# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1674 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1675 --- ## [How do you pronounce "Caribbean"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-caribbean/594812)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-caribbean/594812 "2011-09-01T23:45:15Z")
I usually say kuh-RIB-bee-un, but in some contexts it seems to feel better the other way, like “Pirates of the care-a-BEE-un”. How do you say it, and where are you from? I’m from the Mountain West region of the USA. --- ## [Need advice: Should I tell my brother's girlfriend he's cheating on her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-should-i-tell-my-brothers-girlfriend-hes-cheating-on-her/594701)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-should-i-tell-my-brothers-girlfriend-hes-cheating-on-her/594701 "2011-09-01T22:39:57Z")
Many of you may remember my brother as being the “stand up” guy from this thread. Anyway, he’s got another rotten habit: Constantly stringing dozens of girls along at the same time. At any given moment he’s dating 3 or … --- ## [Pregnant or PMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-or-pms/594543)
**Author:** [@BuickGNX1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuickGNX1987)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-or-pms/594543 "2011-09-01T22:27:46Z")
My girlfriend and I are pretty much worrying ourselves to death here. Her period is supposed to start any time now. She has been complaining of symptoms that, as far as I can tell, could be either early pregnancy symptom… --- ## [Alien visits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-visits/594828)
**Author:** [@Gigi1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gigi1960)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-visits/594828 "2011-09-01T21:49:29Z")
My son has claimed since he was 10 years old he has been taken. My daughter said she even experienced seeing this. He was screaming and she went to his bedroom and he was floating above the bed and all of his things were… --- ## [What Position Did I Apply For?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-position-did-i-apply-for/594529)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-position-did-i-apply-for/594529 "2011-09-01T18:21:58Z")
OK I’m recently out of work, so I have been hitting Internet, payment, temp agencies etx. A lot of these Internet Ads are blind box ads. I need a job fast, so I’m willing to do anything. Long story short, I applied to a… --- ## [Do you wear a T-shirt under your outer shirt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-t-shirt-under-your-outer-shirt/594854)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-t-shirt-under-your-outer-shirt/594854 "2011-09-01T17:16:53Z")
I’m talking old school fruit of the loom or Haynes white T-shirts. V Neck, Crewneck, or old school beater. like these http://abovethelaw.com/\_old/v%20neck%20crewneck%20crew%20neck%20sleeveless%20t-shirt%20wifebeater.jp… --- ## [Why don't businesses treat us as adults any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-businesses-treat-us-as-adults-any-more/594773)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-businesses-treat-us-as-adults-any-more/594773 "2011-09-01T17:14:33Z")
It’s difficult to sum up my point in the title, but hopefully you’ll know what I mean. Over the past couple of years, it seems like more and more businesses want to be jokey and childish when a serious, businesslike mes… --- ## [I have to have a hysterectomy (long, disjointed, terrified, TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-have-a-hysterectomy-long-disjointed-terrified-tmi/590541)
**Author:** [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-have-a-hysterectomy-long-disjointed-terrified-tmi/590541 "2011-09-01T16:36:30Z")
TL; DR version: I’ve been told I should have at least a partial, if not a full, hysterectomy. Help me think through the situation…at least, according to my doctor’s recommendation. (mouseover space) … --- ## [Do extraordinarily good-looking people have an easier time in life, in your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-extraordinarily-good-looking-people-have-an-easier-time-in-life-in-your-opinion/594499)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-extraordinarily-good-looking-people-have-an-easier-time-in-life-in-your-opinion/594499 "2011-09-01T16:28:26Z")
The question is exactly what it seems like. Assume, for the sake of discussion, that the hypothetical hotties are of average intelligence and comes from a middle- or working-class background (and thus does not have the … --- ## [Will manned space exploration die with the space station?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-manned-space-exploration-die-with-the-space-station/589871)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-manned-space-exploration-die-with-the-space-station/589871 "2011-09-01T16:11:57Z")
Let’s say that a few weeks from now, a big piece of space junk slams into the International Space Station. The crew all escapes in that old Soyuz capsule (which is kept around for just such an emergency) but the station… --- ## [Should I refinance my house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refinance-my-house/594531)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refinance-my-house/594531 "2011-09-01T14:45:15Z")
I’ve been in my house just over 2 years now. I’ve got a fixed-rate 30 year mortgage at 4.875 percent. Because I was (literally) between jobs at the time, and because the mortgage market was so fragile, I had to get an … --- ## [Habeus Corpus Warrant, Cop Said he could search anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habeus-corpus-warrant-cop-said-he-could-search-anyway/594573)
**Author:** [@whatisafriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatisafriend)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habeus-corpus-warrant-cop-said-he-could-search-anyway/594573 "2011-09-01T14:37:01Z")
Hi guys i was detained and subsequently arrested because of a report of a “suspicious vehicle” which i was subsequently driving yesterday. i had a warrant for a failure to appear (in texas) and the cop asked to search … --- ## ["Winner stays on" social custom in public places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-stays-on-social-custom-in-public-places/594283)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-stays-on-social-custom-in-public-places/594283 "2011-09-01T13:37:16Z")
I was listening to one of the old Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant/Karl Pilkington XFM radio shows and Gervais went on a mini-rant about “winner stays on” customs in certain public places. For example, at a pub with a pool… --- ## [My sister stayed out drinking tonight. I refused to go pick her up. Am I justified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-stayed-out-drinking-tonight-i-refused-to-go-pick-her-up-am-i-justified/594722)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-stayed-out-drinking-tonight-i-refused-to-go-pick-her-up-am-i-justified/594722 "2011-09-01T03:39:23Z")
As I type, my boyfriend is going to pick my sister up from drinking all day at a nearby bar. She never once texted or called me to let me know where she was or what she was doing. Instead, she asks my boyfriend to go pic… --- ## [better to give \[where to obtain free toiletry samples for donation\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-to-give-where-to-obtain-free-toiletry-samples-for-donation/566120)
**Author:** [@lady\_g](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lady_g)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-to-give-where-to-obtain-free-toiletry-samples-for-donation/566120 "2011-09-01T02:43:28Z")
my organization wants to give out free sample size tolietries to the homeless any ideas where I can obtain some samples we currently give out clothes and food however, there is no money for tolietries thanks lady g --- ## [Parents--What do you teach your children about "talking to strangers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-talking-to-strangers/594770)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-talking-to-strangers/594770 "2011-09-01T00:44:13Z")
First of all, I am not a parent. Second of all, I like to talk to strangers, particularly children. So I was on the bus today, and a mother and her young daughter got on and sat near me. Mommy started texting. I compl… --- ## [Corporate I.T. Dopers, Opinions Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-i-t-dopers-opinions-please/594804)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-i-t-dopers-opinions-please/594804 "2011-09-01T00:07:35Z")
I’m looking for professional opinions about offsite, hosted computer backup vendors. Does anyone have experience with Iron Mountain Connect, EMC Mozypro, Acronis, or other products? I’m in the beginning stages of evaluat… --- ## [Arm in sling for 6 months - how to prepare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arm-in-sling-for-6-months-how-to-prepare/591854)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arm-in-sling-for-6-months-how-to-prepare/591854 "2011-08-31T23:28:57Z")
What should I do to prepare for having my arm in a sling for up to 6 months (24/7 mandatory except showers), then part time thereafter? My rotator cuff needs work and they’re telling me to expect to have to wear it 4 to… --- ## [Help name our new cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-cat/594226 "2011-08-31T22:50:43Z")
Stately Mercotan Manor has been without a full-time cat for a while now, but the Mrs. changed that up this week when she adopted (with my consent) a 3-ish year old feline by the name of “Sandy”. Now, living on the beach… --- ## [Car maintenance snafu (new oil pan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-maintenance-snafu-new-oil-pan/594293)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-maintenance-snafu-new-oil-pan/594293 "2011-08-31T22:07:54Z")
This happened to a friend, so I have only second-hand information: He (not a very mechanically savvy type) took his Mini Cooper in for routine service. The nearest dealer is an hour away, but he believes in having “the… --- ## [Which car should I let my daughter drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-car-should-i-let-my-daughter-drive/594674)
**Author:** [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-car-should-i-let-my-daughter-drive/594674 "2011-08-31T21:00:11Z")
Okay talk me into or out of this idea. I mentioned a few months ago that I was teaching my daughter to drive a stick shift. She has the concept down pretty well and in fact is going this Friday to take her driving tes… --- ## ["Scarring" on arm from last blood donation...WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarring-on-arm-from-last-blood-donation-wtf/594595)
**Author:** [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarring-on-arm-from-last-blood-donation-wtf/594595 "2011-08-31T20:01:26Z")
I gave blood in July (the 12th, I think), and am eligible to donate again in early September. The thing is, I still have a mark from the last time I donated. It’s not an open wound, of course, it’s more scarring than an… --- ## [Another public bathroom question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-public-bathroom-question/594590)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-public-bathroom-question/594590 "2011-08-31T18:52:04Z")
Yes. This can be answered by both men and women, although I’m willing to bet that the answers will be different, or at least for different reasons. Background: I have noticed, while standing at a urinal in a public men… --- ## [When you stop taking Ritalin, you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-stop-taking-ritalin-you/594495)
**Author:** [@K-MAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K-MAN)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-stop-taking-ritalin-you/594495 "2011-08-31T18:36:56Z")
When you stop taking Ritalin after years of use… What are all the: \*Pros \*Cons I’m trying to figure out, if stopping the daily dose of ritalin has more negative or beneficial results. Could someone function without … --- ## [Etiquette of birthday/bachelor/etc. parties and paying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-of-birthday-bachelor-etc-parties-and-paying/594297)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-of-birthday-bachelor-etc-parties-and-paying/594297 "2011-08-31T17:17:03Z")
Basically I’m asking about events like birthdays or bachelor parties where you go out and celebrate, but where the guests themselves seem to be expected to pay. I was inspired from this post in the moving thread: It’s … --- ## [Ugh. A friend is assuming I will lie for him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-a-friend-is-assuming-i-will-lie-for-him/594630)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-a-friend-is-assuming-i-will-lie-for-him/594630 "2011-08-31T15:30:46Z")
Right off the bat, I’ll tell you I’m no Mother Theresa. I’ve made morally and ethically challenged decisions before. We all have. I just got a call from a good friend of mine I’ve known for years. I’m at work so I di… --- ## [Integrity vs. Hypocrisy--what is she?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/integrity-vs-hypocrisy-what-is-she/594418)
**Author:** [@accidental2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/accidental2)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/integrity-vs-hypocrisy-what-is-she/594418 "2011-08-31T13:50:50Z")
A grown daughter speaks kindly of her mother in letters and in person to others: Mother was told daughter has integrity: Grown daughter ‘deserted’ mother over 20 years ago, with 2 grandchildren, at her husband’s reques… --- ## [It's the end of the world as we know it...do you feel fine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-do-you-feel-fine/594392)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-do-you-feel-fine/594392 "2011-08-31T13:23:38Z")
Next Sunday A.D., scientists using advanced technology discover an impending catastrophe heading towards Earth, fast. Maybe it’s a Gamma Ray Burst, asteroid or comet - the details are trivial. The long and short is, we’r… --- ## [Do you regret your username change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-your-username-change/594004 "2011-08-31T13:18:59Z")
As most of us know, the SDMB allows one username change at whim. If you’ve changed your username on a whim, are you happy with it? Wish you’d chosen a different name, or hadn’t changed at all? If you’ve changed your us… --- ## [How do I find legitimate work-from-home typing jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-legitimate-work-from-home-typing-jobs/594732)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-legitimate-work-from-home-typing-jobs/594732 "2011-08-31T11:35:21Z")
After months of actively searching for a job, I landed one at a factory a few towns over. However, it is only a temp job, and once I hit 400 hours, which will be in about a month and a half, I’ll have to apply for a per… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1673) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1675)