# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1896 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1897 --- ## [I am extremely angry with ancient mathematicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-extremely-angry-with-ancient-mathematicians/551046)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-extremely-angry-with-ancient-mathematicians/551046 "2010-08-23T13:47:04Z")
…for coming up with three completely unrelated symbolic notations for the relationship between a base, an exponent, and a product, depending on which part is missing: Missing product: b\[sup\]x\[/sup\] = p Missing base: x√… --- ## [How well can you Wink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-wink/550880)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-wink/550880 "2010-08-23T13:01:14Z")
I can wink with both eyes, although I wink better with my left eye than my right eye. Winking my right involves curling the right part of mouth up and my right cheek. I don’t need to do this when winking with my right … --- ## [What odd things do you enjoy smelling or tasting or doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-odd-things-do-you-enjoy-smelling-or-tasting-or-doing/550441)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-odd-things-do-you-enjoy-smelling-or-tasting-or-doing/550441 "2010-08-23T12:22:21Z")
What kinds of things do you love to smell, taste or do that you know most others would probably find gross or odd? I think of this as akin to popping a really big, deep zit. You know it’s supposed to be gross and that i… --- ## [Why do professionals work such long hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-professionals-work-such-long-hours/551075)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-professionals-work-such-long-hours/551075 "2010-08-23T11:35:26Z")
Lawyers are known for working 50, 60 and 70 hour weeks\*. So are investment bankers and consultants. Why is this the case? Sure, some of them are workaholics or want a very expensive lifestyle but that can’t be the case f… --- ## [What is the longest flight you've taken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-flight-youve-taken/550826)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-flight-youve-taken/550826 "2010-08-23T10:47:08Z")
This is both a GQ and a IMHO, so I’m putting it here. GQ: What is the longest currently offered non-stop flight that is regularly available? Remember, I’m looking for currently offered and regularly offered(even if it … --- ## [In Which State was George W. Bush Born](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800 "2010-08-23T07:01:52Z")
If you have to look it up, please don’t bother. Names won’t be published. Just give it your best honest stab at, and please, do not tell us in this thread. Lets just find out how knowledgeable we are as a group. --- ## [Australia votes 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-votes-2010/550962)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-votes-2010/550962 "2010-08-23T06:03:22Z")
It’s on. Polls in East closed 45 minutes ago. First returns due in next 15 minutes. 14 million voters, 150 electorates, area the size of the lower 48, three time zones, all marked on paper with pencils and manually co… --- ## [Should I bring my laserdisc player to the dorms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bring-my-laserdisc-player-to-the-dorms/550818)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bring-my-laserdisc-player-to-the-dorms/550818 "2010-08-23T03:14:30Z")
packing up for college and I leave on Saturday --- ## [Does appearance affect sexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-appearance-affect-sexuality/550922)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-appearance-affect-sexuality/550922 "2010-08-23T03:12:01Z")
I’ve heard guys say “she’d fuck my eyes out”, or something similar after just looking at a woman. Just hopeful thinking, I’m sure. :wink: So, I’m a 65 year old man and have had several lovers over the years. They have b… --- ## [Could you lose five pounds in one week for a million $?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-lose-five-pounds-in-one-week-for-a-million/550853)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-lose-five-pounds-in-one-week-for-a-million/550853 "2010-08-23T02:18:52Z")
And how would you do it? An old Archie comic book made me think about this…yep, I’m weird like that. --- ## [Housecats: too stupid to learn tricks, or simply too aloof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecats-too-stupid-to-learn-tricks-or-simply-too-aloof/550561)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housecats-too-stupid-to-learn-tricks-or-simply-too-aloof/550561 "2010-08-23T02:16:36Z")
This doesn’t need a long stupid setup, does it? Oh, all right. I’ll spoiler-space it, though, so no one needs to bother with it, and frankly I urge everyone to ignore it anyway. --- ## [What do you do with your dead animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-animals/550927)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-dead-animals/550927 "2010-08-23T01:30:18Z")
I can only remember clearly two of my pets that died and what happened to them. When I was about 5 my large extended family got a dog. He came to be my dog since I was the youngest and the rest of the large family moved … --- ## [Do you read while walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-while-walking/550791)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-while-walking/550791 "2010-08-23T01:12:54Z")
I’ve seen this a lot in the past couple of weeks. I’ll see people walking down a sidewalk or through a parking lot or whatever, reading a novel. That just seems odd to me. For one thing, the book would jiggle, making it … --- ## [Would you knowingly let a straight female stranger unknowingly marry a gay man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-knowingly-let-a-straight-female-stranger-unknowingly-marry-a-gay-man/550492)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-knowingly-let-a-straight-female-stranger-unknowingly-marry-a-gay-man/550492 "2010-08-23T01:03:37Z")
It’s not a situation in my life but it’s a real life situation I know about. (I’ve changed names and a couple of details to avoid identification but all the important stuff is intact.) A woman (I’ll call her Brenda bec… --- ## [Pulling someone up cliff or building edge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-someone-up-cliff-or-building-edge/551066)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-someone-up-cliff-or-building-edge/551066 "2010-08-22T21:31:55Z")
So, one movie cliche is someone is falling off the edge of a cliff, or off the top of a building and being saved. The hero holds out his arm and the falling person grabs it, usually at the wrist. They make straining soun… --- ## [New job - where to live? Too many choices!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-job-where-to-live-too-many-choices/551059)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-job-where-to-live-too-many-choices/551059 "2010-08-22T21:29:01Z")
Wondering what thoughts - if any - you might have about my impending situation. I’ve accepted a new job about 70 miles away from where I currently live (NW IN as opposed to W burb of Chicago.) We don’t need to make a d… --- ## [Early Primary School Indivduals with Status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-primary-school-indivduals-with-status/551097)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-primary-school-indivduals-with-status/551097 "2010-08-22T21:13:39Z")
The recent revelation by CNN of the attitude of primary school children towards skin colour got me thinking about my early childhood. There was this classmate by the name of Tom Henry who moved out of town in grade 3 be… --- ## [A Poll: Recreational Driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-recreational-driving/550864)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-recreational-driving/550864 "2010-08-22T18:30:49Z")
Do you ever go out driving with no destination in mind, just for the fun of driving? If you do, how old are you? I’ve noticed several commercials suggesting people do this. I did it when I first got a driver’s license… --- ## [For those who live alone (or have lived alone before). Preferred state of (un)dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-live-alone-or-have-lived-alone-before-preferred-state-of-un-dress/549919)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-live-alone-or-have-lived-alone-before-preferred-state-of-un-dress/549919 "2010-08-22T17:04:02Z")
So you’re home, you live alone, you’re not expecting visitors nor are you going out any time soon. What are you wearing? For some reason I’m much more comfortable in boxers than nude, but I couldn’t possibly understand … --- ## [Camping w/no bear boxes (WTF??)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camping-w-no-bear-boxes-wtf/547566 "2010-08-22T15:55:37Z")
So my wife was selecting a campsite, and she decided to explore some areas we haven’t visited before. She found something near Lake Tahoe that looked promising, but after booking it, she discovered that despite being in… --- ## [Things you're suprised under-30s don't recognize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-suprised-under-30s-dont-recognize/548101)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-suprised-under-30s-dont-recognize/548101 "2010-08-22T12:35:08Z")
At the lab I work at, we were having a discussion about TV. I mentioned having to fiddle with the round thing around the TV dial to get the best reception. Almost all my coworkers are under 30, and they had no idea wh… --- ## [Mineral Makeup - Opinions - do I HAVE to get the expensive stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mineral-makeup-opinions-do-i-have-to-get-the-expensive-stuff/550957)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mineral-makeup-opinions-do-i-have-to-get-the-expensive-stuff/550957 "2010-08-22T11:50:06Z")
I have weird skin. Since I have gotten older, it’s like my skin has lost any idea of what it’s supposed to be. It used to be oily, then combination, now it’s still prone to breaking out, but also to surface dryness and s… --- ## [Do your Account Balance updates from your bank arrive regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-account-balance-updates-from-your-bank-arrive-regularly/550896)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-account-balance-updates-from-your-bank-arrive-regularly/550896 "2010-08-22T11:12:12Z")
We all have ways we electronically monitor our bank accounts- for me, I get daily account balance emails, but I know other folks who get texts or other forms of electronic updates. One odd thing I’ve noticed with my Ban… --- ## [Australians: How are you voting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australians-how-are-you-voting/550817)
**Author:** [@4eva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4eva)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australians-how-are-you-voting/550817 "2010-08-22T10:53:35Z")
In the lead up to the Australian federal election, I’ve spoken to many, many people who do not know how the voting system works. For the moment, I’m only concerned with the House of Representatives, (although Senate voti… --- ## [Tips for running in the rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-running-in-the-rain/550986)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-running-in-the-rain/550986 "2010-08-22T04:48:58Z")
After 6 months of training, it occurred to me that last week was the first time I’ve ever actually run in the rain, and only because I got caught in a thunderstorm. I feel like I’ve spent all summer training for how to … --- ## [Where would you go to quit the rat race?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-go-to-quit-the-rat-race/550812)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-go-to-quit-the-rat-race/550812 "2010-08-22T04:18:44Z")
Say you decided to chuck it all and do your own thing. What would you do? Open a bed and breakfast, sail around the world, travel in some other manner, buy a farm, or what? --- ## [How many different addresses have you had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Skinley_Von_Clipper)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326 "2010-08-22T02:04:11Z")
Not sure which forum I should post this in. My Son just asked me how many different places I’ve lived at, I said at least 20, (I’m 37 years old), he was amazed that I’ve moved house so many times and so frequently. I kn… --- ## [Ontario, Canada - thoughts on Mike Harris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-canada-thoughts-on-mike-harris/551018)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontario-canada-thoughts-on-mike-harris/551018 "2010-08-22T01:30:58Z")
Did you live in Ontario during the Mike Harris government? If so, I’d be interested in what you think of him now in context, and especially, if his government affected your life personally (positive or negative). I’m s… --- ## [What Are Your Religious Beliefs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-religious-beliefs/550484)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-religious-beliefs/550484 "2010-08-22T01:05:10Z")
I hope this is the definitive poll on a rather common question. --- ## [Lockerbie: do you think Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was convicted beyond reasonable doubt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lockerbie-do-you-think-abdelbaset-ali-mohmed-al-megrahi-was-convicted-beyond-reasonable-doubt/550849)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lockerbie-do-you-think-abdelbaset-ali-mohmed-al-megrahi-was-convicted-beyond-reasonable-doubt/550849 "2010-08-22T00:30:54Z")
In answering this poll, please concentrate on the single question in the title: abandon thoughts about his recent release, or any insinuations regarding the reasons or mechanism thereof. The judges in the non-jury trial… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1895) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1897)