# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1526 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1527 --- ## [How many times, on average, do you wake up during the night to pee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-on-average-do-you-wake-up-during-the-night-to-pee/620286 "2012-05-03T23:07:26Z")
Just curious, that’s all. --- ## [NFL Offseason: Draft to Training Camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-draft-to-training-camp/620799)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-offseason-draft-to-training-camp/620799 "2012-05-03T22:57:50Z")
Not only is this the wrong forum, but I was a couple minutes late on the thread. Please lock. --- ## [What are some of your favorite "companies"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-companies/620382)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-companies/620382 "2012-05-03T21:59:30Z")
this might mean someone you frequently use, but don’t necessarily ‘like’, per se’ (i.e. Walmart)… or it could mean a company you like, but don’t necessarily use (i.e. the St. Jude foundation) Mine include: Toyota - I’m… --- ## [Anyone have two female cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-two-female-cats/620594)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-two-female-cats/620594 "2012-05-03T21:58:45Z")
Sadly, my boy kitty passed away a month ago without warning. I still have his sister who is my baby girl. I’m ready to bring home a new baby, and there happens to be a litter of two kittens I plan to adopt from. They’… --- ## [Yes, the word 'impact' may be used as a verb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-word-impact-may-be-used-as-a-verb/620384)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-word-impact-may-be-used-as-a-verb/620384 "2012-05-03T21:34:41Z")
I am taking an online class. I submitted a paper that I just received back from the professor. She deducted 1/10 of a point because I used the word impact as a verb. The paper was, apparently, otherwise perfect. My grad… --- ## [How would the Churches react on ET public contact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-churches-react-on-et-public-contact/620308)
**Author:** [@greenlife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenlife)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-churches-react-on-et-public-contact/620308 "2012-05-03T20:03:59Z")
We’ve seen enough of UFOs online. We’ve heard enough of stories of insiders who claim to be in secret projects and in contact with extraterrestrial races, both good and evil. There is the Disclosure movement in USA and o… --- ## [have you ever watched parenting fail and had to bite your tongue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-watched-parenting-fail-and-had-to-bite-your-tongue/620632)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-watched-parenting-fail-and-had-to-bite-your-tongue/620632 "2012-05-03T19:22:21Z")
My wife and I are sitting in a waiting room in a hospital while our son waits to go in for minor surgery. Sitting next to us is a family with a young boy about 8. This kids is out of control, yelling, winning, jumping up… --- ## [How did TMZ become the go-to source for breaking "news"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-tmz-become-the-go-to-source-for-breaking-news/620710)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-tmz-become-the-go-to-source-for-breaking-news/620710 "2012-05-03T18:50:04Z")
As news broke today of Junior Seau’s passing, it seemed to me as if the best source for the up-to-the-minute early updates was the TMZ website, and I believe they had some of the first “on-site” photos. And it doesn’t s… --- ## [Help me design a flag (also, anyone know any ancient Greek?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751 "2012-05-03T17:14:40Z")
Yeah - so I have no idea what I’m doing here. I’m watching my girlfriend’s dog this weekend, while she’s off at a wedding across the country. Her dog is a relatively well-behaved Jack Russell who gets along with my two d… --- ## [career change - buyers agent - need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-change-buyers-agent-need-answer-fast/620661)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-change-buyers-agent-need-answer-fast/620661 "2012-05-03T13:26:12Z")
Real estate pro’s and divas I need your opinions!arm chair experts welcome! It’s a real estate job on craigslist, no RE license required now, cold calling buyers leads, work on commission for a local branch of a nationa… --- ## [B-727 Crash Test - Controversial? What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-727-crash-test-controversial-what/620503)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-727-crash-test-controversial-what/620503 "2012-05-03T09:47:11Z")
USA Today ran this article mentioning some TV folks were getting some heat for deliberately crashing a jet into the desert, and now the Today show is giving teasers that this is “controversial”. A video of the crash is h… --- ## [What unusual thing do you consider "art"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unusual-thing-do-you-consider-art/620477)
**Author:** [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-unusual-thing-do-you-consider-art/620477 "2012-05-03T02:43:41Z")
After seeing several threads where people debate whether a particular painters creations are actually “art” or not … I am not big on paintings and sculpture and such as far as art is concerned. A lot of what I see repre… --- ## [Old Memories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-memories/620322)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-memories/620322 "2012-05-03T01:14:29Z")
In this thread,I’m asking all of you to tell us about any memories you may have of famous people or events from \*the 1950s or earlier. \* Any memories will do,so long as the subject is fairly well-known.I also would like … --- ## [Yeah, you think you invented that, don’t you? Inventons made before their time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-you-think-you-invented-that-don-t-you-inventons-made-before-their-time/311678)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-you-think-you-invented-that-don-t-you-inventons-made-before-their-time/311678 "2012-05-02T23:24:36Z")
I listened to Switched-On Bach, a 1980s album of the best of Bach, done on synthesizers. It was produced by Don Dorsey. In the liner notes, he talks about how Bach took bits and pieces from Vivaldi. ( I think it was V… --- ## [Biggest Lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980)
**Author:** [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980 "2012-05-02T23:20:58Z")
David Allan Coe had some ideas on this topic What are the biggest lies in your experience? \[WARNING: Possible NSFW lyrics\] --- ## [Drinking alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone/620412)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-alone/620412 "2012-05-02T22:59:33Z")
While looking through the current thread about drugs (this one), I noticed a couple comments and I started wondering. What are people’s thoughts on drinking alone and the stigma it seems to have attached to it? I’ve he… --- ## [Puzzles involving binary numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzles-involving-binary-numbers/620168)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzles-involving-binary-numbers/620168 "2012-05-02T22:53:02Z")
I teach third grade, and three times a week I take the high-performing math kids from the whole grade level and do an activity with them. Last week I introduced them to the idea of binary numbers. We did a Socratic dia… --- ## [How do you turn off your motorcycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-turn-off-your-motorcycle/620553)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-turn-off-your-motorcycle/620553 "2012-05-02T21:02:38Z")
I usually turn the key or if I feel particularly lazy that day, I will simply put the kickstand down which causes the engine to stop. But some people insist that you should always turn off the bike using the killswitch … --- ## [Death of a spouse/SO - how long to date again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-spouse-so-how-long-to-date-again/620527)
**Author:** [@thatguyjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatguyjeff)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-spouse-so-how-long-to-date-again/620527 "2012-05-02T20:53:05Z")
Purely theoretical… Someone you know has been recently widowed (or widowered - is that a word?). In your mind, how long of a wait before dating again is socially acceptable? --- ## ["DNA Ancestry Project"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-ancestry-project/620668)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-ancestry-project/620668 "2012-05-02T20:47:37Z")
Has anyone participated in the DNA Ancestry Project? Or maybe you used another DNA research service? Anyone else thinking of doing this? There’s a TV program that I can’t remember the name of (and I’ve not watched it, b… --- ## [Need a name a barbershop quartet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-a-barbershop-quartet/620486)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-a-barbershop-quartet/620486 "2012-05-02T18:00:35Z")
I’m getting together with 3 other members of the Barbershop Harmony Society to form a quartet. We still can’t think of a good name for the group. Any good suggestions? It needs to be a name that isn’t already taken. FYI… --- ## [Is nicotine potentially addictive to some people but not others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicotine-potentially-addictive-to-some-people-but-not-others/620649)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nicotine-potentially-addictive-to-some-people-but-not-others/620649 "2012-05-02T16:58:48Z")
I know that quitting smoking is notoriously difficult, I grew up around people who smoke cigarettes practically all day every day and I’ve seen a whole lot of failed attempts at quitting. So I know the stuff is nasty. B… --- ## [Was this man gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-man-gay/620557)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-man-gay/620557 "2012-05-02T16:16:36Z")
The pit thread here discusses what I like to call “gay anti-gay activists.” These are people that you suspect are using an anti-homosexual platform to hide or deny their own gay urges. Another way of putting it is “he do… --- ## [I'm starting an English Club (JHS, Japan)- got any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-an-english-club-jhs-japan-got-any-tips/620583)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-an-english-club-jhs-japan-got-any-tips/620583 "2012-05-02T16:04:08Z")
Howdy ho doparoonies. How goes it? So yes, after a year and a half at my main junior high school in Japan, I have been given permission to start an English Club. Huzzah! It is an un-official club, meaning it will mee… --- ## [Things Normal People Do That You Never Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-normal-people-do-that-you-never-do/620430 "2012-05-02T15:20:42Z")
I was just thinking today about the fact that I haven’t actually gone out and bought clothing in years. I’ve had clothing bought FOR me, and I have bought shoes (just not recently), but I haven’t actually bought shirts, … --- ## [Would you sail on Titanic II?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-sail-on-titanic-ii/620398)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-sail-on-titanic-ii/620398 "2012-05-02T14:12:56Z")
An Australian billionaire is to build Titanic II, set to sail in 2016. \* “The plan, he added, is for the vessel to be as similar as possible to the original Titanic in design and specifications, but with modern technol… --- ## [How do you turn off your brain before going to bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-turn-off-your-brain-before-going-to-bed/620207)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-turn-off-your-brain-before-going-to-bed/620207 "2012-05-02T12:11:43Z")
No matter how groggy I may feel during the day, come night my brain is fully awake and its little wheels are spinning fast. How do I slow them down? I know about the following: Don’t listen to music or look at a bright… --- ## [Is this offensive, or am I too sensitive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-offensive-or-am-i-too-sensitive/619907)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-offensive-or-am-i-too-sensitive/619907 "2012-05-02T09:25:30Z")
Every spring, my son’s school holds a show in which the entire school participates. Each grade is assigned a country, and the kids do a short singing performance (and sometimes dancing) of songs that represent that count… --- ## [Experiments that failed in the late 60s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiments-that-failed-in-the-late-60s/302511)
**Author:** [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiments-that-failed-in-the-late-60s/302511 "2012-05-02T06:07:24Z")
There were lots of bizarre things going on in the late 60s. Can anyone remember things people did back then that just kind of fizzled out? --- ## [Stupid Quotations You Hate To Hear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-quotations-you-hate-to-hear/619241)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-quotations-you-hate-to-hear/619241 "2012-05-02T02:10:34Z")
NOTE: This is satire, okay? Not meant to start an argument :slight\_smile: I’ll start you off… “It is what it is” Fuck you! A shrug is sufficient, asshole! That whole phrase cancels itself out, so stop using up my oxyg… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1525) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1527)