# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1874 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1875 --- ## [Q about Dreams...sorta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-dreams-sorta/555380)
**Author:** [@Punisher\_11B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punisher_11B)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-dreams-sorta/555380 "2010-09-30T22:39:46Z")
Anybody here know about dreams or have one of those dream books? For the last few months I keep waking myself up in the middle of the night and the very first thing that I think of is the word “Algorithm”. I know it is… --- ## [School project ideas - phytochemistry theme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-project-ideas-phytochemistry-theme/555646)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-project-ideas-phytochemistry-theme/555646 "2010-09-30T21:34:48Z")
A nephew of mine was asking for ideas on a high school science project - I’m a chemist but have to say I was coming up empty for ideas to do at high school - we did talk about extracting something interesting from plants… --- ## [Kids go to public elementary school? What 'extras' do they have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-go-to-public-elementary-school-what-extras-do-they-have/555303)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-go-to-public-elementary-school-what-extras-do-they-have/555303 "2010-09-30T20:08:12Z")
If your kids go to a regular public elementary school, which of these ‘extras’ do they have? An art teacher? A P.E. teacher? A music teacher? Foreign languages? Teacher’s aids? Anything else? --- ## [What's The Point Of A Refundable Deposit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-a-refundable-deposit/555462)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-a-refundable-deposit/555462 "2010-09-30T17:08:02Z")
OK. So I watch The People’s Court. So sue me. Anyway, it seems like every other day some yahoo is on who backed out of a deal to buy a car, or a jet ski, or rent an apartment, and now he wants his deposit back on the … --- ## [How many Dopers could you pick out of a lineup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-could-you-pick-out-of-a-lineup/555517)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dopers-could-you-pick-out-of-a-lineup/555517 "2010-09-30T16:48:35Z")
I really like the Dope’s combination of social interaction with relative anonymity, and so I have a policy about never clicking on links to Doper pictures (except for kittehs! and puppies! ok, any critter) and frankly, w… --- ## [Should my mom start drawing Social Security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-mom-start-drawing-social-security/555468)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-mom-start-drawing-social-security/555468 "2010-09-30T16:40:05Z")
Hello all, Background: Mom turned 65 this year and is eligible to begin collecting Social Security. She works full time at a job she loves, but the hours and commute arer very stressful. She has minor health problems, m… --- ## [Germany now owns World War I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-now-owns-world-war-i/555416)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-now-owns-world-war-i/555416 "2010-09-30T15:12:22Z")
… or rather they will on October 3rd, when they end 92 years of easy installments and fork over the last payment. --- ## [Has a public figure ever been accused by multiple people of being gay, and it wasn't true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-public-figure-ever-been-accused-by-multiple-people-of-being-gay-and-it-wasnt-true/555192)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-public-figure-ever-been-accused-by-multiple-people-of-being-gay-and-it-wasnt-true/555192 "2010-09-30T14:42:07Z")
Re the latest public figure accused of being gay (and a sexual predator) and denying it, I’m wondering if there has ever been one of these multiple accusation scenarios where the accusations were ultimately proved to be… --- ## [training in a new subject - ridiculous idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/training-in-a-new-subject-ridiculous-idea/555318)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/training-in-a-new-subject-ridiculous-idea/555318 "2010-09-30T10:14:21Z")
We’re probably going to move to the UK in a few years, and in order to teach there I’ll need a PGCE. The problem is that my major is English (BA in literature and MA in the humanities). English teachers are a dime a doz… --- ## [Do Online Gambling Sites Give Gamblers Grief When They Win Consistently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-online-gambling-sites-give-gamblers-grief-when-they-win-consistently/555331)
**Author:** [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-online-gambling-sites-give-gamblers-grief-when-they-win-consistently/555331 "2010-09-30T09:34:31Z")
I know that “The House” doesn’t like to lose, and I was wondering if online gambling sites give consistent winners a hard time when they attempt to continue betting, collect on large wins or empty their accounts of subst… --- ## [Photographer Dopers, should I upgrade or change my computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-dopers-should-i-upgrade-or-change-my-computer/555328)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-dopers-should-i-upgrade-or-change-my-computer/555328 "2010-09-30T06:16:53Z")
Sooo, I have a laptop with Vista on it that’s a couple of years old, and I’m sick of color management problems. I have calibrated with good gear, and I bought a good quality stand alone monitor but I’m still frustrated … --- ## [What should I do with my tax return?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-tax-return/555424)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-tax-return/555424 "2010-09-30T02:37:11Z")
Well, when I get it that is… Here’s the details…this is all off the top of my head, I’m not at my computer with all the details. My current debts are my: (first) home mortgage. The payment remains the same regardles… --- ## [What are your favorite Firefox add ons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-firefox-add-ons/555279)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-firefox-add-ons/555279 "2010-09-30T02:08:15Z")
I love Firefox add ons! I bet you do too. :smiley: Please share your favorites. :slight\_smile: :slight\_smile: Here are my top four add ons… 1. NoSquint - lets you magnify web pages and change colors. Someone has Pu… --- ## [I bought a car!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-car/555412)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-car/555412 "2010-09-30T01:53:42Z")
Yes, me. The proverbial urban subway-rider. Well, it seems that in the last few weeks I kind of, you know, moved. All the way out of Toronto to this small town up north in the Beautiful Land. It’s all part of my ongoing … --- ## [Would you attend a world wide dope-fest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-attend-a-world-wide-dope-fest/555193)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-attend-a-world-wide-dope-fest/555193 "2010-09-30T00:46:24Z")
On occasion I have this, for lack of a better word, fantasy. I won the lottery and am a multi-millionaire (USD). I then decide to hold a dope-fest for every member. I rent a large space in the middle of the continenta… --- ## [High school football teams conspire to let player with Down's Syndrome score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-football-teams-conspire-to-let-player-with-downs-syndrome-score/555374)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-football-teams-conspire-to-let-player-with-downs-syndrome-score/555374 "2010-09-30T00:31:55Z")
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m fine with giving a disabled kid special treatment, but the fact that everyone made a show of trying to tackle the kid makes the whole thing seem dishonest. The prevailing publi… --- ## [what's the deal with shaking hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-shaking-hands/555078)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-shaking-hands/555078 "2010-09-29T23:43:53Z")
Since this was inspired by a hijack of another thread, I suppose I should link to it, even though the original topic is unrelated. What I don’t understand is why people seem to get so offended at the idea that someone m… --- ## [I do not make allowances for drunkenness. Is this unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-make-allowances-for-drunkenness-is-this-unusual/554682)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-make-allowances-for-drunkenness-is-this-unusual/554682 "2010-09-29T22:32:16Z")
In one of the Skald hypothetical threads, there is a character who becomes a racist asshole when drunk out of her gourd. Lots of people in the thread downplay her remarks because she’s drunk. To me, being drunk is hard… --- ## [My feet stink: advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-feet-stink-advice/555244)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-feet-stink-advice/555244 "2010-09-29T21:33:08Z")
OK. We went to a model home on the weekend and we were asked to take off our shoes and then cart them around with us in plastic bag. When I removed said shoes from the plastic bag my daughter just about barfed. And to… --- ## [Discovering your man has a child from a previous relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovering-your-man-has-a-child-from-a-previous-relationship/555208)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovering-your-man-has-a-child-from-a-previous-relationship/555208 "2010-09-29T21:31:12Z")
Just glanced at the Wikipedia entry for Gwen Stefani, and it mentions that she and husband Gavin Rossdale, who she met in 1995 and married in 2002, went through a rough spot in their relationship when a paternity test re… --- ## [I want to start woodworking/carpentry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-woodworking-carpentry/555105)
**Author:** [@Mdm.President](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdm.President)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-start-woodworking-carpentry/555105 "2010-09-29T20:56:41Z")
Well, my husband does. He wants to start with simple things like benches, tables, shelves. Any advice on what tools he should start with; table saw, circular saw, etc.? We plan on looking over craigslist. He has a bu… --- ## [What's the largest age difference you've ever had with a friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-age-difference-youve-ever-had-with-a-friend/555476)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-age-difference-youve-ever-had-with-a-friend/555476 "2010-09-29T20:08:26Z")
For this purpose, friend does not include parent, child, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandfather, grandmother, or other relative. Nor does it include people you’ve had sex with. Why? Because if I felt like talking abo… --- ## [What kind of community is SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-community-is-sdmb/555447)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-community-is-sdmb/555447 "2010-09-29T19:20:35Z")
I’ll start by saying that I know the question is pointless in any empirically verifiable sense. For every example that the board is like X someone will find an example that conclusively proves that it is like Y. Even s… --- ## [Mortgage/Debt after breakup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-debt-after-breakup/554112)
**Author:** [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-debt-after-breakup/554112 "2010-09-29T19:08:03Z")
As mentioned in a few recent threads, my gf of almost 10 years recently left me - well, broke up with me, but is still living in our house. We bought the house together 3 years ago and are upside down in the mortgage. … --- ## [You Are A Drug Dealer (Illegal): Do You Advertise It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-drug-dealer-illegal-do-you-advertise-it/555359)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-drug-dealer-illegal-do-you-advertise-it/555359 "2010-09-29T18:37:54Z")
I ask because I drove by a run-down house on the poor side of town-parked outside was a gleaming new BMW 645S-eyepopping! My question: if you are making a lot of cash, is it wise to advertise the fact? having an expensi… --- ## [Finding a lawyer - Don't need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-lawyer-dont-need-answer-fast/555469)
**Author:** [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-lawyer-dont-need-answer-fast/555469 "2010-09-29T17:51:33Z")
I was watching some cop show over the weekend and a guy being interrogated by the cops said, “I want to speak to my lawyer.” …my lawyer. Not a lawyer. Not a public defender. Not some guy off the street with a vague not… --- ## [We find life on Mars - do you care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-find-life-on-mars-do-you-care/555005)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-find-life-on-mars-do-you-care/555005 "2010-09-29T17:11:14Z")
I started a thread a while back on how the world would react to conclusive proof of extraterritorial intelligence - an obviously world-view changing event for pretty much everyone. However, apropos of a program I watched… --- ## [Nearby auto is blasting music. Your reaction is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearby-auto-is-blasting-music-your-reaction-is/555272)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearby-auto-is-blasting-music-your-reaction-is/555272 "2010-09-29T16:34:53Z")
You’ve come to a stop light. Your windows may be up or down, your own music may be playing or not. An automobile in your vicinity (not necessarily right next to you) is blasting music out of their windows. It may includ… --- ## [Anyone going to the 10-2-10 rally in DC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-going-to-the-10-2-10-rally-in-dc/555180 "2010-09-29T15:43:01Z")
I am trying to get a ride, some guys in Indianapolis said they are looking into renting a bus. Hopefully I can go with them, because I really want to be there for this event. --- ## ["Sign up for ads sent to your email" - does anybody like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-up-for-ads-sent-to-your-email-does-anybody-like-this/538872)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-up-for-ads-sent-to-your-email-does-anybody-like-this/538872 "2010-09-29T15:42:45Z")
Went to book store, got signed up for their book club thingy for discounts. Hey, I like saving money. Be a member, get discounts. Cool. So they put me on an email list, and suddenly I’m getting emails all the time te… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1873) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1875)