# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1617 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1618 --- ## [Nude model's hubby wishes she would stop posing while pregnant. Should he speak up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-models-hubby-wishes-she-would-stop-posing-while-pregnant-should-he-speak-up/604509)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-models-hubby-wishes-she-would-stop-posing-while-pregnant-should-he-speak-up/604509 "2011-12-07T03:06:33Z")
Yes, it’s a Skaldthetical with storytelling OP. If you don’t like 'em, there’s the door. There may be a poll, but then again, there may not be. I never know till I hit submit. Today’s story is about\*\* Micheal \*\*and hi… --- ## [For a first visit to the U.S. - New York or Vegas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-first-visit-to-the-u-s-new-york-or-vegas/605139)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-first-visit-to-the-u-s-new-york-or-vegas/605139 "2011-12-07T02:21:56Z")
Me and a chap at work were discussing the frightening trend that is the United States of America, and our mutual desire to visit these rebellious colonials ourselves, possibly convincing them to resubmit themselves to th… --- ## [Attraction: who's your type, who's not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attraction-whos-your-type-whos-not/605033)
**Author:** [@zagrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagrid)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attraction-whos-your-type-whos-not/605033 "2011-12-06T23:18:14Z")
physically, I am attracted to tall, dark-skinned, dark-haired and masculine men. my crush has all those qualities and to top it all, he’s one of the smartest in the smartest class in our year and an MVP in the basketball… --- ## [Natural solutions for chapped lips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-solutions-for-chapped-lips/605277)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-solutions-for-chapped-lips/605277 "2011-12-06T22:52:51Z")
Winter is in the air and my lips are chapped as hell. The skin at the corners of my mouth is broken and cracked and painful. Chapstick, Blistex, Vaseline – nothing is helping. Anyone got a great natural solution to this… --- ## [American-raised Dopers: were you ever forced to pray (or prevented from praying) in public school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-raised-dopers-were-you-ever-forced-to-pray-or-prevented-from-praying-in-public-school/604882)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-raised-dopers-were-you-ever-forced-to-pray-or-prevented-from-praying-in-public-school/604882 "2011-12-06T21:05:54Z")
Suggested by this current thread, and specifically the following post: My answer is yes, by the way. My seventh-grade home-room teacher was a minister in the Church of God in Christ, and he absolutely refused to follow… --- ## [School me in vintage crystal whiskey decanters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-me-in-vintage-crystal-whiskey-decanters/605214)
**Author:** [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-me-in-vintage-crystal-whiskey-decanters/605214 "2011-12-06T20:37:05Z")
I’d like to buy one for a good friend. Originally, I was looking for leaded glass, but have read that they leach out significant amounts of lead, so I’m kind of scared off that track, but if that threat is overblown I ca… --- ## [Suggestion on an easy to use audio editor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-an-easy-to-use-audio-editor/604983)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-on-an-easy-to-use-audio-editor/604983 "2011-12-06T18:48:39Z")
I’m trying to do some simple editing of audio files like .wav or .mp3. I don’t need anything fancy. All I’m really trying to learn right now is cutting the audio at a certain point, putting some dead air in front of th… --- ## [Experiences with Seafoam engine treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-seafoam-engine-treatment/604991)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-seafoam-engine-treatment/604991 "2011-12-06T18:45:21Z")
I’ve done a lot of reading about this online and 999/1000 comments are positive about at the treatment. Some people report substantially smoother engine performance after using it. Have any of you ever used this stuff?… --- ## [Landlord refuses to repair central heater - Please look at this letter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-refuses-to-repair-central-heater-please-look-at-this-letter/603078)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landlord-refuses-to-repair-central-heater-please-look-at-this-letter/603078 "2011-12-06T18:43:07Z")
Hey all, I’m having some trouble with my landlord. I was gonna send him this letter, but figured I’d run it past you guys first. I am aware that nobody on this board is my attorney, and that nobody is offering me lega… --- ## [What are your personal holiday traditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-personal-holiday-traditions/604925)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-personal-holiday-traditions/604925 "2011-12-06T18:38:15Z")
Every year about this time I reread Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. I like the Discworld twist on Christmas and the way the crazy consumerism of our own world is being skewered. I feel that reading Hogfather keeps me ground… --- ## [Not a H. Cain fan, but his accuser Ginger White comes off as a borderline hooker in this interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-h-cain-fan-but-his-accuser-ginger-white-comes-off-as-a-borderline-hooker-in-this-interview/605220)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-h-cain-fan-but-his-accuser-ginger-white-comes-off-as-a-borderline-hooker-in-this-interview/605220 "2011-12-06T18:00:05Z")
I’m not an admirer of Herman Cain by any stretch, but I’m not sure what to think about this interview with Ginger White. She pretty much admits she has sucked and fucked corporate cock over the years (not just Cains) for… --- ## [Narcotics - how long before dependency sets in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcotics-how-long-before-dependency-sets-in/605149)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcotics-how-long-before-dependency-sets-in/605149 "2011-12-06T16:45:41Z")
IMHO vs GQ because I doubt there’s a hard-and-fast answer. Basically, are there any general guidelines for how long it would take a person to start to develop physical dependence, on using an opiate consistently? It’s a… --- ## [How would you handle this eating issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-handle-this-eating-issue/604804)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-handle-this-eating-issue/604804 "2011-12-06T16:37:46Z")
Yes, an eating issue thread. Fasten your seatbelts (if you can get them all the way around). If you don’t want to read the story, go down to the \*\*. Once upon a time, I got fat. I was self-indulgent, and ignorant, and a… --- ## [Good, American-made hunting knives under $100](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-american-made-hunting-knives-under-100/605157)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-american-made-hunting-knives-under-100/605157 "2011-12-06T16:35:39Z")
I’d like to give out some good, American-made knives (hunting/outdoor knives, preferably fixed-blade) as Christmas gifts. They should preferably be under $100, as I will need to buy several of them. I know very little ab… --- ## [How's Key West on Summer Solstice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-key-west-on-summer-solstice/605057)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-key-west-on-summer-solstice/605057 "2011-12-06T16:07:36Z")
A friend is having a birthday party in Key West on 21 June. What’s the weather like then? --- ## [What's your least favorite programming language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-least-favorite-programming-language/604826)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-least-favorite-programming-language/604826 "2011-12-06T15:10:43Z")
Excluding silly languages like whitespace and malbolge, what’s your least favorite language to program in? No poll, since the amount of languages out there is pretty large, and I’m not going to write a huge list only to … --- ## [Keeping in touch with ex-in-laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-in-touch-with-ex-in-laws/605164)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-in-touch-with-ex-in-laws/605164 "2011-12-06T14:20:22Z")
Yesterday, I went to a birthday party for my ex-wife’s brother’s son. This brother and his wife are the only of my ex’s siblings that I keep in touch with, and outside of very rare contact with my ex-wife’s sister’s sist… --- ## [Ramifications of unlicensed therapists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-unlicensed-therapists/604890)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramifications-of-unlicensed-therapists/604890 "2011-12-06T14:16:36Z")
In many jurisdictions, there are a smorgasbord of credentials that people practicing talk therapy may have, such as Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Addiction Specialist, Certifi… --- ## [Is the Internet a good / bad thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-internet-a-good-bad-thing/604929)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-internet-a-good-bad-thing/604929 "2011-12-06T09:20:26Z")
On the one hand, there’s Wikipedia, which is a good thing. On the other hand, the project that TV started of making everybody on Earth the exact same kind of stupid seems a lot closer to completion now than it did a deca… --- ## ["str8" men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/str8-men/605103)
**Author:** [@oogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oogie)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/str8-men/605103 "2011-12-06T07:36:24Z")
why do so many so-called str8 men fool around with other men yet deny it to themselves and others?\* \* --- ## [How much do you intend to spend on "the holidays" this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-intend-to-spend-on-the-holidays-this-year/605119)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-intend-to-spend-on-the-holidays-this-year/605119 "2011-12-06T06:06:50Z")
In all, how much do you intend to spend on “the holidays” (Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving, Christrmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa, New Years, etc.) this year. --- ## [SDMB "Norms"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-norms/605239)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-norms/605239 "2011-12-06T05:06:59Z")
This thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632937&highlight=nipples \[/quote\] generated some discussion about whether and why the poll was outside the norms of the SDMB (and possibly society in gen… --- ## [Only 24 days left in the War on Christmas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-24-days-left-in-the-war-on-christmas/604763)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-24-days-left-in-the-war-on-christmas/604763 "2011-12-06T02:03:44Z")
What are you doing this year to drain the holiday of all sacred meaning? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Recommend a space heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-space-heater/605195)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-space-heater/605195 "2011-12-06T01:32:18Z")
I live in a house with only a fireplace. Its SoCal but it starting to getcold. I need a space heater option that will heat a whole room and not break the bank when the power bill comes. Any suggestions? --- ## [Women: on choosing someone for a one night stand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-on-choosing-someone-for-a-one-night-stand/604999)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-on-choosing-someone-for-a-one-night-stand/604999 "2011-12-06T00:28:46Z")
For any women on here who’ve had one of these, how did you choose your partner? Be as detailed as you want --- ## [I've been using smoking cessation products and I don't smoke.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-using-smoking-cessation-products-and-i-dont-smoke/605089)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-using-smoking-cessation-products-and-i-dont-smoke/605089 "2011-12-05T23:32:33Z")
I’m still not sure in all what honesty compelled me to do this but I’ve begun using those nicotine lozenges that are supposed to help you quit smoking even though not only do I not smoke but I have never smoked cigarette… --- ## [Tell me about your Tattoo Preparation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-tattoo-preparation/604982)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_K\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K_1)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-tattoo-preparation/604982 "2011-12-05T23:23:17Z")
I’ve seriously been considering getting some tattoos over the last few years but one of the biggest things I read about on the internet is making sure the place is clean so you don’t catch hep etc. Besides making the pl… --- ## [Whatever I can do to help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-i-can-do-to-help/605069)
**Author:** [@Igrapeape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Igrapeape)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-i-can-do-to-help/605069 "2011-12-05T20:45:29Z")
When someone tells you this, or when you tell someone this, what do you mean, or what do you think they mean? Please feel free to take this to extremes, I will list one. I would guess this surfaces most in the death of… --- ## [ZWave, INSTEON, or what? Home automation....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zwave-insteon-or-what-home-automation/605150)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zwave-insteon-or-what-home-automation/605150 "2011-12-05T20:40:55Z")
So, which protocol should I buy into as I start to automate my home a bit more? I have some old X10 items around but would actually prefer to adopt a new standard and not mess with the old stuff. I would value reliabili… --- ## [Hypothetical: You wake up tomorrow and it's 1/1/2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-you-wake-up-tomorrow-and-its-1-1-2000/604856)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-you-wake-up-tomorrow-and-its-1-1-2000/604856 "2011-12-05T19:07:56Z")
Tomorrow you wake up and you are in the exact same place you were when you woke up on 1/1/2000. You are physically the same person you were then also. And the actual date is 1/1/2000. The past (or future) ~12 years are … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1616) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1618)