# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=401 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 402 --- ## [Can a witness pleading the Fifth Amendment be used as evidence against somebody else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-witness-pleading-the-fifth-amendment-be-used-as-evidence-against-somebody-else/834227)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-witness-pleading-the-fifth-amendment-be-used-as-evidence-against-somebody-else/834227 "2019-05-20T16:23:27Z")
Hypothetical situation: A jewellery store is robbed in a smash and grab by a man in a black shirt wearing a balaclava. Police investigating the crime look at CCTV from surrounding streets and one of the officers recogn… --- ## [LAndscaping dopers - what to do with all this clay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landscaping-dopers-what-to-do-with-all-this-clay/834216)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landscaping-dopers-what-to-do-with-all-this-clay/834216 "2019-05-20T16:22:51Z")
I bought a former rental house, and the backyard was neglected for years. There’s a ‘lawn’, and a bunch of trees that are a mess. Before I try and redo everything, I’m stuck with the problem of the native soil. From t… --- ## [Can I grow poppies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-grow-poppies/831932)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-grow-poppies/831932 "2019-05-20T14:32:33Z")
It’s poppy season down in my native land, and I’m seeing lots of photos. I thought I might try to grow some here in Rainland. I have some seeds that I got a couple of years ago. I’ve got seeds for California poppies (… --- ## [What's the strangest misuse you've seen or heard of for a vape pen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-misuse-youve-seen-or-heard-of-for-a-vape-pen/834173 "2019-05-20T05:53:35Z")
Someone on another website said they were out hunting, and put deer pheromones in his vape pen, because he thought it would make more deer come out of hiding. He immediately regretted that decision. Since I do not hunt… --- ## [License plate covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-covers/834133)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-covers/834133 "2019-05-19T21:21:02Z")
I am noticing an increase in the number and the tint of license plate covers on vehicles. These serve no purpose but to mask the plate to avoid tickets and fool police. Why are these devices allowed to be sold? --- ## [Building a computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-computer/834167)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-computer/834167 "2019-05-19T21:00:59Z")
So … when aruBro passed, he left me some 2500 or so CDs and I already have a bunch of my own ripped music files, some video files and a whopping number of ebooks, so I want to build the household a file server so that we… --- ## [Drywall repair: Arrrrghhhh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drywall-repair-arrrrghhhh/833194)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drywall-repair-arrrrghhhh/833194 "2019-05-19T20:36:25Z")
I needed a new bathroom electrical outlet. Everything came out perfectly except for one thing: the drywall surface. I tapped into an existing wall outlet, which required me to pull the outlet box in order to fish the wi… --- ## [Reducing plastic use: yoghurt containers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reducing-plastic-use-yoghurt-containers/833257)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reducing-plastic-use-yoghurt-containers/833257 "2019-05-19T19:02:40Z")
Perhaps my largest contribution to plastic waste is yoghurt containers. I eat lots of yoghurt and yes, I do recycle the containers, but that’s less than optimal\[sup\]1\[/sup\]; I’d like to reduce my use of them. My other ma… --- ## [How do tariffs work monetarily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tariffs-work-monetarily/833814)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-tariffs-work-monetarily/833814 "2019-05-19T18:28:04Z")
(Posting this in IMHO because I suspect answers will involve some speculation.) I will readily admit that I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to tariffs, so please educamate me. I know that tariffs are partly political a… --- ## [Okay, You Can't Stop Your Kid from Crying, But...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-cant-stop-your-kid-from-crying-but/834030)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-cant-stop-your-kid-from-crying-but/834030 "2019-05-19T17:45:02Z")
Okay, parents of small children in public places, listen up. I’m willing to cut you some slack regarding your precious offspring having a good loud crying spell in a restaurant or theater or whatever. Little kids will … --- ## [Those around before "single mothers" were commonplace: Did you ever know an "unwed mother"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-around-before-single-mothers-were-commonplace-did-you-ever-know-an-unwed-mother/833918)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-around-before-single-mothers-were-commonplace-did-you-ever-know-an-unwed-mother/833918 "2019-05-18T22:01:02Z")
I mean back in the olden days, when having a baby without being married was considered a disgrace? There was a 15 year old girl in my neighborhood who went away to care for a “sick relative.” She came back six months la… --- ## [What if Alan Brooke had been supreme allied commander instead of Eisenhower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-alan-brooke-had-been-supreme-allied-commander-instead-of-eisenhower/813766)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-alan-brooke-had-been-supreme-allied-commander-instead-of-eisenhower/813766 "2019-05-18T16:51:29Z")
Just curious what people think if Churchill didn’t change his mind and decided to keep Alan Brooke to be in overall command of the Normandy invasion and. Would it have gone better or worse? I think it went off pretty wel… --- ## [That’s so cyberpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-so-cyberpunk/834150)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-s-so-cyberpunk/834150 "2019-05-18T14:28:21Z")
It’s a well known fact that we are currently living in the dystopian future. Occasionally (constantly), the news reminds me of this. The short-lived Alliance of American Football and their plan to have a summer footbal… --- ## [Listing "split" job dates on resume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listing-split-job-dates-on-resume/834018)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listing-split-job-dates-on-resume/834018 "2019-05-18T14:27:46Z")
I have a job listing where I was hired on as a temp, for about 6 months. The following year, the company re-hired me as a permanent employee. (“Hey, you already know the systems. Saves us training!”) Currently, my resum… --- ## [Suing my elderly and incapacitated mother (legal question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suing-my-elderly-and-incapacitated-mother-legal-question/834129)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suing-my-elderly-and-incapacitated-mother-legal-question/834129 "2019-05-18T10:02:01Z")
In a good way, of course. She would probably agree to it in order to rectify a costly mistake. At this point, this is largely hypothetical , although it relates to my current situation. And I will note that I have an ap… --- ## [Names for a pet, with "white color" connotations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088 "2019-05-18T08:44:34Z")
I need names for an animal, where the defining factor is a pure white coat. This is a female, although androgynous names are welcome. Any language is welcome. Back story: I’m breeding a less well-known species of rodent… --- ## [What was the worst joke you ever heard in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-joke-you-ever-heard-in-your-life/833258)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-worst-joke-you-ever-heard-in-your-life/833258 "2019-05-18T04:20:22Z")
This is for the jokes that are so bad, that years, maybe even decades afterwards you remember them specifically for being just so bad/unfunny. The actual good jokes surrounding it have been forgotten but the unfunny one … --- ## [Tell me about your experiences using cbd oil in a tincture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-using-cbd-oil-in-a-tincture/834135)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-using-cbd-oil-in-a-tincture/834135 "2019-05-17T23:43:17Z")
Apparently I did something bad in a previous life, because in this one, I get to live on the merry-go-round of intractable pain and depression. I know the depression started well before the pain but now they are taking t… --- ## [Do forehead thermometers spread infections at doctors offices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-forehead-thermometers-spread-infections-at-doctors-offices/834023)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-forehead-thermometers-spread-infections-at-doctors-offices/834023 "2019-05-17T21:58:12Z")
Most of the doctor’s offices I have been to the past couple years now use forehead thermometers, where they rub it against your forehead and temple. I wonder if these can spread infection such as virus, strep, staph, and… --- ## [How to change SSI Disability policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-ssi-disability-policy/834075)
**Author:** [@Mdm.President](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdm.President)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-ssi-disability-policy/834075 "2019-05-17T21:11:43Z")
My son has Treacher Collins Syndrome and receives secondary medical insurance though his disability determination. I am in the process of defending his claim. When I showed up to the video conference ‘hearing’ with the … --- ## [Zōri vs. flip-flops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zori-vs-flip-flops/833949)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zori-vs-flip-flops/833949 "2019-05-17T20:31:42Z")
When I was little, we called flip-flops ‘zories’; probably because we’d lived in Japan and wore zōri. I still call them that, probably because of my childhood, and because I wear actual zōri (these ones, in Summer.) Do… --- ## [How do I get lint off a silk duvet cover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-lint-off-a-silk-duvet-cover/834121 "2019-05-17T18:57:38Z")
I’ve just taken my silk duvet cover out of the wash and it is covered in lint. How do I get the lint off? It’s currently hanging up to dry. (I am, of course, cleaning the washing machine.) --- ## [What should I do/see in South Lake Tahoe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-see-in-south-lake-tahoe/833945)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-see-in-south-lake-tahoe/833945 "2019-05-16T14:45:00Z")
I think I’m going to go to South Lake Tahoe for a day or so. What should I do? Where should I stay? Safe and CLEAN are very important. Thanks for your advice! --- ## [Boycott: Launch it right now, or later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-launch-it-right-now-or-later/834028)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-launch-it-right-now-or-later/834028 "2019-05-16T13:43:51Z")
Are boycotts ever planned to begin at some point in the future rather than 'effective immediately"? I was musing on this today after reading about calls for a boycott of Alabama (tourism, manufactured goods, etc.) in r… --- ## [Shopping with the SO, for the SO: go with into the store or wait in the car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-with-the-so-for-the-so-go-with-into-the-store-or-wait-in-the-car/833741)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-with-the-so-for-the-so-go-with-into-the-store-or-wait-in-the-car/833741 "2019-05-16T12:59:33Z")
You’re out shopping with your significant other. One of the stops is specifically for your SO; this store has nothing that interests you whatsoever. There’s nothing else nearby. Your SO just has to get a couple of things… --- ## [Techniques/solutions for muscle cramps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techniques-solutions-for-muscle-cramps/833765)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techniques-solutions-for-muscle-cramps/833765 "2019-05-16T03:05:21Z")
For some reason over the last 2 or 3 years the number of muscle cramps I’ve been getting has been increasing. And not just the number, but the severity of the cramps and sometimes the location of the cramps is a pain in … --- ## [What’s your favorite social media platform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-social-media-platform/833892)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-social-media-platform/833892 "2019-05-16T08:58:28Z")
Poll coming. I am not including an option for those who don’t use social media, however. For me, I use Twitter for politics, Facebook for general life updates, Instagram for trivial aspects of my day to day life and rar… --- ## [Claiming to know better than the other side what the other side ought to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claiming-to-know-better-than-the-other-side-what-the-other-side-ought-to-do/834005)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claiming-to-know-better-than-the-other-side-what-the-other-side-ought-to-do/834005 "2019-05-15T21:59:34Z")
There are a lot of instances when conservatives and liberals will try to “\_\_\_\_-splain” each other (can’t think of a good term for it) and say that if the other side truly supported their \_\_\_\_ cause, that they’d do this o… --- ## [Pet peeve : annoying patterns in journalism writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-annoying-patterns-in-journalism-writing/833972)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-annoying-patterns-in-journalism-writing/833972 "2019-05-15T19:15:37Z")
Here’s a quote from today’s Globe and Mail : I often see these patterns in The Economist, too. A. Why don’t they write “from 10 per cent to 25 per cent”, like a normal person would? B. Why the hyphen between 200 and … --- ## [Why should North Korea be expected to denuclearize if the US won't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-north-korea-be-expected-to-denuclearize-if-the-us-wont/833752)
**Author:** [@Smudge777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smudge777)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-north-korea-be-expected-to-denuclearize-if-the-us-wont/833752 "2019-05-15T17:41:56Z")
In my politically uneducated mind, I cannot figure out why USA expects \[Iran, North Korea, whoever else\] to denuclearize (or to stop their nuclear development programs). Why wouldn’t the North Korean response simply be … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=402)