me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-retarded-men-have-a-crush-on-me/643286)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-retarded-men-have-a-crush-on-me/643286 "2012-12-10T10:50:27Z")
I’ve gotten myself into an etiquette-proof situation, as I somehow often manage to do. I work in retail and there are two mentally retarded men who come every week and talk and talk and talk to me. They’re very sweet and… --- ## [How hard is it to get a date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-date/642252)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-get-a-date/642252 "2012-12-10T08:33:53Z")
Apparently this is Dating Month on the 'dope judging by all the related threads, but this one is a little different. Can you measure for us how hard it is to get a date? For some it seems impossibly difficult. For other… --- ## [Spots to relax in The West (US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-to-relax-in-the-west-us/643382)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spots-to-relax-in-the-west-us/643382 "2012-12-10T07:33:39Z")
I’m trying to come up a good spot in the West that is easily accessible by air travel from Sacramento and a good to just chill for a simple solo weekend getaway. Things that interest me: History Old Towns Downtowns … --- ## [I don't have a thermometer, is there any way to estimate my body temperature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-thermometer-is-there-any-way-to-estimate-my-body-temperature/643544)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-thermometer-is-there-any-way-to-estimate-my-body-temperature/643544 "2012-12-10T06:24:55Z")
I am all alone too, so I can’t have someone feel my forehead. --- ## [Unique vacation spots in the Southeast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-vacation-spots-in-the-southeast/643569)
**Author:** [@caverject](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caverject)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-vacation-spots-in-the-southeast/643569 "2012-12-10T05:00:56Z")
Trying to plan a trip for the first week of January with wife and 18 month old, and can’t think of anything. I live in central Florida, so don’t really want to do any theme park/Disney kind of things. We usually just go… --- ## [Sunday casual breakfast in DC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-casual-breakfast-in-dc/643396)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-casual-breakfast-in-dc/643396 "2012-12-10T04:43:02Z")
I’ll be there for a football game Sunday and would like to eat breakfast somewhere unique and not so crowded that I’ll have to wait an hour. Any Doper favorites? ETA: maybe cafe society? Wasn’t sure. --- ## [High Math for Kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-math-for-kids/643550)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-math-for-kids/643550 "2012-12-10T02:45:11Z")
I have a 12 year old cousin who loves math but finds it so easy as to be boring. She would like it if I found a book of higher math that she could go through herself, to play around with. She has probably taken geometry … --- ## [Typing/Keyboarding program for a second grade 8 year old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-keyboarding-program-for-a-second-grade-8-year-old/643483)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-keyboarding-program-for-a-second-grade-8-year-old/643483 "2012-12-10T01:37:52Z")
Academic challenge time. I need to find a typing/keyboarding learning program that is age appropriate to rack up 6 hours of tutorial time. I would also like bambina to actually start to learn to type. Bambina likes WebK… --- ## [Annoying pretentious words, sayings, or pronunciations people use to sound smarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pretentious-words-sayings-or-pronunciations-people-use-to-sound-smarter/48456)
**Author:** [@Inanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inanna)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pretentious-words-sayings-or-pronunciations-people-use-to-sound-smarter/48456 "2012-12-10T00:40:41Z")
It really irks me when people use “if you will” after EVERYTHING they say. Same with “at this juncture”. Blahhh! --- ## [How Fat is Too Fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fat-is-too-fat/642622)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fat-is-too-fat/642622 "2012-12-09T23:24:30Z")
I’ve been reading a lot of blogs lately from the “fat acceptance” movement. They have a lot of good points, viz. that dieting is ineffective for a lot of people; that the health risks from obesity are exaggerated; that … --- ## [I'm looking to buy a heavy duty American flag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-to-buy-a-heavy-duty-american-flag/643355)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-to-buy-a-heavy-duty-american-flag/643355 "2012-12-09T20:24:45Z")
For a Xmas gift. Ideally, I’d like something that can stand up to the elements and won’t snag on anything and tear. If you have suggestions, I’d appreciate hearing them. --- ## [Ever Have/Still Have A Favorite "Dive Bar"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-still-have-a-favorite-dive-bar/643471)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-still-have-a-favorite-dive-bar/643471 "2012-12-09T18:16:10Z")
You know the place…dark by day, Christmas decorations up year-round, juke box with odd selection of songs, maybe a pool table or pinball machine, the stench of smoke and booze, a strange crowd of people you most certainl… --- ## [Your Favorite Cheeseball Pick Up Lines & Do They Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-cheeseball-pick-up-lines-do-they-work/643129)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-cheeseball-pick-up-lines-do-they-work/643129 "2012-12-09T18:04:43Z")
On many sitcoms (especially those from the mid-70s) some lounge lizard in a leisure suit would often try to put the make on the hot girl and give some ridiculous pickup line, often followed by the live studio audience gi… --- ## [Contact Brand Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-brand-recommendations/643513)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contact-brand-recommendations/643513 "2012-12-09T16:58:36Z")
I just put in my last pair of contacts today. Well, last contact for one eye, I somehow have three left for the other. So I’m going to try to get in to the optometrist and get a refill today. Currerntly I’m using O2 O… --- ## [Phrases which have lost their meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-which-have-lost-their-meaning/643413)
**Author:** [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-which-have-lost-their-meaning/643413 "2012-12-09T16:38:46Z")
…or maybe were meaningless from the getgo. There are a few phrases I hear that seem like empty noise, and I’m wondering if they have value I’m not getting. “We need closure.” As applied to a lengthy court case or unresol… --- ## [Mental health situation of a person who plays the same damed 7 or 8 songs over and over daily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health-situation-of-a-person-who-plays-the-same-damed-7-or-8-songs-over-and-over-daily/642644)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health-situation-of-a-person-who-plays-the-same-damed-7-or-8-songs-over-and-over-daily/642644 "2012-12-09T15:59:05Z")
Jesus fucking Christ. She plays the same 7 or 8 songs over, and over, and over, every day, every night. She’s 48 years old, and it’s all recent pop shit that you hear on teeny-bopper stations. I’m at my wits end with … --- ## [Married couples/long-term partners: how to overlook those little flaws that drive you nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-long-term-partners-how-to-overlook-those-little-flaws-that-drive-you-nuts/643210)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-long-term-partners-how-to-overlook-those-little-flaws-that-drive-you-nuts/643210 "2012-12-09T15:46:55Z")
I’m in the early stages of a relationship that has serious long-term potential. But something that worries me is, in the past I’ve had difficulty overlooking little things that drove me nuts. Like chewing with his mouth … --- ## [Will cell companies let text messaging die w/o a fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cell-companies-let-text-messaging-die-w-o-a-fight/642992)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cell-companies-let-text-messaging-die-w-o-a-fight/642992 "2012-12-09T07:50:56Z")
I text with basically three people. My wife, my dad, and my next-door neighbor. All of these people have iPhones, so the messages go through iMessage. I do not have a text messaging plan. I send 10 to 20 regular text… --- ## [Training a dog out of bone possessiveness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/training-a-dog-out-of-bone-possessiveness/490127)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/training-a-dog-out-of-bone-possessiveness/490127 "2012-12-09T06:33:59Z")
Captain is a sweet, gentle dog. Wouldn’t hurt a flea. Wouldn’t hurt a killer Rambo flea with a flamethrower and an addiction to eating babies. A genuinely good dog. The evening we got him, he found a rawhide bone tha… --- ## [Involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in my Dismissal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involving-the-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-in-my-dismissal/643465)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involving-the-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-in-my-dismissal/643465 "2012-12-09T04:19:10Z")
I’ve done some serious damage in my facility by registering a complaint with corporate human resources. The complaint involved attempts against me at constructive dismissal (targeted at me), bigoted slurs by management … --- ## [Norco, how much is too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norco-how-much-is-too-much/643289)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norco-how-much-is-too-much/643289 "2012-12-09T02:52:00Z")
My Dr has given me Norco to help with the pain from the probable herniated disc I have. They are 10-325 mg and the instructions say to take one pill every 6 hours. That isn’t enough. Last night, I took 4 of them over … --- ## [Chances of getting a job, minorities and Statistics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chances-of-getting-a-job-minorities-and-statistics/643374)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chances-of-getting-a-job-minorities-and-statistics/643374 "2012-12-09T02:46:16Z")
I realise this is a sensitive topic and I have no desire to offend so please bear with me before hitting the nuclear-release button. I personally have no strong feelings on the subject itself apart from the belief that t… --- ## [I say "Islam" What's the first thing you think of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-islam-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/611515)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-islam-whats-the-first-thing-you-think-of/611515 "2012-12-09T01:20:54Z")
Inspired by thisthread on Germany What’s the very first thing that springs to mind when you think of Islam? Or has you-know-what coloured your first impressions of it? --- ## [Best location to naturally freeze yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-location-to-naturally-freeze-yourself/643242)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-location-to-naturally-freeze-yourself/643242 "2012-12-09T00:50:23Z")
Yet another thread that would be improved by ‘Need answer fast!’ in the title, but alas for the sake of accuracy it will be neglected. Anyway it is not unknown for some people these days to have their body (or just thei… --- ## [What's your favorite planet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186 "2012-12-08T22:50:00Z")
And why? --- ## [My dog has a tumor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-has-a-tumor/643389)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-has-a-tumor/643389 "2012-12-08T22:09:13Z")
Ten year old boston terrier. Good dog. I will be damned to all sorts of hell before I spend three times the money to save an old dog as get a pup. Rather just adopt one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1398)