# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1837 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1838 --- ## [Help for stiff hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-stiff-hands/562560)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-stiff-hands/562560 "2010-12-02T22:20:59Z")
It seems to be a result of the weather turning colder, but I keep ending up with very stiff hands. When my hands are feeling cold at all, they feel like I can barely bend my fingers, and making a fist becomes painful an… --- ## [A city limits toll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-city-limits-toll/562616)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-city-limits-toll/562616 "2010-12-02T21:42:20Z")
San Francisco is considering charging a $3.00 toll, both ways, to drivers at their border with Daly City. Right, that’ll do it. :rolleyes: Anyway, I’m wondering what if Daly City says “good idea” and passes a measure to… --- ## [Help me find the world's ugliest Christmas sweater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-worlds-ugliest-christmas-sweater/562695)
**Author:** [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-worlds-ugliest-christmas-sweater/562695 "2010-12-02T21:27:06Z")
Yes, it’s for a party. Gender neutral, budget of cheap as possible. Thrift stores are a definite visit, but there’s got to be a website out there somewhere! --- ## [Examples of companies or people who have succeeded by making their product worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-companies-or-people-who-have-succeeded-by-making-their-product-worse/562511)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-companies-or-people-who-have-succeeded-by-making-their-product-worse/562511 "2010-12-02T21:22:46Z")
You may have noticed that there are a lot more IMAX theaters these days. A few years ago IMAX Corporation introduced a digital projector and has been installing them in multiplex theaters like crazy. However, these new d… --- ## [What's in commercial soap, & where do I get some truly "all natural" soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-commercial-soap-where-do-i-get-some-truly-all-natural-soap/562655)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-commercial-soap-where-do-i-get-some-truly-all-natural-soap/562655 "2010-12-02T21:16:59Z")
My husband has sensitive skin, especially on his face. In the winter he always gets rosacea. He has to take an antibiotic, and says that it constantly feels like his face is on fire. It gets a little better in the warmer… --- ## [christmas help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-help/562696)
**Author:** [@rldown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rldown)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-help/562696 "2010-12-02T21:10:11Z")
How come it is so hard for me to find somewhere to help me with christmas for my five children they are older so everwhere I call turns them away?:confused: --- ## [How well-regarded is Carl Sagan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-regarded-is-carl-sagan/560700)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-regarded-is-carl-sagan/560700 "2010-12-02T19:15:55Z")
I ask because I do not know. I remember watching him on television back in the day. I remember his appearances on Carson (then, Carson imitating him). And I remember buying his book Cosmos, which I still have and remains… --- ## [President Obama is a terrible President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-is-a-terrible-president/562503)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-is-a-terrible-president/562503 "2010-12-02T19:06:38Z")
He will not learn. He imagines he can find some mythical middle ground with the Republicans. He caves on every tough issue before the fight begins. He is still a far better president than John McCain would have been. … --- ## [Poll: Motorcycle riders only, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-motorcycle-riders-only-please/561654)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-motorcycle-riders-only-please/561654 "2010-12-02T18:55:28Z")
Again the itch as emerged to get into something motorized, so I’m looking at scratching it again. Rather than hearing all of the hearsay (Everybody I’ve ever known has laid down a bike…to death!), I figured I’d poll the … --- ## [What is a good midrange Garmin GPS for \<$150](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-midrange-garmin-gps-for-150/562694)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-midrange-garmin-gps-for-150/562694 "2010-12-02T18:35:35Z")
My brother has a 200 nuvi model and wants something better. However I really don’t know what all features to look for in a higher range Garmin. The 295W isn’t bad, and it is only $89 now, but it seems its biggest sellin… --- ## [Why did I eat all that crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-eat-all-that-crap/562369)
**Author:** [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-eat-all-that-crap/562369 "2010-12-02T17:10:01Z")
Uhhhooooughh. Three assorted Taco Bell items were bad enough. The four assorted doughnuts, of which the maple frosted was the least extravagant, was sheer, unmitigated hubris. My various internal organs are now in the… --- ## [I Want to Be an "Icon"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-an-icon/562657)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-an-icon/562657 "2010-12-02T15:31:34Z")
How do I go about achieving “Iconic” status? Do I have to do something special (like commit a great crime)? Or is “iconic” status conferred upon you by birth? Please let me know-this is something I really want to to i… --- ## [Condomless Sex better for men too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condomless-sex-better-for-men-too/562536)
**Author:** [@RnBram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RnBram)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condomless-sex-better-for-men-too/562536 "2010-12-02T14:24:12Z")
I noticed, over the years, that I felt better, more relaxed and ‘satisfied’ subsequent to vaginal sex without a condom… not that other activities were any less awesome. Skin can be very absorbent to certain compounds, t… --- ## [Customer service: Japan vs. United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-japan-vs-united-states/562405)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-service-japan-vs-united-states/562405 "2010-12-02T14:10:22Z")
I recently spent a couple of weeks in Japan. My first time there. Wife and I hit several cities: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama. One of the things that made a big impression on me was flawless customer service ev… --- ## [So what are the uses for an amputated testicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-uses-for-an-amputated-testicle/562189)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-uses-for-an-amputated-testicle/562189 "2010-12-02T13:21:20Z")
A friend of mine has cancer, and is going to have to have a testicle amputated. We’re putting together a list of what he can do with said body part after the operation–the wilder the better! I know you Dopers will come … --- ## [Gents of the Dope, where do you shave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gents-of-the-dope-where-do-you-shave/561887)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gents-of-the-dope-where-do-you-shave/561887 "2010-12-02T11:26:03Z")
And I mean what physical location do you occupy when you are engaged in the act of shaving, not what bits of your anatomy you choose to denude. For the purposes of this poll, let’s assume that shaving refers to face onl… --- ## [Non-scented hand lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-scented-hand-lotion/562391)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-scented-hand-lotion/562391 "2010-12-02T06:57:35Z")
For some reason my hands have been very dry lately (a problem I’ve never had before). I’ve got some lotion that I got in some hotel room. It works, but I can’t stand the scent. Does anyone make non-scented lotion? Thank… --- ## [Things to do to torment the kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-torment-the-kids/562478)
**Author:** [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-torment-the-kids/562478 "2010-12-02T05:58:26Z")
As inspired by this thread: Here are a few things a buddy of mine and I do to torment the neighborhood kids. When you are around them, use these words in your conversation: duckdo, henway, butfor. After a while on… --- ## [New York dopers: Help me get out of town quickly on Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopers-help-me-get-out-of-town-quickly-on-thanksgiving/561516)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopers-help-me-get-out-of-town-quickly-on-thanksgiving/561516 "2010-12-02T03:58:46Z")
We will be watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade live this Thursday, even if it rains. And we will stay until the end, when Santa arrives. And we will be expected in south New Jersey that afternoon. How can we get ou… --- ## [Password nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-nonsense/562464)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-nonsense/562464 "2010-12-02T00:10:34Z")
So, my employer has just published their new standards for network & system passwords: \[ul\] \[li\]Minimum 15 characters\[/li\]\[li\]2 numbers\[/li\]\[li\]2 special characters (!, @, #, $, %, &, \*, +, etc.)\[/li\]\[li\]2 lowercase le… --- ## [Dog-itching remedies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-itching-remedies/562582)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-itching-remedies/562582 "2010-12-01T23:49:01Z")
My dog has been itching and scratching like crazy the last two months. He scratches almost continuously. He’s always had itching problems, but nothing as bad as this. Over the years we’ve tried diet changes (duck & sweet… --- ## [Sex. Have everyone think you did it or do it and nobody will know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-have-everyone-think-you-did-it-or-do-it-and-nobody-will-know/562288)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-have-everyone-think-you-did-it-or-do-it-and-nobody-will-know/562288 "2010-12-01T23:22:32Z")
Adam Carolla likes to ask this of his female guests, usually to make a point about women’s behavior, but I thought it was an interesting question. Think of the most unattractive/skeevy/creepy person you work with. If y… --- ## [iPhones - how well do they avoid butt calls and other inadvertent events?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphones-how-well-do-they-avoid-butt-calls-and-other-inadvertent-events/562276)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphones-how-well-do-they-avoid-butt-calls-and-other-inadvertent-events/562276 "2010-12-01T20:26:19Z")
How often do iPhones make unintended calls from one’s pocket or phone holder? How often do they take photos of the inside of pockets, and do similar things? How awkward is it to somehow lock the phone before shoving it i… --- ## [Do non-American women fantasize about American men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-non-american-women-fantasize-about-american-men/562267)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-non-american-women-fantasize-about-american-men/562267 "2010-12-01T20:17:52Z")
And if so, what’s their ideal American guy? Plenty of American women fantasize about foreign guys. The Italian guy who’ll serenade you, the French guy who will woo you in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, the endearingly … --- ## [knife problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knife-problems/562507)
**Author:** [@misterkrc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterkrc)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knife-problems/562507 "2010-12-01T17:50:46Z")
So you have a wooden block knife holder for a variety of kitchen knifes, do steak knifes belong there too. settle argument… Small kitchen… one of us is always right, the other never is… help. written from a male pers… --- ## [Why are clawfoot tubs highly regarded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-clawfoot-tubs-highly-regarded/562065)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-clawfoot-tubs-highly-regarded/562065 "2010-12-01T17:49:18Z")
They suck! I have one in my new apartment. Yes, it looks nice, but otherwise it’s a PIA. Does anyone have any idea what it’s like getting into a wet tub that doesn’t have a flat surface? I have a window beside it and… --- ## [What would you do? Bank robbers, endangered children, the usual.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-bank-robbers-endangered-children-the-usual/562306)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-bank-robbers-endangered-children-the-usual/562306 "2010-12-01T17:45:26Z")
Imagine you’re in a crowd of people witness to a burning house/apartment. Everyone’s been informed that the fire department is on the way and a police officer is keeping the crowd calm. Suddenly a resident of the home, w… --- ## [Things you think are truly beautiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-think-are-truly-beautiful/561792)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-think-are-truly-beautiful/561792 "2010-12-01T16:48:52Z")
There are some things that are pretty much universally recognized as beautiful… groves of blooming trees, stained glass windows, etc etc. But are there some things that you think are really beautiful, in a gut-punching k… --- ## [Stock Market day trading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-day-trading/561694)
**Author:** [@canadiankorean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canadiankorean)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-day-trading/561694 "2010-12-01T16:10:44Z")
Why does the stock market allow stock trades by the second? Doesn’t that promote ‘gambling’? Why doesn’t the market make it so that ‘investors’ must buy a stock and hold it for 30days. That makes it less gambling and … --- ## [Spain vers. France – first ladies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-vers-france-first-ladies/562406)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spain-vers-france-first-ladies/562406 "2010-12-01T14:39:16Z")
Ok granted. You guys might have bigger aircraft carriers and guns and more silly stuff like that, but our first ladies are of vastly better quality than yours. Here are Mrs. Spain and Mrs. France. Which of the two first … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1836) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1838)