# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1885 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1886 --- ## [Where Do Your Kids Go to School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-your-kids-go-to-school/553061)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-your-kids-go-to-school/553061 "2010-09-10T22:29:31Z")
A companion thread to my Where Did You Get Your High School Diploma thread from about a year ago at this time. In this thread, “public school” and “private school” are to be understood as they are in the U.S. If the par… --- ## [Parents: does it matter which kid started the fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-does-it-matter-which-kid-started-the-fight/553228)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-does-it-matter-which-kid-started-the-fight/553228 "2010-09-10T20:49:01Z")
I have a brother, and as all kids do we fought now and then. As long as there was no blood or other obvious injury, we both got in trouble when we fought. Oh, we’d try to explain that the other started the fight, but it… --- ## [Pinstriped pants with solid jacket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinstriped-pants-with-solid-jacket/553265)
**Author:** [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinstriped-pants-with-solid-jacket/553265 "2010-09-10T19:27:51Z")
Hello fashionistas! I found a fantastic pair of pinstried Perry Ellis pants on super-clearance the other day and had to pick the up! The problem is, all the rest of my suits are solid colors. Can I wear pinstriped pan… --- ## [Do you know your local police's phone number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-local-polices-phone-number/553167)
**Author:** [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-local-polices-phone-number/553167 "2010-09-10T18:30:52Z")
So I’m reading the thread about the citizen who pulled a gun on a group of suspicious teenagers near a cemetery. Somebody said that instead of calling 911, as that is for emergencies, he should have called the regular po… --- ## [Things to do in Oahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-oahu/552097)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-oahu/552097 "2010-09-10T18:24:55Z")
So my SO and I are flying out to Oahu on Friday and we’ll be there for a week. We’re already planning on hiking the Diamond Head crater, visiting Pearl Harbor, Manoa Falls, kayaking, snorkling and of course good old fas… --- ## ["If you ignore the Evilness, it's hilarious."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ignore-the-evilness-its-hilarious/552952)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ignore-the-evilness-its-hilarious/552952 "2010-09-10T18:11:10Z")
In this CS thread “Donating Racist Books” I said of The Turner Diaries- “Like a Manson interview, if you ignore the Evilness, it’s hilarious.” So what things would you find horrifying, evil or just offensive, but becau… --- ## [Time Travel Theoretical (Inspired by Onion AV Club Q&A)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-theoretical-inspired-by-onion-av-club-q-a/553309)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-theoretical-inspired-by-onion-av-club-q-a/553309 "2010-09-10T17:25:46Z")
I know this has been done to death on here in one form or another, but I really enjoyed spin on the question in this discussion with Patton Oswalt, Roger Ebert, and the Onion AV Club staff. The question discussed was: W… --- ## [How do you overcome groupthink, confirmation bias etc. in debates? What about cultural differences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-overcome-groupthink-confirmation-bias-etc-in-debates-what-about-cultural-differences/550175)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-overcome-groupthink-confirmation-bias-etc-in-debates-what-about-cultural-differences/550175 "2010-09-10T16:49:02Z")
I read this article the day it came out and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. I’m the kind of person who very much likes to engage people with whom I disagree, mostly because I enjoy challenging myself. I have seen… --- ## [How many email address do you have - and use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-email-address-do-you-have-and-use/552935)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-email-address-do-you-have-and-use/552935 "2010-09-10T15:56:38Z")
Simple poll, after the thread is up. How many email address do you have, and use, on a regular basis? We’ll define regular as checked at least once a week, with some expectation/possibility of mail. And why do you have… --- ## [Recommendations needed: French-American English dictionary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-needed-french-american-english-dictionary/553220)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-needed-french-american-english-dictionary/553220 "2010-09-10T15:28:29Z")
Title mostly says it. Looking for my daughter’s high school French courses. She’s obligated to take four years. Personally I studied and know German, only flirted with French. I really like the German online site www… --- ## [How do kids deal with moving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kids-deal-with-moving/552346)
**Author:** [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kids-deal-with-moving/552346 "2010-09-10T14:40:05Z")
I spent all of my youth in the same town in the same house. Now I’m considering moving for a better job. My kids (ages 4 and 10) and I have moved to different houses before, but always in the same town. All of their f… --- ## [Tell Me About Your Ovarian Cyst(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ovarian-cyst-s/552973)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ovarian-cyst-s/552973 "2010-09-10T14:39:44Z")
Dopers with ladyparts! Tell me about your experiences with ovarian cyst(s). Apparently there’s only like a 5% chance they’ll be cancerous in general, but I’d like some personal-anecdote reassurance right about now. (If y… --- ## [Have you ever had sex with or in front of a larger group of people at a party or club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-sex-with-or-in-front-of-a-larger-group-of-people-at-a-party-or-club/552426)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-sex-with-or-in-front-of-a-larger-group-of-people-at-a-party-or-club/552426 "2010-09-10T13:56:27Z")
Poll coming. The poll answers are bifarcated by age. So if the answer is yes, use the age group, you were the last time you participated. If the answer is no, put your current age group. --- ## [Rent Car or Ride Train in Italy/Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-car-or-ride-train-in-italy-germany/553253)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-car-or-ride-train-in-italy-germany/553253 "2010-09-10T13:07:00Z")
My wife and I are going to see Europe before Kids come. We have never been there. We are flying into and out of Rome, but would like to see Northern Italy, Southern Germany, and some of Austria. Several people have to… --- ## [GetGlue/Foursquare type site but fitness themed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getglue-foursquare-type-site-but-fitness-themed/553247)
**Author:** [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getglue-foursquare-type-site-but-fitness-themed/553247 "2010-09-10T12:05:21Z")
I recently created accounts on GetGlue and Foursquare and I’ve been having a lot of fun with them. If you’re not familiar, they’re social networks where you earn achievements for checking into places (Foursquare) or medi… --- ## [Striped shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striped-shirts/553258)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striped-shirts/553258 "2010-09-10T11:49:47Z")
I see lots of guys wearing striped t’s this summer. Why are all of these stripes sideways? What is wrong with vertical stripes? They do make you look thinner, you’d think that would be a plus. --- ## [Am I sinking, swimming, or above it all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-sinking-swimming-or-above-it-all/552990)
**Author:** [@startingover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/startingover)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-sinking-swimming-or-above-it-all/552990 "2010-09-10T09:20:13Z")
33 years old, recently divorced and here’s my deal… Residing in Northeast Ohio, I plan to move South to the Carolinas in the next few years. I own a home that’s current value is $230,000. I have a note on it for $167,… --- ## [Should Barbaric Practices Be Stopped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-barbaric-practices-be-stopped/552837)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-barbaric-practices-be-stopped/552837 "2010-09-10T04:17:56Z")
To give an example there are certain tribes in Papua New Guinea which still practice ritual cannibalism. Should we try to stop such practices? --- ## [good plastic surgeons in Tamaulipas, Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plastic-surgeons-in-tamaulipas-mexico/551724)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plastic-surgeons-in-tamaulipas-mexico/551724 "2010-09-10T04:03:37Z")
Do you know of a good plastic surgeon in Tamaulipas, Mexico? Preferably near Brownsville, Texas? Got any Mexico healthcare tales? --- ## [Doper men - how do you react to this statement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-men-how-do-you-react-to-this-statement/552550)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-men-how-do-you-react-to-this-statement/552550 "2010-09-10T01:28:45Z")
I was watching X-Weighted (Canadian weight loss show - you can get it on some channels in the US - not too important to have seen it, I don’t think). Featured was a couple - him 6’, 350 lbs, her 5’ 250 lbs. Both were ve… --- ## [Do you think animals are more intelligent as a result of living around us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-animals-are-more-intelligent-as-a-result-of-living-around-us/553189)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-animals-are-more-intelligent-as-a-result-of-living-around-us/553189 "2010-09-10T01:24:31Z")
In other words, is my cat smarter simply by hanging around me and observing me using tools? Is the neighbor’s dog smarter for having learned the word “Frisbee,” which would not have happened in nature? Obviously there ar… --- ## [Its now time for girls to cover the dating expenses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-now-time-for-girls-to-cover-the-dating-expenses/552448)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-now-time-for-girls-to-cover-the-dating-expenses/552448 "2010-09-10T00:10:29Z")
I’m not talking sharing either. Or, we need soom affirmative action for the boys. From Time/CNN We are talking single women without kids. You know the ones that get free drinks and dinners and jewellry and doors held… --- ## [What should I try to learn during my time off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-try-to-learn-during-my-time-off/552656)
**Author:** [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-try-to-learn-during-my-time-off/552656 "2010-09-10T00:08:45Z")
I have until September 20th before school starts back up again. I’m a college student pursuing a major in Chemical Engineering. Instead of wasting my time at home I’d like to learn something valuable, the only issue bein… --- ## [what cleaning stuff smells good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cleaning-stuff-smells-good/553143)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cleaning-stuff-smells-good/553143 "2010-09-09T23:46:44Z")
Do you know of any cleaning supplies of any kind or laundry soaps etc. that you think just smell especially fantastic? I am not finding anything all that great. Also does anybody know of anything that smells like the ol… --- ## [OK, chicks, recommend me some eye cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-chicks-recommend-me-some-eye-cream/552405)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-chicks-recommend-me-some-eye-cream/552405 "2010-09-09T22:59:45Z")
I’m getting old. Either that, or the lights in the bathroom are too bright. Either way, I’m noticing bags under my eyes WAY more than I used to. I’m not much of a girlie girl, I don’t wear makeup, I don’t use cleanser (o… --- ## [For Friggs sake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-friggs-sake/553157)
**Author:** [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-friggs-sake/553157 "2010-09-09T22:41:31Z")
Its very common in my paternal family to say “For Friggs sake”, despite hundreds of years of Christian faith. We even fled Europe in the late 1700s due to religious and ethnic beliefs. Then we fled south Russia for the … --- ## [Do you read poster's screen names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-posters-screen-names/552799)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-posters-screen-names/552799 "2010-09-09T21:22:06Z")
I tend to be particularly surprised every once in a while when people on this board make comments that lead me to believe that they actually read poster’s screen names. For example you will see the common “Hey, great sc… --- ## [Driving a Prius is weird.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-a-prius-is-weird/553151)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-a-prius-is-weird/553151 "2010-09-09T21:01:56Z")
My mom bought a new Prius this summer in New Hampshire, where she has a summer home and lives for about a third of the year. She bought the car there because there is no sales tax. I’ll be driving it to her primary resid… --- ## [Hypothetical on Pitbull Presence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-on-pitbull-presence/552354)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-on-pitbull-presence/552354 "2010-09-09T20:41:46Z")
Hypothetical situation: You are invited to a friend’s house for BBQ. You know that four or five other people that you aren’t acquainted with will be there. You arrive and everyone is sitting in somewhat of a circle ne… --- ## [How to be Funny/How Humor Works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-funny-how-humor-works/553147)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-be-funny-how-humor-works/553147 "2010-09-09T19:32:34Z")
Funny people, tell us how you do it. Are there conscious techniques you use? Where does it come from? How did you realize you were funny? And how does humor work, anyways? Is it a skill that can be learned, or are y… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1884) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1886)