# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=728 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 729 --- ## [Should we end the drug war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-end-the-drug-war/759013)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-end-the-drug-war/759013 "2016-07-06T09:31:19Z")
I don’t like mind altering drugs, never have, never will. However I am more and more finding myself agreeing with the idea that such substances should not be banned. I base this on first of all on the fact that I dislike… --- ## [Sprains and advancing age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprains-and-advancing-age/759042)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprains-and-advancing-age/759042 "2016-07-06T04:50:17Z")
I have noted in a thread in IMHO that I struck my bare foot (the instep) against the front stub of a rocker of a rocking chair–damn painful. No fracture, fortunately; just a “bad sprain,” as the doctor called it after a … --- ## [Self-defense (gun-control hypothetical) scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-defense-gun-control-hypothetical-scenario/758950)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-defense-gun-control-hypothetical-scenario/758950 "2016-07-06T01:33:14Z")
I’m not \*\*Skald the Rhymer \*\*- I can’t write a story as good as he does, so I will just cut straight to the scenario instead: As I understand it, most gun-control advocates are of the opinion that a victim, when under t… --- ## [Inhaler for COPD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inhaler-for-copd/759164)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inhaler-for-copd/759164 "2016-07-05T22:48:34Z")
You’re not my doctor, I’m not your qpatient etc. I quit smoking 4 years ago, after 40 years of Camel non-filters. I walk every day, and have now started riding a bike. Really enjoy it, but I get easily winded. Would usin… --- ## [Plan to go cableless ... who else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-go-cableless-who-else/758733)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-go-cableless-who-else/758733 "2016-07-05T22:11:06Z")
I just paid my cable bill. Besides my mortgage it is my biggest bill of the month. It’s ridiculonk. Plus there’s the fact that I rarely even watch the friggin’ thing; it’s usually background noise to me. Or anything I re… --- ## [Interior temperature preferences - USA versus UK/Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-temperature-preferences-usa-versus-uk-europe/758530)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interior-temperature-preferences-usa-versus-uk-europe/758530 "2016-07-05T22:09:34Z")
Hey, a thread about the UK that has zilch to do with Brexit! How fun. I was in the UK for business last week, at my companies office just off Oxford Street. I, and about 12 of my colleagues spent the week in a conferen… --- ## [Who COULD run this country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-run-this-country/758705 "2016-07-05T17:54:39Z")
Obviously in a country of almost 320 million people we have better options than \[ul\] \[li\]a boor and a lout with little-to-no impulse control \[/li\]\[li\]the living embodiment of the Peter Principle\[/li\]\[/ul\] Who are some… --- ## [Propane cylinder: Buy, or rent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-cylinder-buy-or-rent/758169)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/propane-cylinder-buy-or-rent/758169 "2016-07-05T17:36:17Z")
The new five-burner gas grill should arrive Monday. I’ve never used a gas grill, being a ‘charcoal purist’; but a new deck and roof means we’ll be spending more time outside, and more outdoor cooking. A gas grill will … --- ## [Job application etiquette question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-application-etiquette-question/758933)
**Author:** [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-application-etiquette-question/758933 "2016-07-05T17:22:07Z")
I am in the middle of applying for a position from an online posting. The job is for a video editor, and one I’m very qualified for. The last line of the qualifications is (and, something that is very unusual to ask for … --- ## [Ladies, how do you feel when you catch a man looking at you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-feel-when-you-catch-a-man-looking-at-you/758055)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-do-you-feel-when-you-catch-a-man-looking-at-you/758055 "2016-07-05T16:56:56Z")
I don’t mean leering. I don’t mean crude comments. You’re walking down the street, minding your own business, when you catch a man looking at you for a little longer than someone normally looks at a stranger. In other … --- ## [If you have "half" or "step" siblings, how do you refer to them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-half-or-step-siblings-how-do-you-refer-to-them/756653)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-half-or-step-siblings-how-do-you-refer-to-them/756653 "2016-07-05T16:54:44Z")
Other than by their name, of course. With Bill Clinton’s half-brother’s arrest being in the news, it seemed odd that he was labeled as such. IME, when siblings are “halves”, the qualifier is usually dropped. In fact, … --- ## [Rented a house... found out after I signed the lease that everything is broken. Any recourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rented-a-house-found-out-after-i-signed-the-lease-that-everything-is-broken-any-recourse/758916)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rented-a-house-found-out-after-i-signed-the-lease-that-everything-is-broken-any-recourse/758916 "2016-07-05T16:46:26Z")
I live in California. I just recently rented a house with some roommates, and I unfortunately didn’t do a close enough inspection before agreeing to lease (one of the roommates was desperate to move out of their previous… --- ## [Tips for Cedar Point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-cedar-point/755228)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-cedar-point/755228 "2016-07-05T15:24:42Z")
My 11-year-old-coaster-enthusiast son and I will be driving from the 'Burgh early one morning this summer to Sandusky, with the goal of hitting all of the important rides (if not every coaster) in one day. He has all bu… --- ## [Are you taller than your gender equal parent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-taller-than-your-gender-equal-parent/758729)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-taller-than-your-gender-equal-parent/758729 "2016-07-05T13:49:52Z")
I couldn’t think of the appropriate term. Maybe there isn’t one. If you’re male, are you shorter or taller than your father? If you’re female, are you shorter or taller than your mother? Poll coming. --- ## [Things NOT to do if mildly OCD-y (humorous)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-not-to-do-if-mildly-ocd-y-humorous/758820 "2016-07-05T11:10:46Z")
Recent things I’ve done that have lit my slightly-to-moderately obsessive brain afire: -Set up a livestream feed of my stock portfolio -Finally use the metal detector I bought three years ago (I did find some pretty co… --- ## [Radio or TV ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-or-tv/759049)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-or-tv/759049 "2016-07-05T07:50:02Z")
I’ve recently realized that I enjoy listening to the radio much more than watching TV. As a matter of fact, I barely watch TV anymore and when I first moved in my own flat I didn’t even have a TV for over three years. Ho… --- ## [Women - are you offended when a man tries to shake your hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-you-offended-when-a-man-tries-to-shake-your-hand/758714)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-you-offended-when-a-man-tries-to-shake-your-hand/758714 "2016-07-05T06:29:00Z")
Since I’m like a dog with a bone, I’d like to continue the discussion of handshakes started in this thread. --- ## [The "Patented Drug" vs Reagent - My suspicions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-patented-drug-vs-reagent-my-suspicions/758962)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-patented-drug-vs-reagent-my-suspicions/758962 "2016-07-05T05:27:24Z")
OK, new symptoms, new drugs to google. I mention no names, but: a. 1 bottle of 200 mg pills - $927.94 from a retail drugstore b. 1 KG of reagent grade - $201.50 from a chemical manufacturer. For something described a… --- ## [The ideal social utopia (according to right-wingers and left-wingers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ideal-social-utopia-according-to-right-wingers-and-left-wingers/758951)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ideal-social-utopia-according-to-right-wingers-and-left-wingers/758951 "2016-07-05T05:26:08Z")
In this thread, I would like to sidestep economics for a moment (should we be capitalist? socialist? communist?) and look only at the social aspects for a moment. I would like to ask the right-wingers and left-wingers t… --- ## [Anyone have experience with using life insurance as savings account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-using-life-insurance-as-savings-account/759072)
**Author:** [@Carlarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlarm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-using-life-insurance-as-savings-account/759072 "2016-07-05T03:41:57Z")
I’m about to retire and have a large sum of money in a passbook savings account making very little interest. My financial advisor is suggesting I take out an insurance policy as a safe way to make more interest than I’m … --- ## [Have you had straight sex with your gay friend or gay with your straight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-straight-sex-with-your-gay-friend-or-gay-with-your-straight/573132)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-straight-sex-with-your-gay-friend-or-gay-with-your-straight/573132 "2016-07-04T19:28:55Z")
I was just reminded of this while watching (the truly horrendous) “Burlesque”, in which (the always flawless and fabulous) Stanley Tucci and Cher mention a one night stand they had years before. (he’s gay, she’s straight… --- ## [Poll: Have you had a homosexual experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-have-you-had-a-homosexual-experience/359211 "2016-07-04T19:27:09Z")
I’ve read that something like 10% of straight women have had homosexual experiences, and I thought that it seems a bit high. Not sure what the numbers on straight males is. So, I would like to conduct an informal poll h… --- ## [publishing notes from a trip that aren't mine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-notes-from-a-trip-that-arent-mine/758982)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-notes-from-a-trip-that-arent-mine/758982 "2016-07-04T17:41:56Z")
25 years ago or so, I met a person who was on a journey that I thought was pretty neat. He added me to his mailing list and every two weeks or so I got wonderful notes about his adventure. I thought he was a great writ… --- ## [Unrealistic demands and expectations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrealistic-demands-and-expectations/759069)
**Author:** [@quantumleap2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quantumleap2016)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrealistic-demands-and-expectations/759069 "2016-07-04T16:00:09Z")
How can someone stop putting unrealistic demands and expectations on himself or herself? --- ## [What the hell is wrong with my thumb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-my-thumb/319559)
**Author:** [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-my-thumb/319559 "2016-07-04T15:27:15Z")
I first noticed the pain on Saturday. It was a mild ache, so I thought I slept on my hand weird or something and it would go away. But no, it just grew worse and worse. Early Tuesday morning I woke up because my thumb fu… --- ## [Sacrificing one to save the many.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacrificing-one-to-save-the-many/758712)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sacrificing-one-to-save-the-many/758712 "2016-07-04T13:24:16Z")
In scifi, fantasy, and adventure stories, it’s common for one member of a group to have to sacrifice himself for the good of the many. In stories with any sort of military setting, it sometimes happens that the leader o… --- ## [Am I right to insist on a closed jacket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-to-insist-on-a-closed-jacket/757659)
**Author:** [@Scottish\_Cailyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scottish_Cailyn)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-to-insist-on-a-closed-jacket/757659 "2016-07-04T07:12:26Z")
I have 1 daughter, Rhona (6) but she is really bad for one thing, she does not like her jacket done up, when its really unpleasant outside she will come out of school with it undone and when I ask her to do up the zip, s… --- ## [When tallying how many U.S. states you have been to, what is your criteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tallying-how-many-u-s-states-you-have-been-to-what-is-your-criteria/758669)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tallying-how-many-u-s-states-you-have-been-to-what-is-your-criteria/758669 "2016-07-04T03:02:20Z")
You tell me you have been to x number of states. Define “been to” by checking all options that apply. Please elaborate as necessary. mmm --- ## [Is "thanks" a a slangy idiom, not considered standard English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thanks-a-a-slangy-idiom-not-considered-standard-english/758948)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thanks-a-a-slangy-idiom-not-considered-standard-english/758948 "2016-07-04T01:51:50Z")
As jtur88 put it, derailing a thread game. --- ## [What 3 species of animals on Earth experience menopause? - You can win some bar bets with this!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-species-of-animals-on-earth-experience-menopause-you-can-win-some-bar-bets-with-this/758961)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-species-of-animals-on-earth-experience-menopause-you-can-win-some-bar-bets-with-this/758961 "2016-07-04T01:49:05Z")
“Menopause” in this case defined as living well after fertility has ceased. Article and answer here The answer is female [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=727) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=729)