# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1406 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1407 --- ## [Enemy with vast tech superiority tells the US to pay tribute (in PEOPLE) or else. What would we do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-with-vast-tech-superiority-tells-the-us-to-pay-tribute-in-people-or-else-what-would-we-do/641620)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-with-vast-tech-superiority-tells-the-us-to-pay-tribute-in-people-or-else-what-would-we-do/641620 "2012-11-27T05:18:17Z")
A fired Rhymer Enterprises technomage–let’s call her Medea–swipes a continua buggy, spends a few years amassing a sci-fi arsenal, and returns home with conquest on her mind. Having legions of T-X series Terminators manni… --- ## [Have you ever used a word you didn't know you knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-word-you-didnt-know-you-knew/641935)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-a-word-you-didnt-know-you-knew/641935 "2012-11-27T02:37:54Z")
I was talking with a colleague about something and found myself saying, “Well, if that’s true it would obviate the work we did earlier.” While speaking the sentence I hesitated before using the word ‘obviate’. It seemed… --- ## [Spiriva box says ''Do Not Swallow..." What happens if one does ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiriva-box-says-do-not-swallow-what-happens-if-one-does/642214)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiriva-box-says-do-not-swallow-what-happens-if-one-does/642214 "2012-11-26T23:37:57Z")
The Spiriva (tiotropium bromide inhalation power) box says “Do Not Swallow Spiriva Capsules” in at least five places. The package insert has the same warning in several more places. It would not be difficult to inadvert… --- ## [So what the hell just hit me (illness)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-just-hit-me-illness/642071)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-the-hell-just-hit-me-illness/642071 "2012-11-26T22:30:44Z")
I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow, although this was coincidental to that, which is an annual checkup. Last Wednesday, I noticed small blisters breaking out on my fingertips. This was not long after I mixed up a b… --- ## [Thanksgiving Horror Stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horror-stories/641927)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horror-stories/641927 "2012-11-26T21:16:28Z")
So, yesterday’s Thanksgiving went beautifully, but does anyone have any fun/amusing Thanksgiving “horror” stories? I had a doozy last year. Last year was our first year in our new house and I decided to host Thanksgiving… --- ## [How do you treat sores in the nose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-sores-in-the-nose/642158)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-sores-in-the-nose/642158 "2012-11-26T20:43:00Z")
I’ve had this miserable cold or flu or the plaque or something. I thought I was finally getting better yesterday, but not so much this morning. My nose is so full of sores, I can barely breath through it. Are there any… --- ## [Stuttering and finding a job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuttering-and-finding-a-job/642010)
**Author:** [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuttering-and-finding-a-job/642010 "2012-11-26T20:38:50Z")
What are the suitable jobs for someone who stutters? Is it definitely a disadvantage when trying to get a job? --- ## [Warm, sunny winters in CONUS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-sunny-winters-in-conus/642104)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-sunny-winters-in-conus/642104 "2012-11-26T20:21:41Z")
I want to take a winter vacation someplace sunny and warm. Besides south Florida (which I’ve been to a lot), where else in the continental US is the weather over 70 (and mostly sunny) during the day in Jan-Feb? --- ## [Is this joke racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-racist/642125)
**Author:** [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-racist/642125 "2012-11-26T19:58:38Z")
This cartoon made the Reddit front page. It reminded me of a joke that I found funny when I was eleven, but that I find vaguely unsettling now: I kind of figure the standard answer should apply—if I have to ask, the a… --- ## [Body Shaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-shaming/642122)
**Author:** [@Modern\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modern_Master)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-shaming/642122 "2012-11-26T19:33:42Z")
What is your definition of body shaming and do you think it’s a problem? --- ## [How do you leave your hotel room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-leave-your-hotel-room/641607)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-leave-your-hotel-room/641607 "2012-11-26T18:54:26Z")
Lucky me - I got to travel for work right before Thanksgiving! woohoo :rolleyes: I’ve got a little time to kill before I meet with the folks I’m in town to see, and I’m just about packed up. And being bored, I got to… --- ## [Penises are NOT OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (says Church of England)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penises-are-not-optional-equipment-says-church-of-england/641768)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penises-are-not-optional-equipment-says-church-of-england/641768 "2012-11-26T18:33:29Z")
For bishops, anyway: My goodness, what do you suppose they, um, get up to in the Bishops’ Locker Room that women can’t be invited in??? Never mind. I think I don’t want to know. --- ## [Need help buying a tablet for my son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-buying-a-tablet-for-my-son/642080)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-buying-a-tablet-for-my-son/642080 "2012-11-26T18:07:16Z")
My 11 YO son is wanting a tablet for Christmas and I am pretty clueless on what to get. He wants an iPAD but that is not in the budget. I am looking more at the 7" screen tablets but there are so many I dont know where t… --- ## [Heavy duty / industrial sewing machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-duty-industrial-sewing-machines/641662)
**Author:** [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-duty-industrial-sewing-machines/641662 "2012-11-26T17:34:21Z")
Recommendations please for new or second hand heavy duty sewing machines. I want to use it for sewing canvas, upholstery, heavy duty cushions, recommissioning old sails, jeep covers etc. I’m using a regular sewing mach… --- ## [Hand sanitizer fad at the grade school - is this a thing elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-sanitizer-fad-at-the-grade-school-is-this-a-thing-elsewhere/642106)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-sanitizer-fad-at-the-grade-school-is-this-a-thing-elsewhere/642106 "2012-11-26T15:32:55Z")
We’ve done Silly Bandz, Squinkies, Hex Bugs, and so forth over the past few years. But my daughter seems to have captured the leading edge of a new trend in her elementary school: collecting little bottles of hand sanit… --- ## [Trip to London with a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-london-with-a-child/641426)
**Author:** [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-london-with-a-child/641426 "2012-11-26T14:54:37Z")
I asked my daughter what she would like for her 9th birthday/Christmas (they are days apart) and she couldn’t think of a single thing. Thinking about how much we love to travel, I thought we can use up our points and go… --- ## [Creepy PMs, Text Messages, Emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-pms-text-messages-emails/642077)
**Author:** [@Modern\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modern_Master)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-pms-text-messages-emails/642077 "2012-11-26T14:24:11Z")
Have you ever received a creepy pm, text message, or email? What was the creepiest one you received? DETAILS! :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [I like fake tits better than real ones!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fake-tits-better-than-real-ones/108537)
**Author:** [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fake-tits-better-than-real-ones/108537 "2012-11-26T13:56:30Z")
I just wanted to make this un-PC statement to get it out in the open. Fake tits are just so damn pretty if they are done right, and real juggs, no matter how firm, just can’t match the firmness of some fakies. I like the… --- ## [post graduation advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-graduation-advice/624679)
**Author:** [@independentdestiny2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/independentdestiny2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-graduation-advice/624679 "2012-06-10T15:15:08Z")
Hi, I’m just looking for some support and advice. I graduate in July (after a long sojourn) and my lease at my apartment in my college town expires at the same time. What I want to do is study to take the GRE for 4 mo… --- ## [Spending Christmas week in Seattle & Tacoma -- what to see and do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-christmas-week-in-seattle-tacoma-what-to-see-and-do/641905)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-christmas-week-in-seattle-tacoma-what-to-see-and-do/641905 "2012-11-26T06:48:13Z")
So my wife wants to spend Christmas with her sister and family in Tacoma. I’ve been dreading this for 12 years now… I knew it would come eventually. Because I have zero desire to spend a week cooped to in a tiny house w… --- ## [HD radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hd-radio/642069)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hd-radio/642069 "2012-11-26T04:00:21Z")
My new car on order comes with HD radio as part of the package. I live in the Chicago area. I understand the concept well enough, digital signals that can be used to either transmit better quality sound or additional con… --- ## [Billing address must match IP address-- what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billing-address-must-match-ip-address-what/642075)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billing-address-must-match-ip-address-what/642075 "2012-11-26T00:19:33Z")
I recently tried to buy something through an online store, only to have my credit card rejected because my billing address did not match my IP address. I travel a lot, and am rarely at home, so this policy seems complet… --- ## [Battery/starting question. 2004 Honda Accord. Battery 1.5 years old.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-starting-question-2004-honda-accord-battery-1-5-years-old/642105)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-starting-question-2004-honda-accord-battery-1-5-years-old/642105 "2012-11-25T23:40:55Z")
I have such a vehicle. My local, very trusted repair shop, put the battery in 1.5 years ago. The mechanic said I needed a new battery at the time. While I ddn’t think I did, I trust these guys so didn’t complain. M… --- ## [Umbrella insurance policies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-insurance-policies/642100)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-insurance-policies/642100 "2012-11-25T23:14:22Z")
I’ve heard of these, off and on. They provide much higher liability than a typical homeowner’s or auto policy would: those typically cap out at a few hundred thousand, while an umbrella policy would be a million or two o… --- ## [Should you mention repair work you've done in an ad when selling a used car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-mention-repair-work-youve-done-in-an-ad-when-selling-a-used-car/642020)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-mention-repair-work-youve-done-in-an-ad-when-selling-a-used-car/642020 "2012-11-25T20:21:40Z")
I have a used car I may want to sell. I have had some work done on it. Some was due to minor fender benders, some was 100k maintenance, and some was the car just having problems. I assume I should mention all the 100k m… --- ## [Suggest some good, heavy, and warm flannel sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-good-heavy-and-warm-flannel-sheets/641904)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-good-heavy-and-warm-flannel-sheets/641904 "2012-11-25T20:09:21Z")
Title pretty much says it all. I’m looking for some comfortable full sized flannel sheets that I can buy online and that are warm enough for a Chicago winter. --- ## [The Hunt for Easy Fat Loss Continues...In Amusing Ways.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-for-easy-fat-loss-continues-in-amusing-ways/642029 "2012-11-25T19:10:32Z")
So I ran into GNC today just to grab a water and a (yummy) protein bar, and as I was being rung up at the register I was offered a few free samples of some new products they were featuring. One of these products was a “… --- ## [Ethnocentricity and dating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnocentricity-and-dating/642060)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethnocentricity-and-dating/642060 "2012-11-25T17:47:00Z")
I was persuing this (zombie) thread, and the part that interested me was drowned out by the denunciation of the OP of that thread, his rampant sexism, his poor attitude towards women in general, etc. and I couldn’t soldi… --- ## [So what should I see in London?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-see-in-london/641699)
**Author:** [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-should-i-see-in-london/641699 "2012-11-25T14:44:01Z")
I’m going to be in and around London for about a week this December, and I’d love to know what you folks would recommend seeing or doing while I’m there. I’m already planning to spend at least a day at the British Museu… --- ## [Saying Grace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-grace/641842)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-grace/641842 "2012-11-25T12:50:40Z")
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