# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1467 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1468 --- ## [What would you guess 6000 rounds of ammunition weighs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-guess-6000-rounds-of-ammunition-weighs/630909)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-guess-6000-rounds-of-ammunition-weighs/630909 "2012-08-09T18:40:05Z")
News stories about a recent shooting almost always mention that the shooter had bought 6000 rounds of ammunition. What would you guess 6000 rounds of ammunition weighs? How many rounds can a well conditioned military per… --- ## [Heinous crime dur to curable medical condition. Forgive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinous-crime-dur-to-curable-medical-condition-forgive/630788)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinous-crime-dur-to-curable-medical-condition-forgive/630788 "2012-08-09T15:14:46Z")
DUE to medical condition…durr… Simple scenario: A really horrible crime gets done. Use your imagination because I’m in no mood to write up a titilating scenario. But let’s just say it’s a disturbingly aggravated event… --- ## [Screw with history for fun & mischief. One rule: no killing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-history-for-fun-mischief-one-rule-no-killing/630634)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-history-for-fun-mischief-one-rule-no-killing/630634 "2012-08-09T14:49:21Z")
For the next 168 hours I will be making RhymerTech\* continua buggies available to various Dopers. The verniers will be locked down so that you are confined to our universe, and you can only go into the past; minimum trip… --- ## [Is sex overrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-overrated/629849)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-overrated/629849 "2012-08-09T13:38:41Z")
Please tell us if you’re male or female. I’m a male and find sex to be overrated, though there are a lot of factors that might make me feel as though it is. Some are private, but a big one is that I’m on anti-depressan… --- ## [Self-Publishing Kindle Store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-publishing-kindle-store/630934)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-publishing-kindle-store/630934 "2012-08-09T13:23:43Z")
How much can one realistically expect to make when self-publishing for the first time on the Amazon Kindle eBook store? Assume minimal promotion - mentions to colleagues, friends - and not much more. --- ## [Ever Been Part of an Intervention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-part-of-an-intervention/630929)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-part-of-an-intervention/630929 "2012-08-09T13:09:55Z")
Either as the person with the problem, or as one of the concerned loved ones. I almost experienced one tonight (the guest of honor no-showed) and was amused at how sitcom-y the whole situation felt. Anyone else have expe… --- ## [Trump and Obama's College Transcripts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-obamas-college-transcripts/630854)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-obamas-college-transcripts/630854 "2012-08-09T10:07:53Z")
First off, my deepest and sincerest apologies for bringing this nonsense up again. :smiley: In this clip, Donald Trump says, “You know, Obama spent over 4 million dollars in legal fees to keep these things quiet…”, refe… --- ## [Do men really think women pee out their vagina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-men-really-think-women-pee-out-their-vagina/629927 "2012-08-09T07:57:36Z")
I concede, this borders on true Scotsman territory, but I’m curious anyway. We were debating this at a party. One woman made the claim that a substantial portion of literal mankind has the erroneous notion that women pee… --- ## [Really hot girls who work at really crappy jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-hot-girls-who-work-at-really-crappy-jobs/630658)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-hot-girls-who-work-at-really-crappy-jobs/630658 "2012-08-09T04:48:10Z")
Every time I see a really hot girl working a very low paying job like a janitor or burger-flipper, I wonder how did they get there. Hot women are a privileged group to a degree. When you are very attractive people are m… --- ## [How would you answer Hollo's molecule questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-answer-hollos-molecule-questions/630799)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-answer-hollos-molecule-questions/630799 "2012-08-09T04:45:38Z")
The poem is “Message” by Anselm Hollo. How would you answer the questions in it? hello! i’m one of Your molecules! i started from Crab Nebula, but i move about. i’ve moved about for millions of years. i entered Your … --- ## [You ever shave or been shaved with a straight razor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-shave-or-been-shaved-with-a-straight-razor/606817)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-shave-or-been-shaved-with-a-straight-razor/606817 "2012-08-09T04:21:54Z")
Never shaved myself with one, but there’s a barber shop I went to once in Antioch, California, that shaved me with one. It was my first (and so far, last) time. I was sitting there just waiting to be nicked a little the… --- ## [Fastest way to lose fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastest-way-to-lose-fat/630669)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastest-way-to-lose-fat/630669 "2012-08-09T04:00:29Z")
And no neither I nor anyone I know is planning on doing this. Suppose with a doctor’s help (so prescription drugs are on the table as is lipo which surprisingly does not take out a lot of fat), you are trying to lose 10… --- ## [Should Batboy get the death penalty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batboy-get-the-death-penalty/630574)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batboy-get-the-death-penalty/630574 "2012-08-09T02:19:31Z")
The Batman killer, the Joker, whatever the hell you want to call him (I don’t think he should be dignified by speaking his real name). Anyway what really interests me about this case is that Colorado is one of those sta… --- ## [Favorite site for lawn care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-site-for-lawn-care/630668)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-site-for-lawn-care/630668 "2012-08-09T02:04:00Z")
We plan to seed a new lawn this fall - total re-till and re-seed - and I would appreciate some recommendations for informational websites. The property is in Massachusetts. As I have never been a lawn person, I don’t h… --- ## [Should Obama Revive the NRA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obama-revive-the-nra/630845)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obama-revive-the-nra/630845 "2012-08-09T00:45:09Z")
The “National Recovery Act” Link:Rise and Fall of the National Industrial Recovery Act - YouTube was a Roosevelt attempt to control the US economy. Under it, prices were fixed, profits fixed, and the whole economic syst… --- ## [Mortified... Sex help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortified-sex-help/630717)
**Author:** [@Kdizzle99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kdizzle99)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortified-sex-help/630717 "2012-08-09T00:03:38Z")
Okay so I’m an 18 year old female. And I am not a virgin but when I had sex tonight I bled a lot. I have only had sex three or four times before this and I only bled a little bit the first time and I thought this counted… --- ## [Elevated testosterone in a teenage girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevated-testosterone-in-a-teenage-girl/630789)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevated-testosterone-in-a-teenage-girl/630789 "2012-08-08T23:56:45Z")
It appears my daughter has an elevated testosterone level. We have an appointment to see the doctor next week. In the meantime how worried should I be? Because right now I’m pretty damn worried. --- ## [Trans-Atlantic flight with a 15 month old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-atlantic-flight-with-a-15-month-old/628131)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trans-atlantic-flight-with-a-15-month-old/628131 "2012-08-08T21:19:51Z")
So we’re flying to Ireland from Chicago in a couple of days with Lochdale Jnr. He’s 15 months of great litte guy. He’s been back to Ireland twice already but this is the first time as a fully mobile little person. Any… --- ## [Could this be a symptom of sleep apnea or anything else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-symptom-of-sleep-apnea-or-anything-else/630829)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-symptom-of-sleep-apnea-or-anything-else/630829 "2012-08-08T21:09:02Z")
I had a long conversation with my sister tonight. She’s just been diagnosed with a severe case of sleep apnea. As we discussed it, we discussed a… habit? …trait? …we both share. That is, we both ‘forget’ to breathe on… --- ## [College planning for my nephew with autism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-planning-for-my-nephew-with-autism/630863)
**Author:** [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-planning-for-my-nephew-with-autism/630863 "2012-08-08T20:44:26Z")
I have two nephews, ages 6 and 4.5, and I’m interested in starting college funds for both of them (not to the extent that I can pay room and board at a private school for four years, but enough that if they need money fo… --- ## [My theory about my dog's panting. What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-my-dogs-panting-what-do-you-think/630200)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-theory-about-my-dogs-panting-what-do-you-think/630200 "2012-08-08T20:13:51Z")
My 15 year old dog over the last year has developed a habit where he starts panting at night after lights off. I thought it might be pain, but his eating and behavior is normal and he doesn’t pant at any other time. My b… --- ## [Gay Bars Disappearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-bars-disappearing/630754)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-bars-disappearing/630754 "2012-08-08T19:54:36Z")
My SO and I don’t go out to Gay bars much (or at all) any more, so I guess I was kind of clueless to this new fact. Speaking with a friend in LA, and asking how the old haunts are doing, he was telling me that many of t… --- ## [Hypothetical Question for People Who Vote Dem: Heterosexual Pill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-question-for-people-who-vote-dem-heterosexual-pill/629790)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-question-for-people-who-vote-dem-heterosexual-pill/629790 "2012-08-08T16:30:56Z")
I was just having a conversation with a friend who told me I was nuts for thinking my cohorts who generally support/vote-for the Democratic or Green Parties would answer this question the way I think they will, so I’d ap… --- ## [Recommend a House Swap site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-house-swap-site/630782)
**Author:** [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-house-swap-site/630782 "2012-08-08T16:29:45Z")
We are thinking of trying to do a house swap over the winter break, looking at Edinburgh or London for our first choice (being lazy about language admittedly), followed by Paris or Amsterdam for 2nd choice. Big cities w… --- ## [Tell me about buying a TV online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-a-tv-online/630426)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-a-tv-online/630426 "2012-08-08T14:33:05Z")
I’m giving strong consideration to buying my next tv online, probably from Amazon. Anyone done this? I’m looking between for something around 42-50 inches. How does delivery work? Does it just get delivered like I orde… --- ## [Which would last longer/be more prosperous: an all-male society, or an all-female one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-last-longer-be-more-prosperous-an-all-male-society-or-an-all-female-one/630090)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-last-longer-be-more-prosperous-an-all-male-society-or-an-all-female-one/630090 "2012-08-08T13:53:13Z")
Here’s the sitch: I have decided to conduct an experiment.\* Using the various technomagic resources at my disposal, I will be recruiting† 20,000 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 25. Half will be men and half w… --- ## [How many women here fill up their own tires with air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-here-fill-up-their-own-tires-with-air/630645)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-here-fill-up-their-own-tires-with-air/630645 "2012-08-08T13:36:41Z")
No judgement if you don’t, I’m just curious because I did so today. Well, I have a gauge that tells me when they are low (but doesn’t tell me which tire) so that helps a lot. I took the car to the station, put gas in, ch… --- ## [Hypothetical: a shot given to a pregnant mother that ensures a heterosexual child. Do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-a-shot-given-to-a-pregnant-mother-that-ensures-a-heterosexual-child-do-you-do-it/630075)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-a-shot-given-to-a-pregnant-mother-that-ensures-a-heterosexual-child-do-you-do-it/630075 "2012-08-08T13:01:44Z")
This is a question for everyone, man or woman, gay or straight. But please identify yourself as far as gender and sexual orientation with your answer. So, there exists a shot given to the mother, or a pill, and it magic… --- ## [Help me help a kid become engaged in learning (via game programming)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-a-kid-become-engaged-in-learning-via-game-programming/629389)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-a-kid-become-engaged-in-learning-via-game-programming/629389 "2012-08-08T07:52:27Z")
I am a tutor. The subjects I cover are pretty much everything except maths. At the moment I have 4 kids ranging from 16 down to 10. They are all great kids who are working hard, grades improving yadda yadda yadda. Except… --- ## [I went to court today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-court-today/630830)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-court-today/630830 "2012-08-08T07:37:22Z")
as a witness for the state, in a felony criminal case. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to talk about the case I saw, but the courtroom was open. Anyone could just walk in, and nobody specifically told me not to talk about … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1468)