# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1823 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1824 --- ## [Few sounds are so sweet...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-sounds-are-so-sweet/565574)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/few-sounds-are-so-sweet/565574 "2010-12-28T16:14:27Z")
…as waking up on a cold snowy morning to the scrape of someone else shoveling your sidewalk, allowing you to turn over and continue sleeping. --- ## [How busy is your job at the end of the year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-busy-is-your-job-at-the-end-of-the-year/565575)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-busy-is-your-job-at-the-end-of-the-year/565575 "2010-12-28T04:24:10Z")
My current job at a brokerage firm is incredibly busy at the end of the year. However, I’ve worked in places where the entire office was on auto pilot and only a skeleton crew worked the last part of December. Is this t… --- ## [Christmas Decorations - How long do you leave them up after Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-decorations-how-long-do-you-leave-them-up-after-christmas/565457)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-decorations-how-long-do-you-leave-them-up-after-christmas/565457 "2010-12-28T03:34:20Z")
How long after Christmas do you keep your decorations up? --- ## [likelihood of me flying tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-me-flying-tomorrow/565386)
**Author:** [@Anchuldigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anchuldigs)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-me-flying-tomorrow/565386 "2010-12-28T00:38:31Z")
I have a flight out of JFK to France tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at about 4:30, and it’s supposed to start blizzarding at about noon. How likely is it that my flight will be canceled? Any tips or ideas? --- ## [Feeding Bananas to Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-bananas-to-congress/565527)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeding-bananas-to-congress/565527 "2010-12-27T22:35:51Z")
Alan Simpson on Feeding Bananas to Congress What do you think of his position on the failure on Congress to address our current deficit? If you have a nest egg and believe that this crisis is going to happen sooner rat… --- ## [Poll: Colognes for men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-colognes-for-men/38466)
**Author:** [@Myndephuquer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myndephuquer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-colognes-for-men/38466 "2010-12-27T21:27:09Z")
What’s your favorite cologne for men? (I am about to run out, and I want to try something different.) Thanks! --- ## [Tech predictions for 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-predictions-for-2011/565546)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-predictions-for-2011/565546 "2010-12-27T20:57:56Z")
With 2011 just around the corner, I know that we are all anticipating all the cool, nifty, new gadgets and gizmos that will be released…many of which will be shown or previewed at CES, no doubt. So, not counting things … --- ## [I need a name for a city of merpeople. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-a-city-of-merpeople-thoughts/565112)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-a-city-of-merpeople-thoughts/565112 "2010-12-27T20:16:00Z")
For Yule-related reasons I am breaking my embargo on writing fiction. I need a name for a city inhabited by mermaid and mermen. Thoughts? Nothing related to Poseidon or Neptune, please. The Master of Earthquakes is a ch… --- ## [Jogging Stroller for Bigger Kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-stroller-for-bigger-kids/565526)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogging-stroller-for-bigger-kids/565526 "2010-12-27T19:32:26Z")
I’m looking for a jogging stroller which can handle a larger-sized Celtling. Something we can tool around with at the zoo, or long walks around the neighborhood, or walking to the shopping center for light groceries. B… --- ## [You've just won 10 million dollars - do you share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-won-10-million-dollars-do-you-share/564522)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-won-10-million-dollars-do-you-share/564522 "2010-12-27T18:26:29Z")
This is the situation: You have just won the lottery - 10 million dollars. (or 7.5 million Euros) The winnings are given to you tax free, in a lump sum payment (not spread out over many years). Do you share any of the… --- ## [Scuba Diving in Cenetoes (Mayan Riviera)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-diving-in-cenetoes-mayan-riviera/563482)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-diving-in-cenetoes-mayan-riviera/563482 "2010-12-27T17:05:49Z")
I’m planning a trip to Playa del Carmen over the Christmas holiday and would like to do some scuba diving in the Cenotes. Does anyone have any experience with this? If so, do you have a particular cenote that you’d rec… --- ## [Why are bars so loud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bars-so-loud/565451)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bars-so-loud/565451 "2010-12-27T16:40:02Z")
I haven’t often been to bars but the times i have, I was struck by how loud it was. The music is very much in the foreground rather than the background. This results in people speaking louder which increases the loudness… --- ## [WALMART Stuff That Pleasantly Surprised You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-stuff-that-pleasantly-surprised-you/563054)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-stuff-that-pleasantly-surprised-you/563054 "2010-12-27T16:18:28Z")
Normally, I don’t shop Walmart-because most of the stuff they carry is not really good. However, I did have a few pleasant surprises: -Faded Glory brand bluejeans-great fit and dirt cheap ($9)-as good as any other -Mo… --- ## [ET calls. Should we call back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/et-calls-should-we-call-back/565510)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/et-calls-should-we-call-back/565510 "2010-12-27T15:41:57Z")
Based on an FT article on 50 years of SETI .(Registration may be required to read it). Should we remain silent?Only governments should contact? Possible to avoid a free-for-all? --- ## [The passive voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passive-voice/565224)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passive-voice/565224 "2010-12-27T13:54:20Z")
Overuse of the passive voice drives me crazy. Nothing makes a person’s writing look weaker than continual use of the passive voice. I just had to fix a report that used the passive voice at least 60 % of the time. It was… --- ## [My friend's crisis is annoying me. Stop me from being an asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-crisis-is-annoying-me-stop-me-from-being-an-asshole/564697)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-crisis-is-annoying-me-stop-me-from-being-an-asshole/564697 "2010-12-27T09:37:33Z")
So, I have an online friend. She is having a breakdown of some kind at the moment. I really have no idea what it is, because she hasn’t posted any details. I know it’s happening because she has posted a couple of vagu… --- ## [What outlandish conclusions can be drawn from fossils formed today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-outlandish-conclusions-can-be-drawn-from-fossils-formed-today/551625)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-outlandish-conclusions-can-be-drawn-from-fossils-formed-today/551625 "2010-12-27T09:16:24Z")
Suppose a future archaeologist looked at the fossil record of our age. What conclusions (correct and incorrect) would be evident? For example, would they incorrectly conclude that humans evolved straighter, healthier t… --- ## [Author of pedophile book arrested.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-of-pedophile-book-arrested/564897)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-of-pedophile-book-arrested/564897 "2010-12-27T09:14:17Z")
This is disturbing. Obviously the world is better off this guy locked up if he did abuse children, but being arrested for writing a book is not a good thing. --- ## [Bertrand Russell and an interconnected world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bertrand-russell-and-an-interconnected-world/565265)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bertrand-russell-and-an-interconnected-world/565265 "2010-12-27T08:20:27Z")
In this BBC video ( 1:59 minutes) he talks of an increasingly interconnected world. My question is, which early 20th century personalities have talked of world getting interconnected? --- ## [A Simple Legal Question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-legal-question/565434)
**Author:** [@bookaholic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bookaholic)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-legal-question/565434 "2010-12-27T06:54:13Z")
If I were named in a will, and I had moved three times since the will was written, how would the attorneys know where to send the info regarding this inheritance to me? My address was not recorded anywhere since it was n… --- ## [What did you ask "Santa" for this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-ask-santa-for-this-year/565294)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-ask-santa-for-this-year/565294 "2010-12-27T05:49:55Z")
Inspired by the Christmas present to yourself thread, I thought I’d start one about what you asked for. I asked Santa Bro for a Kindle and Santa Dad for a good vacuum. I should point out that our family are big Christm… --- ## [Life Inquiry from a Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-inquiry-from-a-skeptic/565406)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-inquiry-from-a-skeptic/565406 "2010-12-27T05:17:30Z")
I’ve exhausted all the resources I can think of and don’t know where to turn to, so I turn to the teeming millions: When I applied to grad schools, it was as a Modern Orthodox Jew who had done a good deal of historical … --- ## [Would you kill him/her...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-him-her/565416)
**Author:** [@KevinShi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KevinShi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-kill-him-her/565416 "2010-12-27T03:23:41Z")
Ok scenario: You’re best friend (or the person you are closest to emotionally right now) has been captured by ninjas and is being tortured. the ninjas also capture you. the ninjas are doing this kind of thing Lingchi - … --- ## [Is it me or is it Netflix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-it-netflix/565316)
**Author:** [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-it-netflix/565316 "2010-12-27T01:53:07Z")
Seeking some other experiences and techinical advice. We have Netflix (watch on-line unlimited and 4 DVDS at a time) and watch both via the computer and via a Wii (we have wireless from our modem, which I use all the ti… --- ## [Persons raised Christian: what were you taught about Satan's motives, origins, & destiny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-raised-christian-what-were-you-taught-about-satans-motives-origins-destiny/563909)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-raised-christian-what-were-you-taught-about-satans-motives-origins-destiny/563909 "2010-12-27T01:46:24Z")
Please note the forum and the phrasing of the question. If I had wanted to start a debate on Christian theology, I’d have gone to Great Debates. If I’d meant to start a thread mocking Christians, I’d be in the Pit (and a… --- ## [Should I send this email to my boss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-send-this-email-to-my-boss/565204)
**Author:** [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-send-this-email-to-my-boss/565204 "2010-12-27T00:03:48Z")
First, a quick bit of background. I am the office administrator/IT Guy/bookkeeper for a mid-sized oilfield service company, with around 20 employees and a dozen or so subcontractors. I’ve been here for almost five year… --- ## [Travel to Netherlands with Kids - Help Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-to-netherlands-with-kids-help-please/541619)
**Author:** [@Negative\_Lite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Negative_Lite)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-to-netherlands-with-kids-help-please/541619 "2010-12-26T23:55:34Z")
My wife and I and our two young kids (one will be almost four years old and the other just one and barely starting to walk) have booked a flight to Amsterdam the last week of July. I’ve been to Amsterdam before and have … --- ## [Is squaretrade (3rd-party warranty dealer) a legit company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-squaretrade-3rd-party-warranty-dealer-a-legit-company/550901)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-squaretrade-3rd-party-warranty-dealer-a-legit-company/550901 "2010-12-26T23:46:53Z")
I just bought an all-in-one stereo on Ebay. It comes with a 30-day warranty from the seller. After buying it, I got an email offering me a 1-year warranty from Squaretrade for about 13% of the purchase price (including s… --- ## [Another WWII "What If" -- no P-51 Mustang?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wwii-what-if-no-p-51-mustang/565044)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wwii-what-if-no-p-51-mustang/565044 "2010-12-26T23:17:39Z")
What if nobody thought to try the Mustang airframe with the Rolls Royce Merlin engine? The P51 exists as a decent low-level fighter and a not particularly good ground attack plane with its original Allison engine. Woul… --- ## [Work restroom, you knock a whole toilet roll into the unflushed toilet. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-restroom-you-knock-a-whole-toilet-roll-into-the-unflushed-toilet-now-what/565281)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-restroom-you-knock-a-whole-toilet-roll-into-the-unflushed-toilet-now-what/565281 "2010-12-26T22:29:38Z")
You’re in the communal washroom at work and have just finished using the toilet - and it was number twos, and you accidentally knock a whole, unused toilet roll off a shelf above the cistern (let’s say this was entirely … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1822) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1824)