# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=737 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 738 --- ## [Christians vs. non-Christians on the Ten Commandments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-vs-non-christians-on-the-ten-commandments/756727)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-vs-non-christians-on-the-ten-commandments/756727 "2016-06-11T02:52:04Z")
According to this news article refugees wanting to enter the UK to try and escape persecution for being Christian have been asked this question, and come up short. If you had to pass as a Christian, or if you are a Chris… --- ## [Is Hillary wearing a Bullet-proof vest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hillary-wearing-a-bullet-proof-vest/756883)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hillary-wearing-a-bullet-proof-vest/756883 "2016-06-11T01:06:40Z")
She was all over CNN today, and in every image, she is wearing a horrible, shapeless “tunic” or pantsuit that frankly, reminds me of something right out of North Korea. And it makes perfect sense if she was wearing a ve… --- ## [Win the First World War! (time travel shenanigans)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-the-first-world-war-time-travel-shenanigans/756605)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-the-first-world-war-time-travel-shenanigans/756605 "2016-06-11T00:36:24Z")
For reasons of plot you have been given access to a time machine with instructions to help win the First World War for whichever side you choose. Rules - You can send back one weapon of your choice, but without an inst… --- ## [Does anyone else have to deal with snark about what you eat for lunch every day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-to-deal-with-snark-about-what-you-eat-for-lunch-every-day/756750)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-to-deal-with-snark-about-what-you-eat-for-lunch-every-day/756750 "2016-06-11T00:19:33Z")
And when I say “every day”–I mean every fuckin’ day. For months at a time, I’ll eat the same thing for lunch. My current lunch menu is a piece of fruit (apple, pear, or peach–depending on which is cheapest) and a packa… --- ## [cockroaches vs spiders, which is more disgusting to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroaches-vs-spiders-which-is-more-disgusting-to-you/631356)
**Author:** [@griffon502](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffon502)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockroaches-vs-spiders-which-is-more-disgusting-to-you/631356 "2016-06-11T00:08:32Z")
I have little problem with spiders, no matter what kind they are. Heck, I think I got a few spiders in my room right now but I don’t care. Saw a big tarantula-like spider in the kitchen some day ago and I poked it and le… --- ## [What does it feel like to get roofied (or similarly drugged) and how long do you have to react?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-roofied-or-similarly-drugged-and-how-long-do-you-have-to-react/756927)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-roofied-or-similarly-drugged-and-how-long-do-you-have-to-react/756927 "2016-06-10T23:31:40Z")
An all too common story in the news is about how someone’s drink was spiked and they get assaulted after they pass out. Most recently, many of the women in the Cosby scandal have come forward with similar stories of bei… --- ## [After the divorce, why did you keep his name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-divorce-why-did-you-keep-his-name/756608)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-divorce-why-did-you-keep-his-name/756608 "2016-06-10T23:28:23Z")
Just had a conversation with a long time customer that wanted me to change the name on her account to her maiden name since she is now divorced from her husband. She explained ( I didn’t ask ) that she no longer wanted t… --- ## [Does anyone have experience with marriage counseling focused on the husband?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-with-marriage-counseling-focused-on-the-husband/756366)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-with-marriage-counseling-focused-on-the-husband/756366 "2016-06-10T22:31:34Z")
The dynamic between my husband and me is as common as it is depressing. He doesn’t do chores I ask him to do as timely, reliably and well as I would like them to be done I nag, get frustrated, get disappointed, and, g… --- ## [Bathroom Laws: Why Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-laws-why-now/756914)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-laws-why-now/756914 "2016-06-10T21:37:35Z")
For starters, I apologize in advance if this topic has already been covered in a different thread, and I apologize if it is more suitable for a different forum. The Question: Setting aside debate over the rightness or… --- ## [Do US flags belong on the graves of Confederate soldiers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-flags-belong-on-the-graves-of-confederate-soldiers/756826)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-flags-belong-on-the-graves-of-confederate-soldiers/756826 "2016-06-10T19:00:29Z")
Pretty straightforward question. I’m fairly strongly in the camp of option 1, option 2 if I’m feeling particularly generous. But as with any other time when I feel strongly about something, I suppose there’s something … --- ## [What have you been mistaken for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-been-mistaken-for/753120)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-been-mistaken-for/753120 "2016-06-10T17:06:20Z")
Following up on the mistaken for a prostitute thread: Twice when I was younger I was mistaken for the valet at some upscale restaurants. Once I was outside grabbing a smoke, another time just waiting to be picked up. I … --- ## [UniverSoul Circus - is it for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universoul-circus-is-it-for-kids/756903)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universoul-circus-is-it-for-kids/756903 "2016-06-10T15:55:38Z")
It’s playing near us this week. Is it a children’s show? Or more stylized like Cirque du Soleil? Don’t get me wrong, I love Cirque, but Celtling isn’t into it yet. I tried to check it out on youtube, but really wasn’… --- ## [I am not a grammar nazi but come on now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-grammar-nazi-but-come-on-now/757012)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-grammar-nazi-but-come-on-now/757012 "2016-06-10T15:15:52Z")
From a story in the New York Daily News WTF? Both the judge and reporter seem scarcely able to string a coherent sentence together. In the immortal words of Tony Soprano, this shit is unacceptable! --- ## [Where can I get one lighter engraved and painted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-one-lighter-engraved-and-painted/756861)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-one-lighter-engraved-and-painted/756861 "2016-06-10T13:58:47Z")
In this thread I said I was looking for two Zippo lighters with different USN squadron patches on them. One place that looked promising can’t do the engraving and painting on brushed chrome (which is what I want) becaus… --- ## [X-men ad violence against women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-ad-violence-against-women/756429)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-ad-violence-against-women/756429 "2016-06-10T12:38:30Z")
Its more debatey than cafe society so I threw it here There is quite the FB kerfluffle going on that seems to be stirring up a ton of grief. There are billboards featuring the Apocalypse character holding Mystique up b… --- ## [Getting a cat to eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-cat-to-eat/756845)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-cat-to-eat/756845 "2016-06-10T12:07:34Z")
Both of my cats aren’t eating as they should. Lucy (full name: Lucy in the Sky) prefers to subsist pretty much on snacks. She’s been turning her nose up at most of them, but will occasionally eat a few. She is gettin… --- ## [Advice, please, on reconnecting with drug addict cousin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-please-on-reconnecting-with-drug-addict-cousin/756964)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-please-on-reconnecting-with-drug-addict-cousin/756964 "2016-06-10T06:32:22Z")
I have a cousin who has been the proverbial bad seed. I’m not going to share her solecisms and bad decisions save that she has been addicted to heroin. I’ve kept loose tabs on her for a while now and she appears to have … --- ## [Where did the myth that "People with Down's Syndrome are always happy!" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-myth-that-people-with-downs-syndrome-are-always-happy-come-from/756323)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-myth-that-people-with-downs-syndrome-are-always-happy-come-from/756323 "2016-06-10T03:22:20Z")
One thing I hear time and again is how people with Down’s Syndrome (and apparently no other disorder/difference/condition) are always “HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY!” or “Bright rays of sunlight.” Where did this weird belief c… --- ## [What if a world leader punched another world leader?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-world-leader-punched-another-world-leader/756899)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-world-leader-punched-another-world-leader/756899 "2016-06-10T02:02:47Z")
What would happen if, say, Obama punched Putin in the mouth? Aside from the security moving in fast, what would each country/political party do? Has this ever happened in recent history? I assume it hasn’t. --- ## [who has experience with acupuncture? helpful? not helpful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-experience-with-acupuncture-helpful-not-helpful/756880)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-experience-with-acupuncture-helpful-not-helpful/756880 "2016-06-10T00:34:28Z")
I’ve been dealing with some upper back/lower neck pain on one side for nigh on two years now. It’s not debilitating pain, but it pretty much never goes away. If you’ve ever really overdone it on the activity in any mus… --- ## [tell me I didn't kill my tree with Round-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-i-didnt-kill-my-tree-with-round-up/756882)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-i-didnt-kill-my-tree-with-round-up/756882 "2016-06-10T00:06:25Z")
Have an old Dogwood tree in my front yard. I have sprayed the rocks under the tree (not immediately under) with Round Up so I can kill weeds and stop them from coming back. I have done this at least twice this year. T… --- ## [Poll: does reading the Wikipedia entry for "yawn" make you yawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-reading-the-wikipedia-entry-for-yawn-make-you-yawn/756409)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-does-reading-the-wikipedia-entry-for-yawn-make-you-yawn/756409 "2016-06-09T23:07:28Z")
As I was link-following around Wikipedia, I came across the entry for “yawn” - and I genuinely yawned non-stop while I was reading it. So I was just wondering if it affected everyone in the same way. Poll to follow shor… --- ## [Would you like to become a cyborg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-become-a-cyborg/756617)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-become-a-cyborg/756617 "2016-06-09T21:27:02Z")
A cyborg would be able to connect to Social Media and to his/her financial accounts and remotely controlled devices by brain computer interface. Such technology is not yet available. A person who uses Internet almost a… --- ## [Edward Peruta v. County of San Diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-peruta-v-county-of-san-diego/755552)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-peruta-v-county-of-san-diego/755552 "2016-06-09T20:49:37Z")
This case was heard en banc almost a year ago. Does the 9th circuit have some sort of deadline for issuing a ruling like the supreme court does where they will issue opinions at the end of the session or can they just no… --- ## [A duck's quack doesn't echo, and other weird shit people believe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ducks-quack-doesnt-echo-and-other-weird-shit-people-believe/756553)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ducks-quack-doesnt-echo-and-other-weird-shit-people-believe/756553 "2016-06-09T20:27:22Z")
Elsewhere in this section there is a discussion on whether someone is a jerk for correcting someone else’s false believe about something. I think this might be an appropriate place for weird shit people believe. Just que… --- ## [Why am I not hungry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/756365)
**Author:** [@emily2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emily2000)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-hungry/756365 "2016-06-09T18:51:10Z")
I haven’t been properly hungry for nearly 3 weeks, and I keep forgetting food even exists. For instance, I’ll go through most the day without food and realise about 6 o’clock that I haven’t eaten anything and it doesn’t … --- ## [Ladies, did you have to "train" your SO? And guys, did you have to be clued in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-did-you-have-to-train-your-so-and-guys-did-you-have-to-be-clued-in/756855)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-did-you-have-to-train-your-so-and-guys-did-you-have-to-be-clued-in/756855 "2016-06-09T17:50:04Z")
I was just thinking about my first couple of serious relationships. While they didn’t pan out in the long run, I do feel like I owe these ladies a debt of gratitude. Mainly, because, boy… was I ever clueless as to how r… --- ## [Would you live in a house where multiple murders had occurred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-in-a-house-where-multiple-murders-had-occurred/756815)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-in-a-house-where-multiple-murders-had-occurred/756815 "2016-06-09T16:29:36Z")
The Amityville House is up for sale again. :eek: They have changedthose creepy windows on the end of the house. But just thinking about six people dead in those bedrooms. :eek: Nope, I’m not living there. Wouldn’t e… --- ## [What to do about runner's foot scab that won't heal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-runners-foot-scab-that-wont-heal/756767)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-runners-foot-scab-that-wont-heal/756767 "2016-06-09T16:28:53Z")
I have many calluses on my feet, the most annoying is this small scab like thing that has no feeling to it, and is black. Today after running on my treadmill half of it came off exposing a very small hole in my foot, I’v… --- ## [Have You Ever Been Mistaken For A Prostitute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-a-prostitute/752821)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-a-prostitute/752821 "2016-06-09T15:38:54Z")
I have not. But my wife was, once, when she was with me, no less! We were in a casino in a Santo Domingo hotel and I was playing blackjack. She was with me but not playing, and apparently this particular casino was a pla… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=736) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=738)