# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=689 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 690 --- ## [What's your favorite Cryptid/ monster etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cryptid-monster-etc/557009)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cryptid-monster-etc/557009 "2016-10-25T22:06:58Z")
Chupacabra? Bigfoot? Goblins or maybe the infamous Mongolian Death worm? What legendary critter/ being is your favorite? I’m always looking for interesting creatures to sculpt, so I thought what better forum than the dop… --- ## [Real Estate Capital Gains question(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-capital-gains-question-s/769721)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-capital-gains-question-s/769721 "2016-10-25T21:58:00Z")
I lost my dad in April. I and my nine siblings have been share-and-share-alike beneficiaries of the revocable trust he had set up with my mom (d. 2009) in the '90s, with my sister as the executor/trustee. I have no quest… --- ## [What are your thoughts on vore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-vore/766799)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-vore/766799 "2016-10-25T21:18:14Z")
I have a vore fetish. I fantasize about being shrunk down to a small enough size to be swallowed alive by a woman I find appealing. I want to feel powerless in her stomach and be burned by her gastric juice. As an exampl… --- ## [My First Halloween And I Have Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-halloween-and-i-have-questions/767605)
**Author:** [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-halloween-and-i-have-questions/767605 "2016-10-25T19:20:17Z")
So I grew up one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and just last September at 38 years old I left the religion along with my wife. We didn’t celebrate Halloween because it was just too soon, though we did do Thanksgiving with some… --- ## [Recommend a mattress for a 400lb man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-mattress-for-a-400lb-man/769642)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-mattress-for-a-400lb-man/769642 "2016-10-25T18:19:53Z")
I need to put in a request for a new mattress as the current one isn’t holding up. Given my weight, is there anything to add to the request? A firmer mattress? Memory foam? water bed?:wink: A mattress stuffed with fe… --- ## [Where to get tax advice: Just retired, sold condo, moved into previously rented condo...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-tax-advice-just-retired-sold-condo-moved-into-previously-rented-condo/769630)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-tax-advice-just-retired-sold-condo-moved-into-previously-rented-condo/769630 "2016-10-25T17:25:21Z")
I just retired and I’m trying to figure our tax liability for this year (2016). The IRS isn’t answering tax questions yet and their website doesn’t easily address my issues. Other “advice” services don’t seem to operate… --- ## [Music and Body Parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-and-body-parts/769611)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-and-body-parts/769611 "2016-10-25T17:20:50Z")
Do you associate a specific part of the body with music? For example, there is Sir Mixalots tribute to the glutes. However, I associate other songs with other body parts. When I see girl’s belly buttons I think of Wipeou… --- ## [is picture-in-picture even a "thing" with TV's anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-picture-in-picture-even-a-thing-with-tvs-anymore/769668)
**Author:** [@BrianH035](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianH035)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-picture-in-picture-even-a-thing-with-tvs-anymore/769668 "2016-10-25T17:11:55Z")
Granted, it’s been forever since I last bought a TV, but I remember the first one I bought after college, after I got my first real-world paycheck, was a kickass 32" tube-TV, and oh man that picture-in-picture made me th… --- ## [Have you ever lost an entire day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lost-an-entire-day/769455)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lost-an-entire-day/769455 "2016-10-25T17:11:21Z")
I went to bed last night (well, early AM) thinking it was Sunday night, although I was somewhat peeved how quickly the weekend went. I woke up this morning. It was light out and my alarm didn’t go off. It’s only Sunda… --- ## [Walking to Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-to-work/769264)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-to-work/769264 "2016-10-25T16:29:44Z")
Have you or anyone you know ever walked to work as their usual way to get there? I’m not referring to people who work at home or on their own property. My elementary school custodian walked to the school. When I was i… --- ## [New computer won't wake from sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-wont-wake-from-sleep/769488)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-wont-wake-from-sleep/769488 "2016-10-25T16:28:12Z")
Little help here, please. I just bought a new desktop running Windows 10 Home. It’s an i5 with 8GB of RAM, fresh Windows activation, etc. All works fine except for the fact that once it goes to sleep (either through ina… --- ## [Being friends with a Trump supporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-friends-with-a-trump-supporter/766693)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-friends-with-a-trump-supporter/766693 "2016-10-25T10:14:20Z")
Carol is the receptionist at an office I visit on a regular basis. She’s always very friendly towards me. She seems like a nice person, and I always look forward to seeing her when I drop by. But I recently learned fr… --- ## [Where do you stay? Where do you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-stay-where-do-you-live/768930)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-stay-where-do-you-live/768930 "2016-10-25T03:21:02Z")
Anyone notice people don’t seem to “live” anywhere any more? I more often hear people say where they “stay” and ask other people where they “stay.” While language constantly changes and evolves, I wonder whether this is … --- ## [Did you get your children the HPV vaccine when they were adolescents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-children-the-hpv-vaccine-when-they-were-adolescents/769078)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-children-the-hpv-vaccine-when-they-were-adolescents/769078 "2016-10-24T23:28:46Z")
The CDC is now recommending just a two shot regimen for kids under 15 to vaccinate them for exposure to HPV, which is an STD that potentially leads to various forms of cancer and genital warts. My oldest, who is now a… --- ## [This whole brontosaurus/apatosaurus nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-whole-brontosaurus-apatosaurus-nonsense/768812)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-whole-brontosaurus-apatosaurus-nonsense/768812 "2016-10-24T22:59:19Z")
Okay so when I was growing up we all knew about four or five kinds of dinosaurs—tyrannosaurus rex, of course. Triceratops, stegosaurus, pterodactyl. But No. 1 or No. 2 was brontosaurus. It was very easily recognized, ap… --- ## [Your favorite historical mystery, legend, conspiracy theory...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-historical-mystery-legend-conspiracy-theory/252341)
**Author:** [@sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofia)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-historical-mystery-legend-conspiracy-theory/252341 "2016-10-24T21:17:42Z")
The Romanovs. The Great Sphinx. Amelia Earhart. The Dead Sea Scrolls. The Holy Grail. The Titanic. The Wandering Jew. Elvis… …just to name a few off the top of my head. But what’s your favorite mysterious (or ju… --- ## [Favorite religion/church besides your own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-religion-church-besides-your-own/769564)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-religion-church-besides-your-own/769564 "2016-10-24T19:18:35Z")
Although I’m Catholic, in the last year I’ve gone to a few Episcopal services and enjoyed them quite a bit. Generally, the formal style of Episcopal services (especially at the Anglo-Catholic services) appeals to me. S… --- ## [Website to learn about wines . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-to-learn-about-wines/769299)
**Author:** [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-to-learn-about-wines/769299 "2016-10-24T18:01:47Z")
So, about a week and a half into my new job as Assistant General Manager of a hotel and my regional manager has decided that he wants me to focus on F&B. While my medical background makes picking up the food safety and … --- ## [Ants, ants, ants HELP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-ants-ants-help/769133)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-ants-ants-help/769133 "2016-10-24T17:37:45Z")
Here in Oregon, it started raining (surprise!) several weeks ago, and the ants have decided to head for higher ground. This year, for the first time, this apparently means my house, all the way up to the second floor in… --- ## [Little facts people get wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-facts-people-get-wrong/768575)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-facts-people-get-wrong/768575 "2016-10-24T16:51:23Z")
Sometimes I feel like I’m constantly hearing little mistakes that are very common but if I correct people I feel like a jerk. Like if someone uses less instead of fewer, or if they think that soldier is a blanket term fo… --- ## [How to politely end a conversation with a stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-politely-end-a-conversation-with-a-stranger/673617)
**Author:** [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-politely-end-a-conversation-with-a-stranger/673617 "2013-11-25T21:26:32Z")
I don’t know why, but strangers (men and women) always feel like dishing out their life story to me. I’m a very reserved/introverted person, so this always leaves me feeling very drained and uncomfortable. The other day… --- ## [US standing army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-standing-army/766472)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-standing-army/766472 "2016-10-24T14:36:26Z")
In 1914 Woodrow Wilson opposed the creation of a standing army saying that the US had never had and never will have a standing army. It was the practice of the United States until the end of World War 2 that the militar… --- ## [If asked do you partake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-asked-do-you-partake/769184)
**Author:** [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-asked-do-you-partake/769184 "2016-10-24T14:22:37Z")
Are they asking if you smoke pot or what? Some college chick went up to my wife and said “hey red hair, do you partake?” Wife responded with “what?” and the girl said “Guess not, nvm” and walked away. Wife asked me and t… --- ## [Is half the friggen internet down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-half-the-friggen-internet-down/769271)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-half-the-friggen-internet-down/769271 "2016-10-24T13:13:25Z")
Apparently, Twitter, CNN, Reddit, Pay pal…and several others are experiencing problems now. Has the war heated up between the Russian hackers now? :rolleyes: Is there a DOS attack underway? CNN is ignoring the problem… --- ## [Looks like I may be heading to Sweden in Feb...Kungsängen...any tips/suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-i-may-be-heading-to-sweden-in-feb-kungsangen-any-tips-suggestions/769558)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-i-may-be-heading-to-sweden-in-feb-kungsangen-any-tips-suggestions/769558 "2016-10-24T10:31:47Z")
I don’t know much about Sweden, but am excited to learn. Apparently I am in Kungsängen, and there for a few weeks. I won’t have a vehicle, but am confident we can plead for lifts or hire cabs. Looking for any suggestion… --- ## [Pain in the...foot. What is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-in-the-foot-what-is-it/769302)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-in-the-foot-what-is-it/769302 "2016-10-24T02:07:12Z")
You are not a doctor, I am not a patient, etc. Woke up with a sore foot. It’s on the dorsal, in the middle. Based on no medical knowledge save a short session with Dr. Google, I would say the pain is in the region of the… --- ## [Is your index finger shorter than your ring finger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-index-finger-shorter-than-your-ring-finger/769408)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-index-finger-shorter-than-your-ring-finger/769408 "2016-10-24T00:29:21Z")
I just read this: Google abounds with other articles about the “2D:4D ratio”. So apparently I’ve got man hands. On both hands, my index finger is shorter than my ring finger. If you’re curious about your own fingers… --- ## [Advice sought on light therapy lamps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-sought-on-light-therapy-lamps/769280)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-sought-on-light-therapy-lamps/769280 "2016-10-23T22:40:33Z")
So, winter is coming which can mean sleep troubles, less energy and lowered mood. The grey sky in the last few days here seems to have already affected me a little. My physician recommended getting a light therapy lamp a… --- ## [I'm going to need help disposing of a body.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-need-help-disposing-of-a-body/768373)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-need-help-disposing-of-a-body/768373 "2016-10-23T19:35:35Z")
The wife and I, neither having any living relatives, decided we wanted to donate our bodies to science. We got lawyers to write it all up legally. A mortician was located who takes cadavers to a nearby medical school. E… --- ## [Friday's Internet Attack may be caused by YOUR security camera or Camera DVR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridays-internet-attack-may-be-caused-by-your-security-camera-or-camera-dvr/769344)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridays-internet-attack-may-be-caused-by-your-security-camera-or-camera-dvr/769344 "2016-10-23T18:00:43Z")
Don’t allow ANY electronic device to access the internet UNLESS YOU CHANGE THE FACTORY DEFAULT PASSWORD! This includes cell phones! Change your security camera and security camera DVR passwords! Or disconnect them from … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=688) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=690)