# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=705 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 706 --- ## [What is it with pronouncing abbreviations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-pronouncing-abbreviations/765104)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-pronouncing-abbreviations/765104 "2016-09-06T16:46:26Z")
IMHO abbreviations are shortened forms of words used to save time or effort in written language. In most cases the full form is used in spoken language, so why do some people use the short form when speaking? The most … --- ## [Airline didn't ask for passport info?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-didnt-ask-for-passport-info/765178)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-didnt-ask-for-passport-info/765178 "2016-09-06T16:42:47Z")
Every Labor Day weekend we book our winter Caribbean vacation flight. Each year it’s the same routine; sitting at the computer, finding earliest flight down and latest back, entering credit card and passport information,… --- ## [Which ONE Crime Would You Like The True Answer To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101 "2016-09-06T16:37:15Z")
OK we all know that Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her father 40 whacks and when she saw what she could do, she gave her mother 42. But she was found “not guilty,” so did she? (OK the rhyme is totally screwed up from … --- ## [Will Linux Mint change my life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-linux-mint-change-my-life/765105)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-linux-mint-change-my-life/765105 "2016-09-06T16:15:26Z")
Anybody here who made the switch from Windows to Linux, and can either reassure or warn me? Right now I’m playing with Linux Mint, loaded from a USB stick, onto my old Gateway netbook. The computer is several years old,… --- ## [Athiests why do you need the bible to be removed from your hotel room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athiests-why-do-you-need-the-bible-to-be-removed-from-your-hotel-room/764588)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athiests-why-do-you-need-the-bible-to-be-removed-from-your-hotel-room/764588 "2016-09-06T15:39:31Z")
Recently read about Atheist groups trying to get hotels to remove the Gideon bibles from all the hotel’s rooms. I have to wonder in what way are they being injured by having that bible there? In every hotel I’ve been in … --- ## [Experience with HP's new "PageWide" printers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-hps-new-pagewide-printers/765189)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-hps-new-pagewide-printers/765189 "2016-09-06T15:02:48Z")
I have to buy a new business-grade printer for an office that will be used by non-tech people, many of whom will want to do the breezy 21st-century thing of printing to a foreign wireless printer with a few taps of a sty… --- ## [Tax Returns of US Politicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-returns-of-us-politicians/765009)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-returns-of-us-politicians/765009 "2016-09-06T10:21:16Z")
Why? What is the obsession of the public for seeing income tax statements for people running for public office? In Canada, for example, such information is considered entirely private and there would never be any reaso… --- ## [Nunchaku - The final answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266)
**Author:** [@Hill\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hill_Billy)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266 "2016-09-06T02:54:31Z")
I don’t know of any other weapon’s viability which has been debated as much, as the, venerable nunchaku. As a proponent of nunchaku I’d like, to finally answer this question. To quote a former poster “it’s not, the ma… --- ## [You're the Prime Minister of the UK. Do you scrap Trident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-prime-minister-of-the-uk-do-you-scrap-trident/743572)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-prime-minister-of-the-uk-do-you-scrap-trident/743572 "2016-09-06T02:05:23Z")
Trident being the UK’s nuclear weapons program, in the form of the nuke equipped HMS Vanguard, HMS Victorious, HMS Vigilant and HMS Vengeance. The current leader of the Labour Party is opposed to the program and has sug… --- ## [Should I Offer to Go Full Time? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-offer-to-go-full-time-how/763851)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-offer-to-go-full-time-how/763851 "2016-09-06T00:50:32Z")
I currently work 20 hours per week as Grants Coordinator for a nonprofit organization I love. I’ve been here 9 months. My job is deadline-driven so my schedule is very flexible, depending on deadlines. The culture is bea… --- ## [Brits: what does middle class mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-what-does-middle-class-mean-to-you/765032)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-what-does-middle-class-mean-to-you/765032 "2016-09-05T17:19:22Z")
I was watching some Jimmy Carr (hate his laugh) on Youtube and every so often he mentions middle class as in, “that was very middle class.” It almost sounds like a politically correct thing to be, but not necessary a goo… --- ## [Why excessive use of vibrato in church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-excessive-use-of-vibrato-in-church/765025)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-excessive-use-of-vibrato-in-church/765025 "2016-09-05T12:55:47Z")
Hello Everyone, I just came from mass from our local Catholic Church. Once again I suffered through while some older lady next to me sang using enough vibrato to give the impression she was a sheep. Why is it that ladi… --- ## [Science-fiction style gene-modification discovery - what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-style-gene-modification-discovery-what-happens/764834)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-style-gene-modification-discovery-what-happens/764834 "2016-09-05T12:54:30Z")
In the near future one of those unexpected scientific discoveries take place enabling people to relatively cheaply and safely re-write their DNA and as a consequence change their physical form, how does society change? T… --- ## [West Wing Two Cathedrals - what makes something "non-denominational"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-two-cathedrals-what-makes-something-non-denominational/756713)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-two-cathedrals-what-makes-something-non-denominational/756713 "2016-09-05T09:31:55Z")
I was raised a Catholic and I can’t quite understand the following argument from the (best TV) episode (ever in history), key part copied here: JED It wasn’t a non-denominational service. MRS. LANDINGHAM Of course it… --- ## [What does Anglo Saxon mean in this context](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anglo-saxon-mean-in-this-context/764236)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anglo-saxon-mean-in-this-context/764236 "2016-09-04T23:19:26Z")
I met someone the other day who proudly self-identified as "straight, white, Anglo Saxon atheist. I’m clear on straight, white and atheist. But in this context what does Anglo Saxon men? Why is this a point of pride? --- ## [Strange pain in or around my ribcage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-pain-in-or-around-my-ribcage/764839)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-pain-in-or-around-my-ribcage/764839 "2016-09-04T20:48:18Z")
Yesterday evening, I was sitting reading, and I suddenly became aware that inhaling caused a pain on my left side. Further examination tells me that the pain is not in my lung, but is focused around a flat spot in my ri… --- ## [is this a real news story or faked ad ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-news-story-or-faked-ad/765038)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-news-story-or-faked-ad/765038 "2016-09-04T19:03:23Z")
this was presented as a msn linked news story but I think its an a ad but my question is why would the website the story is on let them do this ? http://www.tmz-web.com/g1/v1/vibe/th-01a/inq.php --- ## [How badly would a war have to be going before you get drafted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-would-a-war-have-to-be-going-before-you-get-drafted/764388)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-would-a-war-have-to-be-going-before-you-get-drafted/764388 "2016-09-04T18:26:39Z")
Been reading about WWII (again) and how Germany towards the end began to simply run out of men, to the extent of putting together men with stomach problems and sending them back out and at the very end scraping the botto… --- ## [Flying Aircraft Carriers - any point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-aircraft-carriers-any-point/764968)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-aircraft-carriers-any-point/764968 "2016-09-04T16:15:36Z")
The Avengers Assemble movie has been out for a while so I think this doesn’t really count as a spoiler, anyway it features a flying aircraft carrier: Leaving aside the implausibility… --- ## [Speaking about (subject) without ever experiencing (subject) firsthand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-about-subject-without-ever-experiencing-subject-firsthand/764676)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-about-subject-without-ever-experiencing-subject-firsthand/764676 "2016-09-04T14:19:39Z")
Very commonly, in discussions about parenting, there will be a sentiment to the effect of, “You cannot understand what it is like to be a parent, or are not qualified to speak about the subject of parenting, unless you h… --- ## [You just became a god, or something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-became-a-god-or-something/764720)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-became-a-god-or-something/764720 "2016-09-04T04:58:44Z")
I’m involved in this discussion on another board and I’m wondering what the Dope’s answers would be to the question. I’ll hold off posting my response for a while. You wake up and find that you have become a god: omnip… --- ## [Mental and physical techniques for improving quality of sex (e.g. orgasms?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-and-physical-techniques-for-improving-quality-of-sex-e-g-orgasms/764802)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-and-physical-techniques-for-improving-quality-of-sex-e-g-orgasms/764802 "2016-09-04T02:16:44Z")
Hi SD, In general, I’m looking to get more in touch with my own body. I have been disabled for a number of years now and I feel sexually I would benefit from learning how to deeper understand myself. But I have no id… --- ## [Leasing/selling a non-profit org name/identity/logo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leasing-selling-a-non-profit-org-name-identity-logo/764936)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leasing-selling-a-non-profit-org-name-identity-logo/764936 "2016-09-04T02:02:37Z")
IANAL, but someone here probably is. (BTW, this all happens in Texas.) The question: can I lease or sell a non-profit logo/name? Here’s the situation, hypothetical-ized. Sorry it’s so long, but I hope interested partie… --- ## [A society in which people are always truthful and cannot lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-society-in-which-people-are-always-truthful-and-cannot-lie/764753)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-society-in-which-people-are-always-truthful-and-cannot-lie/764753 "2016-09-04T01:01:56Z")
Suppose for a moment that you have a society in which people are physically incapable of lying or of deception, and that the only two things they can say are either (1) The truth, or (2) “I don’t want to say (“no comment… --- ## [Why the vape-hate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vape-hate/761505)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vape-hate/761505 "2016-09-03T22:58:48Z")
Disclaimer: I am a long-time \[ex\]-smoker, who now smokes e-cigarettes. One would think that on the face of it e-cigarettes are a good compromise for the now, perhaps rightly, much maligned smokers. After all, with e-cig… --- ## [Stereotypes you buck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-you-buck/764133)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-you-buck/764133 "2016-09-03T20:50:45Z")
Just got a new car, got a decent deal on a BMW so now I’m going out of my way to buck the stereotype that all beamer drivers are inconsiderate arseholes by giving way, letting people merge and actually using indicators o… --- ## [I got my first pair of prescription eyeglasses today. And I think they screwed up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-pair-of-prescription-eyeglasses-today-and-i-think-they-screwed-up/764701)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-pair-of-prescription-eyeglasses-today-and-i-think-they-screwed-up/764701 "2016-09-03T20:23:15Z")
They are progressive lenses. I think there is something wrong with the left lens. It tends to distort a bit on the outer edge. The thing is, since these are my first pair, I’m not entirely sure if they are actually mess… --- ## [What rights do misclassified employees have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rights-do-misclassified-employees-have/764801)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rights-do-misclassified-employees-have/764801 "2016-09-03T01:45:23Z")
So, one of my employees came to me today, and asked, “Do you know anything about taxes?” “Sure, I do my taxes, I might be able to help, what’s your question?” So, she pulls out her paperwork, and she’s got a 1099 from … --- ## [Best Sci-fi tech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sci-fi-tech/764604)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sci-fi-tech/764604 "2016-09-02T23:44:24Z")
I’m not thinking of the coolest tech but those technologies that are found in sci-fi that make the most sense in the real world. Like for example I think the computer AIs from Andromeda act exactly how I believe AI will … --- ## [Let's talk beds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-beds/764558)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-beds/764558 "2016-09-02T21:44:55Z")
I have a love/hate relationship with beds. I find it extremely difficult to find one that works well for me. But for now, I have a weird question that I haven’t seen answered in google searches: Does the height of a b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=704) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=706)