# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1698 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1699 --- ## [Do you believe that the US will default on its debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-the-us-will-default-on-its-debt/590538)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-the-us-will-default-on-its-debt/590538 "2011-07-28T03:05:33Z")
I’m not looking for a debate. I just want to know what percentage of Dopers believe that the US will default on its debt. --- ## [Driving from Southern Maine to DC, advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-from-southern-maine-to-dc-advice/590549)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-from-southern-maine-to-dc-advice/590549 "2011-07-28T02:34:13Z")
Sunday my husband and I have to drive from Southern Maine to Andrews Air Force Base just east of Washington DC. Google directs me to drive directly through every major city on the Eastern seaboard. This strikes me as foo… --- ## [What the hell ever happened to the white American man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-ever-happened-to-the-white-american-man/589551)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-ever-happened-to-the-white-american-man/589551 "2011-07-28T02:18:46Z")
Whatever happened to the archetypal white American man? Was he just a myth that never really existed? We were supposed to take care of business and our families and stride the world carrying progress on our shoulders, n… --- ## [Why is it offensive to connect a type of food to an ethnicity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-offensive-to-connect-a-type-of-food-to-an-ethnicity/590062)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-offensive-to-connect-a-type-of-food-to-an-ethnicity/590062 "2011-07-28T01:43:13Z")
Detroit Tigers’ television color man, Rod Allen, last night made reference to the team needing to get some “rice and beans” for the post-game spread, as the team is currently fielding about a dozen players that come from… --- ## [Am I right about how this magic trick was done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-about-how-this-magic-trick-was-done/589493)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-about-how-this-magic-trick-was-done/589493 "2011-07-27T23:31:31Z")
I saw a magic trick this weekend and I think I’ve figured out how it is done. Am I right? Here’s the trick. Magician had a lock (like a Master Lock) and a key that unlocked it. He also had 4 other keys that DIDN’T un… --- ## [Things to do in London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-london/590333)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-london/590333 "2011-07-27T23:29:38Z")
I might be able to spend a long weekend (Friday-Monday morning) in London in early October. What are the can’t-miss things to see and do over that short time period? I will likely try to see the changing of the guard, … --- ## [Potential 2003 federal tax overpayment--too late to rectify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-2003-federal-tax-overpayment-too-late-to-rectify/590518)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-2003-federal-tax-overpayment-too-late-to-rectify/590518 "2011-07-27T22:00:46Z")
When I was a freshman in college, I did my taxes for the first time. I hadn’t worked, but paid taxes on scholarship money. I ended up sending the IRS a check for $200-something. A few months later I received a $900ish ch… --- ## [Why is sex more objectionable than violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sex-more-objectionable-than-violence/590109)
**Author:** [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romeo_and_Whatsherface)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sex-more-objectionable-than-violence/590109 "2011-07-27T22:00:04Z")
The recent Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. seems to confirm what I’ve been seeing for years as a high school teachers: people are generally more freaked out about their kids seeing nudity… --- ## [Monitor screen goes completey white](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-screen-goes-completey-white/590535)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitor-screen-goes-completey-white/590535 "2011-07-27T21:57:43Z")
Anyone run into this problem before? Monitor screen goes completely white. Turn off the monitor for a few minutes and turn back on. Screen is fine. Pretty sure the computer is ok. Since powering on/off the monitor f… --- ## [Netflix aspect ratio-what's going on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-aspect-ratio-whats-going-on-here/590542)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-aspect-ratio-whats-going-on-here/590542 "2011-07-27T21:48:35Z")
I recently bought a internet capable Blueray player for the sole purpose of using Netflix, which I recently subscribed to. The problem is that it displays all Netflix content in Squeeze-O-Vision-where the image is compr… --- ## [Your preferred "view" on your computer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-preferred-view-on-your-computer/590322)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-preferred-view-on-your-computer/590322 "2011-07-27T21:47:46Z")
Just a moment’s curiosity. I don’t know if PC and Mac are completely analagous, but I’m speaking as Mac user. POLL COMING Column view, by the way is where you have a kind of “drill down” series of columns to the right… --- ## [Women: hot and lousy in bed or ugly and great in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-hot-and-lousy-in-bed-or-ugly-and-great-in-bed/437622)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-hot-and-lousy-in-bed-or-ugly-and-great-in-bed/437622 "2011-07-27T21:36:11Z")
As a follow up to this thread (and have basically just reversed the genders in Gestalt’s OP) So ladies, If you had the option of having sex with a man with a totally hot body and amazing face who basically just lay the… --- ## [Vegas... In August.... with kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegas-in-august-with-kids/589481)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegas-in-august-with-kids/589481 "2011-07-27T21:02:44Z")
We want to take a 4-5 day vacation next month before junior starts kindergarten. Disney is out since there’s no way I can handle the heat & humidity of outdoor parks in a Florida summer. So we were looking at the deals… --- ## [Narrating PowerPoint '03: embed .WAV, or link .MP3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrating-powerpoint-03-embed-wav-or-link-mp3/590287)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrating-powerpoint-03-embed-wav-or-link-mp3/590287 "2011-07-27T20:31:24Z")
I need to add narration to slide shows in PowerPoint 2003. It is possible to do this by embedding the sound files in the presentation, but only if they are .wav files, which makes the presentation big. It is also possibl… --- ## [American Dopers, does it annoy you when people fly foreign flags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-does-it-annoy-you-when-people-fly-foreign-flags/589608)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dopers-does-it-annoy-you-when-people-fly-foreign-flags/589608 "2011-07-27T20:20:21Z")
The American flag is more ubiquitous in the US than national flags tend to be in this part of the world. I’m curious about the phenomenon of people flying non-American flags on their property and what you think about the… --- ## [Has anyone else never ridden in the back seat of their own car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-never-ridden-in-the-back-seat-of-their-own-car/590150)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-never-ridden-in-the-back-seat-of-their-own-car/590150 "2011-07-27T19:49:52Z")
I just realized tonight that Ive owned my car for 3 years and have never even sat in the back, much less ridden in the back, of my own vehicle. In fact I can’t think of any time I’ve ridden in the back seat of any car I… --- ## [Taking one section from a free newspaper and leaving the rest: is that (in?)considerate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-one-section-from-a-free-newspaper-and-leaving-the-rest-is-that-in-considerate/590522)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-one-section-from-a-free-newspaper-and-leaving-the-rest-is-that-in-considerate/590522 "2011-07-27T19:42:45Z")
Idle question for the Doper community - everyone get out your santimonious hats and judgemental socks and let’s go to town! This question is based on my real-life office, which has a small unmanned (no receptionist) lob… --- ## [I need a credit card.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-credit-card/590428)
**Author:** [@CastleAnthrax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastleAnthrax)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-credit-card/590428 "2011-07-27T19:42:41Z")
I thought I had terrible credit. Then recently, I let a salesperson talk me into applying for a store credit card, and to my great surprise, I got accepted for a $5000 limit! I don’t need clothes right now, but I do ne… --- ## [So, you gonna call your congressmen? (As requested by POTUS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-gonna-call-your-congressmen-as-requested-by-potus/590421)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-gonna-call-your-congressmen-as-requested-by-potus/590421 "2011-07-27T19:35:13Z")
I tried and got hung up on. Texas. --- ## [Men: Hot and lousy in bed or ugly and great in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-hot-and-lousy-in-bed-or-ugly-and-great-in-bed/437091)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-hot-and-lousy-in-bed-or-ugly-and-great-in-bed/437091 "2011-07-27T19:12:55Z")
So guys, If you had the option of having sex with a woman with a totally hot body and amazing face who basically just lay there, or a really unattractive woman who was either really overweight or way too thin or otherwi… --- ## [Why Did Queen Elizabeth II Hate Princess Diana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-queen-elizabeth-ii-hate-princess-diana/590315)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-queen-elizabeth-ii-hate-princess-diana/590315 "2011-07-27T18:11:37Z")
Late last night I was bored and watching TV, and I happened upon a showing of “The Queen” here on one of SLC’s broadcast networks (I don’t have cable) and I started watching the film about 20 minutes after it had starte… --- ## [Taking one section from a free newspaper and leaving the rest: is that (in?)considerate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-one-section-from-a-free-newspaper-and-leaving-the-rest-is-that-in-considerate/590520)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-one-section-from-a-free-newspaper-and-leaving-the-rest-is-that-in-considerate/590520 "2011-07-27T17:58:51Z")
Idle question for the Doper community - everyone get out your santimonious hats and judgemental socks and let’s go to town! This question is based on my real-life office, which has a small unmanned (no receptionist) lob… --- ## [Boxer (yep, that one) is suddenly drooly...to worry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxer-yep-that-one-is-suddenly-drooly-to-worry/590427)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxer-yep-that-one-is-suddenly-drooly-to-worry/590427 "2011-07-27T17:50:10Z")
You may remember Hot Rod, who recently literally stirred up a hornet’s nest. (Well, yellowjackets.) He’s a small 5 year old boxer. He’s never been a drooly dog, but recently–the last 3 days or so–he’s begun to drool a l… --- ## [Who Will Be The First To Land Humans on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-first-to-land-humans-on-mars/580928 "2011-07-27T17:49:59Z")
Just as the title says. --- ## [College baseball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-baseball/590505)
**Author:** [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-baseball/590505 "2011-07-27T17:01:07Z")
Looking to set up network for ex college baseball players, coaches and trainers etc. (current as well) Is this a good idea, will anyone care? Any interest? Yes No? Funny or interesting anecdotes from the playing days. … --- ## [Any Apolitical Dopers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-apolitical-dopers/590446)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-apolitical-dopers/590446 "2011-07-27T16:50:20Z")
By apolitical I don’t mean just those who are skeptical or don’t care much about politics but those who completely don’t give a crap about politics and don’t vote at all, and so on. --- ## [Niagara Falls: Worth seeing just from US side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-worth-seeing-just-from-us-side/590346)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-worth-seeing-just-from-us-side/590346 "2011-07-27T13:09:49Z")
We’re going on vacation in a couple of weeks, and MrWhatsit has expressed a desire to see Niagara Falls, since he’s never been. My recollection from my trip there as a kid was that the NY side was kind of lame, and the … --- ## [Poll: changing bedlinnen (duvet) - change bedroom decor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-changing-bedlinnen-duvet-change-bedroom-decor/590219)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-changing-bedlinnen-duvet-change-bedroom-decor/590219 "2011-07-27T12:32:55Z")
Lets start with a definition: by duvet cover I mean the thin fabric cover that goes around the big white fluffy blanket that is filled either with down or with synthetic fill. Duvet covers come in a variety of colors. T… --- ## [Dinner Parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-parties/589529)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-parties/589529 "2011-07-27T09:22:10Z")
As most of you probably imagined (if you ever gave the time to lol), I was very odd child. One of the things I imagined doing as an adult (and imagined adults did frequently) was have and throw dinner parties. Oh, how gr… --- ## [Sociopathic behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sociopathic-behavior/590228)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sociopathic-behavior/590228 "2011-07-27T06:24:21Z")
Is there any kind of medication that can help a sociopath? help make them change? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1697) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1699)