# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=631 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 632 --- ## [Your most unusual excrement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-unusual-excrement/783574)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-unusual-excrement/783574 "2017-04-09T22:12:44Z")
I remember when I was a kid I would sometimes produce green turds. I don’t know why. Hasn’t happened in a long time. Has anyone produced a more exotic colour of excrement, foecal or otherwise? --- ## [Foodies! Pairings! TV chefs! What gives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foodies-pairings-tv-chefs-what-gives/784057)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foodies-pairings-tv-chefs-what-gives/784057 "2017-04-09T19:44:44Z")
Where did this aspect of our (U.S. American) culture come from? It just seems so \>\>\>bizarre!\<\<\< I also find it kind of… grotesque! Is it just me? What’s it all mean? --- ## [Why does Assad use chemical weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-assad-use-chemical-weapons/783927)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-assad-use-chemical-weapons/783927 "2017-04-09T17:30:25Z")
What does Assad gain by using chemical weapons versus something more conventional? The downsides seem many in terms of international condemnation (he went from Trump ignoring him to threatening military action in one day… --- ## [Do many Americans still hate the Japanese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-americans-still-hate-the-japanese/673824)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-americans-still-hate-the-japanese/673824 "2017-04-09T10:53:08Z")
I’ve always been interested in the American view of their participation in WWII; reading about it always gives me the impression that contemporary Americans viewed the war against Nazi Germany as a bit of unpleasantness … --- ## [Are 'feminine men' the way they are mostly due to biological factors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-feminine-men-the-way-they-are-mostly-due-to-biological-factors/783917)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-feminine-men-the-way-they-are-mostly-due-to-biological-factors/783917 "2017-04-09T04:05:47Z")
It’s a simplified question for such a complex issue but I’d rather put this in IMHO than Great Debates. For men, masculinity would be considered normal. Even in today’s ‘liberalized’ western society that’s portrayed by … --- ## [Is Gay Sex Beautiful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gay-sex-beautiful/783738 "2017-04-09T02:37:09Z")
(This is my first poll, well, ever. So please bear with me, if I don’t do it right at first:).) I don’t know about the rest of you, but I think gay sex is beautiful. It is as close as two men can get together. That’s my… --- ## [On a scale from 1 to 10...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-to-10/784034)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-scale-from-1-to-10/784034 "2017-04-09T02:14:26Z")
…which one is the best? When you’re making up a scale to rate something, whatever it happens to be, which one do you consider the best end? One? Or Ten? --- ## [Anyone Flown Garuda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-garuda/783957)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-garuda/783957 "2017-04-09T01:38:32Z")
I’m thinking about taking a long haul flight with Garuda. Indonesia being somewhat 2nd world does not automatically fill me with confidence about their quality.They are remarkably cheap on some routes. Of course there … --- ## [What are the legal costs & penalties involved with being drunk & disorderly in public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-legal-costs-penalties-involved-with-being-drunk-disorderly-in-public/784076)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-legal-costs-penalties-involved-with-being-drunk-disorderly-in-public/784076 "2017-04-09T00:09:48Z")
Ron White the comedian has a classic joke “Tater Salad” where he is thrown out of a New York Bar and arrested by the police for being drunk and disorderly and he treats it like no big thing because he has been arrested f… --- ## [Anybody here get a CPAP via mail (Easy Breathe, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-get-a-cpap-via-mail-easy-breathe-etc/783913)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-get-a-cpap-via-mail-easy-breathe-etc/783913 "2017-04-09T00:07:05Z")
I’m thinking of using Easy Breathe to get an automatic CPAP, to avoid having to do a sleep study. Anybody do anything like that? Did it seem to work? --- ## [So why did the House Ethics Commitee finally get a backbone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-the-house-ethics-commitee-finally-get-a-backbone/783936)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-the-house-ethics-commitee-finally-get-a-backbone/783936 "2017-04-08T18:30:09Z")
I was pleasantly surprised to read that the HEC will be investigating 4th stooge Devin Nunes. Perhaps I’m just too cynical, but how would this have come about over an issue that has been ridiculously partisan ( is that … --- ## [Cataract Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery/783993)
**Author:** [@senseigrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senseigrant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery/783993 "2017-04-08T18:20:21Z")
I had cataract surgery 2 weeks ago and now realize my doctor implanted the right eye lens in my left eye. Will this be a problem? If the lens are not different why are they labeled o.d. and o.s. --- ## [Weather Channel's Tor-Con index: Useful tool or ratings-boosting BS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channels-tor-con-index-useful-tool-or-ratings-boosting-bs/783618)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channels-tor-con-index-useful-tool-or-ratings-boosting-bs/783618 "2017-04-08T17:15:36Z")
I overheard the Weather Channel giving a region in Texas a Tor-Con rating of 6 earlier today. As I stood there trying to figure out what they were talking about, the weather person helpfully explained that such a rating… --- ## [How long have guys been interested in"hot lesbian action"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-guys-been-interested-in-hot-lesbian-action/783762)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-guys-been-interested-in-hot-lesbian-action/783762 "2017-04-08T15:09:27Z")
I was a teenager during the 1970s. I don’t remember any of my contemporaries being interested in seeing girls make out or have sex. (They just wanted to have sex with the girls, themselves, for some odd reason.) I never … --- ## [Please explain todays woman and "50 Shades of Gray".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-todays-woman-and-50-shades-of-gray/783693)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-todays-woman-and-50-shades-of-gray/783693 "2017-04-08T14:56:07Z")
They showed the 2016 movie “50 Shades of Gray” on the USA network last weekend. First time I watched it. Their is this 19 year old woman who agrees to be this guys sex slave. She signs off to being spanked, whipped, tie… --- ## [Need gallbladder surgery, advice appreciated.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gallbladder-surgery-advice-appreciated/784015)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gallbladder-surgery-advice-appreciated/784015 "2017-04-08T12:08:15Z")
Just found out i have gallstones which is going to require surgery. This was discovered from an ultrasound/bloodwork that was done to check on my liver, which is what I origininally thought the source of my problems was… --- ## [How do you use your knife and fork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-your-knife-and-fork/783924)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-your-knife-and-fork/783924 "2017-04-08T10:41:41Z")
Yes, yes, we have had a million threads on this, but I want my own poll! So here it is: Do you use: The “European” method - Knife in your dominant hand (right for right-handers), fork in your off hand (left for right… --- ## [Truck falls through ice - insured?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-falls-through-ice-insured/783892)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-falls-through-ice-insured/783892 "2017-04-08T09:58:04Z")
According to a Farmer’s Insurance commercial, they covered the claim where a truck fell through the ice while the driver was going ice fishing. I have to wonder about that. Driving on ice seems like very risky behavior,… --- ## [Christmas Gifts for an Invalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-gifts-for-an-invalid/783956)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-gifts-for-an-invalid/783956 "2017-04-08T02:32:19Z")
Having missed Christmas in the US this year, I will be giving out my gifts at Easter. One of my sisters-in-law will soon be undergoing long and hazardous brain surgery. Frankly she is scared. The recover period will be l… --- ## ["You're such a good person for dating someone in a wheelchair."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-such-a-good-person-for-dating-someone-in-a-wheelchair/783857)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-such-a-good-person-for-dating-someone-in-a-wheelchair/783857 "2017-04-07T22:53:29Z")
The OP title has been said to virtually every single girl I’ve dated (not in my presence of course). And I’d be offended, if it wasn’t just so laughably fucking stupid. Why do people think this? Is it the belief that … --- ## [Could you watch a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-watch-a-movie/783895)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-watch-a-movie/783895 "2017-04-07T22:08:21Z")
If a movie had nothing but internet posts, messages etc. No dialogue, No characters? Would we create our own characters and setting they were in? How much would we need to know about the character over and above the imp… --- ## [Why are doctors and lawyers still seen at the top of the occupation prestige rankings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-doctors-and-lawyers-still-seen-at-the-top-of-the-occupation-prestige-rankings/667837)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-doctors-and-lawyers-still-seen-at-the-top-of-the-occupation-prestige-rankings/667837 "2017-04-07T19:13:54Z")
Don’t take offense at the question if you are a doctor or a lawyer. It is going to be more nuanced than the title alludes. Under old-school thinking, a forward-thinking lady should marry either a doctor or a lawyer beca… --- ## [Chicago decides it has too many high school grads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-decides-it-has-too-many-high-school-grads/783889)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-decides-it-has-too-many-high-school-grads/783889 "2017-04-07T18:49:07Z")
MayorRohm Emanuelhas decided that graduating high school is no longer good enough for a high school diploma. Instead a graduating senior will be required to show an acceptance letter to a four-year university, a communit… --- ## [Are you having trouble with modern electronic clocks eating the backup battery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-having-trouble-with-modern-electronic-clocks-eating-the-backup-battery/783989)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-having-trouble-with-modern-electronic-clocks-eating-the-backup-battery/783989 "2017-04-07T17:29:29Z")
It’s happened twice so far. I had a simple digital RCA clock radio. I only used for the clock. I had it maybe six years. It started draining the 9V backup battery. They usually last a year or more. I even wrote the date… --- ## [Conflict of Interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-of-interest/783763)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-of-interest/783763 "2017-04-07T17:12:15Z")
“Do you often feel you have to choose between being an activist and making an issue of this stuff, or finding romantic-sexual partners? I’ve been doing this shit for 35+ years and it has always felt like the search for p… --- ## [Men over 6'4-- what's it like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-over-64-whats-it-like/783859)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-over-64-whats-it-like/783859 "2017-04-07T16:01:00Z")
My 10-year-old is 5’1 already, and while there’s a chance, based on his father’s growth patterns, that he might skip the adolescent spurt, and end up being 6’2, instead of the 6’7 that he is heading to, it happened that … --- ## [On Table Manners And Eating Pancakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-table-manners-and-eating-pancakes/783750)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-table-manners-and-eating-pancakes/783750 "2017-04-07T15:09:49Z")
So there is the ongoing, endless debate about whether to eat food European Style (fork in left hand, knife in right) or American style (knife in left hand, fork in right, switching the fork as needed). It has often been… --- ## [Irritating User Interface design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-user-interface-design/777798)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-user-interface-design/777798 "2017-04-07T13:20:37Z")
I design embedded systems. These are the tiny computers that run pretty much everything these days. Often times (although, not always), they will need to interact with humans through some type of display and input device… --- ## [Need Help with CA Speeding Ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ca-speeding-ticket/783678)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-ca-speeding-ticket/783678 "2017-04-07T12:23:58Z")
A dear friend of mine in California may be facing jail time over a speeding ticket she can’t pay. I want to help her, but I don’t know how. We need some help here. Anyone who knows folks near Antelope Valley or Palmdale… --- ## [Best waterproof/swimming mp3 system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-waterproof-swimming-mp3-system/576352)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-waterproof-swimming-mp3-system/576352 "2011-12-07T17:18:16Z")
So I guess there are a variety of waterproof mp3 player/headphones systems out there to use while you’re swimming. Swimming can get pretty boring and I’d like to be able to listen to podcasts. There are a few types. Lit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=630) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=632)