# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=741 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 742 --- ## [Anyone ever use "Trendy Butler"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-trendy-butler/756252)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-trendy-butler/756252 "2016-06-01T22:49:41Z")
Trendy Butler. (SFW) The gist of it is that you pay a flat fee every month, and in exchange you get a new “outfit” (pants and shirt and some accessory) that is seasonal and in-style. I like the concept of it, expecially… --- ## [Is it proper to qualify the word "unique"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-proper-to-qualify-the-word-unique/756162)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-proper-to-qualify-the-word-unique/756162 "2016-06-01T21:50:35Z")
Over in the Trivia Domino thread, a poster referred to JetBlue Airlines as being “fairly unique.” “Unique” means one of a kind. Can it be qualified? Are the Who “sort of unique?” Is Kinky Friedman “very unique”? Was Rob… --- ## [Didn't receive my package from an EBay seller, but he sent it. Item left on porch. How to proceed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-receive-my-package-from-an-ebay-seller-but-he-sent-it-item-left-on-porch-how-to-proceed/756250)
**Author:** [@StanielMarsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanielMarsh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-receive-my-package-from-an-ebay-seller-but-he-sent-it-item-left-on-porch-how-to-proceed/756250 "2016-06-01T20:28:39Z")
Need some advice, these are the options I’m considering: I ordered a set of speakers from a seller with a good rating on Ebay. It appears he sent it, I have no reason to doubt that he did. He has a good rating and the p… --- ## [Scripps Spelling Bee not even all English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scripps-spelling-bee-not-even-all-english/755792)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scripps-spelling-bee-not-even-all-english/755792 "2016-06-01T18:01:41Z")
Just noticed this article on the latest Scripps National Spelling Bee. Again, National Spelling Bee ends in a tie, Washington Post, May 27, 2016. The bee went on for many rounds of overtime before they finally declared… --- ## [Do I have any recourse to get out of this contract, or am I stuck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-any-recourse-to-get-out-of-this-contract-or-am-i-stuck/755670)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-any-recourse-to-get-out-of-this-contract-or-am-i-stuck/755670 "2016-06-01T17:49:11Z")
Back in December, I joined a gym. Their website advertises that they have no monthly contracts–everything is month-to-month. I thought I might enjoy doing their structured workout classes (sort of like group personal tra… --- ## [So I was a "crushee" and never even knew it! Or the girl with the crush!.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-crushee-and-never-even-knew-it-or-the-girl-with-the-crush/755530)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-a-crushee-and-never-even-knew-it-or-the-girl-with-the-crush/755530 "2016-06-01T16:48:26Z")
(And no, I’m not trying to pursue anything. Everyone involved has long since moved on with their lives, gotten married, etc.) Without going into specifics as to the hows and whys, I learned a couple of days ago that ba… --- ## [The point at which a lawsuit's damages become excessive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-at-which-a-lawsuits-damages-become-excessive/756232)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-at-which-a-lawsuits-damages-become-excessive/756232 "2016-06-01T15:22:30Z")
Determining how much money someone should get out of a lawsuit in damages is a blurry area at best - but I think there could be some consensus that awarding $100,000 in damages for a severed finger isn’t unreasonable whe… --- ## [Tell me about Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a vacation destination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-as-a-vacation-destination/744112)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-as-a-vacation-destination/744112 "2016-06-01T14:26:10Z")
We are trying to make final plans for when my youngest \*\*Gas \*\*is on spring break, last week of March. \*\*BakingWithElectricity \*\*(not really her Straight Dope name but that would be a good one for her) wants to limit tra… --- ## [The crying of a baby in public is more frustrating because it doesn't know better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crying-of-a-baby-in-public-is-more-frustrating-because-it-doesnt-know-better/755890)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crying-of-a-baby-in-public-is-more-frustrating-because-it-doesnt-know-better/755890 "2016-06-01T14:21:45Z")
I’ve been theorizing about something of late, and I don’t know the opinion of others on this matter, so I’m putting it forth here: IMHO, one of the frustrating things about the loud, incessant crying of a baby in a crow… --- ## [How can I receive junk mail in my mailbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-receive-junk-mail-in-my-mailbox/755862)
**Author:** [@Mr.Insaneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Insaneo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-receive-junk-mail-in-my-mailbox/755862 "2016-06-01T14:19:37Z")
Retail stores, restaurants, car dealerships and just all businesses in general. How can I fill up my mailbox full of crap? --- ## [What to do about an e-stalker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-an-e-stalker/755803)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-about-an-e-stalker/755803 "2016-06-01T13:13:14Z")
Hi all 4 years ago I was teaching a post-graduate academic writing course at a university in London. The students were between late 20s and middle age (and I was 32). We all got on well, and on the last day of the cours… --- ## [repairing a car scrape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-a-car-scrape/756157)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-a-car-scrape/756157 "2016-06-01T12:39:24Z")
A few weeks ago, my wife scraped the front of my car. The scrape is the full length of the front left corner, about 2 mm wide and 40 cm long. As far as I can see, there is no dent or any structural damage, just a scrape … --- ## [The nuclear industry and corporate law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nuclear-industry-and-corporate-law/756215)
**Author:** [@Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nuclear-industry-and-corporate-law/756215 "2016-06-01T09:36:49Z")
I have a friend who’s currently doing her Master’s degree in Corporate Law. She’s on the initial levels of attempting to come up with a thesis question that would look at the nuclear industry from a corporate law perspec… --- ## [Stick Shift car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-shift-car/755836)
**Author:** [@JORGE88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JORGE88)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-shift-car/755836 "2016-06-01T06:50:51Z")
Hello everyone, I am interested in learning how to drive a stick shift car. Is anyone here in the Lake County area of Illinois that would be up to teach me? Must have a stick shift car that we use. --- ## [Should hominins unrelated to us be addressed as he/she or it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hominins-unrelated-to-us-be-addressed-as-he-she-or-it/756166)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hominins-unrelated-to-us-be-addressed-as-he-she-or-it/756166 "2016-06-01T04:32:04Z")
Hi, Since both Neanderthals and Denisovan were able to interbreed with modern humans, making them fellow hominids, why is there such a discrepancy in how he address them. If we’re dealing with a male or female specimen,… --- ## [Will smarter cars lead to worse drivers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smarter-cars-lead-to-worse-drivers/756091)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smarter-cars-lead-to-worse-drivers/756091 "2016-06-01T04:26:30Z")
Right off the bat, let me say that I’m a big fan of safety, and anything that can make driving safer is most likely a good thing. At the same time, when your vehicle starts making decisions for you, is that necessarily … --- ## [Happy Memorial Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-memorial-day/756163)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-memorial-day/756163 "2016-06-01T02:26:36Z")
I found myself saying this yesterday, and thought it sounded odd. Throughout the day I heard it several more times, and it still sounded odd. But I can’t think of any alternatives. Have a solemn and respectful Memoria… --- ## [If a woman has a past relationship with a black man she's tainted forever. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-woman-has-a-past-relationship-with-a-black-man-shes-tainted-forever-why/662743)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 416\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-woman-has-a-past-relationship-with-a-black-man-shes-tainted-forever-why/662743 "2016-06-01T00:29:58Z")
In looking around the web and IRL there seems to be a number of white men who will not consider dating a white woman who has dated or had a past sexual relationship with a black man. In some cases if they find out about … --- ## [Calling your lover/spouse mommy, daddy, mother, father?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-your-lover-spouse-mommy-daddy-mother-father/620302)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-your-lover-spouse-mommy-daddy-mother-father/620302 "2016-05-31T22:49:47Z")
Does this creep anyone else out something fierce? I think I may have seen it once or twice in real life, you see it a lot in movies. In Mosquito Coast the wife of Harrison Ford’s character is similar to him in age but he… --- ## [Selling some land. Need advice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-some-land-need-advice/756108)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-some-land-need-advice/756108 "2016-05-31T21:06:42Z")
We are selling some family farmland and in Nebraska. We should make about a million off of it split 2 ways between brother and sister. We would like to avoid the big tax hit. I think its like 20%? What would be some go… --- ## [Target shooters - do you practice from the prone position?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-shooters-do-you-practice-from-the-prone-position/755958)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/target-shooters-do-you-practice-from-the-prone-position/755958 "2016-05-31T18:18:03Z")
like this. :cool: Nice pistol that lady is wielding. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oCe4TNo9-XI/maxresdefault.jpg learned the various shooting positions when I earned my merit badge in Scouting. Always felt the prone positi… --- ## [A cover letter question for social workers and psychologists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cover-letter-question-for-social-workers-and-psychologists/756105)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cover-letter-question-for-social-workers-and-psychologists/756105 "2016-05-31T18:17:40Z")
Freshly graduated from my psychology program and enrolled in my graduate MSW program, I am applying for my first job as a residential counselor for mentally ill adults. I don’t have any job experience in this field yet, … --- ## [Butt Ugly Vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-ugly-vehicles/752826 "2016-05-31T17:12:02Z")
Related to the Modern day awful cars thread, there are some truly Butt Ugly, homely looking cars / trucks / wheeled critters on the roads these days, having looks only a blind mother could love. Who designs these crappy … --- ## [Tell me about about your detached retina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-about-your-detached-retina/669617)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-about-your-detached-retina/669617 "2016-05-31T11:01:07Z")
I’m about two weeks into my recovery from a detached retina. The doctor injected some gas into my eye to push the retina back up against the rear eye wall and sealed it with a laser. The gas will slowly dissipate. What … --- ## [Need advice for New Monitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-new-monitor/756142)
**Author:** [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-new-monitor/756142 "2016-05-31T09:03:57Z")
I have been piecing together a nice gaming system over the last couple of years and have arrived at one of the last pieces I need. (Considering buying a higher quality cable modem than the one TW provides and will be loo… --- ## [Anyone with LaGuardia Airport experience... I need some advice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-laguardia-airport-experience-i-need-some-advice/756106)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-laguardia-airport-experience-i-need-some-advice/756106 "2016-05-31T04:55:56Z")
Need answers kinda fast on this one. Ok, I have a flight booked at 6:15 am, however, I will be getting to the airport at 11 pm prior to that. (I won’t get into details why, just the way it is.) I will be bringing in two … --- ## [What's the dope on "seeking arrangement"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-seeking-arrangement/721671)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-seeking-arrangement/721671 "2016-05-31T03:24:45Z")
So, ok, there’s a website called “Seeking Arrangement.” You can trivially log on and find that there in fact are a large number of women, many of them young and skinny, “seeking arrangements”. Most of them show their f… --- ## [Are you a member of the mile high club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-of-the-mile-high-club/755279)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-of-the-mile-high-club/755279 "2016-05-31T02:57:19Z")
Living in Denver doesn’t count, you know what I’m talking about. --- ## [Legal question about a judgment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-a-judgment/755754)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-a-judgment/755754 "2016-05-31T02:26:53Z")
Last year my friend got divorced & was awarded a judgment in the amount of $57,000. Her ex has refused to pay the judgment for over a year, in spite of having the means to pay. Now he just filed a motion in court becaus… --- ## [Is it OK to lie (fib) to someone with dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-lie-fib-to-someone-with-dementia/755502)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-lie-fib-to-someone-with-dementia/755502 "2016-05-31T01:24:20Z")
My mother is in a “Memory Care” center. Today, she asked me why she hadn’t heard from Dad recently. Well, Dad died in September. Is it OK to tell her I spoke with him, or that he’s on a trip and will call when he can? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=740) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=742)