# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1914 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1915 --- ## [What are your favorite portmanteau words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-portmanteau-words/546123 "2010-07-23T21:45:38Z")
Portmanteau words seem to be in vogue right now. What are your favorities? One of mine is “bromance,” describing two guys who are only emotionally involved, without having sex. House and Wilson are having a bromance. --- ## [Best way to get to Fenway coming fron the Northwest of Boston?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-to-fenway-coming-fron-the-northwest-of-boston/547741)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-to-fenway-coming-fron-the-northwest-of-boston/547741 "2010-07-23T21:45:14Z")
I’m going to be in Brattleboro, VT for a couple weeks in August for work, and one evening I’d like to go down to Fenway and catch a Red Sox game, if possible. I’ll get done work at around 4:00 PM, and the games start jus… --- ## [Advise me about academic job interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advise-me-about-academic-job-interviews/547649)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advise-me-about-academic-job-interviews/547649 "2010-07-23T21:18:58Z")
Not being really happy with my current job, I decided to try again for an academic position. My old Uni is hiring a bunch of Computer Science lecturers and my profile roughly fits one of the positions they want to fill, … --- ## [We've never talked about tipping here, have we?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-never-talked-about-tipping-here-have-we/547759)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-never-talked-about-tipping-here-have-we/547759 "2010-07-23T20:39:06Z")
Yeah, yeah, I know, just kidding. Anyway, I’ve always read tipping threads here with some interest, because I have almost never experienced bad service in a restaurant. Oh sure, mistakes have been made, but I’ve always… --- ## [Without looking it up do you know what the term "pass remarkable" means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-do-you-know-what-the-term-pass-remarkable-means/547519)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-do-you-know-what-the-term-pass-remarkable-means/547519 "2010-07-23T19:16:05Z")
It seems the term is only used in Ireland and Scotland. I always thought it was more “standard” English. --- ## [Husband: "I did chore X, so stop nagging." Wife: " yes, but so badly I had to re-do it. Nag, nag".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-i-did-chore-x-so-stop-nagging-wife-yes-but-so-badly-i-had-to-re-do-it-nag-nag/547440)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-i-did-chore-x-so-stop-nagging-wife-yes-but-so-badly-i-had-to-re-do-it-nag-nag/547440 "2010-07-23T17:34:31Z")
The title sums it up. I noticed this dynamic in my own relationship. But also in many threads where (usually) males Dopers married to women were hurt and indignant about it. The men said they did their part of the chores… --- ## [Recommendations for some good forums dealing with death and loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-some-good-forums-dealing-with-death-and-loss/546959)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-some-good-forums-dealing-with-death-and-loss/546959 "2010-07-23T17:04:11Z")
Especially loss of a parent… --- ## [Proper urinal etiquette - Follow-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-urinal-etiquette-follow-up/547337)
**Author:** [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-urinal-etiquette-follow-up/547337 "2010-07-23T15:32:13Z")
The previous thread got me thinking about guys walking into the men’s room to discover all urinals occupied and have to use a toilet. --- ## [States adopting common core standards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-adopting-common-core-standards/547682)
**Author:** [@Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Hazel_Ice)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-adopting-common-core-standards/547682 "2010-07-23T14:15:44Z")
To all the US Dopers in education/concerned with education/up on current topics in education, what do you know about the Common Core Standards that many states are adopting? Massachusetts became the 27th state to adopt t… --- ## [In the workplace: Crabs in a bucket syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-workplace-crabs-in-a-bucket-syndrome/547444)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-workplace-crabs-in-a-bucket-syndrome/547444 "2010-07-23T09:58:02Z")
I’m sure you’ve heard the story that if a bucket full of live crabs notices one denizen climbing its way up to the top and appears poised to escape, several the other crabs will pull the would be escapee down and makes s… --- ## [Being kidnapped by someone really nice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-kidnapped-by-someone-really-nice/547577)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-kidnapped-by-someone-really-nice/547577 "2010-07-23T08:05:46Z")
Say you’re single with no children. You are abducted, but, for whatever reason, all that your captor wants is to fulfill your every whim. Keep you in a nice place, buy you everything your heart desires, schedule massag… --- ## [What would your personal afterlife be if you died tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-personal-afterlife-be-if-you-died-tonight/547377)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-personal-afterlife-be-if-you-died-tonight/547377 "2010-07-23T07:48:12Z")
Oops. You’re dead. Game over. Shuffled off this mortal coil. What’s next? Are you still conscious? Would you remember this life at all? Would you be knowingly or surreptitiously drawn to the beings you now love? … --- ## [O'Hare Airport: Two hour layover for international flight--Enough time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohare-airport-two-hour-layover-for-international-flight-enough-time/547466)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohare-airport-two-hour-layover-for-international-flight-enough-time/547466 "2010-07-23T05:33:38Z")
I might have an international flight in a couple of months. If I’ve done my homework correctly, I would be changing airlines in O’Hare, going from Terminal 2 to Terminal 5. Assuming things are more or less on time, is … --- ## [An etiquette question: how do you tell a complete stranger her butt is showing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-etiquette-question-how-do-you-tell-a-complete-stranger-her-butt-is-showing/541557)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-etiquette-question-how-do-you-tell-a-complete-stranger-her-butt-is-showing/541557 "2010-07-23T04:53:52Z")
I was at a restaurant with friends last night. A lady at the table across from us had the hem of her dress caught in her underwear; when she got up and knelt down to feed a baby in a high chair at the table (I’m assumin… --- ## [Advertising ploys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-ploys/547142)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertising-ploys/547142 "2010-07-23T02:21:22Z")
Inspired by this thread. I’m getting tired of marketing hype. Dyson, the subject of the linked thread, has their ‘buffet-free fan’. Then there are the HD Vision sunglasses. Oy, veh… Yeah, yellow lenses do make thin… --- ## [Why are girls so mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-girls-so-mean/547451)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-girls-so-mean/547451 "2010-07-22T22:39:48Z")
My daughter told me she didn’t want to go back to school. When I asked why, she explained that late last school year, the girls in her class started picking on her friend. She told them they shouldn’t pick on her friend… --- ## [From Georgia=Georgian. What are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-georgia-georgian-what-are-you/386820)
**Author:** [@Erie\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erie_Canary)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-georgia-georgian-what-are-you/386820 "2010-07-22T21:29:26Z")
I hail from Georgia, therefore I am a Georgian. Someone from California would be a Californian. So what do you call someone from Utah, or Massachusetts, or Maine? Utahian? Massachusettser? Is there a rule of thumb t… --- ## [Is type an acceptable verb for word processing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-type-an-acceptable-verb-for-word-processing/547495)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-type-an-acceptable-verb-for-word-processing/547495 "2010-07-22T21:15:03Z")
I grew up in the days of typewriters and carbon paper. I typed a letter. Teachers require essays typed and double spaced. I continue to say type even though the process involves a computer & word processor. What verb … --- ## [What works best for you when you get brain freeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-works-best-for-you-when-you-get-brain-freeze/547381)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-works-best-for-you-when-you-get-brain-freeze/547381 "2010-07-22T20:41:08Z")
I got a major case of brain freeze today from an iced coffee- only lasted a few seconds but that was long enough for me to leave my body and dance the can-can with Jesus, Marilu Henner and one of the kids from ZOOM. Dam… --- ## [Could you build a house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-build-a-house/547176)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-build-a-house/547176 "2010-07-22T20:06:41Z")
I found a few websites about this fellow, Jay Shafer, who lives in an 96 foot square house. I wouldn’t want a house quite that small, but a tiny little shack would be nice for a lot where I’m looking to put up a cottage. … --- ## [Moving to the Muddy Confluence!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-the-muddy-confluence/547636)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-the-muddy-confluence/547636 "2010-07-22T20:05:51Z")
Which is a translation of Kuala Lumpur. Now I have had stopovers there, on my way to Sabah or Sarawak. I had a short stay for a business meeting once. But am now going to work there for 6 months Mon-Fri and weekends of… --- ## [Mid-Size Car Selection Advice - Inline 4 vs V6 Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-size-car-selection-advice-inline-4-vs-v6-engine/547366)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-size-car-selection-advice-inline-4-vs-v6-engine/547366 "2010-07-22T19:43:53Z")
I don’t have a lot of car experience, so I’m looking for advice on car selection. I’m looking for a mid-size car to be used as my wife’s car/family car/road-trip car. Looking for used, probably 2006-2007. The Honda Ac… --- ## [WTF is with the iPods these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-with-the-ipods-these-days/547433)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-with-the-ipods-these-days/547433 "2010-07-22T19:27:20Z")
Not to sound like an old fogey at the ripe age of 25, but what the hell is with newer iPods? I’m referring to the skip “feature” that self-activates anytime my iPod touch is jostled. Say, during a jog. Go ahead. strap on… --- ## [Meet a girl who lives far, need help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-a-girl-who-lives-far-need-help/547545)
**Author:** [@crazybrooklyngoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazybrooklyngoose)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-a-girl-who-lives-far-need-help/547545 "2010-07-22T18:39:14Z")
So I met this girl when I was on a short business trip and we hit it off pretty good. between work and all i was busy but we were able to go out on two ‘dates’. turns out she is moving to my home town in 3 months. we tal… --- ## [job interview questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-questions/547618)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-questions/547618 "2010-07-22T17:49:09Z")
So, I’ve got an interview in a few hours with an outfit I’d really, really like to work for. The only fly in the proverbial ointment is that the salary is pretty low - there’s a range advertised, but even the upper end o… --- ## [Business idea: Sedation Travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-idea-sedation-travel/547294)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-idea-sedation-travel/547294 "2010-07-22T16:44:39Z")
Everyone hates going to the dentist, so some enterprising mofo came up with sedation dentristy–they knock your ass out, do their thing in your face, and then wake you up (in the vast, vast majority of cases). Well, most… --- ## [What's your best/worst/weirdest experience running into an ex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-worst-weirdest-experience-running-into-an-ex/545908)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-worst-weirdest-experience-running-into-an-ex/545908 "2010-07-22T14:58:02Z")
Inspired by this thread, since we’re still waiting on the outcome at the time of posting. Share the story of your most interesting unexpected encounter with an ex, be it good, bad, or ugly. Or all of the above! I’ll go… --- ## [Do you put kisses at the end of your texts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398)
**Author:** [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-put-kisses-at-the-end-of-your-texts/547398 "2010-07-22T14:48:25Z")
In your reply, state your nationality. (This is very widespread in Britain, and apparently Americans find it weird, which amuses me. Forgive the inanity.) --- ## [So where do you buy computers nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-buy-computers-nowadays/547347)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-buy-computers-nowadays/547347 "2010-07-22T14:41:12Z")
My current rig is over 4 years old, and it’s definitely lagging in the running-the-software-I-need-to-make-a-living mode, so it’s time to start looking for a new one. I buy high-end machines, in part because I need to r… --- ## [What act by your SO has most moved you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-act-by-your-so-has-most-moved-you/547356)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-act-by-your-so-has-most-moved-you/547356 "2010-07-22T13:40:58Z")
Last week, I got a phone call late Monday afternoon in my LA office. It was my boss in the Washington DC office. The short version was that there was a work emergency, and was there any chance I could get on a plane tomo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1913) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1915)