# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=902 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 903 --- ## [Guys I need advice (Again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-need-advice-again/721278)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-need-advice-again/721278 "2015-06-03T15:33:23Z")
I got offered a job in my old city my friend arranged the interview, and I would he would be my boss, it’s 200 miles away, and offers seventeen grand a year, my existing job offers £14880, but the cost of living is lower… --- ## [Who are the most famous and/or notable alumni from your high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-most-famous-and-or-notable-alumni-from-your-high-school/482751)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-most-famous-and-or-notable-alumni-from-your-high-school/482751 "2015-06-03T04:25:53Z")
I went to Xavier High School, a prestigious Jesuit institution in New York. There’s a smattering of mayors and congressman (including a former mayor of New York), but by far the two biggest names on the list are Supreme… --- ## [Is this a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam/721356)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam/721356 "2015-06-03T04:24:49Z")
I know that 95% of the time the answer to this question is yes but I’m not so sure of this one. I received a letter from my health insurance (CareFirst Blue Cross) stating that there has been a security leak last year. … --- ## [Why do some people have such little respect for parks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-have-such-little-respect-for-parks/721065)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-have-such-little-respect-for-parks/721065 "2015-06-03T03:30:50Z")
I understand only a small portion of people who do this, but it ruins everything for the rest of us. People go into parks of any kind, and trash them. I was at a popular rest stop today, and was talking to someone who … --- ## [Do you get earworms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-earworms/721430)
**Author:** [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-earworms/721430 "2015-06-03T00:43:35Z")
Not the insects, but the music that plays in your head. I have them all the time. It’s so bad that most nights I go to bed having one, and it’s still playing when I wake up in the morning. Not starting to play, mind yo… --- ## [Speaker loses train of thought: um, uh, you know vs silence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-loses-train-of-thought-um-uh-you-know-vs-silence/721493)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaker-loses-train-of-thought-um-uh-you-know-vs-silence/721493 "2015-06-03T00:43:20Z")
One of my tasks this week was to record a video tutorial for coworkers and then edit it. In the only take I spoke for twenty minutes - without a script or any notes, by the way - and in that time only said “um” once and … --- ## [My co-worker might be involved in art smuggling - what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-might-be-involved-in-art-smuggling-what-should-i-do/662269)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-might-be-involved-in-art-smuggling-what-should-i-do/662269 "2015-06-02T23:41:43Z")
Last night, I was in the breakroom at work, on lunch break with about fifteen other people and overheard a conversation several of them were taking part in. One of my coworkers (let’s call him Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo)… --- ## [Supreme Court says rap song threats of violence OK as artistic expression. You OK with that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-says-rap-song-threats-of-violence-ok-as-artistic-expression-you-ok-with-that/721409)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-says-rap-song-threats-of-violence-ok-as-artistic-expression-you-ok-with-that/721409 "2015-06-02T23:31:17Z")
The Supreme Court says rap lyrics are not actionable as a physical threat of violence, but are allowable artistic expression based on a determination of intent. Are you OK with that? How seriously would you take a rap l… --- ## [Buying Prescription Drugs from Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-prescription-drugs-from-canada/641121)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-prescription-drugs-from-canada/641121 "2015-06-02T22:50:29Z")
It turns out my work prescription plan (CVS Caremark) doesn’t cover a drug recommended by my doctor, so I plan on buying from Canada. Even the doc suggested I do this, although he refrained from giving me a lead on a pr… --- ## [Youngest age you would put a kid in charge of other kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-age-you-would-put-a-kid-in-charge-of-other-kids/721350)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-age-you-would-put-a-kid-in-charge-of-other-kids/721350 "2015-06-02T22:38:31Z")
What’s the youngest age at which you would leave a kid at home alone for, say, three hours, in charge of other kids? Say the youngest is seven years younger than the oldest. Assume things like the existence of pre-prepa… --- ## [Wetsuit advice needed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wetsuit-advice-needed/721345)
**Author:** [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wetsuit-advice-needed/721345 "2015-06-02T22:33:54Z")
Mrs. D and I will be living at 9.37 degrees north of the Equator from November thru May starting this year. I will be snorkeling and, after I get lessons, scuba diving. While looking at wetsuits on ebay I realized I need… --- ## [Talk to me about Paget's disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-pagets-disease/721462)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-pagets-disease/721462 "2015-06-02T22:10:28Z")
Hi all! Well, last night as I was changing out of my uniform, getting ready to leave work, I suddenly noticed a big knob on the medial end of my right clavicle. “That’s weird,” I thought, and as I looked at the rest of … --- ## [Do you have spontaneous visual images?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-spontaneous-visual-images/721371)
**Author:** [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-spontaneous-visual-images/721371 "2015-06-02T20:18:23Z")
OK, I’m not talking about Jesus on a tortilla here folks. I am wondering if any of you have experienced anything like what I have described below. As a initial starting point, I have been a successful normal guy for al… --- ## [Which foreigner was most responsible for the success of the American Revolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foreigner-was-most-responsible-for-the-success-of-the-american-revolution/719679)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-foreigner-was-most-responsible-for-the-success-of-the-american-revolution/719679 "2015-06-02T19:42:35Z")
I’ve been thinking a little bit about the foreign help, mainly French, that the US received during the Revolution. The arrival of the Marquis de La Fayette probably provided the biggest immediate morale boost, but I thi… --- ## [Why have I never had an ice cream headache?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-i-never-had-an-ice-cream-headache/721238)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-i-never-had-an-ice-cream-headache/721238 "2015-06-02T19:28:44Z")
So I’m listening to a comic go on about “brain freeze,” and I don’t really get it, because I’ve never had an ice cream headache. It’s not for lack of eating ice cream. I love the stuff, plus frozen drinks, including virg… --- ## [What secrets do families cover up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-secrets-do-families-cover-up/721195)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-secrets-do-families-cover-up/721195 "2015-06-01T13:26:10Z")
Every family to me, has had its share of “skeletons in the closet” so to speak. These are issues only close family members know about that are not to be shared with outsiders and definitely not the media or authorities. … --- ## [Grotewold Intl "Live the Dream" - Any experiences? What is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grotewold-intl-live-the-dream-any-experiences-what-is-it/712157)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grotewold-intl-live-the-dream-any-experiences-what-is-it/712157 "2015-06-02T18:05:06Z")
So our regional home and builder show was this weekend, but a major part of the complex was roped off for a group known as Grotewold International. Walking past gave no indication on what this was, other than nicely dres… --- ## [Swollen feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swollen-feet/721287)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swollen-feet/721287 "2015-06-02T18:00:57Z")
You’re not my doctor, blahblahblah. I just got back from Mississippi. My ankles and lower legs have been eaten by insects. Working on my friend’s film, it was up at six, have a cuppa joe – two, if I was lucky – load u… --- ## [Your home grown flu/cold feel better remedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-home-grown-flu-cold-feel-better-remedies/720843)
**Author:** [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-home-grown-flu-cold-feel-better-remedies/720843 "2015-06-02T17:48:39Z")
Ok I have just had the flu , or a cold, well something that made me feel less than sparkly. Other than the odd dose of ibuprofen or Advil PM when the shivers are really bad I tend to rely on sleeping and comfort snacks … --- ## [Can anyone recommend a good HSA administrator bank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-hsa-administrator-bank/720998)
**Author:** [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-hsa-administrator-bank/720998 "2015-06-02T17:42:40Z")
I’ve recently been shifted from employee to contractor status, and I’m still figuring out how to work out my own benefits. I decided that my best financial bet is a Silver-level HSA-eligible health insurance plan, since… --- ## [Questions only you would ask.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-you-would-ask/721173)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-you-would-ask/721173 "2015-06-02T17:03:02Z")
I often get hit with the response that no one alse but me would have wondered about such a thing or aspect of something. Never anything inappropriate or prying but always about an aspect no one alse seems to be intereste… --- ## [How long do you think the WWW software will be in use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-think-the-www-software-will-be-in-use/721215)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-think-the-www-software-will-be-in-use/721215 "2015-06-02T16:09:11Z")
Could you see the World Wide Web protocol or HTTP/HTML becoming extinct anytime soon? So far, it’s had a 24 year run and works largely the same way it did in the early 1990s, though of course there have been improvements… --- ## [Why do people tip for coffee or fast food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-tip-for-coffee-or-fast-food/721084)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-tip-for-coffee-or-fast-food/721084 "2015-06-02T15:47:40Z")
Went to Jersey Mikes (sub chain like Subway) and on the credit card reader they asked if I wanted to tip. Made me laugh. I was wondering why people tip at places like Starbucks and other fast food places? Seems rea… --- ## [Can dark marks on chrome be removed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dark-marks-on-chrome-be-removed/631382)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dark-marks-on-chrome-be-removed/631382 "2015-06-02T15:22:04Z")
We renovated our house three years ago and have been living in it for 2.5 years. We have hard water, as in we don’t have a softener, but the water isn’t so hard that it leaves rust stains on white fixtures. The chrome f… --- ## [How to get hired on the spot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-hired-on-the-spot/721354)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-hired-on-the-spot/721354 "2015-06-02T15:15:31Z")
I have a couple interviews coming up for IT positions, one at a copier dealership, the other at a countertop factory. Is there anything I can do at either interview to make sure that I get hired on the spot instead of h… --- ## [What car should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-should-i-get/719499)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-should-i-get/719499 "2015-06-02T14:14:33Z")
I don’t want to get a new car. I drive a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix and it makes me perfectly happy. Plus, if I were to trade it in now I couldn’t trade it for nearly as much car as I’ve got. However, I have a baby. And… --- ## [Interpretation of Bernie Sanders' Rape Fantasy Essay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpretation-of-bernie-sanders-rape-fantasy-essay/721147)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpretation-of-bernie-sanders-rape-fantasy-essay/721147 "2015-06-02T10:22:18Z")
Money quote: The Sanders people say this was intended as a “dumb attempt at dark satire in an alternative publication” that “in no way reflects his views or record on women”, and “was intended to attack gender stereoty… --- ## [What's the Dope on Abdominal Migraines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-abdominal-migraines/721420)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-abdominal-migraines/721420 "2015-06-02T07:52:11Z")
My google-fu fails me in finding more information than pretty much one doctor who wrote about migraines and included sections about these. I’m not finding much on any other journals or studies. Anyone have information o… --- ## [What good is an expensive hotel room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-expensive-hotel-room/720107)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-an-expensive-hotel-room/720107 "2015-06-02T02:17:34Z")
When, in general, is it worth it to go all out and spend big money on a hotel room vs staying at one thats more economical? To me all a hotel room is for is a place to sleep, use the bathroom, use wifi, and keep my stuff… --- ## [Smoking and pancreatic cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-and-pancreatic-cancer/721249)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-and-pancreatic-cancer/721249 "2015-06-02T02:17:13Z")
A certain buttinski of my acquaintance, who has an opinion on everything, insists that cigarette smoking has to be a contributing factor to pancreatic cancer. My father died of pancreatic cancer in 1998. He was diagnose… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=901) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=903)