# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1679 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1680 --- ## [Is everyone insane about something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-insane-about-something/593604)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-insane-about-something/593604 "2011-08-25T02:47:25Z")
I know my thinking process does not work the same as any of you. Sometimes my brain zigs sometimes zags. I (and friends and family) deal. My thought. Everybody is sane in the micro but possibly and probably cat shit c… --- ## [bad side effects, but worth it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-side-effects-but-worth-it/593681)
**Author:** [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-side-effects-but-worth-it/593681 "2011-08-25T02:39:00Z")
I was suicidally depressed for most of my life, A several years ago I went on medication that did wonders. Lateley I’ve lost about 35 pounds (intentionally) but now I’m experiencing what my doc calls “cognitive dulling” … --- ## [Emergency Vet Situation-Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-vet-situation-opinions/593592)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-vet-situation-opinions/593592 "2011-08-25T02:14:29Z")
I have a friend that lives near Buffalo NY, and her adult daughter had an elderly cat named Annablle. Annabelle has been ‘fading’ (for lack of a better term) for some time now, and last night began moaning in pain. She … --- ## [The clothes you're wearing right now -- do you remember where it all came from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clothes-youre-wearing-right-now-do-you-remember-where-it-all-came-from/593265)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clothes-youre-wearing-right-now-do-you-remember-where-it-all-came-from/593265 "2011-08-25T01:18:24Z")
Idle question. If you look down at what you’re wearing right now, can you remember at least approximately where and when you obtained each item? Most days I can’t remember half of it. Today, though, the only thing I’m m… --- ## [When am I no longer "young"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-am-i-no-longer-young/546951)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-am-i-no-longer-young/546951 "2011-08-25T01:05:34Z")
I’m 26 years old now, and I’ve noticed that each year seems to pass more swiftly than the one before it. :eek: I turn 27 in a month, and my 30th birthday is beginning to seem not-terribly-far off. I’m pretty sure than t… --- ## [Dominique Strauss-Kahn Charges To Be Dropped---What Do You Think Actually Happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominique-strauss-kahn-charges-to-be-dropped-what-do-you-think-actually-happened/593545)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominique-strauss-kahn-charges-to-be-dropped-what-do-you-think-actually-happened/593545 "2011-08-25T00:50:37Z")
It sounds like all charges will be dropped in the rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, due to a history of lies and false statements on the part of his accuser, a maid at the 4-star hotel where DSK was staying, who … --- ## [What happens to your garbage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-your-garbage/593806)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-your-garbage/593806 "2011-08-25T00:29:24Z")
Pick the one that is most appropriate. --- ## [So who experienced their first earthquake today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-experienced-their-first-earthquake-today/593826)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-experienced-their-first-earthquake-today/593826 "2011-08-25T00:01:32Z")
Since a fairly big earthquake struck today in places where earthquakes aren’t all that common, I’m curious to know how many had it as their first. Was it exciting for you? Scary? Surreal? Are you feeling more like you … --- ## [Going on a road trip in the southwest US in December...what's not to miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-road-trip-in-the-southwest-us-in-december-whats-not-to-miss/593485)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-road-trip-in-the-southwest-us-in-december-whats-not-to-miss/593485 "2011-08-24T23:34:18Z")
So over an extended Christmas holiday, Mr. Foxfyre and I will be flying to southern Colorado to visit the fam, then we will be driving through and around the southwest for about a week. The plan is to leave Colorado, dri… --- ## [Say you're romantically involved with an alcoholic. Do you refrain from drinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-romantically-involved-with-an-alcoholic-do-you-refrain-from-drinking/593255)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-romantically-involved-with-an-alcoholic-do-you-refrain-from-drinking/593255 "2011-08-24T23:16:33Z")
Suggested by this thread, which is not otherwise relevant. Back in the 90s I had a live-in girlfriend, “Lynn,” who was a recovering alcoholic. I was her first lover after getting sober; in fact she once told me she’d n… --- ## [Apparently I Have Some Kinda Friggin Nervous System Disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-have-some-kinda-friggin-nervous-system-disorder/593867)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-i-have-some-kinda-friggin-nervous-system-disorder/593867 "2011-08-24T23:11:21Z")
Every once in a while (ok, often) my right index finger “taps” on its own accord, which means I “click” onto places I didn’t know I wanted to go to. What’s up with that? --- ## [Are you worried about your market investments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-worried-about-your-market-investments/593729)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-worried-about-your-market-investments/593729 "2011-08-24T22:44:51Z")
I’m curious how invested in the market everyone is, as a percentage of your overall wealth. It’s just that you can’t turn on the news and not hear red flag, after red flag. Anyone pulled out of the market because of it? … --- ## [Do you know who was President when you were born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-was-president-when-you-were-born/593653 "2011-08-24T20:08:39Z")
Poll coming - do you know who was President or your country’s equivalent elected Head of Government on the date of your birth? Note that I don’t mean monarch, since that would be way too easy for most Brits. --- ## [Nonsensical parking lot experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122 "2011-08-24T20:07:36Z")
Today on my way home I stopped at the Rite-Aid where I used to filled my prescriptions to grab a couple of things I needed (water, floss, gum, etc.). When I got to the counter with my things, I realized I had left my wa… --- ## [Am I the only one with an old school TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-with-an-old-school-tv/566812)
**Author:** [@lisalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisalan)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-with-an-old-school-tv/566812 "2011-08-24T18:29:01Z")
Everyone I know has a flat screen TV. My FIL has 2 of them. I still have the big old school TV’s. Now I don’t mean the ones from the '80’s that were made of wood and looked like a piece of furniture but the ones they we… --- ## [Unique couple's Halloween costume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-couples-halloween-costume/512075)
**Author:** [@NRichards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NRichards)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-couples-halloween-costume/512075 "2011-08-24T17:58:39Z")
I usually don’t do the whole Halloween “thing”. Ok, I never do. But this year I am in a relationship, and thought it might be fun! I don’t want to break the bank on our costumes, and ultimatly would like to make them. I… --- ## [Poll: which kitty do you like best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-kitty-do-you-like-best/593915)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-kitty-do-you-like-best/593915 "2011-08-24T17:47:43Z")
I have a poll on my site right now for which of my “opal cats” people like best. These images rotate so that a random one appears at the bottom of every page on my site (kind of like the titles of the pages rotate to dif… --- ## [What is on your "must keep" links list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-on-your-must-keep-links-list/593470)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-on-your-must-keep-links-list/593470 "2011-08-24T16:25:29Z")
What sites do you always have bookmarked, and visit often? --- ## [Where did you find your perfect rental home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-find-your-perfect-rental-home/593786)
**Author:** [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-find-your-perfect-rental-home/593786 "2011-08-24T14:52:39Z")
I need to move. My boyfriend and I ended up in a crappy apartment complex on our last house hunt because we had spent two months looking and found nothing worth living in. Apartment life is not ideal for us. I have a d… --- ## [Cat Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-problems/593501)
**Author:** [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-problems/593501 "2011-08-24T14:47:18Z")
Last night my wife’s cat got outside for a few hours (he is an inside cat, and only goes outside on the porch to sun himself, but we’re always with him). It wasn’t until he started knocking on a window late at night that… --- ## [Where's everybody from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597)
**Author:** [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597 "2011-08-24T14:06:51Z")
I’ve seen mention of AU/NZ, so I know it’s not solid USA. Also, wow; people have been here a decade! How old is the community? --- ## [Wedding gift dilemma.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-gift-dilemma/593720)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-gift-dilemma/593720 "2011-08-24T13:48:41Z")
My younger brother and his girlfriend ran off to Reno a few weeks ago and were married. They have lived together for about 3 years and have a 20 month old daughter together. They are both in their mid/late 40’s and besid… --- ## [Lumpy Boob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumpy-boob/592446)
**Author:** [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumpy-boob/592446 "2011-08-24T11:33:00Z")
I’m trying not to be anxious while I sit here and wait for my doctor’s appointment, so I wanted to get some support/opinions from you ladies about my boob. For the past few weeks I’ve noticed intermittent aches coming f… --- ## [How clean do you keep your email Inbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-clean-do-you-keep-your-email-inbox/593323)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-clean-do-you-keep-your-email-inbox/593323 "2011-08-24T11:07:10Z")
For the most part, I keep all of my email inboxes empty, though occasionally there will be a few messages I’ll leave if they require action (then delete/file once taken care of). There’s a guy I work with who must have … --- ## [Couple Halloween costumes: your opinions, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-halloween-costumes-your-opinions-please/469097)
**Author:** [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-halloween-costumes-your-opinions-please/469097 "2011-08-24T10:56:26Z")
Yes, it’s last minute. But, I need some costume ideas, preferably ones that work for a couple. I originally wanted to be a creepy porcelain doll. I have the face for it (see here), it would be cheap and easy. For a coup… --- ## [Any Spanish-Language Message Boards Similar to the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-language-message-boards-similar-to-the-dope/593797)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanish-language-message-boards-similar-to-the-dope/593797 "2011-08-24T10:32:54Z")
I’ve noticed that some people who are learning English as a second language have made use of the Dope to practice their English. I would like to do a similar thing, only in Spanish. My Spanish is extremely rusty, and wa… --- ## [Reality vs Fantasy regarding winning the Lottery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-vs-fantasy-regarding-winning-the-lottery/593535)
**Author:** [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-vs-fantasy-regarding-winning-the-lottery/593535 "2011-08-24T07:55:00Z")
I rarely play the lottery, maybe once a year when the numbers get super big and I happen to remember to buy a ticket. As a fantasy it sounds great to have ALL the money one could ever want, etc but I wonder if the reali… --- ## [Recommendations For Reputable Online Adult Bachelors Programs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-reputable-online-adult-bachelors-programs/593836)
**Author:** [@My\_Freakin\_Back\_Is\_Killing\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Freakin_Back_Is_Killing_Me)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-reputable-online-adult-bachelors-programs/593836 "2011-08-24T06:58:37Z")
I’m looking into online adult learning programs to get my Bachelor’s degree and I don’t know where to start. Here are some details: I live in Chicago and attended DePaul University for over three years. Due to sudden … --- ## [My package was returned -- Advice appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-package-was-returned-advice-appreciated/593819)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-package-was-returned-advice-appreciated/593819 "2011-08-24T01:38:56Z")
I occasionally sell my old CDs and DVDs on Amazon Marketplace. The buyers get my unwanted stuff, I get a little money, everybody’s happy. I sold a DVD July 15th to a woman in Texas. I always send everything Delivery C… --- ## [iPhone, Droid or Blackberry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-droid-or-blackberry/593433)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-droid-or-blackberry/593433 "2011-08-23T23:25:51Z")
Which smartphone should I get this October? I was thinking iPhone because I switched from PC to Mac about 16 months ago and have really loved it (recalling Steve Job’s comments about how consumers can actually love a pr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1678) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1680)