# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1672 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1673 --- ## [A new friend I invited to go with me to a concert wants to invite one of her friends to go with us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-friend-i-invited-to-go-with-me-to-a-concert-wants-to-invite-one-of-her-friends-to-go-with-us/585217)
**Author:** [@jccb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jccb)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-friend-i-invited-to-go-with-me-to-a-concert-wants-to-invite-one-of-her-friends-to-go-with-us/585217 "2011-09-05T21:51:01Z")
I met a friend, Kathy, through a fan club for an artist we both like a lot. None of my friends like this artist so when I found out they were having a concert in the city I invited her to go with me. I got the ticke… --- ## [Therapy question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapy-question/595219)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapy-question/595219 "2011-09-05T20:59:04Z")
Aside from any criminal/illegal acts you may have committed, are there things which you would absolutely not share with your therapist? --- ## [Help! My dog is digging straight through the the Earth's molten core.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-dog-is-digging-straight-through-the-the-earths-molten-core/586958)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-dog-is-digging-straight-through-the-the-earths-molten-core/586958 "2011-09-05T20:50:47Z")
One of my dogs, Sally, is a Digger. (Note capital “D”. She is deadly serious.) She’s a good-sized dog and can dig an enormous hole pretty quickly. Now my backyard looks somewhat like a nuclear test site, and I believe i… --- ## [Help me buy a new desktop computer please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-desktop-computer-please/595280)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-desktop-computer-please/595280 "2011-09-05T20:00:53Z")
I’m thinking of buying a new computer, and am just starting the shopping process. I haven’t bought one in a while, so I’m not sure where to start or what to avoid or whatever. I have no price range in mind, so I’m pret… --- ## [What do you do when your friend uploads bad photos of you on the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-your-friend-uploads-bad-photos-of-you-on-the-internet/573698)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-your-friend-uploads-bad-photos-of-you-on-the-internet/573698 "2011-09-05T19:36:13Z")
I would like to know anyone’s insight on what’s the smartest way to approach this issue. I went out with my best friend some nights ago and she uploaded photos from that night on Facebook. Lets just say some of the pict… --- ## [Anyone worked for Arise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-for-arise/594932)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-for-arise/594932 "2011-09-05T16:27:18Z")
On today’s Dylan Ratigan Show, the guest was an executive from a company called Arise (technically it is called Arise Virtual Solutions but I gag on the buzz-wordiness of that phrase). It’s a company that runs call cente… --- ## [What strange/obscure/useless thing are you really good at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strange-obscure-useless-thing-are-you-really-good-at/594350)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-strange-obscure-useless-thing-are-you-really-good-at/594350 "2011-09-05T11:24:33Z")
What strange, obscure or useless thing are you really good at? Me, I’m really, really good at cards. Pretty well any game - bridge, uno, crazy eights, gin, gin rummy, crib, hearts, cheat, asshole, etc. You name it, I’m … --- ## [What Does Your Favorite Coffee Mug Say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-favorite-coffee-mug-say/594368 "2011-09-05T09:55:26Z")
Mine says, “Are we having fun yet?” And it usually takes 2-3 cups before I can say, “Why yes, I do believe so…” What do you like to wake up to? --- ## [Reporting a case of welfare fraud- possibility of it being followed on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-case-of-welfare-fraud-possibility-of-it-being-followed-on/594958)
**Author:** [@Dreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreen)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-case-of-welfare-fraud-possibility-of-it-being-followed-on/594958 "2011-09-05T02:58:48Z")
This is the only forum I’m registered to where I think I might get some kind of worthwhile reply, but anyway, there’s someone I’ve known for quite sometime that I know for a fact is committing welfare fraud. They’ve been… --- ## [Helping My Couple Friends Move And SHE Doesn't Plan To Be There?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-my-couple-friends-move-and-she-doesnt-plan-to-be-there/594696)
**Author:** [@crazytooth615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazytooth615)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-my-couple-friends-move-and-she-doesnt-plan-to-be-there/594696 "2011-09-05T02:57:48Z")
My long-time friend is moving in with his new girlfriend. I volunteered my boyfriend and I to help them move into their new rental house, and he accepted, saying he would let me know when and what time. Moving day has … --- ## [What did you do with the remains of your last deceased pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-the-remains-of-your-last-deceased-pet/578425)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-do-with-the-remains-of-your-last-deceased-pet/578425 "2011-09-04T23:06:35Z")
Inspired by the recent euthanasia and subsequent burial of my dear old kitty, I was wondering what you did with your last deceased animal’s remains? --- ## [Topless Little Girl: OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-little-girl-ok/594579)
**Author:** [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topless-little-girl-ok/594579 "2011-09-04T22:48:41Z")
My neighbors have two teen boys and a seven-year-old little girl. The little girl came to visit me in my yard last week wearing only swimsuit bottoms. Yesterday, she was in her yard wearing the same bottoms, no top. (The… --- ## [Isn't time to recreate a jobs program like the CCC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-time-to-recreate-a-jobs-program-like-the-ccc/595092)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-time-to-recreate-a-jobs-program-like-the-ccc/595092 "2011-09-04T22:34:43Z")
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a great program under Roosevelt. My dad’s brother was in. A lot of state parks and roads were built by the CCC. If you search for it you can find CCC plaques in the parks they built… --- ## [If I told you I "Flipped a bitch" would you know what I was talking about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-told-you-i-flipped-a-bitch-would-you-know-what-i-was-talking-about/594784 "2011-09-04T21:26:46Z")
I hadn’t started hearing this term until my (now ex) stepmom started using it regularly. Since then, I haven’t heard it used much from anyone…although just the other day I heard someone use it. Do you know what this is… --- ## [Largest City In The US Without Hospital (or one nearby)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-in-the-us-without-hospital-or-one-nearby/595083)
**Author:** [@EenaSheeshton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EenaSheeshton)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-in-the-us-without-hospital-or-one-nearby/595083 "2011-09-04T21:18:13Z")
This is kind of a hard question to ask but I’ll try to explain. On another thread, I pointed out I have an extra job on weekends and one of the things they have me doing is plotting points of various things on maps they… --- ## [Any pipe smokers out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pipe-smokers-out-there/595029)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pipe-smokers-out-there/595029 "2011-09-04T20:48:59Z")
Last week, while at the checkout at Walgreen’s, I noticed they have a section of pipe smoker supplies behind the cashiers–pipes, cleaners, and tobacco tins. This suprised me because I have only once seen a person use a … --- ## [Are women nosier than men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-nosier-than-men/594778)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-nosier-than-men/594778 "2011-09-04T17:39:58Z")
This is that rare RhymerPoll based on something from the real world. Rejoice and be happy. Here’s the sitch: My father is in his late 70s and has been widowed for almost five years. As he lives alone and is less than bl… --- ## [Political Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-test/594117 "2011-09-04T17:23:44Z")
http://www.politicaltest.net/eng/ Interestingly enough I got Ordoliberal (a very fascinating system of economics) and then now I got Liberal (presumably Classical Liberal): You are a Liberal. 4 percent of the test part… --- ## [Non-pilots: Look! Up in the sky!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pilots-look-up-in-the-sky/594296)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pilots-look-up-in-the-sky/594296 "2011-09-04T14:12:55Z")
I’m watching an aviation video, and there’s a shot of a Skyhawk flying along. I wondered: When non-pilots see a General Aviation aircraft (e.g., Cessna, Beechcraft, Mooney, Piper, et al.), what do they think? Do you im… --- ## [Massage Therapy as a career](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-therapy-as-a-career/594954)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-therapy-as-a-career/594954 "2011-09-04T12:57:16Z")
Do you advise it? Why or why not? Looking to finally end my years-long work in a cubicle doing stuff that doesn’t interest me. I’m fascinated with holistic healing and MT. Looking into an accredited school here where… --- ## [What kind of person needs to be paid weekly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-person-needs-to-be-paid-weekly/594938)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-person-needs-to-be-paid-weekly/594938 "2011-09-04T09:53:04Z")
When I got hired for my current job, it paid biweekly (which is what most jobs pay I assume). There were some trainees there lamenting that they had to wait TWO WHOLE WEEKS to get paid! I’m wondering what kind of livest… --- ## [Do people walking in public with earbuds annoy you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-walking-in-public-with-earbuds-annoy-you/594871)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-walking-in-public-with-earbuds-annoy-you/594871 "2011-09-04T09:18:27Z")
The reason it bothers me is that I think people have a responsibility to pay attention to their environment when they are out in public. If you are at home or work or sitting down on a bus or train, then using the earbud… --- ## [What should I tell my 7th grader's teacher about him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-tell-my-7th-graders-teacher-about-him/594550)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-tell-my-7th-graders-teacher-about-him/594550 "2011-09-04T07:18:27Z")
The first homework my 7th grader brought home was for me. I got this letter from his Language Arts teacher: “I am excited to have your student in my Language Arts class this year! You know your child better than anyon… --- ## [School bullying, please advise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-bullying-please-advise/298120)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-bullying-please-advise/298120 "2011-09-04T06:37:40Z")
I watch my nephew (7) after school. He came here crying today because this older kid (nephew says 9 or 10) kicked him in the stomach on the bus after school. When I asked him exactly how it happened, I learned that this … --- ## [Is there a real reason to hate Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-reason-to-hate-obama/594624)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-reason-to-hate-obama/594624 "2011-09-04T05:35:10Z")
I mean other than the fact that you might be prejudiced, a redneck or a Republican. --- ## [Help! I'm going to Key West](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-going-to-key-west/594841)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-going-to-key-west/594841 "2011-09-04T03:52:35Z")
I thought I already posted this, but I can’t find the thread if I did. I’m going to Key West, FL for work & a little R&R. I’d like to hear from you if you’ve been there. Oh sure… I can Google for “Things to do” but yo… --- ## [Angie's List vs. Yelp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angies-list-vs-yelp/595076)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angies-list-vs-yelp/595076 "2011-09-04T01:34:54Z")
It’s almost time to renew my Angie’s List membership (or, more accurately, to decide whether to let them just auto-bill my credit card, which is a source of annoyance, but I’ll get to that in a minute) and I’m wondering … --- ## [What should I be doing at the gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-be-doing-at-the-gym/594859)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-be-doing-at-the-gym/594859 "2011-09-04T01:24:20Z")
I’ve got a membership at our little city gym, which has a couple machines and a nice pool (my attempts to learn to swim have… stalled out.) I went with my boyfriend when he went looking at gyms on Saturday and somehow I… --- ## [Adults really more childish than in years past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-really-more-childish-than-in-years-past/594862)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-really-more-childish-than-in-years-past/594862 "2011-09-03T21:33:42Z")
Reading another thread, I came across this post, which basically posits that modern-day adults are doing more childish things and should be treated as children. I don’t know that I agree, but I’m curious to see what the… --- ## [Depressed people are expendable.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-are-expendable/595079)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressed-people-are-expendable/595079 "2011-09-03T19:25:37Z")
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