# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=768 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 769 --- ## [Tell me about BDS (boycott, divest, sanction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-bds-boycott-divest-sanction/749896)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-bds-boycott-divest-sanction/749896 "2016-03-24T13:45:18Z")
Okay, this has become an extremely controversial thing at the college where I do some adjunct teaching. I understand that this is a movement intended to (without trying to be too political here) push Israel into treating… --- ## [Pick which of these three elements is or should be highest priority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-which-of-these-three-elements-is-or-should-be-highest-priority/749291)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-which-of-these-three-elements-is-or-should-be-highest-priority/749291 "2016-03-24T13:38:35Z")
Which of the following elements in this list is, or should be, the highest priority? \[ul\] \[li\]Quantity\[/li\]\[li\]Quality\[/li\]\[li\]Punctuality\[/li\]\[/ul\] We’re speaking in an abstract sense, here. Pretend a loaded gun is p… --- ## [Dealing with bad smells in the house...(cleaning advice wanted, maybe TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-bad-smells-in-the-house-cleaning-advice-wanted-maybe-tmi/334152)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-bad-smells-in-the-house-cleaning-advice-wanted-maybe-tmi/334152 "2005-12-06T15:25:37Z")
…when it’s just too cold to have a window open for fresh air continuously? I hate it when there are those bad smells in my house. You know, when something doesn’t really smell right? And you can’t pinpoint the source of… --- ## [Post your vision prescription](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-vision-prescription/749951 "2016-03-24T11:30:05Z")
In the spirit of the threads about weight and pants color, I thought it might be interesting for Dopers to see how well other Dopers can see. It’s on my mind because I just visited the eye doctor. I check in as follows… --- ## [Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640 "2016-03-24T10:18:18Z")
See … Who was the most beautiful celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? … for background of this poll Comments welcomed here or in that other thread. ONE VOTE – anonymous – in this poll. The list: Pier Angeli Barbara Bain … --- ## [How often are you contacted through this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-contacted-through-this-message-board/749469)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-contacted-through-this-message-board/749469 "2016-03-24T02:41:41Z")
I have been here at The Dope for 16 years (missed a '99 registration date by thatmuch!) and I have had a total of 14 private messages sent to me. I have seen people who have their Skype account linked to their SDMB profi… --- ## [Who was the most beautiful celebrity of the 1950s-1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564 "2016-03-24T02:37:21Z")
Before putting up a poll on that topic, I’m inviting nominees from that Celebrity class who were active and visible in that period. Movies, TV, magazines, whatever. Links to their pictures would be great if you can do t… --- ## [In which 5-year period were you born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-5-year-period-were-you-born/655333 "2016-03-24T02:04:22Z")
As recently as How many Feb. 29s have you seen? and for at least as many times as mentioned in this post various threads have been posted to try to determine some measure of “average age” of Dopers. The more successful … --- ## [How would you open Star Wars VII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-open-star-wars-vii/749986)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-open-star-wars-vii/749986 "2016-03-23T23:55:14Z")
I’ve always imagined an opening scene from this entry deep down on the lower levels of Coruscant where it’s always dark and stormtroopers (original look) with dirt/oil and grime covering their uniforms patrolling an area… --- ## [Southern Dopers ID Yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-dopers-id-yourselves/749785)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-dopers-id-yourselves/749785 "2016-03-23T23:42:02Z")
If you are currently living (more than half the year) in one of these states please check that option. If you want to say Other, that’s cool, too. --- ## [Help me define philosophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-define-philosophy/749398)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-define-philosophy/749398 "2016-03-23T21:50:01Z")
I am not so sure I have a firm grasp on what philosophy actually is. I tend to think of it as being hypothetical and theoretical in its approach to things. I joined a philosophical forum and I really want to be sure I kn… --- ## [The future of money and business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-money-and-business/749714)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-money-and-business/749714 "2016-03-23T21:33:43Z")
Money is a funny thing. On the one hand, it plays a role in almost everything that human beings do. On the other hand, it’s hard to define exactly what it is. In ancient and medieval times, money was generally just a … --- ## [What elements keep the war on drugs going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elements-keep-the-war-on-drugs-going/749006)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-elements-keep-the-war-on-drugs-going/749006 "2016-03-23T21:05:25Z")
I’d like to know what institutions, demographic groups, ideas, worldviews and other factors enable the war on drugs to keep going. When I say “demographic groups”, I’m referring to tendencies; groups where support is pa… --- ## [What would it take you to kiss the same gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735 "2016-03-23T20:40:11Z")
I was in a bar last night when a really odd thing happened–a women came up and asked me if I wanted to kiss another guy. (And yes to explain, she was doing a scavenger hunt thing for somebody’s birthday.) I turned her … --- ## [What Cabinet member do you want to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cabinet-member-do-you-want-to-be/749869)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cabinet-member-do-you-want-to-be/749869 "2016-03-23T16:38:32Z")
A close friend is elected President of the United States. In a blatant act of wild nepotism, they come to you and offer you a Cabinet position, whichever one you want, qualification be damned, and let’s just call it a m… --- ## [If a stranger approached you in the locker room, and asked you to rub lotion on his/her back....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-stranger-approached-you-in-the-locker-room-and-asked-you-to-rub-lotion-on-his-her-back/749441)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-stranger-approached-you-in-the-locker-room-and-asked-you-to-rub-lotion-on-his-her-back/749441 "2016-03-23T05:15:01Z")
Would you? --- ## [Moving cross-country. Again. Sell my stuff when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-cross-country-again-sell-my-stuff-when/749814)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-cross-country-again-sell-my-stuff-when/749814 "2016-03-23T04:23:20Z")
So the first time I did this, I had the not-so-brilliant idea of hiring the cheapest movers I could find. To the surprise of no one, it was a complete shit show that I won’t bother getting into. Fast forward to now. I am… --- ## [What should my title be in this start-up situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-my-title-be-in-this-start-up-situation/749906)
**Author:** [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-my-title-be-in-this-start-up-situation/749906 "2016-03-23T03:05:12Z")
I have a good friend who recently started his own business. He is an expert in his field, but doesn’t have the time or, quite frankly, the skills to run the operational side of the business. I have volunteered to help hi… --- ## [Women: How scared are you to walk around on your own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-scared-are-you-to-walk-around-on-your-own/514801)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-scared-are-you-to-walk-around-on-your-own/514801 "2016-03-22T23:23:48Z")
On another site, a lot of women were saying that they feel this fear that comes with being a woman in our culture. That men don’t know what it’s like to check the backseat of the car for rapists or to carry your keys in … --- ## [Democrat Party vs Democratic Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-party-vs-democratic-party/749397)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-party-vs-democratic-party/749397 "2016-03-22T22:57:44Z")
Why is it a put down for someone to call the Democratic Party the Democrat Party? --- ## [Need suggestions for school organizing techniques for my daughter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-school-organizing-techniques-for-my-daughter/749889)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-school-organizing-techniques-for-my-daughter/749889 "2016-03-22T20:55:45Z")
I need help teaching my daughter organizational techniques for coping with middle school. The relevant facts are: She is very, very smart. She gets the 99%\* rating on all of her IQ. ("\*" being something like “we do… --- ## [Playstation Vue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-vue/749884)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playstation-vue/749884 "2016-03-22T19:52:17Z")
Anyone try this cable streaming service now available in many markets from Sony? I had high hopes but am underwhelmed by the 7 day trial. The good: The cable channel lineup is really good (however, it lack’s local bro… --- ## [Things that tend to pass Congress unanimously or near-unanimously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tend-to-pass-congress-unanimously-or-near-unanimously/749367)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-tend-to-pass-congress-unanimously-or-near-unanimously/749367 "2016-03-22T17:21:56Z")
There’s gridlock in Congress, for sure, but the recent resolution condemning ISIS genocide as genocide passed the House 393-0. A few years ago, some of Obama’s budgets were \*rejected \*97-0 and 99-0 by the Senate, and on… --- ## [getting to San Francisco from San Jose and big bus tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-san-francisco-from-san-jose-and-big-bus-tour/749749)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-san-francisco-from-san-jose-and-big-bus-tour/749749 "2016-03-22T17:01:25Z")
I’ve got a trip planned next month. I think I’d like to take the hop-on hop-off Big Bus tour. I don’t think driving to San Fran during the day and coming back is really ideal because of traffic. Can I take BART to San … --- ## [Do you avoid food preservatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-avoid-food-preservatives/749721)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-avoid-food-preservatives/749721 "2016-03-22T16:30:51Z")
If so, have you noticed a positive change in your health? --- ## [Pre-Poll Data Gathering: Least Newsworthy Person In The News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-least-newsworthy-person-in-the-news/540690 "2016-03-22T13:32:57Z")
Help me build a list for a poll. Top 20 most mentioned people in this thread. Who is “in the news” but has no legitimate reason for being there except for the whims of the press and some ghoulish interest by a faction w… --- ## [Good idea or bad idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-idea-or-bad-idea/652419)
**Author:** [@e.fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/e.fred)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-idea-or-bad-idea/652419 "2016-03-22T12:33:02Z")
I am going to Louisiana and I am wondering how dangerous alligators really are. I plan on going scuba diving in the swamps there looking for frogs and lizards for my aquarium. Everyone says its a bad idea and that the al… --- ## [Using reward charts for kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-reward-charts-for-kids/749124)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-reward-charts-for-kids/749124 "2016-03-22T11:38:35Z")
I got tired of having to constantly keep after my daughter, 7 and son, 5 to do the normal things after coming home from school, getting ready for bed and getting ready for school so we wrote out a task chart last night. … --- ## [$$$ aspect H. Hogan vs. Hawker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspect-h-hogan-vs-hawker/749787)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspect-h-hogan-vs-hawker/749787 "2016-03-22T03:09:04Z")
I cannot understand reading the constantly foggy media reports from the Court, how the financial aspect works. Today I read on ppr. saying that Nick Denton’s personal worth is $121,000,000 and his former editor has no a… --- ## [Cities building sports stadiums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-building-sports-stadiums/749406)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-building-sports-stadiums/749406 "2016-03-22T00:46:19Z")
On the average are cities making a good investment when they build or help to build a sports stadium? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=767) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=769)