# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1549 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1550 --- ## [Would you adopt a pet that had eaten human flesh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-adopt-a-pet-that-had-eaten-human-flesh/616600)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-adopt-a-pet-that-had-eaten-human-flesh/616600 "2012-03-23T23:40:50Z")
I just was just having a conversation with one of our cats. Among other things, we got to talking about who he’d go to live with if something should happen to us (he’d go to my Ma’s house; she’s got lots of cat experienc… --- ## [Moving to Brussels - any advice gratefully received](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-brussels-any-advice-gratefully-received/616501)
**Author:** [@Neevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neevil)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-brussels-any-advice-gratefully-received/616501 "2012-03-23T23:10:39Z")
Just wondering if Dopers have any insight, or indeed if anyone might already be living in Brussels or anywhere in Belgium? Long story short, my husband has been seconded to work in Brussels for minimum 3 years and we’ll… --- ## [Your best teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-teacher/616633)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-teacher/616633 "2012-03-23T22:06:56Z")
Reading the Your Worst Teacher thread made me sad, so: tell me about your best teacher! I’m actually lucky enough to not be able to choose among three teachers who were amazing in entirely different ways. The first was… --- ## [What is the best advice you were ever given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-were-ever-given/615915)
**Author:** [@mskatied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mskatied)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-advice-you-were-ever-given/615915 "2012-03-23T21:27:45Z")
I am curious :slight\_smile: --- ## ["set-up fee" or "setup fee" ... or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-up-fee-or-setup-fee-or-something-else/616601)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-up-fee-or-setup-fee-or-something-else/616601 "2012-03-23T20:53:34Z")
Back story uninteresting, really. I send out these notification emails at work all the time that feature this phrase. Can’t decide if it should have a hyphen, or not, or … something else I haven’t thought of. Simple lit… --- ## [When I sleep, I don't rest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-sleep-i-dont-rest/616487)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-sleep-i-dont-rest/616487 "2012-03-23T20:38:21Z")
Often times when I wake up in the morning I feel like I’ve worked hard all night. In my dreams I’m still grappling with whatever has concerned me during the day. How do I turn it off and get some rest? --- ## [Do you have to respect your SO's work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-respect-your-sos-work/616564)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-respect-your-sos-work/616564 "2012-03-23T19:45:42Z")
I know a cute girl (who’s dating someone else and is too young anyway) who teaches theater to kids and acts and directs community theater. I saw her in Sound of Music recently, and while I’m sure the rehearsal time was l… --- ## [Lawyer help - my husband's boss has withheld final paycheck for months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-help-my-husbands-boss-has-withheld-final-paycheck-for-months/616362)
**Author:** [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-help-my-husbands-boss-has-withheld-final-paycheck-for-months/616362 "2012-03-23T19:28:03Z")
Mr. GilaB used to work at a small hedge fund that used MF Global as their prime broker. In the wake of the MF Global debacle, when for weeks all of their money was frozen, the secretary was laid off, and everybody else … --- ## [Why Would An Architect Do This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-an-architect-do-this/616547)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-an-architect-do-this/616547 "2012-03-23T18:40:39Z")
(Design columns with a larger diameter at the top)? At the (restored) royal palace of Knossos (Crete), the columns supporting the roof have larger diameters at the top. What was the reasoning behind this? The Greek t… --- ## [Would the Zombie Apocalypse quickly fail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-zombie-apocalypse-quickly-fail/616266)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-zombie-apocalypse-quickly-fail/616266 "2012-03-23T18:33:53Z")
Like most sane people I occassionally wonder what my best course of action would be in the event of the inevitable zombie apocalypse, however to my disappointment I recently read this article: Seems pretty well argued… --- ## [Statistics Puzzler (this time with a potentially correct answer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-puzzler-this-time-with-a-potentially-correct-answer/616618)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-puzzler-this-time-with-a-potentially-correct-answer/616618 "2012-03-23T18:09:14Z")
… --- ## [Statistics puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-puzzler/616607)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-puzzler/616607 "2012-03-23T18:00:32Z")
This is making the rounds on Facebook, and I initially thought I had it pegged until I started reading some of the comments in the article. Now it’s making my brain hurt. I’m making the question as the poll. Please st… --- ## [O hai, I need interview advice again. Tolerance for shitty interviewing process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-hai-i-need-interview-advice-again-tolerance-for-shitty-interviewing-process/615358)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-hai-i-need-interview-advice-again-tolerance-for-shitty-interviewing-process/615358 "2012-03-23T17:59:08Z")
Since you kids were all so delightfully helpful last time I needed help, I decided to bug you again. Okay, so this interviewing process has been a shit show since day one. The very first interview was unacceptably late,… --- ## [Anyone live in a gated community? What's it like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-a-gated-community-whats-it-like/616545)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-a-gated-community-whats-it-like/616545 "2012-03-23T17:12:13Z")
The recent Florida shooting in a gated community raises a few questions. I was surprised a gated community needed a neighborhood watch patrol. Isn’t that the point of living in a gated community? The bad guys can’t just … --- ## [Nifty new printer makes the lights blink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nifty-new-printer-makes-the-lights-blink/615500)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nifty-new-printer-makes-the-lights-blink/615500 "2012-03-23T17:06:39Z")
when it starts up - like when it’s restarting, or waking up to start a print job. Several lights blink, and the computer’s UPS clicks on and off. It’s an office-sized laser printer (well, all-in-one). The printer is no… --- ## [Plane Fear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-fear/616529)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-fear/616529 "2012-03-23T16:57:59Z")
You’re at the airport with your beautiful wife and young child, scheduled to fly, as you have often before, across country to visit relatives for a holiday. Just before it’s time to start boarding, your wife comes to you… --- ## [Your average day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-average-day/616358)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-average-day/616358 "2012-03-23T16:47:19Z")
My cell phone alarm goes off at 7:30. I semi-wake up and feel great that I don’t have to really get up until my second alarm–located across the room–goes off at 7:45. I sit up and linger under the sheets for a while and … --- ## [Do you and your spouse get along with in-laws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-and-your-spouse-get-along-with-in-laws/616546)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-and-your-spouse-get-along-with-in-laws/616546 "2012-03-23T16:36:08Z")
My in-laws are great. They are generous, kind, considerate, diplomatic, and all-around agreeable people. They’re the kind of parents that are around when you are lonely/want company, but leave you alone when you need the… --- ## [Wiggly Teeth After Dental Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggly-teeth-after-dental-surgery/616605)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiggly-teeth-after-dental-surgery/616605 "2012-03-23T15:00:57Z")
After having an apico, my adjacent teeth are wiggly, although not to the point of coming loose. Before the surgery, the dentist did extensive sensitivity testing to the problem tooth and adjacent teeth including tapping … --- ## [Separation Package and Business Ethics Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-package-and-business-ethics-question/614183)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-package-and-business-ethics-question/614183 "2012-03-23T14:07:14Z")
This is a couple questions in one post, so hopefully I can make them clear! First, I have never taken a job where I had the opportunity to negotiate the terms of my employment vis-a-vis benefits or compensation. In fac… --- ## [Help me buy a used car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-used-car/616460)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-used-car/616460 "2012-03-23T09:56:19Z")
I think my 1997 Mercury Sable station wagon (203K miles) is about to bite the dust. I need another vehicle, but I hate car shopping. Is Craigslist the way to go? A used car lot? Something parked on the roadside? Looking… --- ## [The new Tinnitus Thread! This is My Story and I Welcome Yours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tinnitus-thread-this-is-my-story-and-i-welcome-yours/614119)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-tinnitus-thread-this-is-my-story-and-i-welcome-yours/614119 "2012-03-23T06:20:50Z")
Tinnitus (a nonstop ringing in the ears) is a horrible often debilitating condition that most people don’t even know exist. So after six months of trying to recover from this miserable thing, I decided I wanted to share … --- ## [Things you've wanted to say that you DID.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-wanted-to-say-that-you-did/616198)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-wanted-to-say-that-you-did/616198 "2012-03-23T05:51:10Z")
So I wouldn’t be threadshitting, here’s this one. When have you spoken your mind? Here are some of my examples: In the grocery store—Hey! Would you move your basket? You’re blocking everybody’s way. (They move it.) … --- ## [Did you do the "spring break experience"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-do-the-spring-break-experience/615828)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-do-the-spring-break-experience/615828 "2012-03-23T02:19:58Z")
It’s spring break time at a couple of local colleges, which got me thinking about the much mytholigized “college spring break”. You know, the one where you go to South Padre/Arizona/Cancun on your colleges’ spring break… --- ## [Inexpensive housing options in LA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-housing-options-in-la/616425)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-housing-options-in-la/616425 "2012-03-23T00:07:33Z")
I live in westside LA, and I’m going to be traveling a lot next year, so it doesn’t make sense for me to keep a full apartment any more if I won’t be there a lot of the time. Do you all have any advice on where to look … --- ## [Stalker much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-much/616493)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stalker-much/616493 "2012-03-22T23:56:41Z")
On the way to work, heard this on the radio. Didn’t hear the whole set up, but kinda bothered by this. Local morning radio show has a segment called “War of the Roses”, where a person (typically female) calls in, the r… --- ## [Illuminati Alert: $5 A Gallon Might Be A Reality Soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-alert-5-a-gallon-might-be-a-reality-soon/616367)
**Author:** [@Yakuza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yakuza)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-alert-5-a-gallon-might-be-a-reality-soon/616367 "2012-03-22T23:46:38Z")
I was reading an article in the newspaper the other day about how as gas prices rise, the selling of cars has not went down. It seemed like the sales of cars increased if I remember correctly. Now the I don’t know if the… --- ## [So, you're ascending Mount Everest... (poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-ascending-mount-everest-poll/616328)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-ascending-mount-everest-poll/616328 "2012-03-22T23:36:34Z")
So, you’re ascending Everest and at the start of the ‘Death Zone’, you encounter a stricken climber. He or she is suffering frostbite, but would be mobile except for exhaustion and oxygen starvation. If you abandon you… --- ## [What to do this Saturday 3/24 in Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-this-saturday-3-24-in-chicago/616429)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-this-saturday-3-24-in-chicago/616429 "2012-03-22T22:42:49Z")
My 14 YO daughter and I are being effectively kicked out of the house this Saturday. Normally I’d head somewhere and watch basketball while sipping a beer or two but my companion for the day, 1) won’t be welcome at a b… --- ## [Ace Bandage: Yes or No?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ace-bandage-yes-or-no/616535)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ace-bandage-yes-or-no/616535 "2012-03-22T21:30:53Z")
I fell last week and injured my knee. I am a mass of bruises from knee to foot…new ones show up every day. Nothing appears to be broken, but I’m still too swollen for follow-up xrays. I’ve stayed off it as much as I can,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1548) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1550)