# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1641 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1642 --- ## [How excited about Christmas are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-excited-about-christmas-are-you/600752)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-excited-about-christmas-are-you/600752 "2011-10-30T05:10:20Z")
Title says it all, poll to follow. --- ## [Convince me to give you the power to teleport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-give-you-the-power-to-teleport/601144)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-give-you-the-power-to-teleport/601144 "2011-10-30T01:44:48Z")
(Suggested by MeanOldLady’s post here.) A recent industrial accident at RhymerInc has presented me with a slight problem, in the form of about a dozen spoiled personal teleportation units. These devices – shaped as ring… --- ## [Your Favorite Superbowl Press Conference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-superbowl-press-conference/601230)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-superbowl-press-conference/601230 "2011-10-29T21:54:54Z")
I haven’t seen any other Superbowl Press Conferences and I’ve been a fan of Prince for a long time. I was made aware of this a few days ago and was pretty much awestruck. I’m not a great fan of American Football and onl… --- ## [Ice melt that's safe for concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-melt-thats-safe-for-concrete/601081)
**Author:** [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-melt-thats-safe-for-concrete/601081 "2011-10-29T18:16:20Z")
Tried searching for a thread that covered this and no dice, so here goes. As the northeast is looking at snow this weekend I realized I need to buy some ice melt stuff for my steps and sidewalk. However, I got the steps… --- ## [What's your BMI poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-bmi-poll/600860)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-bmi-poll/600860 "2011-10-29T18:08:16Z")
So let’s see the distribution current dopers body mass index (BMI). Here’s a handy calculator from the American Institute of Cancer Research, if you don’t already know yours: BMI Calculator. If you want to calculate it… --- ## [Would you cure death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cure-death/600236)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-cure-death/600236 "2011-10-29T12:09:14Z")
One day while pondering the secrets of life you come up with a pill. This pill cures and immunises against all known (and unknown diseases), poisons, virii, bacterial infections, genetic disorders, you name it. You can’t… --- ## [Monthly paid money saving tips please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-paid-money-saving-tips-please/600796)
**Author:** [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-paid-money-saving-tips-please/600796 "2011-10-29T11:01:00Z")
After being out of work since when, June, I’m nearly at the end of my first months work. Actually this month I’ve only worked three weeks so after paying back what I’ve borrowed to get me through the month and putting a… --- ## [I stopped at Quarks (Reading in the 80's)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-at-quarks-reading-in-the-80s/601128)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-at-quarks-reading-in-the-80s/601128 "2011-10-29T09:49:19Z")
Any new books for non students (Laymen) out there that I can enjoy reading to satiate my thirst for knowlege of what is on the cutting edge of all things small and large (Quantum mechaninics, Cosmology, and astrophysics)… --- ## [Lost ID/airport check-in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-id-airport-check-in/601132)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-id-airport-check-in/601132 "2011-10-29T04:18:28Z")
So, Mom’s in Kansas, and she may have lost her driver’s license, military ID, and credit card (card’s been canceled). There is one last place they might be - her sister’s car - but her sister is out for another several h… --- ## [What Would Cause a Previously Housebroken Dog to Start Lifting His Leg Inside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-a-previously-housebroken-dog-to-start-lifting-his-leg-inside/600994)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-a-previously-housebroken-dog-to-start-lifting-his-leg-inside/600994 "2011-10-29T03:26:18Z")
I’m just full of questions today… My male Gordon Setter Nick is my heart and soul. He has always been such a good boy. But recently he has started lifting his leg in the house, in 2 specific spots- the corner of my bed … --- ## [Would you go to Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-mars/600841)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-mars/600841 "2011-10-29T02:05:14Z")
On the first manned mission, that is - to set your foot on the Red Planet then return to Earth. It’s estimated that by the 2030s humanity might be ready to take its first voyage to another planet. A round trip could tak… --- ## [My Dream Job Challenge-Any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dream-job-challenge-any-ideas/600942)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dream-job-challenge-any-ideas/600942 "2011-10-29T00:33:04Z")
I’m hoping to leave my current job in January if things don’t improve, which I’m sure they won’t because bad jobs usually don’t. This is a secret plan, so I don’t actually have to find a new job, I could just stick with … --- ## [What's the strangest/best thing you've ever duct taped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-best-thing-youve-ever-duct-taped/600909)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-best-thing-youve-ever-duct-taped/600909 "2011-10-28T23:58:28Z")
I was looking at a catalogue and it had a T-shirt for sale that said something like, “Real Men Use Duct Tape.” It reminded me of one of the weirder things we’ve done. After a hurricane here all kinds of things were was… --- ## [Lather, rinse ... repeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lather-rinse-repeat/600859)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lather-rinse-repeat/600859 "2011-10-28T23:10:40Z")
When you wash your hair (or someone else washes it for you), do you repeat (i.e., lather and rinse more than once)? --- ## [Replacing the lamp in my Sony Grand Wega](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-the-lamp-in-my-sony-grand-wega/597772)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-the-lamp-in-my-sony-grand-wega/597772 "2011-10-28T22:52:55Z")
Anybody have experience with this? I found some old threads like this one that indicate that some dopers have this same TV. If you Google “kdf 50E2000” you get plenty of links for bulbs. The official Sony offering cos… --- ## [Serious problem with my 21 year old son, his WOW addiction, and his lack of education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-with-my-21-year-old-son-his-wow-addiction-and-his-lack-of-education/600377)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-with-my-21-year-old-son-his-wow-addiction-and-his-lack-of-education/600377 "2011-10-28T22:16:35Z")
This will require some backstory so bear with me. I have a 21 year old son who does not live with me, although we are both in the same area. Over the past several years since about the sophomore year of high school he h… --- ## ["Adolf" is a very unpopular name for children. Why not the same for "Joseph"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolf-is-a-very-unpopular-name-for-children-why-not-the-same-for-joseph/601084)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolf-is-a-very-unpopular-name-for-children-why-not-the-same-for-joseph/601084 "2011-10-28T21:39:15Z")
Why did “Joseph” survive as a relatively common name for children after WWII, but “Adolf” did not? 2 theories: “Joseph” (or Josef) was a much more common name than Adolf to begin with, so it was not associated as stro… --- ## [Anyone with bedbug experience, please help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-bedbug-experience-please-help/601086)
**Author:** [@Isabel8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabel8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-bedbug-experience-please-help/601086 "2011-10-28T21:24:01Z")
I probably have bedbugs in my apartment. Three red bumps appeared on my back and neck about a week ago (which are unlikely to be mosquito bites since those areas are covered when I’m outside). I thought nothing of it unt… --- ## [Often: OFF-TEN or OFF-EN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/often-off-ten-or-off-en/600907)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/often-off-ten-or-off-en/600907 "2011-10-28T20:27:07Z")
How do you say it? --- ## ["Behind every great fortune there is a great crime."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-every-great-fortune-there-is-a-great-crime/600973)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behind-every-great-fortune-there-is-a-great-crime/600973 "2011-10-28T20:09:01Z")
“Behind every great fortune there is a great crime.” ~ Attributed to Honoré de Balzac Agree or disagree? --- ## [Is "curvy" a euphemism for fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-curvy-a-euphemism-for-fat/306355)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-curvy-a-euphemism-for-fat/306355 "2011-10-28T18:49:56Z")
I was chatting with a few gals a few minutes ago and we were talking about how we’d describe ourselves on an online dating site (one of them is single, the remaining three–including yours truly–are married). I immediate… --- ## [NPR's Begging For Money Again.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-begging-for-money-again/600846)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-begging-for-money-again/600846 "2011-10-28T18:13:36Z")
… and that’s okay. They are one organization I love to help when I can, because our radios stay on our local NPR channel for everything, but I was wondering… You know that section on the income tax form where you have t… --- ## [Would you get your son's penis circumcised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-your-sons-penis-circumcised/600671)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-your-sons-penis-circumcised/600671 "2011-10-28T18:05:40Z")
There’s a thread about getting your daughter’s ear’s pierced as an infant, and there’s a discussion in another thread debating not continuing with a practice merely because of tradition. Circumcision is a religious trad… --- ## [Would it be safe for my elderly mom (74) to get her facial hair waxed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-safe-for-my-elderly-mom-74-to-get-her-facial-hair-waxed/601076)
**Author:** [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-safe-for-my-elderly-mom-74-to-get-her-facial-hair-waxed/601076 "2011-10-28T16:30:06Z")
My mom is turning 74 today(Yay, Mom!). Like many of us gals, she has some unwanted facial hair (bit of a Van Dyke happening there…). She used to just shave it, but recently has sorta quit wanting to make the effort. I’… --- ## [If you would, tell me about experiences with panic/anxiety attacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-tell-me-about-experiences-with-panic-anxiety-attacks/600448)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-tell-me-about-experiences-with-panic-anxiety-attacks/600448 "2011-10-28T16:24:15Z")
I’m curious about the physical and mental symptoms that occur during panic/anxiety attacks. Do any Dopers suffer or have suffered from these? Or have family members that do and could help me understand these better? What… --- ## [iPhone 4s owners: how's Siri?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-4s-owners-hows-siri/600593)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-4s-owners-hows-siri/600593 "2011-10-28T15:44:11Z")
I can’t believe I’m actually thinking of upgrading my iPhone (rather than switching to a different OS), but Siri has me interested. I’ve had bad experiences with voice recognition in the past, though. What are you expe… --- ## [Is there cowardice in women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-cowardice-in-women/600937)
**Author:** [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-cowardice-in-women/600937 "2011-10-28T14:43:19Z")
again, i’m going by the most basic notion that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. and yes ladies, i can be a bit sexist. it’s part of my ignorance which you’re all duty-bound to cure. it seems that much of liter… --- ## [Identify this men's? cologne - smells like soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-mens-cologne-smells-like-soap/601047)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-mens-cologne-smells-like-soap/601047 "2011-10-28T13:12:55Z")
This is probably more IMHO than GQ, but feel free to change forums if you (mods) see fit. The other day I was entering an elevator as another man exited and I got a whiff of a really nice smell that I am assuming was so… --- ## [Do/Did You Stutter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-did-you-stutter/600774)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-did-you-stutter/600774 "2011-10-28T08:12:09Z")
Either way, do you find that people are more patient with you now than before? I know that’s worded badly, but hopefully you can sift through it to see what I mean. I stuttered as a child (until age 9), and am beginning… --- ## [You call \*this\* disabled-accessible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-call-this-disabled-accessible/596267)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-call-this-disabled-accessible/596267 "2011-10-28T05:21:37Z")
While the closest I’ve personally been to disability has been minor surgery on a heel, we have quite a few posters who are permanently disabled and many more who’ve been temporarily disabled. For some reason, disabled ac… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1640) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1642)