# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=730 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 731 --- ## [Are the Olympics in Brazil actually going to be a disaster? Or are people trying to sell clicks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919 "2016-06-30T21:25:35Z")
In the run-up to the Sochi games in 2012, we were told that the building was massively behind schedule, stray dogs littered the streets and were being euthanized, there would be no snow, and none of it mattered anyways b… --- ## [help me get over my road trip fear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-over-my-road-trip-fear/758692)
**Author:** [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-over-my-road-trip-fear/758692 "2016-06-30T20:15:10Z")
Short version: My husband has been after me for the last few years to take a multi-week road trip to the Midwest to visit people he knows out there, including former roommates (he lived out there for a few years before … --- ## [Favorite "Self Help" Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-self-help-books/332663)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-self-help-books/332663 "2016-06-30T19:02:53Z")
Hello, I am trying to make a list of the biggest best and most popular self help books/ schools of thought. I haven’t really read many myself. I did get about half way through a purpose driven life… It is a little to… --- ## [Nominated for SDMB Sainthood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominated-for-sdmb-sainthood/758796)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominated-for-sdmb-sainthood/758796 "2016-06-30T18:19:01Z")
Wherein, we nominate our most likely candidate for sainthood of the SDMB. My vote goes to iiandyiiii, for his irrepressible optimism in the face of determined ignorance. You may second, or nominate your own. --- ## [Advice needed for what to do about possible cheating student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-for-what-to-do-about-possible-cheating-student/758549)
**Author:** [@CrabRangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrabRangoon)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-for-what-to-do-about-possible-cheating-student/758549 "2016-06-30T17:56:20Z")
Greetings All, I am hoping to get some sage advice about what to do in a situation where I strongly suspect a student has cheated on a test - but I cannot be sure. Here is the situation: I am a brand new instructor at … --- ## [mechanical clicking noise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanical-clicking-noise/758736)
**Author:** [@Ignatia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanical-clicking-noise/758736 "2016-06-30T17:09:36Z")
I only heard this once, behind the wall in our shower, it was a rythmatic clicking noise, faster then a second and on a clock. It lasted about 5 minutes. I have never heard it before, or again. I know it was not the pip… --- ## ["The famously difficult green-eyed logic puzzle" - I disagree with the proposed solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famously-difficult-green-eyed-logic-puzzle-i-disagree-with-the-proposed-solution/758287)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-famously-difficult-green-eyed-logic-puzzle-i-disagree-with-the-proposed-solution/758287 "2016-06-30T14:28:02Z")
There’s a TED video with 3.8 million views and 29k likes called The famously difficult green-eyed logic puzzle: It posits a situation of a prison island inhabited by 100 prisoners, all of whom are 'perfect logicians', … --- ## [Dividing up a vacation rental with friends.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dividing-up-a-vacation-rental-with-friends/669638)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dividing-up-a-vacation-rental-with-friends/669638 "2013-09-27T17:09:08Z")
I’m subscribed to those travel alerts for low fares and 99% off them aren’t good deals. Well, a couple weeks back, there was a great deal. Minneapolis, MN to San Juan, PR round trip for $214 in February on American Airli… --- ## [How would older presidents (or other leaders) Fare in the 24/7 Newscycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-older-presidents-or-other-leaders-fare-in-the-24-7-newscycle/758751)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-older-presidents-or-other-leaders-fare-in-the-24-7-newscycle/758751 "2016-06-30T02:47:21Z")
Obviously, with the 2016 American election coming up. there has been a huge amount of coverage so that literally every time a politician moves an eyelid there is a major report on it:D I may be exaggerating this somewha… --- ## [How long would it take you to read a 1000 pg book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-you-to-read-a-1000-pg-book/519570)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-you-to-read-a-1000-pg-book/519570 "2016-06-30T02:11:35Z")
So I got the new Stephen King book Under the Dome and it’s just over 1000pgs. I’m curious how long it takes most people to finish a book this large. Assuming that it’s a book that you are enjoying, though maybe not rab… --- ## [Plastic surgery for daughter's ears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-surgery-for-daughters-ears/758616)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-surgery-for-daughters-ears/758616 "2016-06-29T23:42:35Z")
My lovely 6 yo daughter has, unfortunately, inherited her ears from her grandfather. Instead of lying mostly flat against her head, they protrude out at about a 45 degree angle. As of now she has never said anything abou… --- ## [Your experiences with fasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-fasting/758721)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-fasting/758721 "2016-06-29T20:43:21Z")
Anyone have some 1st/2nd hand experience with fasting or knowledge of some of the better research? What are some of the difficulties involved and how can they be alleviated? How does the length of the fast change its e… --- ## [Should I feel obligated to do this? \[CCNA studies\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-feel-obligated-to-do-this-ccna-studies/754960)
**Author:** [@T-Minus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Minus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-feel-obligated-to-do-this-ccna-studies/754960 "2016-06-29T19:56:10Z")
I have been studying for this one exam for a year and a half now. I feel completely burned out and can’t seem to bring myself to finish my studies. I read that it usally takes a person a month to complete this, which is … --- ## [\[How tough were drill instructors? - Edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-were-drill-instructors-edited-title/758679)
**Author:** [@Jrubas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jrubas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-were-drill-instructors-edited-title/758679 "2016-06-29T16:06:30Z")
I was watching Full Metal Jacket earlier today and got to wondering: How tough WERE drill instructors…say pre-1970? R. Lee Ermy said a lot of the stuff he did in the film would have gotten him court martialed (hitting an… --- ## [What is exactly "bitterness" and why isn't everyone bitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-exactly-bitterness-and-why-isnt-everyone-bitter/758565)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-exactly-bitterness-and-why-isnt-everyone-bitter/758565 "2016-06-29T15:25:46Z")
In another IMHO thread, it was posited by multiple posters (including me) that everyone lacks something they want and as a result feels angst about it. But not everyone is overtly bitter. Sure, I can believe that everyo… --- ## [If you had half a mind to, do you belive you could obtain a firearm illegally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-half-a-mind-to-do-you-belive-you-could-obtain-a-firearm-illegally/758558)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-half-a-mind-to-do-you-belive-you-could-obtain-a-firearm-illegally/758558 "2016-06-29T12:46:50Z")
This is in reference to the argument gun control laws only keep guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens. So looking at the Orlando shooting spree, we have this socially awkward kid that purchased firearms legally.… --- ## [Sidewalks, buses, walking and snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidewalks-buses-walking-and-snow/734136)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidewalks-buses-walking-and-snow/734136 "2015-10-13T01:28:39Z")
In our suburban area of Kansas City they just added bus service a few years ago but only in the last couple of years has it really caught on where lots of people are riding the bus to work. Before that it was all cars. H… --- ## [Good source for self-teaching these specific elements of Italian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-source-for-self-teaching-these-specific-elements-of-italian/758665)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-source-for-self-teaching-these-specific-elements-of-italian/758665 "2016-06-29T02:14:53Z")
I have learned some Italian over the years by studying on my own and speaking with native speakers. But there are a couple of aspects of the language that none of my references seem to do a good job explaining: Translat… --- ## [Metrolink connection problem: Can this be blamed on the conductor I asked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metrolink-connection-problem-can-this-be-blamed-on-the-conductor-i-asked/757721)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metrolink-connection-problem-can-this-be-blamed-on-the-conductor-i-asked/757721 "2016-06-28T21:27:10Z")
Last Thursday I boarded a Metrolink train in Riverside, at 12:40 p.m., heading southwest toward the station in the city of Orange. It was my understanding, encouraged by the conductor, that a “Los Angeles” \[bound\] train … --- ## [MS 2013 Access DB via Sharepoint. Resources?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-2013-access-db-via-sharepoint-resources/758295)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-2013-access-db-via-sharepoint-resources/758295 "2016-06-28T15:41:45Z")
I recently directed my company to trust me to build a “dashboard” for our everyday operations… I chose MS Access because it’s a staple of database design, and basically infinitely customizable. Furthermore, the sales p… --- ## [Is that a fat woman gets to see a short guy as "equivalent" a form of sexual affirmative action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-fat-woman-gets-to-see-a-short-guy-as-equivalent-a-form-of-sexual-affirmative-action/758108)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-fat-woman-gets-to-see-a-short-guy-as-equivalent-a-form-of-sexual-affirmative-action/758108 "2016-06-28T14:58:21Z")
This idiotic idea that society has forced on short height men, that they must lower than standards if they want to increase the quantity of sex and dating they get, is preposterous. Height cannot be controlled at all, t… --- ## [Response to "I'd like to introduce you to someone"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-someone/758509)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-someone/758509 "2016-06-28T06:50:49Z")
Just coming off another thread, how many of you when you were single were set up/introduced to/hooked up - whatever you want to call it, with someone? I think its a great idea because they know you, they know this other… --- ## [Women - do you think about boffing random strangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-think-about-boffing-random-strangers/758267)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-think-about-boffing-random-strangers/758267 "2016-06-28T05:42:57Z")
OK, sorry about the crude title. Based on this thread, it seems that a large number of women think that men are constantly thinking about having sex with them. OK, we probably are. I guess it’s true that when I see an… --- ## [Any chance for a Brexit revote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-for-a-brexit-revote/758464)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-for-a-brexit-revote/758464 "2016-06-28T03:51:33Z")
It has to be asked. With a petition signed by over 3M Brits, is there a chance Cameron will do that one thing before he slinks off into the sunset? I just read a website in which several people said they voted “leave” … --- ## [Vaguely Ominous Corporate Slogans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-ominous-corporate-slogans/758323)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-ominous-corporate-slogans/758323 "2016-06-28T03:26:34Z")
Surely someone in Rite Aid marketing must realize that emphasizing certain words in their slogan makes it sound like a mafia vendetta threat? :eek: “With Us, it’s Personal” :slight\_smile: “With Us, it’s Personal” :ma… --- ## [Secession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secession/758482)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secession/758482 "2016-06-28T02:30:20Z")
What are the merits and demerits of political secession? Would you approve of a mechanism for secession being introduced into the governing framework of nations around the world? --- ## [Will the EU eventually become a sovereign state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-eu-eventually-become-a-sovereign-state/758401)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-eu-eventually-become-a-sovereign-state/758401 "2016-06-28T02:22:42Z")
People in the EU refer to themselves as Europeans. They have their own Parliament. They have their own currency. They don’t recognize borders within member nations. (The Schengen Agreement) Now they want their own army. … --- ## [Another Brexit/EU question (why is the EU in such a hurry)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brexit-eu-question-why-is-the-eu-in-such-a-hurry/758555)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brexit-eu-question-why-is-the-eu-in-such-a-hurry/758555 "2016-06-28T01:41:38Z")
This has most likely been asked and answered in the myriad threads on this subject currently bubbling on the board, but if so I missed it and I didn’t want to hijack any of those by asking this. But, well, why does the … --- ## [Friend traveling to UK tonight - Brexit concerns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-traveling-to-uk-tonight-brexit-concerns/758225)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-traveling-to-uk-tonight-brexit-concerns/758225 "2016-06-28T01:20:22Z")
Probably a stupid question - a friend of mine is leaving tonight for a 2 week trip to the UK. Should she be concerned in any way about the Brexit vote results? Riots, anything like that expected? Thanks. --- ## [Managing an ailing parent's finances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-an-ailing-parents-finances/758519)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-an-ailing-parents-finances/758519 "2016-06-27T23:59:39Z")
I put this in IMHO because I’m not really asking for financial advice, just soliciting opinions. What happens to credit card debt if/when the parent dies? Does it make sense to transfer all of the parent’s assets to th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=729) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=731)