# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1844 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1845 --- ## [What do you use for seriously dry lips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-seriously-dry-lips/561107)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-seriously-dry-lips/561107 "2010-11-20T07:24:20Z")
Usually Burt’s Bees gives me all the lip hydrofication I need, you know? But for some reason this fall the bee is just not cutting it. My lips don’t look chapped, and they look just a little dry, but last night when I … --- ## [Have you circumnavigated the globe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-circumnavigated-the-globe/561017)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-circumnavigated-the-globe/561017 "2010-11-20T04:04:19Z")
I recently had an opportunity to circumnavigate the world, by cleverly combining some business and vacation travel. I had to cancel it because of family necessity, but it led me to wonder how many people in this day and … --- ## [Explain Colleen Thomas to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-colleen-thomas-to-me/561029)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-colleen-thomas-to-me/561029 "2010-11-20T03:59:11Z")
This woman’s crazy is mesmerizing. She also has a youtube channel. I think the same impulse that compels people to gawk at automobile accidents compels me to watch this woman’s crazy incoherent youtube announcements. Or… --- ## [What could this background check company be doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-background-check-company-be-doing/561258)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-background-check-company-be-doing/561258 "2010-11-20T03:52:44Z")
My company keeps getting phone calls. Well, there have been at least two, but we think there have been more. Confirmed call 1: A man with a British accent of some sort called and asked for “engineering.” When told th… --- ## [Gifts for female friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-for-female-friends/560768)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-for-female-friends/560768 "2010-11-20T03:51:57Z")
So, I’m a guy. Broke up with a very long term girlfriend recently, and have become fairly close friends with 2 girls from work that have recently gone through relationship issues of their own, so we bonded. I mentioned… --- ## [Tell me about supporting a spouse in college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-supporting-a-spouse-in-college/561297)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-supporting-a-spouse-in-college/561297 "2010-11-20T02:51:56Z")
I’m getting married next year, and with it a rather complex situation. My fiancee is going to be starting grad school a month before we get married. Its a two-year program, with a 24 hour/week internship. We will be movi… --- ## [How strictly do you follow packaging warnings or instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strictly-do-you-follow-packaging-warnings-or-instructions/561106)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strictly-do-you-follow-packaging-warnings-or-instructions/561106 "2010-11-20T02:21:43Z")
Personally, I view most over the counter drug dosage charts and warnings as “guidelines.” For example, with Dayquil or similar medicine, I assume that I can safely go two or three times over what they’re telling me to t… --- ## [The All-Star Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-star-car/561267)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-all-star-car/561267 "2010-11-20T02:17:25Z")
After having met an intelligent alien species which also has and uses cars in their daily life, our two planets decide to have an Olympics of automobiles. A selection of major manufacturers (i.e. any company which curren… --- ## [Diet Soda and Headaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-and-headaches/561077)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-and-headaches/561077 "2010-11-20T02:03:08Z")
I’ve been getting headaches lately and blaming sinuses. While I have been having some post-nasal drip, indicating an issue of some kind, I haven’t really thought of it as that much of a problem. Until I started getting h… --- ## [How competitive are Google Maps Real Estate versus other real estate in the same location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-competitive-are-google-maps-real-estate-versus-other-real-estate-in-the-same-location/561130)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-competitive-are-google-maps-real-estate-versus-other-real-estate-in-the-same-location/561130 "2010-11-20T00:52:24Z")
Occasionally I turn on Google Maps real estate option. The houses that show up seem to be more expensive than what shows up if I just go to realtors.com or some other web search. Is this something other people have not… --- ## [It's A Nice Place To Vist, But I Wouldn't Want To Live There](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-nice-place-to-vist-but-i-wouldnt-want-to-live-there/560647)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-nice-place-to-vist-but-i-wouldnt-want-to-live-there/560647 "2010-11-20T00:43:25Z")
I’ve been to Badlands of South Dakota and Mount Rushmore and the scenery is breathtaking for like five minutes and then it’s pretty boring. So I would describe it at “A nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live t… --- ## [What is your #1 Luxury craving...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-1-luxury-craving/560573)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-1-luxury-craving/560573 "2010-11-19T23:25:45Z")
the one thing you want that is currently outside your financial reach. The thing that you consistently, passionately desire, if anything. Not passing fancies, the first place you go when you think of the lottery win. … --- ## [Comcast remotes suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-remotes-suck/561037)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-remotes-suck/561037 "2010-11-19T23:17:52Z")
Anyone here have one that works properly, meaning it doesn’t require pressing so hard that you nearly break the remote in two for the channel to change? This is my first time with Comcast in years. However, I have many… --- ## [So, What Are You Buying Will & Kate For Their Upcoming Wedding Gift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-buying-will-kate-for-their-upcoming-wedding-gift/560940)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-buying-will-kate-for-their-upcoming-wedding-gift/560940 "2010-11-19T22:31:39Z")
I am sure Buckingham Palace is writing your invitation to the Royal Wedding as you read this, and was wondering what appropriate gift you intend to buy for them? I think you can never go wrong with a Walmart gift card. --- ## [Cat Versus Christmas Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-versus-christmas-tree/561124)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-versus-christmas-tree/561124 "2010-11-19T21:46:40Z")
In the epic and century old battle between the desire to have a beautifully decorated treee and the housecat’s desire to destroy…I mean play with…the beautifully decorated ornaments, I thought it’d be interesting to star… --- ## [Death Poll!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-poll/561188)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-poll/561188 "2010-11-19T20:52:43Z")
Scenario: Your best bud has decided to do himself in by ingesting something along the lines of New And Improved DRAINO-Now With Battery Acid!, something for which there would be absolutely no chance of surviving. He won… --- ## [Things you genuinely like, but don't get what all the fuss is about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-genuinely-like-but-dont-get-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/560966)
**Author:** [@thebenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebenn)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-genuinely-like-but-dont-get-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/560966 "2010-11-19T18:53:32Z")
This thread is to share things which you truly, honestly like, but don’t understand why others tend to elevate beyond rational levels. It occurred to me that although I genuinely like red wine, I’ve never, ever swooned … --- ## [Were the Great Pyramids REALLY built by slaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-great-pyramids-really-built-by-slaves/561179)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-great-pyramids-really-built-by-slaves/561179 "2010-11-19T18:34:03Z")
There seem to be 2 camps on this subject. On the one hand, the belief is that the Pharaohs scoured the land and forced people into building the pyramids for no wages in horrible living conditions, to put it simply. On … --- ## [Make up wearing dopers, how often do you wash your brushes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-wearing-dopers-how-often-do-you-wash-your-brushes/560980)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-wearing-dopers-how-often-do-you-wash-your-brushes/560980 "2010-11-19T18:26:52Z")
Feel free to mention any of your brushes, but I was specifically thinking about brushes for foundation. I used to wash mine about every two weeks, sometimes every week, (and I have three brushes that I alternate between)… --- ## [Am I oversensitive or is it tacky to say somebody "won" the Medal of Honor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-oversensitive-or-is-it-tacky-to-say-somebody-won-the-medal-of-honor/560974)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-oversensitive-or-is-it-tacky-to-say-somebody-won-the-medal-of-honor/560974 "2010-11-19T17:34:40Z")
I’m looking at you, Wall Street Journal. It looks like you took your coverage of the royal engagement from USA Today and then had a seventh grade girl rewrite it, and then your picture headline (which I no longer have i… --- ## [Gun Thread: "Boat Accidents"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939 "2010-11-19T17:24:41Z")
So, several times in the last few days I’ve seen references to “very tragic boating accidents”, which took me a minute to realize it’s folks squirreling away weapons and reporting them lost in an effort to keep, presumab… --- ## [What should modern technology have accomplished by now, but didnt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-modern-technology-have-accomplished-by-now-but-didnt/560415)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-modern-technology-have-accomplished-by-now-but-didnt/560415 "2010-11-19T17:04:35Z")
Given how far the human race has come technologically, there has to be certain accomplishments we should have made by now, but didn’t. I submit two things: putting a man on Mars and fully-functional mind-controlled pros… --- ## [The worst thing someone could say about you to your face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-thing-someone-could-say-about-you-to-your-face/560720)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-thing-someone-could-say-about-you-to-your-face/560720 "2010-11-19T15:49:45Z")
I can’t think of anything worse than: “I’m so stupid to have believed in you.” I don’t think I’ve ever merited that remark, but I feel dread at the thought that I ever might do so. --- ## [Help! My fiance won't quit bleeding!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-fiance-wont-quit-bleeding/560879 "2010-11-19T15:42:11Z")
Yes, this is a request for medical advice. But that’s OK, as you’ll see shortly. So one morning, my fiance wakes up and notices that her index finger is bleeding at the most distal joint. It’s just a trickle; nothing … --- ## [Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankee/560858)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankee/560858 "2010-11-19T15:26:13Z")
I’m curious to what extent the term Yankee is limited to a specific region of the USA. Using Yankee - Wikipedia as a starting point, and this section in particular: More to the point, are there other terms in relative… --- ## [Is your birthday in November?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-in-november/560977)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-in-november/560977 "2010-11-19T14:50:16Z")
Poll coming… --- ## [Moral Dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma/561005)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma/561005 "2010-11-19T14:11:12Z")
The following is a true story. (Happened probably about 15-20 years ago.) There was a multi-millionaire real estate tycoon who had a son in some religious order. The father, wanting to help out his son, gave him outrigh… --- ## [Is Ancient Egyptian Religion Completely Misunderstood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ancient-egyptian-religion-completely-misunderstood/560751)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ancient-egyptian-religion-completely-misunderstood/560751 "2010-11-19T12:59:45Z")
I think this may be a Great Debates kind of topic, but my ideas are all so vague and shakey and I’m guessing at things and pulling on rumors that I got from sources I don’t trust at all. In other words, I’m citeless. G… --- ## [Has anyone here ever taken time off for "burnout"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-taken-time-off-for-burnout/560748)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-taken-time-off-for-burnout/560748 "2010-11-19T10:11:16Z")
One of my doctors recently suggested that my stress level is unhealthy and I need some time off, or maybe I should just work part-time for a while. She suggested that I take some short-term disability leave and try to re… --- ## [Rosetta Stone language course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-stone-language-course/560994)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-stone-language-course/560994 "2010-11-19T08:44:09Z")
Have any of you used the Rosetta Stone language course (specifically Spanish, but any other language to)? Does it work? On a scale of 1-10 (1=Sucks, 10=Awesome) how would you rate it? Overall is it worth the money? How l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1843) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1845)