# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1472 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1473 --- ## [Definition of "entree" in food service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-entree-in-food-service/629932)
**Author:** [@saousie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saousie)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-entree-in-food-service/629932 "2012-08-01T02:17:53Z")
I am having difficulty getting reimbursed by my apartment house’s Board of Directors’ Treasurer for money spent for a fruit salad served in combination with a sloppy joes, both of which I call the “entree.” She insists… --- ## [Evaluating a lawyer/solicitor/advocate/barrister/etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-a-lawyer-solicitor-advocate-barrister-etc/630012)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-a-lawyer-solicitor-advocate-barrister-etc/630012 "2012-08-01T02:14:40Z")
I am in a position now where I need to decide upon a lawyer fairly quickly. I can’t really ask any of the “experienced adults” in my life as ideally I don’t want them to know about (for want of a better way of putting it… --- ## [what type of AR-15 to get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-ar-15-to-get/623382)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-ar-15-to-get/623382 "2012-08-01T01:47:41Z")
I’m getting an AR-15 and don’t really know much about them. Long story, short. My friends are essentially buying the parts for me as gifts over the next several months, all I have to do is decide what I want in such a r… --- ## [Best and worst zoos in the US.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-zoos-in-the-us/629595)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-zoos-in-the-us/629595 "2012-08-01T01:39:32Z")
As part of my upcoming travel plans I’m looking for any zoos in the US that are worth traveling to see. I know the San Diego zoo is highly regarded. IRC the Toledo Zoo has been world famous for a long time, I recall hear… --- ## [If you have AT&T DSL can you get to your usage history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-at-t-dsl-can-you-get-to-your-usage-history/629998)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-at-t-dsl-can-you-get-to-your-usage-history/629998 "2012-08-01T00:19:05Z")
In recent months. It was not this way a year ago. I log in and get to the place where it says click here to see usage history and it kicks me back to the screen where I did the original log in. It won’t ever let me see … --- ## [Have you ever been naked in your office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-naked-in-your-office/629461)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-naked-in-your-office/629461 "2012-07-31T23:50:34Z")
On Monday, as I was changing from my work clothes to my bike clothes for my commute home at the end of the day, I thought, as I stood there nekkid as the day I was born, “Gee, I’m really glad I have an office with a door… --- ## [Cadaver dogs and really old cases. Total B.S. or real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadaver-dogs-and-really-old-cases-total-b-s-or-real/629933)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadaver-dogs-and-really-old-cases-total-b-s-or-real/629933 "2012-07-31T22:55:28Z")
I’m having a really hard time accepting that there is any lingering smell after 23 years. I’d love to see air samples tested in a lab. Think of all the snow that piled up several feet thick and melted year after year i… --- ## [If you could resurrect Joe Paterno, would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-resurrect-joe-paterno-would-you/629907)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-resurrect-joe-paterno-would-you/629907 "2012-07-31T22:16:20Z")
If you could bring him back to life, for any amount of time you deem fit, would you want to do it? I think he got off easy dying before the sanctions against him recently were made. I think he got off easy dying before … --- ## [I just found my cat dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-my-cat-dead/629921)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-my-cat-dead/629921 "2012-07-31T20:39:22Z")
Her name was Kitsy Qatl Jenkens. She was named after the a shape-changing god because of her mood swings, and Ms. Jenkins from In Living Color, since no one had a bad thing to say about her. She was somewhere between 1… --- ## [How could a police officer be this wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-a-police-officer-be-this-wrong/626759)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 456\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-a-police-officer-be-this-wrong/626759 "2012-07-31T20:15:52Z")
For the past month or so, there has been an extremely nice Mercedes S550 parking illegally in the handicap spots at my gym. The driver tries to use a temporary (red), expired placard by placing the placard on the dash a… --- ## [Brits: How's the quality of ASOS clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-hows-the-quality-of-asos-clothing/629987)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-hows-the-quality-of-asos-clothing/629987 "2012-07-31T20:11:11Z")
The title pretty much covers my question. Their house brand appears to be reasonably priced, but right up my alley style-wise, with a much better selection of semi-fashionable non-outlandish men’s clothes than, say, H&M … --- ## [If this is a phishing scam, it's a very sophisticated one, and for what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-is-a-phishing-scam-its-a-very-sophisticated-one-and-for-what/629983)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-is-a-phishing-scam-its-a-very-sophisticated-one-and-for-what/629983 "2012-07-31T20:07:42Z")
I received an email, purportedly from WI state Department of Health Services, where I’ve interviewed for several jobs recently. The subject line said “Operations Program Associate” which is a specific job title I’ve app… --- ## [having surgery friday what should i eat thursday nite so im not too hungry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-surgery-friday-what-should-i-eat-thursday-nite-so-im-not-too-hungry/629857)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-surgery-friday-what-should-i-eat-thursday-nite-so-im-not-too-hungry/629857 "2012-07-31T19:37:11Z")
Like the title says. I’m having surgery Friday at 1 pm. I can eat up until 11 pm Thursday nite. Really worried that I won’t be able to eat until Friday nite. I’ve had surgeries before and the hunger pangs are just horrib… --- ## [Recommendations for a deck roof](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-deck-roof/629981)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-deck-roof/629981 "2012-07-31T19:18:14Z")
I’m building a new deck for my parents (in Pacific NW). This is the house and the yard and you can see the deck pilings. The deck will run the full length of the back section of the house 24’ and extend 10’ out into t… --- ## [Which Major Party Candidate Would Have Been the Worst?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-major-party-candidate-would-have-been-the-worst/629862)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-major-party-candidate-would-have-been-the-worst/629862 "2012-07-31T19:15:58Z")
Full title: Presidential Near Misses. Which Major Party Presidential Candidate Would Have Been the Worst Had He Won? I know this is totally speculative and revisionist history so I imagine non-experts such as myself ar… --- ## [Why does my shoulder/collarbone hurt when I get tired/cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-shoulder-collarbone-hurt-when-i-get-tired-cold/629975)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-shoulder-collarbone-hurt-when-i-get-tired-cold/629975 "2012-07-31T19:05:14Z")
Since this is technically a medical question I’m putting it in IMHO, but I’m not asking for medical advice. I’ve had this all my life, when I ask doctors they shrug and tell me to not worry about it. It’s so mildly annoy… --- ## [Tell me about Santiago, Chile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-santiago-chile/532181)
**Author:** [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-santiago-chile/532181 "2012-07-31T18:33:08Z")
I have been offered a transfer to Santiago. It will involve being the head of a project that the company I work for is doing in South America. (A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!!) I will be there for 3-5 years. I know nothing ab… --- ## [Could you be a motivated defense lawyer for as guilty person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-a-motivated-defense-lawyer-for-as-guilty-person/629649)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-a-motivated-defense-lawyer-for-as-guilty-person/629649 "2012-07-31T18:05:46Z")
Pretend you are a criminal lawyer. Could you be full motivated to defend a client you are pretty damn sure is guilty as hell, such as a child murderer/ rapist? I couldn’t, I’d feel dirty if I did. --- ## [Are Comments Sections Always Stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comments-sections-always-stupid/629154)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comments-sections-always-stupid/629154 "2012-07-31T16:40:19Z")
Are comments sections for news stories and so on generally dominated by ideologues who repeat talking points? Using as an example the NYT article on the One Child Policy: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/world/asia/pre… --- ## [I serve dinner to my husband. I'm still a modern woman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-serve-dinner-to-my-husband-im-still-a-modern-woman/629633)
**Author:** [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-serve-dinner-to-my-husband-im-still-a-modern-woman/629633 "2012-07-31T15:46:37Z")
I don’t even really recall how we got into discussing this, but somehow the topic of conversation amongst some co-workers got around to dinner habits. We got to asking what the kids like to eat, quick dishes to make on … --- ## [Thoughts on the Unabomber's philosophy and sociology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-unabombers-philosophy-and-sociology/629489)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-unabombers-philosophy-and-sociology/629489 "2012-07-31T14:47:47Z")
Having recently read “Industrial society and its future”, I’d like to discuss Kaczynski’s diagnosis of the problem of industrial society in its psychological and anthropological perspectives. Irrespective of agreement wi… --- ## [Would you rather display a bad facial deformity, or hide your face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-display-a-bad-facial-deformity-or-hide-your-face/571093)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-display-a-bad-facial-deformity-or-hide-your-face/571093 "2012-07-31T13:14:18Z")
One of the things that has always fascinated me, ever since I was a tiny kid, was how much someone’s face influences our idea of them, and also the fact that changing or deforming that face drastically alters how that pe… --- ## [Running - Give me some advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-give-me-some-advice/629132)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-give-me-some-advice/629132 "2012-07-31T10:46:37Z")
So today begins a concerted effort to begin getting healthy. I’d like to start running - nothing herculean, just something. (I’m thinking start out at 20 minutes a day, find out where I am, and find a program to scale me… --- ## [China's 16-year-old swimming prodigy Ye Shiwen: Cheater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-16-year-old-swimming-prodigy-ye-shiwen-cheater/629937)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinas-16-year-old-swimming-prodigy-ye-shiwen-cheater/629937 "2012-07-31T09:48:19Z")
Poll on its way. Link to BBC news story I know there is a thread in the game room on this, but I want to get a better idea on people’s opinions. --- ## [time mind transferro machine - where do you go and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-mind-transferro-machine-where-do-you-go-and-why/629572)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-mind-transferro-machine-where-do-you-go-and-why/629572 "2012-07-31T05:02:00Z")
Congratulations, you an aspiring newly graduated chrono-historian has just been awarded one of the few spots on the new time-mind transferro device program. You can pick an era and location and you get to experience/con… --- ## [I left someone to DUI/get raped tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-left-someone-to-dui-get-raped-tonight/629745)
**Author:** [@spice.mustflow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spice.mustflow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-left-someone-to-dui-get-raped-tonight/629745 "2012-07-31T04:43:53Z")
Not intentionally, of course. My sister-in-law is a bit of a disaster and she’s visiting for the night with her 17-year old son in Calgary. The sister-in-law invited a friend (party girl) to dinner where we had some drin… --- ## [How do you deal with your car in the shop if you live alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-your-car-in-the-shop-if-you-live-alone/613295)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-your-car-in-the-shop-if-you-live-alone/613295 "2012-07-31T04:00:29Z")
If you work business hours and you need car repairs what do you do? There are at least 3 problems. Most mechanics are only open during business hours You need a ride to and from the mechanic You need a ride to/from eve… --- ## [Re the Chick-Fil-A "safety notice" pulling Muppet toys. Is this fake or for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-chick-fil-a-safety-notice-pulling-muppet-toys-is-this-fake-or-for-real/629318)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-chick-fil-a-safety-notice-pulling-muppet-toys-is-this-fake-or-for-real/629318 "2012-07-31T02:15:01Z")
News outlets treating it is as real I thought this was someone’s failure obvious photoshop joke ie (“fingers stuck in the holes”) but the media says otherwise. Addition after posting - Looked at site updates apparent… --- ## [Why do conservatives pretend to be libertarian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-conservatives-pretend-to-be-libertarian/629471)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-conservatives-pretend-to-be-libertarian/629471 "2012-07-31T01:47:08Z")
I was having a chat with an old acquaintance recently, who kinda took me aback when he claimed to be a libertarian. I asked him what made him a libertarian. He told me he doesn’t like so-called conservatives with “progre… --- ## [Smelly dog suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smelly-dog-suggestions/628119)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smelly-dog-suggestions/628119 "2012-07-31T01:30:34Z")
We have three dogs. (The shepherd has grown up since this pic) Currently two of the dogs stink. The German Shepherd has found something dead and sneaks off every so often to roll in it. I have had to bathe her three t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1473)