# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1790 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1791 --- ## [Help me make my laundry smell better.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-my-laundry-smell-better/570476)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-my-laundry-smell-better/570476 "2011-02-22T17:17:51Z")
I do laundry in a student dorms. For some reason my clothes smell weird after I take them out of the dryer. I’ve tried dryer sheets, but that just makes the clothes smell like dryer sheets. Any other ways I can make th… --- ## [best light bulbs for outdoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-light-bulbs-for-outdoors/572227)
**Author:** [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-light-bulbs-for-outdoors/572227 "2011-02-22T16:44:46Z")
The light bulb in my garage door opener burned out again as it does just about every 3 months or so. I’m sick of replacing it and I’ve heard a bit about a phase out of incandescent bulbs. So I am left with the quandary … --- ## [Android GPS/traffic/PoI app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-gps-traffic-poi-app/572158)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-gps-traffic-poi-app/572158 "2011-02-22T16:17:01Z")
Does anyone have a GPS directions/traffic/Points of interest app for Android to recommend? Having a good one would push me more toward getting an Android phone. --- ## [Accuracy of news stories about which you had first-hand knowledge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-of-news-stories-about-which-you-had-first-hand-knowledge/571919)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-of-news-stories-about-which-you-had-first-hand-knowledge/571919 "2011-02-22T14:43:36Z")
If there was ever an event or circumstance which was covered by print or television media, that you knew about first-hand, how accurate were the news reports? If they made errors, were they about specific, non-essential… --- ## [A one-night stand with anyone from the past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806 "2011-02-22T14:02:03Z")
No pulling the “But I’m/they’re married!” card. You get a free pass with anyone from the past (no one living, that’s a different thread), just the two of you for a few hours. You can hang out at your place or theirs. I… --- ## [Registering a baby of a Bigamist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registering-a-baby-of-a-bigamist/572203)
**Author:** [@MoneyYen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoneyYen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/registering-a-baby-of-a-bigamist/572203 "2011-02-22T12:18:04Z")
Living overseas. Went to the Embassy but they started questioning me because my second wife has a passport with the same name as mine. Maybe I made a mistake by stating that I am married and tried to put my second wife… --- ## [Kids@work in a pathology-collection unit??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-work-in-a-pathology-collection-unit/572102)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-work-in-a-pathology-collection-unit/572102 "2011-02-22T10:35:19Z")
Needing some blood work done at my local unit today, I rocked up early, at 8.30 am so that I could be back at work by 9.00am. All was good, I was called in by 8.40 am, but found that the room not only contained me and t… --- ## [When getting an injection or other kind of needle poke, do you like to watch the needle go in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-an-injection-or-other-kind-of-needle-poke-do-you-like-to-watch-the-needle-go-in/572017)
**Author:** [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-getting-an-injection-or-other-kind-of-needle-poke-do-you-like-to-watch-the-needle-go-in/572017 "2011-02-22T09:06:21Z")
Cripes, I’m terrible at titles. Also, I’m still trying to figure out this poll thing, so bear with me. When people talk about getting an injection or other sort of medical procedure involving getting stuck, I always see… --- ## [What do you do about people blocking the passing lane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-about-people-blocking-the-passing-lane/571476)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-about-people-blocking-the-passing-lane/571476 "2011-02-22T04:48:14Z")
Imagine you’re travelling down a rural interstate where traffic isn’t very dense. The left lane is by law for passing only although the cops rarely pull people over for it. You pass someone and end up behind someone else… --- ## [Fastner hording](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastner-hording/572136)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fastner-hording/572136 "2011-02-22T04:20:29Z")
Hi, my name is Rhythmdvl and I’m addicted to fasteners. … hi Rhythmdvl …\* If I have a document bound with paperclips, nine times out of ten I will salvage the paperclips and jamb them into what little space there is i… --- ## [How do you carry on a conversation with a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-carry-on-a-conversation-with-a-kid/569376)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-carry-on-a-conversation-with-a-kid/569376 "2011-02-22T03:14:27Z")
Inspired by this thread, and also by the fact we’re going to see mr. hunter’s nephews in a couple of weeks. But mostly because I’m curious. How do you carry on a conversation with a kid you don’t see every day (or see t… --- ## [Proprietary Colleges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proprietary-colleges/572179)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proprietary-colleges/572179 "2011-02-22T03:05:07Z")
I work right next door to a proprietary college, Virginia College, and am seriously considering taking a course there in Medical Billing and Coding. I have been at my current job for almost five years and though it’s not… --- ## [Question for the runners, distance or time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-runners-distance-or-time/572147)
**Author:** [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-runners-distance-or-time/572147 "2011-02-22T02:38:17Z")
I’m (still) trying to lose weight and have found that running is the least objectionable form of exercise to me and since I believe that the best kind of exercise is the kind you actually do i’m going to stick with it. I… --- ## [Shooting video on iPhone 3G](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-video-on-iphone-3g/572166)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-video-on-iphone-3g/572166 "2011-02-22T01:58:47Z")
Apparently this phone did not ship with the ability to shoot video. My buddy has one, but has basically no idea how it works, and I’m the best resource he has on it. We tried a $1 video app that turned out to be shooting… --- ## [Am I the only one who finds Facebook lurkers annoying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-finds-facebook-lurkers-annoying/572115)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-finds-facebook-lurkers-annoying/572115 "2011-02-22T01:22:14Z")
In the past 2 weeks, I’ve added two people to my friend’s list who have NOTHING on their Facebook pages other than a fuzzy picture and some very basic profile info (city, hometown, etc). One of 'em in is a woman who I m… --- ## [Does anyone else experience zero PMS (possible TMI to follow)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-zero-pms-possible-tmi-to-follow/572119)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-zero-pms-possible-tmi-to-follow/572119 "2011-02-22T00:41:09Z")
I rarely have any warning that my period is on its way aside from the physical feeling that something is exiting my body and ruining my underpants. This was my primary motivation for going on birth control- I took the p… --- ## [Tell me about looking for homestays for exchange students.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-looking-for-homestays-for-exchange-students/572162)
**Author:** [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-looking-for-homestays-for-exchange-students/572162 "2011-02-22T00:09:50Z")
I tutor Korean children over Skype before going to my day job, and this morning, one of my students’ parents asked me for a favor. She is looking for a homestay in Boston for her twelve-year-old, and I’ve been tasked wi… --- ## [Sex and the Mirena (TMI maybe?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-mirena-tmi-maybe/572039)
**Author:** [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-mirena-tmi-maybe/572039 "2011-02-21T23:36:45Z")
About two weeks ago I had a Mirena implanted by planned parenthood. So far I love it. The first day was crampy, pukey painfulness but since then no spotting, little cramping. Last night, for the first time since I had… --- ## [Help me justify going to The Vatican again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-justify-going-to-the-vatican-again/571990)
**Author:** [@The\_Jay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Jay)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-justify-going-to-the-vatican-again/571990 "2011-02-21T23:36:36Z")
Long story short, I visited The Vatican in 2009 and will be returning to Europe in a few months time. I also have very big problems with lots of what the Catholic Church has done throughout history. I’m having trouble g… --- ## [People who always have twisted, curled-up, and knotted phone cords.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-always-have-twisted-curled-up-and-knotted-phone-cords/400909)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-always-have-twisted-curled-up-and-knotted-phone-cords/400909 "2007-04-22T06:27:45Z")
Apparently, there are two kinds of people in the world. One always has knotted phone-cords. My co-worker, sitting across from me, has the exact same phone I have. But my phonecord, that spirally cord between my phone an… --- ## [Opinion on this MP3 player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-this-mp3-player/572144)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-this-mp3-player/572144 "2011-02-21T20:55:05Z")
Anybody own one of these? Opinions? --- ## [why do people obsess about soy when rice and beans is also a proven, healthy complete protein diet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-obsess-about-soy-when-rice-and-beans-is-also-a-proven-healthy-complete-protein-diet/571960)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-obsess-about-soy-when-rice-and-beans-is-also-a-proven-healthy-complete-protein-diet/571960 "2011-02-21T20:36:45Z")
so soy is a complete protein, but it also may or may not have lots of negative effects, especially for men. There is the whole “controversy” about it. Meanwhile “rice and beans” have been eaten for the protein by poor pe… --- ## [Does the product name "Jig-a-loo" offend anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-product-name-jig-a-loo-offend-anyone/571851)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-product-name-jig-a-loo-offend-anyone/571851 "2011-02-21T19:04:28Z")
Without searching to see how the name originated (or it’s country of origin,) tell me if the product name offends you. Later I’ll let you know which of my friends are/are not offended and why/why not (if you’re interes… --- ## [How do you handle this awkward social situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-handle-this-awkward-social-situation/572004)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-handle-this-awkward-social-situation/572004 "2011-02-21T18:58:41Z")
I figure this has happened to pretty much all of us at one time or another. This is something, when it happens to me, makes me want to crawl out of my skin. The hypothetical: You’re with a group of people. Some you’re … --- ## [Effeminate to carry a canvas grocery bag on the shoulder--or, why was I whistled at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effeminate-to-carry-a-canvas-grocery-bag-on-the-shoulder-or-why-was-i-whistled-at/139994)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effeminate-to-carry-a-canvas-grocery-bag-on-the-shoulder-or-why-was-i-whistled-at/139994 "2011-02-21T18:40:27Z")
First off, I can be mighty slow on the uptake about things like this, because I usually pay little heed to the conventions that dictate you must do something in a less comfortable, practical, or effective way in order t… --- ## [Dunlap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunlap/572086)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunlap/572086 "2011-02-21T18:34:24Z")
If a person, most commonly, a guy, was said to have a dunlap, would you have any idea what that was? Just some filler to keep the answers from showing up in a spoiler mouseover and spoiling the surprise. Don’t you just … --- ## [Help on Legal Issue, Possible Eviction!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-on-legal-issue-possible-eviction/572038)
**Author:** [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-on-legal-issue-possible-eviction/572038 "2011-02-21T16:52:47Z")
Quite recently my friends, who have been living in the same community I have been living, recieved a new neighbor. Apparantley, the new Nreighbor has serious issues with my friends. Less than a week passed and she called… --- ## [iPad a reasonable replacement for laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-a-reasonable-replacement-for-laptop/572114)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-a-reasonable-replacement-for-laptop/572114 "2011-02-21T16:28:25Z")
My husband is not what you would call a “power user”. His laptop is getting pretty old and giving him a lot of problems lately, and he’s considered getting an iPad to replace it. I know there are a lot of peripheral devi… --- ## [Heavy Twitter Users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-twitter-users/572014)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-twitter-users/572014 "2011-02-21T16:09:20Z")
My son goaded me into getting on Twitter a while back, and I began using it as a way to keep up with a few friends and to put out news relating to my freelance writing and various book events. I swiftly discovered the pr… --- ## [Apologizing for mistakes when you're on a team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologizing-for-mistakes-when-youre-on-a-team/572093)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologizing-for-mistakes-when-youre-on-a-team/572093 "2011-02-21T15:35:19Z")
Here’s something I think. If I am a member of a two man team, and during the course of a game, I play for the team in all sincerity, but I make a mistake which leads to a loss, then all of the following are true: A. I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1789) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1791)