# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1858 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1859 --- ## [Tell me about Social Work school (MSW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-social-work-school-msw/557735)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-social-work-school-msw/557735 "2010-10-28T13:20:03Z")
I’ve been thinking about going back to grad school, and one of the options I want to look at is getting an MSW. I’ve done a lot of work in the social work/human services field, and I like doing counseling, so I know an M… --- ## [Name the Goat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332)
**Author:** [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332 "2010-10-28T09:09:52Z")
My nephew is in the Peace Corps in South America, and is going to buy a goat for milk, and an eventual banquet. (I doubt he’ll have the heart for the banquet). What would be a good name for said goat? --- ## [Honeymoon in the NW United States...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeymoon-in-the-nw-united-states/558291)
**Author:** [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeymoon-in-the-nw-united-states/558291 "2010-10-28T09:03:53Z")
…and I need your help! I’m getting married next July and I’ve volunteered to plan our honeymoon. We’re both young, fairly adventurous nature lovers, and we’ve both always wanted to visit some of America’s amazing nation… --- ## [Great routes for teaching english in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-routes-for-teaching-english-in-japan/558453)
**Author:** [@ultraman100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultraman100)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-routes-for-teaching-english-in-japan/558453 "2010-10-28T01:42:04Z")
Anyone have anything to say about the high roads to teaching english in Japan? How do you get in contact with the big corps who want their employees to learn the right way? I see applications for the teachers of studen… --- ## [Tell Me How to Evaluate an Apartment!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-to-evaluate-an-apartment/558206)
**Author:** [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-to-evaluate-an-apartment/558206 "2010-10-28T01:15:46Z")
I will be moving off-campus next year and I’m planning to go apartment hunting in the next couple of weekends. I’ve been doing a preliminary search online and writing down places that seem promising so that I can check t… --- ## [Has anyone else noticed that the classical elements of antiquity map onto the 4 states of matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-the-classical-elements-of-antiquity-map-onto-the-4-states-of-matter/558345)
**Author:** [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-noticed-that-the-classical-elements-of-antiquity-map-onto-the-4-states-of-matter/558345 "2010-10-28T01:07:40Z")
earth = solid water = liquid air = gas fire = plasma Usually the elements of antiquity are dismissed offhand because they are compared to today’s periodic table. However, they are excellent basic prototypes for us of… --- ## [What camcorder would you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-camcorder-would-you-use/558303)
**Author:** [@Hentzau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentzau)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-camcorder-would-you-use/558303 "2010-10-28T00:58:59Z")
Hi, I’m probably going to be buying a Mac notebook with iLife '11, music/video production for the use of. I’m an acoustic musician and the videos produced will primarily be used as demos to send to venues at which I wa… --- ## [Those on the political Left and Right: Any "deals with the devil" that you'd make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-on-the-political-left-and-right-any-deals-with-the-devil-that-youd-make/558122)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-on-the-political-left-and-right-any-deals-with-the-devil-that-youd-make/558122 "2010-10-28T00:38:33Z")
By “deal with the Devil” I mean concede a major policy goal of the other side, in exchange for a major policy goal in alignment with your own side. As a leftist, I’d be happy to make a deal with the right wing to never … --- ## [Starting a church - legalaties/ethics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-church-legalaties-ethics/558592)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-church-legalaties-ethics/558592 "2010-10-28T00:23:02Z")
Are there any legal issues that would prevent me from starting a church? A christian non-profit. I am atheist myself but do I have to tell people that I don’t believe what I’m preaching? I don’t see much difference betwe… --- ## [Baby names... such a big decision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-names-such-a-big-decision/554310)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-names-such-a-big-decision/554310 "2010-10-27T22:47:14Z")
My husband and I are trying to get pregnant (not pregnant… yet), but I’ve been thinking about baby names. I’m a writer and I know names are very important. So now, I’m having some trouble. I have a great name picked o… --- ## [Which of the dispossessed royal families has the best chance to regain its throne?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-dispossessed-royal-families-has-the-best-chance-to-regain-its-throne/558170)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-the-dispossessed-royal-families-has-the-best-chance-to-regain-its-throne/558170 "2010-10-27T22:40:03Z")
Over the last few hundred years, but especially since the two World Wars, a number of ruling houses of Europe were dethroned, exiled, and/or massacred (the Romanovs come to mind). Although most of these former royal fami… --- ## [So called news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-news/558523)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-news/558523 "2010-10-27T22:17:26Z")
In the past 9 or so years Ive been seeing a made-up news like this http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/27/france.bin.laden/index.html?hpt=T2 pop up from time to time. It is clearly designed to upset and provoke, to k… --- ## [OK, let's forget about the "Sister Wives." IS polygamy an excellent way to raise a family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-forget-about-the-sister-wives-is-polygamy-an-excellent-way-to-raise-a-family/558142)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-forget-about-the-sister-wives-is-polygamy-an-excellent-way-to-raise-a-family/558142 "2010-10-27T19:11:38Z")
So \*\*Stoid’\*\*s thread about polygamy being a good setup to raise children. The thread is a tangled web of hijacks,but the actual premise of the OP hasn’t been explored too well. I don’t think Stoid will mind if I quote… --- ## [Explain revenge and punishment to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-revenge-and-punishment-to-me/558403)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-revenge-and-punishment-to-me/558403 "2010-10-27T18:58:04Z")
Cuz I just don’t get it. By way of explanation as opposed to preaching, I see them as different degrees of the same thing: you hurt me so I hurt you. There doesn’t seem to be an element of education in either one (refo… --- ## [Raising capital for a startup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-capital-for-a-startup/558334)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-capital-for-a-startup/558334 "2010-10-27T18:06:53Z")
I have this business idea and I need $150,000 to start it. I also need $150,000 to keep it running for six months, which “they” say I should have on hand just in case I need it. The first thing I want to do is hit up f… --- ## [The line between friendly get-together and something more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-line-between-friendly-get-together-and-something-more/558390)
**Author:** [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-line-between-friendly-get-together-and-something-more/558390 "2010-10-27T18:01:03Z")
Reading a thread in MPSIMS, a comment was made to the effect that “lunch is friendly, dinner is a date”. Obviously this isn’t always strictly true, but it seems a fair rule of thumb to me. But how do other variables cha… --- ## [Overly tolerant of obnoxious social behavior when romantic interest is involved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-tolerant-of-obnoxious-social-behavior-when-romantic-interest-is-involved/558474)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-tolerant-of-obnoxious-social-behavior-when-romantic-interest-is-involved/558474 "2010-10-27T17:58:26Z")
This thread is inspired by this one, which is soliciting advice for how to go about rejecting a work acquaintance who has recently shown some very clear signals of romantic interest. Such signs include making a 2-hour t… --- ## [Is this squatting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-squatting/558494)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-squatting/558494 "2010-10-27T17:26:08Z")
If an adult child lives with theri parents, and their parents die, can they legally live there? I ask because this is a real life situation. The house is not paid for, the parent had a loan out, and stopped paying it bef… --- ## [Getting my cat a leash has made his behavior worse. What should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-cat-a-leash-has-made-his-behavior-worse-what-should-i-do/554290)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-cat-a-leash-has-made-his-behavior-worse-what-should-i-do/554290 "2010-10-27T17:26:02Z")
My little devil cat, Max, is one of those cats who always tries to make a break for it when he sees an open door, but when he was a wee kitten, he got out and went missing for two weeks, so I am paranoid and don’t want h… --- ## [Have you cheated (and sampled your Halloween candy) yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-cheated-and-sampled-your-halloween-candy-yet/556735)
**Author:** [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-cheated-and-sampled-your-halloween-candy-yet/556735 "2010-10-27T17:08:29Z")
I’ve been nibbling on these tiny, individually-wrapped Mars-branded candy bars for the past two weeks or so. Good thing I went out and bought more H’ween candy the other day: lollipops and Whoppers (malt balls) packets… --- ## [PHP/LAMP developers, please chime in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/php-lamp-developers-please-chime-in/558406)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/php-lamp-developers-please-chime-in/558406 "2010-10-27T15:35:01Z")
Mods, please move this with my apologies if this is in the wrong forum. Also, I don’t want this thread degenerating into a Microsoft/Linux fight, so please be mindful. I’m a 14 year vet of the Microsoft asp/.net web ap… --- ## [Would parents cooperate with having their own math & English skills tested when kids enter school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-parents-cooperate-with-having-their-own-math-english-skills-tested-when-kids-enter-school/558496)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-parents-cooperate-with-having-their-own-math-english-skills-tested-when-kids-enter-school/558496 "2010-10-27T14:37:59Z")
If it was determined that knowing what sort of math and english etc. skills the parents of students have was critical to gauging success and developing effective lesson plans, do you think most parents would cooperate wi… --- ## [First Rung On The Bad Karma Ladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rung-on-the-bad-karma-ladder/558479)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-rung-on-the-bad-karma-ladder/558479 "2010-10-27T12:23:45Z")
Joe Martin is one of my favorite cartoonists. I prolly have 3 dozen Willy ‘n’ Ethel comics that I’ve cut out of newspapers over the years, and a handful of Mr. Boffo’s. Yeah, I keep a scrapbook after I remove them from… --- ## [Not wearing a watch because it is supposedly replaced by phone/other device - I do not get it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-wearing-a-watch-because-it-is-supposedly-replaced-by-phone-other-device-i-do-not-get-it/557824)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-wearing-a-watch-because-it-is-supposedly-replaced-by-phone-other-device-i-do-not-get-it/557824 "2010-10-27T06:49:37Z")
I dimly recollect people on this board referring to less people wearing watches, and this article in this month’s (next month’s, actually) The Atlantic reminds me of that. Supposedly wearing wristwatches is going out of… --- ## [Any opinions or experiences with SEO companies? Specifically Blackwood Productions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-opinions-or-experiences-with-seo-companies-specifically-blackwood-productions/558483)
**Author:** [@tetranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetranz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-opinions-or-experiences-with-seo-companies-specifically-blackwood-productions/558483 "2010-10-27T04:50:12Z")
Hi all I host a Drupal site for a friend’s business. She has hired a company called Blackwood Productions http://www.blackwoodproductions.com for SEO optimization. I’m told this will cost \[gasp!\] $600 per month. They wa… --- ## [Recommend an Electric Razor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electric-razor/558254)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-electric-razor/558254 "2010-10-27T04:41:27Z")
I tried using an electric many years ago. But the ones I tried could never do much of a job on my neck. Admittedy, the ones I tried tended to be on the inexpensive side. I have been shaving my head for more than a decad… --- ## [Is this acceptable punctuation use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-acceptable-punctuation-use/558425)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-acceptable-punctuation-use/558425 "2010-10-27T04:32:53Z")
I’ve noticed more and more over the last year or so people using punctuation in what appears to be an incorrect manner. I’m not talking about missing an apostrophe or something but obvious, purposeful misuse where you l… --- ## [should I speak about my mental illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-speak-about-my-mental-illness/558255)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-speak-about-my-mental-illness/558255 "2010-10-27T04:05:30Z")
back story: Last year, my school’s chapter of Active Minds held an event where students spoke about their own experiences with mental illness. They happened to be short on speakers, and I was friends with one of the orga… --- ## [Turboprop: Flown on one? Tell me about it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turboprop-flown-on-one-tell-me-about-it/558198)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turboprop-flown-on-one-tell-me-about-it/558198 "2010-10-27T03:31:06Z")
I’m thinking of visiting some fam in Prescott, AZ, and there are flights on Great Lakes airlines out of Ontario, CA, to Prescott Municipal airport. It would be much more direct than trying to get to the nearest large cit… --- ## [What laws would you add to a religious tome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418 "2010-10-27T03:19:51Z")
I’m getting ready for NaNoWriMo and this year I’ve decided to write a sequel to the Qu’ran. Since I’m in effect playing Allah, I can make whatever laws I so choose. If you were God/Allah/G-d/Whatever, what laws would yo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1857) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1859)