# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1455 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1456 --- ## [what's your favorite thing to be "all set" with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-to-be-all-set-with/632559)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-to-be-all-set-with/632559 "2012-08-30T20:22:16Z")
the “all set” feeling you have when the kitchen is fully stocked with groceries or the laundry is completely done or whatever - which one do you like best? I just got a couple library books but they are sort of ho-hum. … --- ## [Pranks/Jokes that Technology has made Obsolete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks-jokes-that-technology-has-made-obsolete/632651)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks-jokes-that-technology-has-made-obsolete/632651 "2012-08-30T19:54:27Z")
Prank phone calls, a staple of juvenile humor since the invention of the telephone, were made obsolete by caller ID about 25 years ago. “Mouse balls” jokes were the height of techie hilarity in the 90’s and early ought’… --- ## [Would you allow a rich family to take your 13 year old to Bahamas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947)
**Author:** [@Ecamp1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ecamp1)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947 "2012-08-30T15:44:43Z")
My niece is 13 and her parents are well off and able to provide her with whatever she needs and wants. She is quite spoiled. She slept with her parents until she was 12 as she was deathly afraid of her own bedroom. She s… --- ## [Rate the bullshit level of this story of a man dying in police custody.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-bullshit-level-of-this-story-of-a-man-dying-in-police-custody/630321)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-bullshit-level-of-this-story-of-a-man-dying-in-police-custody/630321 "2012-08-30T14:21:10Z")
Quick summary: In Jonesboro, Arkansas, police claim that a young man in their custody committed suicide by shooting himself, while his hands were shackled behind his back, in the head, with a gun he somehow retained poss… --- ## [Squirrels--am I the only person that likes them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrels-am-i-the-only-person-that-likes-them/632654)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrels-am-i-the-only-person-that-likes-them/632654 "2012-08-30T05:07:09Z")
I have a good seed bird feeder and I love the birds. Of course the squirrels like to hit it. (We call them the man from SADL–Squirrel Anti-Defamation League.) So I throw a handful of raw in the shell peanuts out to th… --- ## [Marrying someone with vindictive ex-spouse--how to protect myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marrying-someone-with-vindictive-ex-spouse-how-to-protect-myself/631346)
**Author:** [@piaffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piaffe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marrying-someone-with-vindictive-ex-spouse-how-to-protect-myself/631346 "2012-08-30T04:35:19Z")
(de-lurking because I’m not sure where to start and this is the smartest collection of people I know of) As indicated by the title, the person I’m planning to marry someone who has a vindictive and well-lawyered ex-spou… --- ## [How to live long-term on a million dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-live-long-term-on-a-million-dollars/632760)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-live-long-term-on-a-million-dollars/632760 "2012-08-30T04:00:01Z")
Your twice-removed great-aunt Flo, who you never even knew about, just died and left you exactly one million dollars. It is your goal to live on this money for the next 50 years without having a job. What would you do … --- ## [Seemingly intelligent person tells you they believe a magician 'actually has some powers'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemingly-intelligent-person-tells-you-they-believe-a-magician-actually-has-some-powers/633027)
**Author:** [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemingly-intelligent-person-tells-you-they-believe-a-magician-actually-has-some-powers/633027 "2012-08-30T03:25:03Z")
What is the correct response in this situation? I was talking to someone at a party the other day, and they came out with this. I was a bit floored. My first reaction was to call them an idiot, but that didn’t seem soci… --- ## [How to get the best price for an old coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-the-best-price-for-an-old-coin/633078)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-the-best-price-for-an-old-coin/633078 "2012-08-30T03:05:40Z")
I recently was given a small stash of old US silver coins. Included is an 1817 fifty cent piece that is interesting because the “7” in the date is over a “3”. Googling suggests this is a known and somewhat unusual vari… --- ## [Do Car Boot Sales exist in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-car-boot-sales-exist-in-the-usa/222789)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-car-boot-sales-exist-in-the-usa/222789 "2012-08-30T02:01:14Z")
The BBQ pit about yard sales started me wondering: In the UK, yard/garage sales are very uncommon; instead, people tend to dispose of their stuff at organised ‘Boot Sales’ - the seller turns up with a car boot (or somet… --- ## [Clogged aerosol spray cans. Irretrievable ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clogged-aerosol-spray-cans-irretrievable/633062)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clogged-aerosol-spray-cans-irretrievable/633062 "2012-08-30T01:59:45Z")
You know how it goes. You get three sprays out of that fixative or that dust spray and then you go to use the near-full canister again and it’s clogged. And yes I learned the part about storing them upside down. But I… --- ## [Poll: Male Babysitter Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-male-babysitter-experiences/270176)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-male-babysitter-experiences/270176 "2012-08-30T01:13:41Z")
Discussed on another forum that cannot be directly linked. Anecdotal evidence given is that an astonishingly high number of young girls get molested to some degree by male teenage babysitters. We have had similar th… --- ## [Roomba names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-names/633066)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-names/633066 "2012-08-30T00:25:29Z")
In this thread there is a discussion about Roombas and it seems like a lot of people have named theirs. I don’t have one but my mom named hers ‘Rambo.’ Who else named their Roomba? --- ## [Is this topless chainsaw wielding women handling the saw properly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008 "2012-08-29T21:57:27Z")
NSFW - Her technique looks questionable. Taking a lot of cuts to get through that post. Replace the two asterisks in the address below with two t’s. h\*\*p://superchief.tv/pussy-riot-gets-2-years-in-prison-femen-toplessl… --- ## [What are the bizarre things people say to you when you tell them what you do for a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-bizarre-things-people-say-to-you-when-you-tell-them-what-you-do-for-a-living/631735)
**Author:** [@mengvs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mengvs)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-bizarre-things-people-say-to-you-when-you-tell-them-what-you-do-for-a-living/631735 "2012-08-29T21:52:48Z")
I’m a veterinarian. I stopped saying “vet” after three consecutive people responded with, “But you look too young to have served.” The other response I get is, “Boy, you must really like animals, huh?” :smack: A friend… --- ## [Would you be willing to use a toilet on the hidden side of of one-way mirror?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-use-a-toilet-on-the-hidden-side-of-of-one-way-mirror/632866 "2012-08-29T18:57:24Z")
First the link, along with a quote from the article: \[ There are two pictures in the article, one showing what the toilet looks like from the outside (passersby see only the reflection of things outside the toilet) an… --- ## [Need good office prank ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-good-office-prank-ideas/632892)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-good-office-prank-ideas/632892 "2012-08-29T17:36:41Z")
I can’t take these bastards anymore. First they started transferring wrong-number callers to my phone. Another day, they unplugged my phone’s handset so while I connected to the other side, I couldn’t hear or speak to … --- ## [How much age difference between you and your next closest sibling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-age-difference-between-you-and-your-next-closest-sibling/632749 "2012-08-29T17:30:43Z")
Poll about birth spacing. Whoever is closest to you in age, whether older or younger. --- ## [Democrats: Compromise. Give up guns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-compromise-give-up-guns/632493)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-compromise-give-up-guns/632493 "2012-08-29T17:26:49Z")
I have been registered as non-partisan for as long as I can remember. I consider myself pretty liberal. I’ve always wanted to live in The Future, and the only way to get there is to progress. UHC? You bet. It’s prob… --- ## [Spend 20 years in Norwegian prison or 2 years in Turkish prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-20-years-in-norwegian-prison-or-2-years-in-turkish-prison/632621)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-20-years-in-norwegian-prison-or-2-years-in-turkish-prison/632621 "2012-08-29T17:10:32Z")
You commit a crime and the judge gives you this choice. In the Turkih prison the living conditions will be horrible, the food will be barely enough to keep you alive, guards and other inmates will beat you occasionally,… --- ## [Ever been internet detectived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-internet-detectived/632959)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-internet-detectived/632959 "2012-08-29T16:52:36Z")
I’ve heard some horror stories about people online having their identities found “doxxed” and used to harass or blackmail them. Admittedly, its usually in context of someone confessing something disgusting/horrible, but … --- ## [The appeal of tattoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-tattoos/632556)
**Author:** [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-tattoos/632556 "2012-08-29T15:06:14Z")
Someone want to explain to me this tattoo craze? Why are most of my co-workers tricking themselves out like Maori warriors? :confused: Yeah I know, none of my buisness really…except that I’m tired of seeing single moms … --- ## [Is it inappropriate to use the f-word when you miss a 3-foot putt playing with a mixed foursome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-inappropriate-to-use-the-f-word-when-you-miss-a-3-foot-putt-playing-with-a-mixed-foursome/632777)
**Author:** [@Sekigahara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sekigahara)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-inappropriate-to-use-the-f-word-when-you-miss-a-3-foot-putt-playing-with-a-mixed-foursome/632777 "2012-08-29T05:26:15Z")
I think it shows you respect the other players enough to be honest about your emotions. Am I wrong? --- ## [If the US were to go back on the Gold Standard, what would be the price of gold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-were-to-go-back-on-the-gold-standard-what-would-be-the-price-of-gold/632838)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-were-to-go-back-on-the-gold-standard-what-would-be-the-price-of-gold/632838 "2012-08-29T02:23:50Z")
If the US were to go back on the Gold Standard, what would be the price of gold? I have no idea how to go about figuring this out. And no, I don’t really expect it to happen, at least not anytime soon. --- ## [NY Cops shoot 9 people trying to kill bad guy. Reckless or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-cops-shoot-9-people-trying-to-kill-bad-guy-reckless-or-not/632725 "2012-08-29T00:18:12Z")
Turns out that shooting last week really wasn’t a mass shooting. Bad guy shot his boss. Cops show up and shoot 9 people trying to kill bad guy. :eek: Was this just reckless on the cops part? Were they channeling Dirty … --- ## [Star HS basketball star recruit collapses in despair when he is sentenced to 3 years in prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-hs-basketball-star-recruit-collapses-in-despair-when-he-is-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison/632350)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-hs-basketball-star-recruit-collapses-in-despair-when-he-is-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison/632350 "2012-08-28T21:43:56Z")
Video here - Top recruit collapses in court after receiving three-year prison sentence He apparently thought the lock was in for probation. You might have some sympathy for a young man making a mistake until you see w… --- ## [Ever had (or have) an STD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-or-have-an-std/632816)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-or-have-an-std/632816 "2012-08-28T21:39:43Z")
Simple question. Have you ever had (or do you currently have) an STD of any kind? I just got treated for my first (and hopefully only) one, and am finally over it. Luckily it was the kind that can be done away with by a… --- ## [Let's talk earbuds/earphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-earbuds-earphones/632944)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-earbuds-earphones/632944 "2012-08-28T21:02:15Z")
I have an iPhone, and occasionally need to use it for long periods of time for conference calls, going on runs/walks, and other such activities. I’ve found that the earbuds that come with the phone tend to irritate my ea… --- ## [What iPhone apps for travel within the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iphone-apps-for-travel-within-the-us/632313)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iphone-apps-for-travel-within-the-us/632313 "2012-08-28T14:22:25Z")
I’m planning a trip right now and as I was brainstorming what I needed to bring (hopefully I can do it without checked luggage,) I realized certain things (like a radio, alarm clock, etc.) could be replaced by iPhone app… --- ## [Severe ear pain & swelling, possible infection (again), what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-ear-pain-swelling-possible-infection-again-what-to-do/632310)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-ear-pain-swelling-possible-infection-again-what-to-do/632310 "2012-08-28T14:09:23Z")
I am having progressively bad ear pain today, after experiencing minor but noticeable sound-muffling yesterday. I scheduled an appointment to go to urgent care tomorrow morning, but I have some questions first. The last … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1454) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1456)