# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1468 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1469 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Artistically-Inclined Dopers..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-inclined-dopers/630596)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistically-inclined-dopers/630596 "2012-08-08T06:05:18Z")
Do you get excited by great scientific events, such as landing a probe on Mars? I am an engineer, and remain curious about space exploration and other scientific breakthroughs. We have a diverse collection of professio… --- ## [Help with cat behavior problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-cat-behavior-problem/630587)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-cat-behavior-problem/630587 "2012-08-08T02:40:36Z")
I am watching my BF’s animals and one of them is an old (I think like 12 years old) female Siamese cat. This cat is a bit . . . . strange. My bf did not get her until about two years ago, and before then he thinks she mi… --- ## [Can the average person really hook up a new TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-average-person-really-hook-up-a-new-tv/630555)
**Author:** [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-average-person-really-hook-up-a-new-tv/630555 "2012-08-08T01:37:12Z")
We just bought a new TV this afternoon. It’s a Smart TV so it can even connect to the internet. But we’ve just spent the past couple of hours trying to get it hooked up to our cable provider and we’ve given up. We were a… --- ## [Edmunds TMV vs Kelly Blue Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmunds-tmv-vs-kelly-blue-book/630557)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edmunds-tmv-vs-kelly-blue-book/630557 "2012-08-07T21:29:15Z")
Any ideas on which of these is more accurate? I’m looking at a 2001 Corolla, and these two are about $1,000 off (4,500 vs 5,500). Seems like a large discrepancy. Just from checking craigslist, it seems like KBB is clo… --- ## [Aside from humanoid, what shape would otherworldly sentient life likely have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-humanoid-what-shape-would-otherworldly-sentient-life-likely-have/630276)
**Author:** [@s0meguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/s0meguy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-humanoid-what-shape-would-otherworldly-sentient-life-likely-have/630276 "2012-08-07T21:03:50Z")
I guess the question can be rephrased as: what shape of creature would be the most likely to evolve intelligence on the level of humans, aside from humanoid? Or do you think that any shape as long as they are large enou… --- ## [Your experiences with the BBB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-the-bbb/513687)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-the-bbb/513687 "2012-08-07T20:37:17Z")
Have you ever filed a complaint? If so, how did it turn out? Do you check with them before using/buying from a company? If you had a bad experience with a company, but need no action to take place, should you file a c… --- ## [Misconceptions about the opposite sex adults have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030 "2012-08-07T20:18:56Z")
My wife thought: Men leave sex smell when masturbating, she was shocked that is not true. She thought a flaccid penis is as sensitive as testicles, like if a penis was squeezed it would be intensely painful. She cannot… --- ## [Weren't the Sikhs ferocious warriors at one time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werent-the-sikhs-ferocious-warriors-at-one-time/630771)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/werent-the-sikhs-ferocious-warriors-at-one-time/630771 "2012-08-07T20:17:01Z")
I know the ones that were killed Sunday were American and didn’t have the same training. But, weren’t the Sikhs at one time one of the more feared Indian Warriors? I seem to recall they wore double swords. Real Bad as… --- ## [Anal cancer treatment options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-cancer-treatment-options/630710)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anal-cancer-treatment-options/630710 "2012-08-07T18:16:34Z")
My mom who is 70 has been diagnosed via biopsy with anal cancer, it doesn’t seem to have metastasized anywhere else in her body. Her doctor wants to treat it with chemotherapy and radiation rather than surgery, however … --- ## [How would you consider this career decision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-consider-this-career-decision/630447)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-consider-this-career-decision/630447 "2012-08-07T16:36:38Z")
I have been in my current job for many years, but the firm I work for has been taken over and we are currently in a transitional period. The possibilities where I am are are redundant after transition (approx 6 month… --- ## [Non-Parent Dopers: Do You Have Baby Names Picked Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-parent-dopers-do-you-have-baby-names-picked-out/630162)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-parent-dopers-do-you-have-baby-names-picked-out/630162 "2012-08-07T16:24:26Z")
Mrs. Homie and I don’t have kids and won’t have kids, but for shits & giggles we’ll sometimes discuss our hypothetical kids. We even have hypothetical names for them. You see, back when we were trying to have kids, we a… --- ## [If you feel the need to check your SO's phone for texts & emails if the relationship doomed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-feel-the-need-to-check-your-sos-phone-for-texts-emails-if-the-relationship-doomed/630494)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-feel-the-need-to-check-your-sos-phone-for-texts-emails-if-the-relationship-doomed/630494 "2012-08-07T15:32:06Z")
Are there any healthy, long lasting relationships where people regularly do this to their SO? --- ## [A way to tell apart the 5-dollar hookers and undercover cops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-tell-apart-the-5-dollar-hookers-and-undercover-cops/630028)
**Author:** [@griffon502](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffon502)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-way-to-tell-apart-the-5-dollar-hookers-and-undercover-cops/630028 "2012-08-07T09:48:12Z")
During my sleep, I had this idea. In America, prostitution is illegal, and you can get arrested for it. Undercover cops usually disguise as hookers and as you pick them up on your car and pay them and show the intention … --- ## [Got to love the irs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-to-love-the-irs/630648)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-to-love-the-irs/630648 "2012-08-07T06:52:37Z")
Just got notification from the IRS concerning Schedule D Capital gain dividends in the amount of 98,990 and not reported by me. In my schedule D (Form 1040) Part II clearly reports this long term capital gain in the amo… --- ## [Simple-minded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-minded/630702)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-minded/630702 "2012-08-07T06:23:25Z")
What’s it like being naive and simple-minded? If you had a kid, would you rather he or she be simple-minded or complex-minded (jaded, thoughtful, etc.)? --- ## [If you HAD to slap one person in the face, who would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-slap-one-person-in-the-face-who-would-it-be/630420)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-slap-one-person-in-the-face-who-would-it-be/630420 "2012-08-07T06:14:09Z")
Let’s say you’re somehow being FORCED to slap someone in the face of your choosing. no repercussions. For me, at this time, it would be the CEO of Chick-Fil-A. I just heard what he said again, and would have to say he… --- ## [Women of the Dope, do you get any pleasure from missionary style sex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-of-the-dope-do-you-get-any-pleasure-from-missionary-style-sex/630425)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-of-the-dope-do-you-get-any-pleasure-from-missionary-style-sex/630425 "2012-08-07T04:23:59Z")
Over in the thread about your terminally ill kid and sex, while talking about whether a 13 year old girl would enjoy sex Blackberry said: I found that statement surprising because I LOVE the missionary position, it jus… --- ## [The Cultural Revolution vs the Great Leap Forward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cultural-revolution-vs-the-great-leap-forward/630670)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cultural-revolution-vs-the-great-leap-forward/630670 "2012-08-07T03:20:53Z")
Which one was more insane? I intentionally left out the obvious answer of “They were both really insane.” Too easy. --- ## [House or zip code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-zip-code/630464)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-or-zip-code/630464 "2012-08-06T22:38:43Z")
So as my family is expanding, we’ve decided that we are going to leave the amazing city of Chicago and instead move to the Chicago suburbs. We love the city and have a nice home here but we would like a real back yard … --- ## [Tea Party: the hippies of the 00's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-the-hippies-of-the-00s/630288)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-the-hippies-of-the-00s/630288 "2012-08-06T22:27:47Z")
Inspired by the other thread, The GOP doesn't seem to be a very healthy party these days. It's just racist fury & cultural rage - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board, \*The GOP doesn’t seem to be a very hea… --- ## [How does one look young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-look-young/630377)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-look-young/630377 "2012-08-06T22:22:10Z")
Sly Stallone. Arnold (to an extent). Chuck Norris (to a huge extent). How exactly does one look so young in his or her 60s, or 70s, in Norris’ case? Don’t tell me Photoshop :dubious:. --- ## [I Can't Handle Money. Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-handle-money-help/630197)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-handle-money-help/630197 "2012-08-06T22:13:32Z")
I am finally admitting to myself that I have a problem. This has been going on since I got my first paycheck way back in junior high, three decades ago. I just can’t handle money. It’s been a lifetime of late fees, bounc… --- ## [Stay away from Glocks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-away-from-glocks/630572)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-away-from-glocks/630572 "2012-08-06T21:01:24Z")
Chris’s Firearms Opinions - Glock Pistols updated 2/16/2002 Do Glocks have better safeties now than when this article was posted? --- ## [Will US bombs fall on Iran soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-us-bombs-fall-on-iran-soon/630541)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-us-bombs-fall-on-iran-soon/630541 "2012-08-06T21:01:24Z")
Just wondering what people think. --- ## [Going to Riga, Latvia with a possible stop in Tallinn, Estonia. Should I learn Latvian or Russian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-riga-latvia-with-a-possible-stop-in-tallinn-estonia-should-i-learn-latvian-or-russian/629944)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-riga-latvia-with-a-possible-stop-in-tallinn-estonia-should-i-learn-latvian-or-russian/629944 "2012-08-06T18:55:41Z")
We’re just about ready to book our trip to Riga, Latvia for a week of fun. My dear grandmother always stressed the importance of learning the local language before going to that country. However, this is where it gets tr… --- ## [Calling Israeli Dopers: tell me about planning a destination wedding in Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-israeli-dopers-tell-me-about-planning-a-destination-wedding-in-israel/626200)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-israeli-dopers-tell-me-about-planning-a-destination-wedding-in-israel/626200 "2012-08-06T16:23:34Z")
(And it’s not even Shabbat when I’m posting this!) Long story short, my youngest cousin has just gotten engaged to a nice Israeli boy. She apparently really, really wants to get married at the Western Wall, and she wan… --- ## [Who, Like Joe Paterno, Has Suffered Posthumous Disgrace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-like-joe-paterno-has-suffered-posthumous-disgrace/630124)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-like-joe-paterno-has-suffered-posthumous-disgrace/630124 "2012-08-06T16:14:05Z")
Besides Joe Paterno, who are some people who were respected (if not revered) in their lifetimes but who, after their death, were regarded with shame and disgrace? --- ## [Any Australians around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-australians-around/630597)
**Author:** [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-australians-around/630597 "2012-08-06T15:11:32Z")
I was wondering about the sentiment expressed in this article: Having a good couple of weeks, downunder? --- ## [US Constitution- 3/5 compromise misconception.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-constitution-3-5-compromise-misconception/627577)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-constitution-3-5-compromise-misconception/627577 "2012-08-06T14:59:59Z")
I hate hate hate this. I only have a few real pet peeves, but my God if I don’t stop seeing this I’m going to lose my mind. I keep running into it everywhere, most annoyingly on cable news and right here on the SDMB in f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1467) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1469)