# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1676 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1677 --- ## [Gentlemen: you are faced with a toilet seat that will not stay up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-you-are-faced-with-a-toilet-seat-that-will-not-stay-up/594411)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-you-are-faced-with-a-toilet-seat-that-will-not-stay-up/594411 "2011-08-29T21:31:00Z")
I would ask you to imagine, if you will, that you are faced with a toilet seat that refuses to stay up. I am currently faced with two such seats, one at my current house and one at the house I am about to move into\*. You… --- ## [I got "felt up" on my way to work this morning...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-felt-up-on-my-way-to-work-this-morning/594212)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-felt-up-on-my-way-to-work-this-morning/594212 "2011-08-29T21:03:41Z")
The strangest thing happened to me this morning. I (a gay guy) was walking from my parking garage to my place of employment at about 7:30am this morning. I normally like to get to work a bit early so I’ll have time to … --- ## [10 ways to make yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-ways-to-make-yourself/594472)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-ways-to-make-yourself/594472 "2011-08-29T20:54:25Z")
Perhaps, ways to live would have been a better title. But I digress. Create something and sell it - product, service, business,'etc… Gain a skill - education, training Get a job An investment Win the lottery or have a… --- ## [You couldn't make this stuff up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-couldnt-make-this-stuff-up/585340 "2011-08-29T19:09:51Z")
Sometimes life presents us with things that are so appropos that you know they are true because noone would make them up. You would probably think it was stretching things a bit for an author to name a congressman who s… --- ## [Things to do in Virginia Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-virginia-beach/593776)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-virginia-beach/593776 "2011-08-29T18:54:14Z")
So who’s been to, or lives in, Virginia Beach? I’m headed there in the near future with my wife. I can find lots of stuff online I suppose, but I’m looking for the doper favorites so I can separate the wheat from the c… --- ## [Hurricane Irene: how are you feeling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-irene-how-are-you-feeling/594179)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-irene-how-are-you-feeling/594179 "2011-08-29T18:50:46Z")
Hurricane Irene hype is in full swing. About where are you and how are you feeling? I’m in DC and it’s my experience through a dozen or so of these that nothing is going to happen. It’s going to rain. It might get a … --- ## [Tell Us About Your Odd Co-Workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-odd-co-workers/592340)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-odd-co-workers/592340 "2011-08-29T18:24:48Z")
Or cow-orkers if you prefer. I’m not necessarily thinking about specific stories exactly, I am more interested in the characters and their odd traits. I’ll start it off, but some of the funniest tid-bits might pin me d… --- ## [I find strong, exposed clavicles sexier than bare boobs. How weird am I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-strong-exposed-clavicles-sexier-than-bare-boobs-how-weird-am-i/593855)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-strong-exposed-clavicles-sexier-than-bare-boobs-how-weird-am-i/593855 "2011-08-29T17:32:11Z")
I’m a straight male. Though, like most members of that tribe, I find the bare female bosom a thing of beauty and joy, what really gets my attention and approval is a distinct, well-crafted pair of clavicles. The picture… --- ## [Presentation (Introducing grammatical point)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentation-introducing-grammatical-point/594363)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentation-introducing-grammatical-point/594363 "2011-08-29T16:10:50Z")
\[SIZE=“1”\]\[SIZE=“1”\]\[SIZE=“2”\]As we know presentation of new grammatical point which is going to be taught to the learner/s is indeed helpful and a part of the teaching method in ESL and EFL, but, don’t you think as time… --- ## [Do you think Security "Signs" outside doors and windows really deter Burglars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-security-signs-outside-doors-and-windows-really-deter-burglars/313181)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-security-signs-outside-doors-and-windows-really-deter-burglars/313181 "2011-08-29T15:50:58Z")
My wife and I recently had a security system put into our home. We did so for a variety of reasons - others in the neighborhood had been burgled and the fire safety features of the ADT system we got we really liked. To … --- ## [Am I underreacting or are my in-laws overreacting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-underreacting-or-are-my-in-laws-overreacting/594398)
**Author:** [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-underreacting-or-are-my-in-laws-overreacting/594398 "2011-08-29T14:52:53Z")
Yesterday morning I was doing some laundry, loading some stuff into the washer, and as usual my two kids were playing right next to me. I noticed my son (19 months) climbing into the empty dryer. My daughter (three yea… --- ## [People who request help moving and offer no refreshments once job is complete - Faux paux or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-request-help-moving-and-offer-no-refreshments-once-job-is-complete-faux-paux-or-not/594019)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-request-help-moving-and-offer-no-refreshments-once-job-is-complete-faux-paux-or-not/594019 "2011-08-29T14:13:54Z")
There is a dear friend of mine who has moved out of her current large older house to a garden apartment in another section of town over the past month or so. She requested my help and the help of one of her male co-worke… --- ## [Whom would you haunt and how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-would-you-haunt-and-how/594216)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-would-you-haunt-and-how/594216 "2011-08-29T14:13:47Z")
Doo-tee-doo, walking across the street thinking about 3/4 inch galvanized lag screws, piano drops on your head. You’re dazed. You look around and see a bloody smudge under a piano and it’s wearing your shoes! Being a … --- ## [Have you ever ignored an evacuation order? Spinoff of Irene thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ignored-an-evacuation-order-spinoff-of-irene-thread/594351)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ignored-an-evacuation-order-spinoff-of-irene-thread/594351 "2011-08-29T13:35:35Z")
There seems to be some debate over whether it’s sensible to take precautions during bad weather, or how much of the media exposure is ‘hype’. So I figured I’d ask…have you ever either ignored an evacuation order, or stu… --- ## [Programming: Do-While or Repeat-Until](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-do-while-or-repeat-until/594235)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-do-while-or-repeat-until/594235 "2011-08-29T13:31:43Z")
I know what While/Do-While/Repeat-Until loops are. This is a question about terminology. I was looking at Do-While loops on Wikipedia, because I wanted to see if DO WHILE was now a standard construct in Fortran, or a v… --- ## [Afterlife Belief Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-belief-poll/593290 "2011-08-29T12:00:13Z")
Afterlife Belief Poll (I repeated the poll questions below because some don’t fit in the poll question box.) \*\*1. I don’t believe in after life and I accept nothingness, ie, returning as elemental parts of Universe. I… --- ## [Geneology. Anyone famous in your ancestry ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geneology-anyone-famous-in-your-ancestry/593589)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geneology-anyone-famous-in-your-ancestry/593589 "2011-08-29T04:20:22Z")
A cousin of my wife just came back from Iceland with 90 copied pages of geneology records to show that my wife has as an ancester Harold Wartooth, king of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the historical northern German provi… --- ## [Piggybacking off a business' customer/incentive wifi - ethical? legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piggybacking-off-a-business-customer-incentive-wifi-ethical-legal/594434)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piggybacking-off-a-business-customer-incentive-wifi-ethical-legal/594434 "2011-08-29T02:24:18Z")
A little while ago, I happened to stop at a fast food restaurant, bought some food, and attempted to look for an available wifi signal. I found one, connected, and was given a portal page that identified the router in q… --- ## [Depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression/594277)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression/594277 "2011-08-29T01:30:00Z")
I’m not sure why I’m posting this, maybe its because I want to get stuff off of my chest, maybe its to help others understand depressives, I don’t really know. I am NOT looking for sympathy, and I’m not feeling suicida… --- ## [Every man has his price...what's yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-man-has-his-price-whats-yours/594049)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-man-has-his-price-whats-yours/594049 "2011-08-28T19:11:21Z")
And every woman, of course. I’ve been thinking about this saying and the idea of corruption, how many would put personal gain over the common good and vice versa. So, here’s the scenario. In a prior thread I asked what … --- ## [Seeking Adobe CS5 advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adobe-cs5-advice/594248)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adobe-cs5-advice/594248 "2011-08-28T16:51:18Z")
I have been using Adobe Creative Suite 2 since it came out. I am an InDesign power user; I’m pretty darned good with Photoshop; I can stumble around in Illustrator & Acrobat Pro and (usually) create what I need; I have a… --- ## [C-SPAN's Washington Journal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-spans-washington-journal/594373)
**Author:** [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-spans-washington-journal/594373 "2011-08-28T15:24:09Z")
Why do they continue with the viewer call-in format when most of the callers are goofballs? I appreciate C-SPAN but WJ is painful to watch–I usually have to change the channel after about 5 min. I don’t know how the host… --- ## [If the 19th Amendment Failed to Pass...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-19th-amendment-failed-to-pass/594214)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-19th-amendment-failed-to-pass/594214 "2011-08-28T13:53:47Z")
How long do you think it would’ve taken women in the USA to have full suffrage? I think they would’ve gotten if eventually, but I think it would’ve come on a state by state basis. And they would’ve definately got it by 1… --- ## [hurriane irene \[cash in emergency kit\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurriane-irene-cash-in-emergency-kit/594274)
**Author:** [@terrylynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terrylynn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurriane-irene-cash-in-emergency-kit/594274 "2011-08-28T12:44:54Z")
everyone says take out cash i dont want to sit here with less than or more than i need - what would be the right amount? Im in south jersey --- ## [Which looks worse? Continuing doing a bad job or asking for less responsibilities for less pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-looks-worse-continuing-doing-a-bad-job-or-asking-for-less-responsibilities-for-less-pay/594085)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-looks-worse-continuing-doing-a-bad-job-or-asking-for-less-responsibilities-for-less-pay/594085 "2011-08-28T11:43:37Z")
I have too much work in too little time. I recently got a warning. I know there are same positions open, but in some stations there less work and less pay. I would like to take one to save my job. I am wondering, however… --- ## [The ethics of my accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-accident/594237)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-my-accident/594237 "2011-08-28T06:42:24Z")
I was paralyzed at the age of 20 as a result of complications from emergency surgery necessitated by a ruptured aorta brought about by a car accident; a car accident in which I unlawfully had alcohol in my system (as I w… --- ## [auto battery/electronics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-battery-electronics-question/594202)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-battery-electronics-question/594202 "2011-08-28T04:11:42Z")
1983 Nissan Acura was apparently left running in the driveway and ran out of gas and left unnoticed for several days. When it was discovered we could find no electronic features had been left turned on. There was no ele… --- ## [Was Bush a fundie nutball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-bush-a-fundie-nutball/594317)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-bush-a-fundie-nutball/594317 "2011-08-28T03:02:35Z")
George W. Bush gave out like he was a super-religious Christian, and in another thread, someone (forget who–sorry) just argued that while Rick Perry is a religious nutball, Bush just kinda gave it lip service for mostly … --- ## [Class Action Settlement - Classmates.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-action-settlement-classmates-com/594345)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-action-settlement-classmates-com/594345 "2011-08-28T02:59:42Z")
Blah blah… What’s this all about? I don’t live in the states and I don’t speak legalese… --- ## [The happy, get-along atheist/theist thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-get-along-atheist-theist-thread/594133)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-get-along-atheist-theist-thread/594133 "2011-08-28T02:41:17Z")
This thread is getting me down. Every time someone complains about loud obnoxious debaters of religion drowning people out, they get drowned out by obnoxious debaters. Let’s unite, you and I, away from all that. Live an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1675) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1677)