# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1796 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1797 --- ## [Applying to a Job You're Not Qualified For](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-to-a-job-youre-not-qualified-for/570801)
**Author:** [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-to-a-job-youre-not-qualified-for/570801 "2011-02-12T05:12:36Z")
Have you ever applied for a job you’re not qualified for? If you got an interview, did you just try to BS them or were you open about your deficiencies? I’m asking because I was talking to a friend about how I was apply… --- ## [Recommendations on Arctic travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-on-arctic-travel/570825)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-on-arctic-travel/570825 "2011-02-12T04:44:21Z")
I’d love to travel to the Arctic sometime (US or Canada). Has anyone travelled up to the FAR north, such as communities on the Arctic Ocean, or in the Northwest Passage? I’ve traveled in both countries but have never b… --- ## [Artificial tits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-tits/570902)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-tits/570902 "2011-02-12T03:10:38Z")
A weighty and important subject for sure. But they suck donkey balls. When will we have perfected the art of, or invented new methods, to make artificial tits as good or better than real ones? --- ## [Last straw with "self insurance" - considering catastrophic coverage. Bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-straw-with-self-insurance-considering-catastrophic-coverage-bad-idea/571029)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-straw-with-self-insurance-considering-catastrophic-coverage-bad-idea/571029 "2011-02-12T02:52:31Z")
I’m 41 single no kids non smoker healthy (but 40 lbs overweight) and signed up for self health insurance because I’m a freelance employee. So far I’ve experienced the following: • complete denial of one pre-existing con… --- ## [Dog training thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-training-thread/571058)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-training-thread/571058 "2011-02-12T00:02:23Z")
Two weeks ago, I adopted a french bulldog mix who’s about 10 months old. He’s definitely a sweetie and while I’ve had a couple accidents on the floor a couple times, that’s definitely more my fault as I’ve never had a do… --- ## [What is the process of "breaking up" like for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-process-of-breaking-up-like-for-you/570532)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-process-of-breaking-up-like-for-you/570532 "2011-02-11T21:48:04Z")
Lately, I’ve run across a poster who has mentioned in a few threads the intent to break up with the current significant other, who has been behaving rather badly. This poster most recently mentioned having found a new pe… --- ## [Parenting advice sought: 9 year old and Facebook.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-advice-sought-9-year-old-and-facebook/570704)
**Author:** [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-advice-sought-9-year-old-and-facebook/570704 "2011-02-11T21:11:42Z")
This may sink without a trace but if it doesn’t then I’ll say up front: I asked for input, come what may. :slight\_smile: (And why it’s in IMHO rather than MPSIMS). Last night as my wife and I were watching a movie in t… --- ## [Ok, I give up: What is with men posing barechested (not at the beach) on the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-what-is-with-men-posing-barechested-not-at-the-beach-on-the-internet/570914)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-what-is-with-men-posing-barechested-not-at-the-beach-on-the-internet/570914 "2011-02-11T20:23:41Z")
The news just hit that a congressman got nabbed after sending a shirtless pic of himself to a woman on Craigslist, trying to start an adulterous affair. Ignoring the problems: adultery for him, revealing private email c… --- ## [Good Websites to Make Resumes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-websites-to-make-resumes/570609)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-websites-to-make-resumes/570609 "2011-02-11T18:53:43Z")
My mom is wanting to make a new resume because she’s vaguely thinking of switching jobs. She’s a physician but is absolutely computer illiterate (she can write basic emails but not attach links, etc). She wants something… --- ## [What is up with letting children run wild in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-letting-children-run-wild-in-public/570553)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-up-with-letting-children-run-wild-in-public/570553 "2011-02-11T18:45:55Z")
I decided to go out for a late breakfast yesterday. Went straight from the gym, so I chose a casual place. I wasn’t expecting complete silence, but I certainly wasn’t expecting what I got. I was seated in an end booth… --- ## [A Poll: How Much Does Hell Want You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-how-much-does-hell-want-you/570690)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-how-much-does-hell-want-you/570690 "2011-02-11T18:08:20Z")
Based on this photograph (that’s elsewhere on the Internet as well) I’m somewhere between an 8 and an 11- it depends on whether I have to count the “lesbian pagan sports fan until graduation” phase I went through in col… --- ## [Seeking advice - moral support of divorcing child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-moral-support-of-divorcing-child/570687)
**Author:** [@HillKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HillKat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-moral-support-of-divorcing-child/570687 "2011-02-11T17:56:02Z")
I’m kind of at my wits end and looking for fresh ideas. My wonderful 42 year old daughter is going through a divorce 3,000 miles away. She has two young children, 5-1/2 and 2. Her priest husband went through a clinica… --- ## [How to deal with people with foreign accents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-people-with-foreign-accents/570750)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-people-with-foreign-accents/570750 "2011-02-11T17:43:38Z")
Lately I have had to talk with several people with Indian accents that were very hard to understand. I don’t know what to do other than ask them to repeat what they said when I can’t understand them. Any other ad… --- ## [Copyright notice on purchased image?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-notice-on-purchased-image/571024)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-notice-on-purchased-image/571024 "2011-02-11T17:15:21Z")
I’m doing a website as a freebie for a family member. It’s promoting his business, it’s a small web site - a brochure kind of thing. He’s also bartered his services to a graphic design company for some images. I just got… --- ## [Do you feel lucky that you don't have a passionless, roommate-like marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-lucky-that-you-dont-have-a-passionless-roommate-like-marriage/570810)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-lucky-that-you-dont-have-a-passionless-roommate-like-marriage/570810 "2011-02-11T16:50:48Z")
I got so depressed reading the thread about whether people regretted getting divorced from someone with whom they shared a passionless, roommate-like marriage (I posted there too), that I wanted to make sure there are ac… --- ## [Yet another, "Is this a scam?" thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-is-this-a-scam-thread/570964)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-is-this-a-scam-thread/570964 "2011-02-11T15:32:30Z")
Yesterday I replied to this Craigslist job posting. Today I just received this E-mail reply Hi, Thank you for the interested in the job opening. When would you be able to come in for an informal interview? If you hav… --- ## [Is $250 a day in London cutting it close?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-250-a-day-in-london-cutting-it-close/568183)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-250-a-day-in-london-cutting-it-close/568183 "2011-02-11T11:34:53Z")
I’m planning on 7 days in London. $250 per day After paying for hotel. My tastes are not expensive. Museums, historic sites etc. At the same time, I don’t want to eat fast food the entire time. Breakfast and lunch is f… --- ## [Ladies, a question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-a-question/570388)
**Author:** [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-a-question/570388 "2011-02-11T09:49:53Z")
For the record, I am a man. I was at lunch the other day, politely minding my own business. But not too far away, two guys were having a conversation. One of them asked the other one, “What do women want?” Then they … --- ## [Things your lover should say, the first time they see your naughy bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-lover-should-say-the-first-time-they-see-your-naughy-bits/570702)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-your-lover-should-say-the-first-time-they-see-your-naughy-bits/570702 "2011-02-11T08:42:10Z")
Now, the first view, or the first “hands on” of the naughty bits is a critical moment of any relationship. Women tend to remember the firs kiss and put much importance on it but really the first good look is just as, i… --- ## [Would You Have Been Dreyfusard or Anti-Dreyfusard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-been-dreyfusard-or-anti-dreyfusard/570622)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-been-dreyfusard-or-anti-dreyfusard/570622 "2011-02-11T05:27:05Z")
If you lived in France in the late 19th Century would you have been Dreyfusard or anti-Dreyfusard? Remember its not “you” but a somewhat transferred version of “you” (ie if you’re socialist you’re still socialist) “edite… --- ## [Want to join Trade Union, do not wish to participate in industrial action. How to resolve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-join-trade-union-do-not-wish-to-participate-in-industrial-action-how-to-resolve/570644)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-join-trade-union-do-not-wish-to-participate-in-industrial-action-how-to-resolve/570644 "2011-02-11T04:24:09Z")
I’m in a bit of a quandary. I’d like to join a trade union (this would be fully recognised by my employer), however, I do not believe that industrial action (esp. strike) is an ethical negotiation tool. I don’t wish to… --- ## [If You Give A Bear A Vodka...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-give-a-bear-a-vodka/570926)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-give-a-bear-a-vodka/570926 "2011-02-11T04:23:37Z")
For reasons unexplained I found myself reading the Wikipedia page for “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.” It listed several other titles inspired by the original story, one of which got me humming the old Sesame Street song… --- ## [SSDI Says They Have OVERPAID Since 2007?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssdi-says-they-have-overpaid-since-2007/570846)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssdi-says-they-have-overpaid-since-2007/570846 "2011-02-11T01:57:04Z")
D got a letter from Social Security telling her that they’re stopping her checks because they’ve noticed she’s been overpaid since 2007 and she owes them $46,000.00. D has been working part time because she’s allowed to… --- ## [iPhone 4 or HTC Thunderbolt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-4-or-htc-thunderbolt/570865)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-4-or-htc-thunderbolt/570865 "2011-02-11T01:55:00Z")
My wife is getting me a new phone for Valentines day, and while I won’t get it for a few weeks, I have to decide between an iPhone 4, and an HTC Thunderbolt. Dopers, give me pros and cons. Those of you that are techy, … --- ## [Poll:Women with erect nipples visible under clothes: sexy/embarrassing/unprofessional/ no big deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514 "2011-02-11T00:56:24Z")
In the recent bra thread, many female Dopers said that “headlights” (erect nipples visible under clothes) were a problem for them, and that they would want their bra to have some padding to hide those. On the other hand… --- ## [Menstruating squirrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menstruating-squirrels/570307)
**Author:** [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menstruating-squirrels/570307 "2011-02-11T00:29:38Z")
Not a whoosh, not a band name. Just curious. I have a birdfeeder in front of my house which is constantly under siege by squirrels (aka Tree Rats). I also throw birdseed on the giant snowbanks in front of my window s… --- ## [How do I sell a house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sell-a-house/570783)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sell-a-house/570783 "2011-02-11T00:10:19Z")
My mother is going to be moving in with us soon. This is a permanent move (she’s getting too old to be on her own any more) so we’re going to need to sell her house. I’m still living in the first house I bought, so I’ve … --- ## [Costa Rica Scuba Diving! YAY! (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-rica-scuba-diving-yay/570866)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-rica-scuba-diving-yay/570866 "2011-02-10T23:56:11Z")
Some good friends of mine have the good sense to be getting married in Costa Rica in May. We’re spending at least a week there…zip line, volcano, National parks…etc. Several of us in the group are scuba divers. We’re … --- ## [Things That You Would Really Like To Know That Are None Of Your Mollyfocking Business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-would-really-like-to-know-that-are-none-of-your-mollyfocking-business/569591)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-would-really-like-to-know-that-are-none-of-your-mollyfocking-business/569591 "2011-02-10T23:02:51Z")
Anything that you would like to know just for your own curiousity, even though they are private and you have no right (or need) to/for the information? It can be about family members, celebrities, politicians, governmen… --- ## [How messy is ceiling texturing and electrical work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-messy-is-ceiling-texturing-and-electrical-work/570934)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-messy-is-ceiling-texturing-and-electrical-work/570934 "2011-02-10T22:59:08Z")
I’m trying to arrange for a messload of repairs to my apartment but until recently was trying to get them done in a certain order. Specifically, the ceiling electrical work needed to be done before the ceiling texturing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1795) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1797)