# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=842 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 843 --- ## [I only smell with my mouth. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-only-smell-with-my-mouth-why/733180)
**Author:** [@GingerC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-only-smell-with-my-mouth-why/733180 "2015-10-02T18:38:14Z")
I don’t know why, but this has been on my mind lately. When I try to smell things with my nose, all I do is inhale. I can catch a tiny hint of things that way, but it’s stronger when I inhale with my mouth. When other p… --- ## [Need some advice from Sales Professionals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-advice-from-sales-professionals/733045)
**Author:** [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-advice-from-sales-professionals/733045 "2015-10-02T15:09:02Z")
Last spring my employer decided to try “Blueprinting” which is a process of interviewing customers to determine their needs, NOT selling. I got the technical half of the job which promised travel, idea generation, and d… --- ## [Average Age of User](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age-of-user/732992)
**Author:** [@McDoogins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDoogins)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age-of-user/732992 "2015-10-02T13:32:20Z")
Well I used the search box and I couldn’t find any thread like this on the first page so here it goes. What is the average age of a SD forum user? My guess is somewhere between 20s and 40s. --- ## [FHA Appraisal and "Conditions"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fha-appraisal-and-conditions/733103)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fha-appraisal-and-conditions/733103 "2015-10-02T09:36:19Z")
OK, trying to get a real mortgage. For me, FHA is the only game in town. No, really, it is the only game. Don’t waste bandwidth telling me otherwise. If comes down to this: About 30 years ago, somebody installed an in… --- ## [Career / job advice -- when a past job didn't work out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-job-advice-when-a-past-job-didnt-work-out/733150)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-job-advice-when-a-past-job-didnt-work-out/733150 "2015-10-02T06:47:46Z")
A little more than a year ago, I took a different job in my field. It didn’t work out, and I left after 4 months. There was clearly no love lost between me and the person supervising me. I bore some of the blame by bein… --- ## [Will American high schools eventually drop football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-american-high-schools-eventually-drop-football/719463)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-american-high-schools-eventually-drop-football/719463 "2015-10-02T06:43:20Z")
My premise - I feel in around 20 years most American high schools will drop there sponsorship of football teams. High School football will still be there but be run by private clubs. Here are my reasons: The concussi… --- ## [What would you do as Vice President of the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-as-vice-president-of-the-usa/732905)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-as-vice-president-of-the-usa/732905 "2015-10-02T04:13:02Z")
The setup: You are asked to be the running mate of a major-party candidate for President of the United States of America. You accept, and much to what I assume is your disappointment and surprise, you win. You now get t… --- ## [How to find friends.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-friends/732994)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-friends/732994 "2015-10-02T00:56:01Z")
Before 1992, in High School and College I made a lot of friends. My rule was my way or highway. In 1992 a psychologist gave me an advice to strive for compromise in my relationships and to mostly listen to my friends. … --- ## ["I always felt I was a boy/girl."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-always-felt-i-was-a-boy-girl/729598)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-always-felt-i-was-a-boy-girl/729598 "2015-10-02T00:28:09Z")
I’ve heard a lot of transgender folks say this, that they knew they were always really a boy or girl despite being born in the wrong body. It’s always confused me a little, because I’m not sure what a boy/girl feels like… --- ## [New school shooting in Oregon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-school-shooting-in-oregon/733175)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-school-shooting-in-oregon/733175 "2015-10-01T23:39:17Z")
Why do you think? Crazy? Existence of guns in the world? --- ## [Is Psychological "Doubling" real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-psychological-doubling-real/732578)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-psychological-doubling-real/732578 "2015-10-01T23:37:26Z")
From Robert J Lifton’s The Nazi Doctors: Do you think it’s a real “thing” that can be diagnosed? Or just something Lifton made up to somehow explain seemingly ordinary people doing evil things? --- ## [Women living in the United States, would you date an uncircumcised man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-living-in-the-united-states-would-you-date-an-uncircumcised-man/732783 "2015-10-01T22:30:16Z")
I know many women in the United States prefer circumcised, but is lack of circumcision a DEAL-BREAKER for you? Sorry for the second sex-related thread in the same day, but this is another thing I wanted to ask. --- ## [With whom would you share your problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-whom-would-you-share-your-problems/733097)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-whom-would-you-share-your-problems/733097 "2015-10-01T21:27:26Z")
Your innermost problems and feelings. --- ## [Bruised ribs? Or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruised-ribs-or-something-else/733094)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruised-ribs-or-something-else/733094 "2015-10-01T20:32:45Z")
You are probably not a doctor or, if you are, you are not my doctor, blah, blah, blah. A week and a half ago, I had a really stupid bike accident. How stupid, you ask? I was riding on a dedicated bike trail that crosses… --- ## [How come National Taco Day isn't on a Tuesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-national-taco-day-isnt-on-a-tuesday/733098)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-national-taco-day-isnt-on-a-tuesday/733098 "2015-10-01T19:34:09Z")
Sunday, October 4th is National Taco Day. I’m not sure it’s by an act of Congress or just a creation of Mexican food restaurants. Anyway, why isn’t it on a Tuesday? Everybody knows about Taco Tuesday, and many restaur… --- ## [Tell me about CarMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-carmax/732781)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-carmax/732781 "2015-10-01T19:18:05Z")
It’s time for me to shop for a car. In the past I’ve generally bought new. But I’m considering buying a used car. There’s a local CarMax. I hear their ads but I haven’t had any experience dealing with them. Are they ge… --- ## [Should I buy a condo with electric heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-condo-with-electric-heat/60254)
**Author:** [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-condo-with-electric-heat/60254 "2015-10-01T18:57:33Z")
I’m living in a nice condo in rural upstate New York, and I have an option to buy. The place is really nice, exactly the size I want. I’m even betting the property values will go up eventually. Only problem is that it h… --- ## [Priests molesting boys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/priests-molesting-boys/732826)
**Author:** [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/priests-molesting-boys/732826 "2015-10-01T18:23:57Z")
The pope is back in Rome and I heard on the news that he is going to address the problem of Priests molesting boys. I have this question. When this happened, the priests were, sometimes, shuffled off to another diocese … --- ## [American logic and grammar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-logic-and-grammar/733076)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-logic-and-grammar/733076 "2015-10-01T17:34:52Z")
There’s this thing I hear from American TV often whereby someone says, when they mean that there is a variety within a group, something like “all cars are not blue”. By context it’s easy enough to see that what is meant… --- ## [Save your mother or significant other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-your-mother-or-significant-other/732878)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-your-mother-or-significant-other/732878 "2015-10-01T17:06:14Z")
This was a question on China’s national judicial exam, which must be passed to practice law in China. The situation is there’s a fire in a building in which are trapped your mother and your significant other (that is, ro… --- ## [Does UK statehood depend on BBC radio 4 ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-uk-statehood-depend-on-bbc-radio-4/733054)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-uk-statehood-depend-on-bbc-radio-4/733054 "2015-10-01T16:18:18Z")
So that’s it, if the soothing middle class tones of radio 4 cannot be heard any more, Britain has ceased to be a functioning state ? --- ## [Do you know what this handy, occasionally helpful object is (people in the medical field might)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-handy-occasionally-helpful-object-is-people-in-the-medical-field-might/732796)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-handy-occasionally-helpful-object-is-people-in-the-medical-field-might/732796 "2015-10-01T15:33:00Z")
Do you know what this is on sight (or could you guess)? Link goes to a photo of the object. I know people in the medical field will know what it is, but there is another group of people… …who might know what it is to… --- ## [Could I get a dog? What about a puppy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-a-dog-what-about-a-puppy/732526)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-a-dog-what-about-a-puppy/732526 "2015-10-01T14:54:25Z")
I have always wanted a dog but my work schedule previously has prevented me from having one. I’ve dogsat a lot though, so I do have a good idea of the responsibilities, and now my work schedule is a bit more chill. So n… --- ## [So Hitler walks into your little coffee shop........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-hitler-walks-into-your-little-coffee-shop/732921)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-hitler-walks-into-your-little-coffee-shop/732921 "2015-10-01T13:51:17Z")
A out there hypothetical because people found my approach weird, well it started on something else and got here you can substitute Osama or any hated person you want. No responses about zombies, for the hypothetical evi… --- ## [Do you have friends at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-friends-at-work/732292)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-friends-at-work/732292 "2015-10-01T11:52:54Z")
Anyone you do anything with outside of work hours? Anyone you would associate with if you didn’t have to occupy the same space 40 hrs a week? Whether you do or not, what business are you in? What is the work environme… --- ## [Fermi Paradox solved. (Well by me...so...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermi-paradox-solved-well-by-me-so/732524)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermi-paradox-solved-well-by-me-so/732524 "2015-10-01T07:01:50Z")
Grain of salt and all that. So I was thinking about our own civilization…and we’re doomed. It just takes one F\*\*k up. And that’s the crux of my solution. It just takes ONE major EFF up and it’s game over man. Never mind… --- ## [Confused by Medicare supplemental: Also, how to find policy good in both CA and AZ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-by-medicare-supplemental-also-how-to-find-policy-good-in-both-ca-and-az/732767)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-by-medicare-supplemental-also-how-to-find-policy-good-in-both-ca-and-az/732767 "2015-10-01T05:19:11Z")
I’ve been doing research on Medicare supplemental. (That option seems better for us than Medicare Advantage.) I’ve read a bunch on the Medicare site, so I know a LITTLE, but not enough. Here are some questions: First… --- ## [Men's shirt sizes XL vs 1X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-shirt-sizes-xl-vs-1x/733108)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-shirt-sizes-xl-vs-1x/733108 "2015-10-01T04:37:04Z")
Looking at some Columbia shirts onlineand they list XL, 1X and XXL. Most men’s shirt and jacket sizing I’ve seen jumps from XL to XXL. What exactly is “1X” just a size between XL and XXL or is it actually XL ? --- ## [What is classism in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317 "2015-10-01T02:44:12Z")
And how is it reflected in the current election? Class in the US fascinates me. I think a lot political popularity (eg. Trump) comes not from lack of education but from bing in a different position in society. To me t… --- ## [What advice do you have for a new motorcycle rider?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-advice-do-you-have-for-a-new-motorcycle-rider/729016)
**Author:** [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-advice-do-you-have-for-a-new-motorcycle-rider/729016 "2015-10-01T02:42:46Z")
Today I tested and successfully passed the Ohio test for my temporary motorcycle permit. Tomorrow, I’m signed up for the first of 3 days of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse. I have been wanting to lea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=841) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=843)