# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1751 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1752 --- ## [demanding I send passport back to US????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-i-send-passport-back-to-us/580182)
**Author:** [@mboyd777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mboyd777)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-i-send-passport-back-to-us/580182 "2011-05-02T19:31:03Z")
Hello all, I have been working overseas (teaching english) for a year and recently returned to spend time with my family. While there, my ex wife decided she would take advantage of an opportunity to serve me papers to… --- ## [The two meanings of gimp - which do you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-meanings-of-gimp-which-do-you-know/579925)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-meanings-of-gimp-which-do-you-know/579925 "2011-05-02T18:29:55Z")
This thread, “Are women gimpier than men?”, reminds me of something that always makes me pause and think: many, many people use the word “gimp” in a different manner than I am accustomed to. To me, “gimp” means the guy … --- ## [How Long Before William And Kate Have A Baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-william-and-kate-have-a-baby/580298)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-william-and-kate-have-a-baby/580298 "2011-05-02T17:40:56Z")
Gossip says the short engagement was due to Kate already being knocked up. Hmmmm… But anyway seeing that QEII would probably like great grandkids, how long before you thing she and William start knocking them out? … --- ## [Eagling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagling/580316)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagling/580316 "2011-05-02T14:29:21Z")
Long time reader here. I’ve notice something happens when I’m put in a situation with a strange man. He does something I refer to as “eagling”. He will sit his legs spread eagle. So much so that he invades my space his l… --- ## [Adressing service people by name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adressing-service-people-by-name/580264)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adressing-service-people-by-name/580264 "2011-05-02T14:23:36Z")
If you encounter people in service industries who are wearing name tags, do you address them by name? At my local supermarket, I make the effort to notice people’s names, and address them by name. --- ## [Idea's for 80's themed birthday present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-80s-themed-birthday-present/580396)
**Author:** [@Bike\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bike_Rider)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-80s-themed-birthday-present/580396 "2011-05-02T09:43:44Z")
A friend of mine is having a party with an “80s prom” theme for her 40th birthday. I’m all set with my outfit idea but I’m having trouble coming up with a good theme-appropriate birthday gift. My first thought was to b… --- ## [Linux Advice Sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-advice-sought/580044)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-advice-sought/580044 "2011-05-02T01:28:56Z")
I have a eeePC 701 (Intel Celeron processor, 1GB memory, 4GB SSD). I’ve been running Ubuntu on it, but that operating system just seems to get bigger and bigger, and every time a new version comes out, I end up having t… --- ## [The other Tie Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-tie-poll/579988)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-tie-poll/579988 "2011-05-02T00:09:46Z")
This is just for fun. Let’s try to make this poll a tie–that is, make the options have as even a vote distribution as possible. BUT YOU CAN’T LOOK AT THE RESULTS BEFORE YOU VOTE. I mean I can’t enforce that, but it would… --- ## [Which is worse: nausea/vomiting or cramping/diarrhea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-nausea-vomiting-or-cramping-diarrhea/579907)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-nausea-vomiting-or-cramping-diarrhea/579907 "2011-05-01T22:59:23Z")
Obviously the worst is when you have them both at the same time, but when you only have one, which is worse? Let’s say you have to get up every 20 minutes to either throw up or have diarrhea, and the rest of the time you… --- ## [New U.S. passport form - does anyone else think this looks bogus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u-s-passport-form-does-anyone-else-think-this-looks-bogus/580092)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u-s-passport-form-does-anyone-else-think-this-looks-bogus/580092 "2011-05-01T22:49:32Z")
A friend posted a link on facebook yesterday to an article about how there was going to be a new passport application form that was asking for, basically, a complete life history, plus parent’s history, etc. She called b… --- ## [What sort of attention DO you find flattering from your preferred sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-attention-do-you-find-flattering-from-your-preferred-sex/580312)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-attention-do-you-find-flattering-from-your-preferred-sex/580312 "2011-05-01T22:07:56Z")
Suggested by this thread: Ladies… a guy unexpectedly gives you his name/number… flattering? or creepy? Unlike that thread, this question is aimed at persons of either sex. I wrote “preferred” in the subject title for r… --- ## [affair - not an affair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affair-not-an-affair/166322)
**Author:** [@jeah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeah)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affair-not-an-affair/166322 "2011-05-01T21:38:22Z")
No solid question here, but your opinions please… i’m married. my wife has not been affectionate or sexual for about 6 years. i love her in other very important ways (she’s an excellent mother for our children, is very … --- ## [Do you use your smartphone while pooping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-smartphone-while-pooping/580038)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-smartphone-while-pooping/580038 "2011-05-01T21:11:13Z")
I was surprised it was only 39 percent, and I wonder if people aren’t admitting it. I think the best use I’ve got from my Android phones is surfing the web or reading RSS feeds while taking a dump. I use the disinfe… --- ## [Crime: Why did or didn't you commit it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-why-did-or-didnt-you-commit-it/580402)
**Author:** [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-why-did-or-didnt-you-commit-it/580402 "2011-05-01T20:57:56Z")
Hey Fellow Dopers… I come here in hopes of help. Perhaps I am running aground with the internet, but I am having trouble finding the literature that I need for a paper that I am writing for my sociology class. I am also… --- ## [Single Dopers: What's Your Food Budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-dopers-whats-your-food-budget/579550)
**Author:** [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-dopers-whats-your-food-budget/579550 "2011-05-01T17:19:28Z")
Poll to follow. Please consider your overall budget; if you need to explicate further (like “this includes eating lunch in a restaurant every day”) have at it. --- ## [Monarchistic Australia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monarchistic-australia/579525)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monarchistic-australia/579525 "2011-05-01T13:55:42Z")
I find it a little strange that Australia still has the Union Jack on the flag, and the British queen’s head on the coins. I’m not totally bent out of shape about it, but I just wonder what would be so bad about moving o… --- ## [iPads for doctors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipads-for-doctors/580184)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipads-for-doctors/580184 "2011-05-01T13:37:10Z")
I’ve never used an iPad or anything like it, so I have zero experience with them. I wrote web app for doctors, nurses, and PAs to use in the presence of patients. (It gets other uses as well.) The web pages accessed som… --- ## [Aliens WERE Discovered In Roswell, Do You Panic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-were-discovered-in-roswell-do-you-panic/580070)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-were-discovered-in-roswell-do-you-panic/580070 "2011-05-01T13:24:48Z")
I was reading some conspiracy sites, and the reason given why the US Government doesn’t come clean and admit there were aliens in Roswell is that the population will panic. OK I don’t see how aliens landing over 50 year… --- ## [Men, How Many Blowjobs Have You Received This Month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-many-blowjobs-have-you-received-this-month/579983)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-many-blowjobs-have-you-received-this-month/579983 "2011-05-01T12:50:04Z")
Feel free to protesteth too much if April’s been an off month for you. :wink: Poll created as a result of unproven claims in this thread: men shaving their testicles Consider “shaved” to mean whatever you think it mean… --- ## [How do you remember your ATM PIN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remember-your-atm-pin/579510)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remember-your-atm-pin/579510 "2011-05-01T07:10:00Z")
I’m curious. Among the people I know, it’s split pretty evenly between those who remember it by its number and those who remember it by the pattern it makes on the keypad. --- ## [Sex Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-question/580123)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-question/580123 "2011-05-01T02:35:34Z")
So, I said most women are sexually submissive, in the everyday sense of the word. Others said oh no, most women are not. What do you think? --- ## [Too Good for Their Customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-good-for-their-customers/580262)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-good-for-their-customers/580262 "2011-05-01T01:58:39Z")
A UPS-bashing thread over in the pit made me ponder on a few organizations and companies that, for whatever reason, seem to have egos that are too big for their britches…to mix a metaphor. I mean some companies are cock… --- ## [Have you ever met any real examples of a doppelgänger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-any-real-examples-of-a-doppelganger/580127)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-any-real-examples-of-a-doppelganger/580127 "2011-05-01T01:16:56Z")
The term doppelgänger may not be familiar to everyone. It has several meanings but is commonly used to mean unrelated people who are oddly alike including appearance and personality. I have met a few that were also conf… --- ## [Health question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question/580296)
**Author:** [@swahl1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swahl1982)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question/580296 "2011-04-30T23:10:33Z")
Hi everyone, I saw a post someone put on here about there doctors finally giving them a GI series. My question is related to that. My doc has been driving me mad, I have had pain for 3 months on both sides under my rib… --- ## [Any reason I shouldn't put these universal translators on the market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-shouldnt-put-these-universal-translators-on-the-market/580196)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-shouldnt-put-these-universal-translators-on-the-market/580196 "2011-04-30T22:51:58Z")
Through means that need not concern you, I have come into possession of a good quantity of Federation universal translators, along with the means to fabricate more. I have both good news and bad news about them. The go… --- ## [Future Presidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-presidents/580208)
**Author:** [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-presidents/580208 "2011-04-30T21:21:22Z")
Which of these do you think we’ll see first, as President of the United States? --- ## [Ideas for an "adoption shower"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-an-adoption-shower/580246)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-an-adoption-shower/580246 "2011-04-30T20:30:16Z")
One of my coworkers is adopting a boy this summer, and he’s extremely excited about it. He and his partner have been trying to adopt for almost ten years now and they’ve had a rough time of it, so the fact that he’s fina… --- ## [You have the power to answer prayer. What criteria do you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-the-power-to-answer-prayer-what-criteria-do-you-use/579831)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-the-power-to-answer-prayer-what-criteria-do-you-use/579831 "2011-04-30T19:58:50Z")
Obviously a hypothetical thread from the Rhymer, even though there’s no poll. If you don’t like these, your continuing to read this OP baffles me. The archangel Raphael appears to you to announce that you’ve been chose… --- ## [Victor Paul Weirwille](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-paul-weirwille/580300)
**Author:** [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victor-paul-weirwille/580300 "2011-04-30T17:06:49Z")
Anybody here know him, care about what he taught, not loathe him? I have some things from The Way International that I want to sell. I plan on putting them on Ebay but I could put them in the Marketplace if anyone is i… --- ## [iPhone software for recognizing CLASSICAL music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-software-for-recognizing-classical-music/580250)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-software-for-recognizing-classical-music/580250 "2011-04-30T15:53:07Z")
So I’ve heard of various pieces of software that let iPhones recognize music (Shazam, Midomi, etc.). But they seem to work mainly on pop music. Does anyone know of any such software that recognizes classical music? than… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1750) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1752)