# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=910 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 911 --- ## [Hey! You ruined my... Oh, wait, it's actually better this way.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-ruined-my-oh-wait-its-actually-better-this-way/720134)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-ruined-my-oh-wait-its-actually-better-this-way/720134 "2015-05-17T00:03:28Z")
One example: The Tuileries Palace was a royal and imperial palace in Paris, and served as the Parisian residence of the French monarchs. It was built in 1564 and extended until it enclosed the Louvre courtyard. It was d… --- ## [Did widespread meth use among soldiers during ww2 contribute to the widespread drug use in the 60's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-widespread-meth-use-among-soldiers-during-ww2-contribute-to-the-widespread-drug-use-in-the-60s/706555)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-widespread-meth-use-among-soldiers-during-ww2-contribute-to-the-widespread-drug-use-in-the-60s/706555 "2015-05-16T23:21:31Z")
In ww2 meth was given to huge amounts of soldiers in pill form from almost all the army’s, the US army, the Japanese army, and the German army, so they could fight for days with little sleep. Do you think all this drug u… --- ## [What is the impulse behind adult female teacher - teen male student hookups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128 "2015-05-16T21:55:23Z")
You see stories like this onefairly often these days where a 20-40 year old teacher is carrying on an affair with a 12-17 year old student. When adult men go after considerably younger teenagers the explanation is usual… --- ## [Getting my TENS unit to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-tens-unit-to-work/720064)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-tens-unit-to-work/720064 "2015-05-16T21:48:05Z")
I just purchased an “LG QUAD Combo” (“LG Tec-Elite”) TENS unit, to help ease the pain in my injured Achilles tendon. I attached the electrodes and followed the instructions for the settings. It’s all set up and ready to … --- ## [Normal family doctor or podiatrist for Lamisil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-family-doctor-or-podiatrist-for-lamisil/720028)
**Author:** [@A.James](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.James)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-family-doctor-or-podiatrist-for-lamisil/720028 "2015-05-16T21:36:53Z")
Which do I choose? I’ve made an appointment to see my family doctor, but now I’m thinking I shouldn’t bother him with that and maybe go to a podiatrist first. --- ## [What's the most important event or person that nobody's made a movie about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-important-event-or-person-that-nobodys-made-a-movie-about/719814)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-important-event-or-person-that-nobodys-made-a-movie-about/719814 "2015-05-16T20:42:31Z")
Just curious – I want to write a screenplay that doesn’t have to be compared to the earlier version. :rolleyes: --- ## [Are there any issues a person must agree with you on to be remain your friend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-issues-a-person-must-agree-with-you-on-to-be-remain-your-friend/719869)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-issues-a-person-must-agree-with-you-on-to-be-remain-your-friend/719869 "2015-05-16T19:27:57Z")
If so, what are they? How many issues are you sufficiently passionate about, and why do they press your buttons so? And now the story that prompted the thread. A while ago, my wife and I invited several friends of ours… --- ## [Is there a new code word for "oily hair'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-new-code-word-for-oily-hair/719839)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-new-code-word-for-oily-hair/719839 "2015-05-16T19:15:54Z")
My son is 11 and a half. Lately we have been dealing with a boy who wants to grow his hair out, which is fine. But it seems to be chronically greasy. We have had discussions about washing hair (EVERY TIME I SHOWER?–ye… --- ## [Need parenting advice fast - Spring fever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-parenting-advice-fast-spring-fever/720022)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-parenting-advice-fast-spring-fever/720022 "2015-05-16T18:01:45Z")
My 14 year old son’s school ends next Wednesday but this week they have been given alot of homework and tests. Well my son, whos done fairly well doing his homework so far this year, is just now practically refusing to … --- ## [Are self driving cars the missing link to our long distance travel needs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-self-driving-cars-the-missing-link-to-our-long-distance-travel-needs/711904)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-self-driving-cars-the-missing-link-to-our-long-distance-travel-needs/711904 "2015-05-16T10:56:40Z")
One thing that always seems to come into play when traveling by train or plane is the need of the car at the destination. To a more minor extent the need to get to the station or airport and return. Yes there are shutt… --- ## [How to help a LT relationship/depression/anxiety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-lt-relationship-depression-anxiety/720116)
**Author:** [@KME101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KME101)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-lt-relationship-depression-anxiety/720116 "2015-05-16T06:29:30Z")
A little background. We’ve been together 10 years. He’s always been, in my opinion, depressed. From the time we started dating and we were doing a distance relationship during college he would call me crying in his ca… --- ## [Worst possible combat role in WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-combat-role-in-wwii/718887)
**Author:** [@dr\_zippermeyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_zippermeyer)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-possible-combat-role-in-wwii/718887 "2015-05-16T01:35:39Z")
What do you think was the worst possible “job” a fighting soldier could get in WWII? I vote for flame thrower operator. Every time you appeared on the battlefield, you became the number one target for all the enemies ne… --- ## [A Visit to Des Moines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-visit-to-des-moines/720043)
**Author:** [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-visit-to-des-moines/720043 "2015-05-16T01:26:21Z")
Travelling for another gymnastics meet for Miss Greenjeans. This time…it’s Des Moines, Iowa. We don’t have a lot of free time. Likely Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday evening. I have no idea… --- ## [SE Utah in October. Resevations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/se-utah-in-october-resevations/719656)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/se-utah-in-october-resevations/719656 "2015-05-15T20:31:26Z")
No, I don’t mean the Navajo one. Thinking about taking a trip to the Moab/Arches/Canyonlands vicinity in mid-October. I’ve bought maps and hiking guides. I’ll take my trusty pack, hiking shoes and cameras, but not the … --- ## [Smartphone App Hall of Fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-app-hall-of-fame/719942)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-app-hall-of-fame/719942 "2015-05-15T20:03:41Z")
Smartphones have been ubiquitous for a few years now. If you’re like me, you may have downloaded just about every free app available when you first got your phone. But over time, you began noticing that you don’t ever … --- ## [Which bicycle should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bicycle-should-i-get/720021)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bicycle-should-i-get/720021 "2015-05-15T18:59:57Z")
I need a new bike ASAP and as such I ordered one from a national chain store earlier in the week, as they were the only supplier for the cycle to work scheme I wanted to use (NB “Cycle to work” is a UK government scheme … --- ## [Pick your bodyguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-bodyguard/719543)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-bodyguard/719543 "2015-05-15T18:53:04Z")
Here’s the scenario. You’re out late one night and decide to take a shortcut through an alleyway when you are accosted by a gang of 4 street thugs, a bit boozed up and out for trouble. Unfortunately you’ve broken an arm… --- ## [Older cat refuses to eat (sadness warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-cat-refuses-to-eat-sadness-warning/719737)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-cat-refuses-to-eat-sadness-warning/719737 "2015-05-15T18:42:42Z")
Ziggy has lost probably 10 pounds in the last month. He’s 15 years old. He was always a big cat, he’s tall, used to be fat, now he weighs under ten pounds and is pathetically skin and bones. I’ve taken him to the vet, t… --- ## [How do kill someone with an antiaircraft gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kill-someone-with-an-antiaircraft-gun/719925)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kill-someone-with-an-antiaircraft-gun/719925 "2015-05-15T17:27:23Z")
North Korea Said to Execute a Top Official with an antiaircraft gun? Seems like overkill to me… --- ## [Human memory is terrible. Film at 11.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-memory-is-terrible-film-at-11/720118)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-memory-is-terrible-film-at-11/720118 "2015-05-15T17:08:36Z")
Witness Accounts in Midtown Hammer Attack Show the Power of False Memory Relevant quote: This is not new. Researchers have known that human memory is much poorer than people think for a long time. Especially during em… --- ## ['We love you, IDF,' say Arabs from across the Middle East](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-you-idf-say-arabs-from-across-the-middle-east/720091)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-you-idf-say-arabs-from-across-the-middle-east/720091 "2015-05-15T16:30:10Z")
An Arab-language Facebook page posted by an Israeli Arab citizen seeking to paint the IDF in a positive light has surprisingly attracted adoring feedback from youths across the Middle East who have responded with expre… --- ## [Why the hell is my dog puking and how can I get her to stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-my-dog-puking-and-how-can-i-get-her-to-stop/719810)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-is-my-dog-puking-and-how-can-i-get-her-to-stop/719810 "2015-05-15T16:14:49Z")
OK, first off: she’s been to the vet. Several times, in fact, and vet can’t find anything wrong. She’s done exams, bloodwork, and two ultrasounds. All of that came back just A-OK fine & perfect. Dog in question is an 11… --- ## [Slug Bug or Punch Buggy or Buggy Punch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-bug-or-punch-buggy-or-buggy-punch/514855 "2015-05-15T15:38:47Z")
Which is it? Where did you learn it (Geography & time)? Any punch/slug-backs? Do you use the variation where you smack someone once for each letter as you spell out the color? Seattle, 1980s. No Slug-backs. For me it… --- ## [Things I just cannot comprehend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-just-cannot-comprehend/720078)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-just-cannot-comprehend/720078 "2015-05-15T09:51:21Z")
I can easily accept the viability of a lot of theories and physics talked about here that are beyond my comprehension. Stephen Hawking recently made a statement about artificial intelligence that just makes no sense to m… --- ## [Is It Feasible to Eliminate Salmonella In Chickens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-feasible-to-eliminate-salmonella-in-chickens/720030)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-feasible-to-eliminate-salmonella-in-chickens/720030 "2015-05-15T06:01:07Z")
A local author/muckraker wrote a book about the chicken processing industry, and how easy it is to have salmonella contamination at the processing/dressing stages. basically, about 25% of chickens have salmonella in thei… --- ## [When you hear a stranger consistently talk to themselves, what, if anything, do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-a-stranger-consistently-talk-to-themselves-what-if-anything-do-you-think/719681)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-a-stranger-consistently-talk-to-themselves-what-if-anything-do-you-think/719681 "2015-05-15T05:32:18Z")
Inspired by current events. Do you make any assumptions about the person, or do anything differently than normal? If it depends on location, feel free to explicate. --- ## [Why "stupid" should be retired as an insult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-stupid-should-be-retired-as-an-insult/719682)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-stupid-should-be-retired-as-an-insult/719682 "2015-05-15T02:51:58Z")
I think it is time for insults referring to cognitive or learning, such as “stupid,” “idiot,” “dumb,” etc. to be retired as insults, IMHO. It is denigrating to people with learning disabilities or a low IQ even if the p… --- ## [Second hand cars you'd like a first shot at owning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-hand-cars-youd-like-a-first-shot-at-owning/719849)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-hand-cars-youd-like-a-first-shot-at-owning/719849 "2015-05-15T00:00:07Z")
Like I said in my other thread, I’m an enthusiast and a perennial car shopper. So I’ve always got my eye out for something interesting in the used car market. There are exotic cars I wish I’d had the chance to own and … --- ## [Why did you cheat on your partner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-cheat-on-your-partner/719939)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-cheat-on-your-partner/719939 "2015-05-14T21:21:40Z")
No judgment. I’m just curious and hope some people will be willing to take part in the thread. I realize some people might be uncomfortable sharing. We could always handle this like in the old secrets thread - you could… --- ## [LLC for everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llc-for-everyone/720058)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/llc-for-everyone/720058 "2015-05-14T21:01:08Z")
Let’s say that I have an LLC in the state of Ohio for a business that I am no longer working at and I want to start doing something else. Can I use the same LLC? For instance if I was a florist and instead I wanted to o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=909) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=911)