# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=662 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 663 --- ## [Planned parenthood vs Government Health Centers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-vs-government-health-centers/777048)
**Author:** [@aag3981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aag3981)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-vs-government-health-centers/777048 "2017-01-19T00:58:34Z")
Paul Ryan recently said in a townhall forum that women will not go without healthcare if Planned Parenthood is defunded and funds diverted to Government Health Centers, of which there are 20x the number of Planned Parent… --- ## [ACA/Obamacare is repealed tomorrow. What happens to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-obamacare-is-repealed-tomorrow-what-happens-to-you/777231)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-obamacare-is-repealed-tomorrow-what-happens-to-you/777231 "2017-01-19T00:18:10Z")
Let’s say the Republicans are able to successfully to repeal Obamacare, with nothing to replace it. Personally, I don’t know how this would affect me since I have employer-provided healthcare. I’m sure there would be a… --- ## [I don't get this cartoon; please explain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-cartoon-please-explain/777441)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-cartoon-please-explain/777441 "2017-01-19T00:02:12Z")
I’m not dense, but I don’t get this New Yorker cartoon. --- ## [When did tattoos become passe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tattoos-become-passe/777022)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-tattoos-become-passe/777022 "2017-01-18T23:42:05Z")
As a wee lad growing up in the 80s, the only people I knew with tattoos were bikers, sailors and excons. Having a tattoo, at that time and in that cultural millieu, was a clear indicator that one didn’t abide by society’… --- ## [Help us plan our grand adventure- part 1, Grand Canyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-plan-our-grand-adventure-part-1-grand-canyon/777368)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-plan-our-grand-adventure-part-1-grand-canyon/777368 "2017-01-18T22:33:21Z")
Hi Dopers. As we flee the Bay Area, our worldly goods moved by U-Pack (see moving thread), our wish is to drive across the country and take our time. Our first stop is the Grand Canyon/Painted Desert/Petrified Forest. Wo… --- ## [Did you think Obama would be assassinated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-obama-would-be-assassinated/777018)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-obama-would-be-assassinated/777018 "2017-01-18T21:05:11Z")
Back when Obama was elected in 2008, I really thought some crazed racist would assassinate him before he was even inaugurated. And while he’s been president I still thought that maybe it would happen. Even with all the S… --- ## [How should I dispose of my book collection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-dispose-of-my-book-collection/777248)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-dispose-of-my-book-collection/777248 "2017-01-18T17:38:19Z")
Not planning to yet! But I was thinking of what would happen in the event of my untimely death and if I should make any suggestions in my will, I don’t think any of my relatives or acquaintances would be interested in ha… --- ## [Parking placard for the disabled valid out of state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017 "2017-01-18T10:33:04Z")
My family are going to be vacationing in Hawaii next week. My wife has a placard that permits any car she is a passenger in to be parked in the parking spaces for the disabled. We live in Californa, and the placard was i… --- ## [Got a dog and I'm freaking out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-dog-and-im-freaking-out/776126)
**Author:** [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-dog-and-im-freaking-out/776126 "2017-01-18T02:56:24Z")
I have never had a dog before – I’d always wanted one, for years and years, but never thought it was quite the right time. Ideally, I’d be in a live-in relationship, work regular (and not excessively long hours), have a … --- ## [Interesting - Turn's out Trump's over the top egomania isn't just some clever act, it's real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-turns-out-trumps-over-the-top-egomania-isnt-just-some-clever-act-its-real/776978)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-turns-out-trumps-over-the-top-egomania-isnt-just-some-clever-act-its-real/776978 "2017-01-17T23:50:59Z")
Now I know Trump has said a lot of crazy shit, but somehow you’re thinking/hoping this is all a bit of an Wizard of Oz act and that he will come out from behind the curtain and reveal himself as a human being and respons… --- ## [The Phrase "But Good," Used As An Adverb: Is It A Regionalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-but-good-used-as-an-adverb-is-it-a-regionalism/777128)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-but-good-used-as-an-adverb-is-it-a-regionalism/777128 "2017-01-17T23:42:09Z")
They use this a lot on The Goldbergs which takes place in suburban Philadelphia. As in: ANGRY PARENT: Don’t you \[do this action\]! ANGRY CHILD: Oh I’m doing it! I’m doing it but good! Is this an East Coast regionalism?… --- ## [West Coast Trip: Itinerary suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-coast-trip-itinerary-suggestions/777239)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-coast-trip-itinerary-suggestions/777239 "2017-01-17T21:17:28Z")
We are fortunate enough to have a two-week slot in Easter '18 that we can allocate to a substantial foreign trip. The two kids will be 12 and 10 by that time and love the great outdoors, spectacular scenery, lakes and mo… --- ## [Should I treat hypothetical mice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-treat-hypothetical-mice/777071)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-treat-hypothetical-mice/777071 "2017-01-17T19:56:20Z")
Here is the situation. I live in an a townhouse. Today I awoke to a note on my door from my neighbor stating that he had hired exterminators and had been informed that he had a problem with mice. According to his note, … --- ## [Name the Impeachment Date for President Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-impeachment-date-for-president-trump/776879)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-impeachment-date-for-president-trump/776879 "2017-01-17T19:03:46Z")
We’re looking for: Date Branch of Executive initiating proceedings Grounds for Impeachment Outcome (resignation, charge dropped, not guilty, guilty) I’m going for Inauguration +5, i.e. 25th January. Plain guess; it w… --- ## [Medical advice...sort of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-advice-sort-of/777372)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-advice-sort-of/777372 "2017-01-17T17:26:22Z")
On Xmas eve, my daughter (aged 34) experienced a choking sensation after eating a slice of pizza. Three hours later she had a LOT of pain in her throat, so the following morning (Xmas day) attended A & E at our local (l… --- ## [How concerned should I be? (Possible fraud using my address.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-i-be-possible-fraud-using-my-address/777235)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-i-be-possible-fraud-using-my-address/777235 "2017-01-17T16:39:53Z")
I am here at work 80+ hours a week, leaving my home unattended for most of the day, pretty much every day. (I am not too worried about break ins, my neighborhood is pretty safe, and it’s not like I have anything worth st… --- ## [Ringling Brothers Circus shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringling-brothers-circus-shutting-down/777315)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringling-brothers-circus-shutting-down/777315 "2017-01-17T14:25:41Z")
First let me say, I have a big nostalgia for the circus. Although we have only been to see Ringling brothers maybe twice 20 years. But looking at them purely as a business venture I can see that as a business they coul… --- ## [Bike Buying Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-buying-advice/777074)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-buying-advice/777074 "2017-01-17T14:11:19Z")
Need to buy a bike for my son’s 18th birthday. He has made do with hand me down bikes from neighbors, but we don’t live in a bike friendly area. Now that he’s headed to college I think I new bike is a good gift. I don’… --- ## [Undisclosed easement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undisclosed-easement/777147)
**Author:** [@Jim12b](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim12b)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undisclosed-easement/777147 "2017-01-17T12:57:16Z")
We bought our house 1 1/2 years ago with no easements of any kind disclosed on any closing documents. Back in September two guys showed up at my house from TransCanada gas company and said they were here to do a gas leak… --- ## [Rabbit chasing Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-chasing-rabbit/777342)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-chasing-rabbit/777342 "2017-01-17T10:30:54Z")
Could one rabbit chasing another rabbit catch him easier than a coyote could? Don’t need answer fast! --- ## [What dishwasher do you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dishwasher-do-you-recommend/776768)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dishwasher-do-you-recommend/776768 "2017-01-17T07:47:16Z")
My current dishwasher is working even less well than usual, and I want to get a new one. The very first dw I ever had was excellent about not redepositing food. I think it had some sort of mechanism that ground up a… --- ## [Thinking issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-issue/777063)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-issue/777063 "2017-01-17T02:48:56Z")
68 yrs old, retired 5 years, fairly busy at hobbies and socially, generally happy. I would like to say that this is something that just came on but I believe now it has been creeping up on me for the past 25 years. It r… --- ## [Favorite method of orgasm with a partner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-method-of-orgasm-with-a-partner/776795)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-method-of-orgasm-with-a-partner/776795 "2017-01-17T01:24:18Z")
Hi SD, This question is for both sexes. I am curious, if you are comfortable sharing. What is your preferred way to get off when with a partner? I grew up thinking intercourse was better than oral which in turn was b… --- ## [Dogs shit! In case you were thinking of getting one...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-shit-in-case-you-were-thinking-of-getting-one/730643)
**Author:** [@Gotlift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotlift)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-shit-in-case-you-were-thinking-of-getting-one/730643 "2017-01-16T23:56:37Z")
I’m guessing my neighbor has pretty much stopped picking up her dog’s shit! Judging by the smell in my backyard and the site of her backyard, there has to be at least 45 lbs of shit out there. Don’t get me wrong, she’s … --- ## [Best Laxative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-laxative/423279)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-laxative/423279 "2017-01-16T22:36:06Z")
If I wanted a relatively fast working laxative (same day), and one that will…err, get the job done, what kind should I be looking for? Also, do they list the kind of laxative it is on the box, or should I be looking at t… --- ## [Multicountry Residents: How Many Countries Lived in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multicountry-residents-how-many-countries-lived-in/776663)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multicountry-residents-how-many-countries-lived-in/776663 "2017-01-16T18:42:19Z")
I imagine the vast majority of Dopers, like most other people, have lived in only the country of their birth. I’m curious how many here have lived in two or more and how many that would be. Lived in, not visited or just … --- ## [Do these OTC IQ boosting pills do anything at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-otc-iq-boosting-pills-do-anything-at-all/777218)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-otc-iq-boosting-pills-do-anything-at-all/777218 "2017-01-16T09:18:02Z")
I frequently get pop ups from this product called IQ+, which claims to increase your IQ. They use Stephen Hawking and Anderson Cooper in the ad, who are made to appear to endorse the product. I know better than to trus… --- ## [Categorize these public transportation modes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/categorize-these-public-transportation-modes/777131)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/categorize-these-public-transportation-modes/777131 "2017-01-16T05:10:18Z")
I was thinking about how I haven’t taken any form of public transportation in my current location, Brevard County. Then I thought about how I’ve only used at most two modes of public transportation in any one city, exce… --- ## [How prevalent is this user misconception about the iPhone lock screen's 'Emergency' function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prevalent-is-this-user-misconception-about-the-iphone-lock-screens-emergency-function/777254)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prevalent-is-this-user-misconception-about-the-iphone-lock-screens-emergency-function/777254 "2017-01-16T04:48:09Z")
The following happened to my SO, and I wonder how prevalent the underlying misconception is: The iPhone lock screen is headed “Enter passcode”, and below the 10-key screen keypad for entering the passcode there are touc… --- ## [Where should I take Yoga Teacher Training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-take-yoga-teacher-training/777207)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-take-yoga-teacher-training/777207 "2017-01-16T03:15:14Z")
I’m trying to find the right place for me. I’ve been practicing for 3 years with a fairly consistent 3-4 times a week practice. It’s done so much for my body and mind. I feel ready to swim in it more and do a 200 hour tr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=661) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=663)