# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=959 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 960 --- ## [Have you ever told an elderly parent to "pound sand"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-told-an-elderly-parent-to-pound-sand/711555)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-told-an-elderly-parent-to-pound-sand/711555 "2015-02-03T01:11:34Z")
Inspired by this thread. I don’t know if I’d have the courage to tell my begging parents “no”, even if their financial situations were the result of bad decision-making and irresponsibility. It’s not because I’m a goo… --- ## [Neighborly snowblower etiquette.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborly-snowblower-etiquette/711606)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborly-snowblower-etiquette/711606 "2015-02-03T00:25:25Z")
I’m curious if other people have the same take as me. When you get big enough of a storm to make it worth it to break out the snow blower, what is your policy on immediate neighbors with whom you have a neutral relation… --- ## [Have you ever taken prescription medication for a mental health issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-prescription-medication-for-a-mental-health-issue/711327)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-prescription-medication-for-a-mental-health-issue/711327 "2015-02-02T23:15:43Z")
Have you ever taken prescription medication for a mental health issue? This would include antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-psychotics or any other prescription medication for any mental health issue. For the p… --- ## [Land Grab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-grab/711341)
**Author:** [@Steve918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve918)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-grab/711341 "2015-02-02T20:56:19Z")
Hello. I am a long-time lurker and have recently decided to join the board. Please don’t eat me. I seek opinions on the following: A hairdressers opposite my house has claimed the road to use as a car park. They don’t o… --- ## [Most inexpensive way to ship electric blankets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-inexpensive-way-to-ship-electric-blankets/711593)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-inexpensive-way-to-ship-electric-blankets/711593 "2015-02-02T18:01:48Z")
A friend is selling unused electric blankets she found she didn’t need on eBay. What would be the most inexpensive way to ship them? --- ## [What if? Jutland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-jutland/711378)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-jutland/711378 "2015-02-02T17:42:49Z")
OK, the German High Seas Fleet delivered a nasty tactical victory over the Grand Fleet in 1916. The Germans sank three of the much vaunted Battlecruisers. The British shells werent exploding but their magazines were. "t… --- ## [Is pretty much everyone's life really hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pretty-much-everyones-life-really-hard/709973)
**Author:** [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pretty-much-everyones-life-really-hard/709973 "2015-02-02T15:53:16Z")
Not at any given moment, but do most people’s lives include, in their own opinion, extremely difficult circumstances? --- ## [Required to sign blank form at government office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-to-sign-blank-form-at-government-office/711198)
**Author:** [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-to-sign-blank-form-at-government-office/711198 "2015-02-02T10:36:45Z")
So I went to the county treasurer’s office this morning to take care of some title work on a car (formerly non-highway vehicle being rebranded for highway use, if it matters, and it’s in Kansas). I had all my paperwork i… --- ## [Extinction!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinction/710608)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinction/710608 "2015-02-02T09:11:45Z")
If you could eliminate any one species of animal on this planet, which would it be, and try to justify your reason. Multi-celled critters only, please. --- ## [Orlando car rental tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-car-rental-tips/711541)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orlando-car-rental-tips/711541 "2015-02-02T04:25:17Z")
Need a car from Orlando Airport 2/11-2/16. Went to Kayak, everything is so expensive. There are some agencies I’ve never heard of, like Sixt and Economy, that are a bit cheaper, but they have a bunch of negative reviews.… --- ## [Hypothetical Altercation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-altercation/710879)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-altercation/710879 "2015-02-02T01:42:01Z")
I’m reading David Nicholls’s Us (and loving it). It’s about a man trying to hold on to his marriage (his wife has told him she wants to leave him) as the two of them and their 17-year-old son travel through Europe. In A… --- ## [How often do you call in sick to work and how many of those days are you actually "sick"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-call-in-sick-to-work-and-how-many-of-those-days-are-you-actually-sick/525545)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-call-in-sick-to-work-and-how-many-of-those-days-are-you-actually-sick/525545 "2015-02-02T00:30:26Z")
Title pretty much says it all. Personally, I average once every two or three months…probably closer to once every two months. 75% of the time I’m either not sick at all or I have a very minor cold/allergy/stomach ache … --- ## [this is for all racists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-for-all-racists/652267 "2015-02-01T20:58:05Z")
Abdesselam Jelloul is the man with highest IQ score in the world. He scored 198 in IQ test held in 2012. He holds the record to have highest score in Advance IQ test. The test included 13 different dimensions of intellig… --- ## [What do you think of alimony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-alimony/711497)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-alimony/711497 "2015-02-01T20:47:43Z")
What do you all think of alimony? IMO only if one person during the marriage had had no income or had voluntarily taken a reduced income to take care of the couples children. Ex. a stay at home mother. If they are 2 adu… --- ## [Favorite existentialist philosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897)
**Author:** [@Khatruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khatruid)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897 "2015-02-01T20:01:05Z")
Vote here: Kierrgergard Nietchze Sartre Camus Husserl Heideger OTHER: --- ## [Hypothetical scenario poll: Pardoned for a murder you did not commit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-scenario-poll-pardoned-for-a-murder-you-did-not-commit/711464)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-scenario-poll-pardoned-for-a-murder-you-did-not-commit/711464 "2015-02-01T19:27:51Z")
OK, here’s a hypothetical scenario. It’s not as well-written or literary as the stories that Skald the Rhymer gives us, but it still involves a lot of fictional details: You have been wrongfully convicted of a murder an… --- ## [Should I upgrade to a gas furnace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-upgrade-to-a-gas-furnace/711295)
**Author:** [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-upgrade-to-a-gas-furnace/711295 "2015-02-01T19:11:36Z")
I have an oil furnace that is pretty expensive, we just moved in 2 months ago. The salesman from the hvac company said that gas is cheaper than electricity now, and that I could halve my heating costs by upgrading to a … --- ## [Revisting the 2008 Mumbai attacks - Why would Pakistani Intelligence authorize this attack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisting-the-2008-mumbai-attacks-why-would-pakistani-intelligence-authorize-this-attack/711500)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisting-the-2008-mumbai-attacks-why-would-pakistani-intelligence-authorize-this-attack/711500 "2015-02-01T17:58:10Z")
I’ve reviewed the wiki on the 2008 Mumbai attacks and it seems pretty clear that the Pakistani Intelligence service authorized this attack. The question unanswered by the wiki (at least in my reading of it) was the real … --- ## [Black water problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-water-problem/711244)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-water-problem/711244 "2015-02-01T16:53:27Z")
We are having a black water problem in our city, you may have seen it on the news. It is about 2 miles from me so I have not seen it myself. I am surprised that they seem to be treating it as a mystery. Just as a try t… --- ## [New iPod not accepting new songs off iTunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipod-not-accepting-new-songs-off-itunes/711328)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipod-not-accepting-new-songs-off-itunes/711328 "2015-02-01T16:26:13Z")
A friend has a new iPod and when she hooks it up to her computer, it accesses iTunes but won’t take songs that have been recently downloaded into it. What could be the problem & how does she remedy it? --- ## [Ways you've messed with a telephone scam artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-messed-with-a-telephone-scam-artist/686367)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-messed-with-a-telephone-scam-artist/686367 "2015-02-01T15:26:00Z")
Last weekend we got a call from the IRS telephone scam warned against here. Ours wasn’t nearly as sophisticated as the one warned against in the link. The woman on the other end of the phone told me that I owed money to … --- ## [If I drilled holes in the bottom of my trash can would the solve the air bubble problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-drilled-holes-in-the-bottom-of-my-trash-can-would-the-solve-the-air-bubble-problem/711379)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-drilled-holes-in-the-bottom-of-my-trash-can-would-the-solve-the-air-bubble-problem/711379 "2015-02-01T08:49:04Z")
You know how when you put a new bag in the trash can and a big air bubble gets trapped under the bag? It’s so annoying because the first item you throw in the bag is going to cause it to fall off. I was thinking about d… --- ## [How often do Introduced Species work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-introduced-species-work/710902)
**Author:** [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-introduced-species-work/710902 "2015-02-01T05:07:39Z")
This story where GMO mosquitoes being released brought this to mind: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/millions-gmo-insects-set-loose-florida-keys-28466177 I’ve read about introduced animals that have unintended conse… --- ## [Is Agile supposed to be so cultish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-agile-supposed-to-be-so-cultish/711126)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-agile-supposed-to-be-so-cultish/711126 "2015-02-01T02:57:25Z")
So we’re moving to Agile development methodologies here at work, and to me, the amount of evangelism and cheerleading and what-not seem to verge on the cultish. Like, if I get into an “Agile mindset” and start following… --- ## [Is this house rental a scam? Something smells fishy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-house-rental-a-scam-something-smells-fishy/711119)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-house-rental-a-scam-something-smells-fishy/711119 "2015-02-01T02:30:45Z")
I found this ad on Craigslist and texted the number provided. The poster responded me asking to call his “business partner.” The business partner was a nice guy but seemed awfully pushy. He jumped right to asking me when… --- ## [Anybody else have especially vivid dreams after going back to sleep after an interruption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-have-especially-vivid-dreams-after-going-back-to-sleep-after-an-interruption/711427)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-have-especially-vivid-dreams-after-going-back-to-sleep-after-an-interruption/711427 "2015-02-01T00:51:20Z")
My wife and I have three kids, the oldest of whom will be three this year. Those of you who have kids will understand that it’s not unusual for my sleep to be interrupted in the wee hours of the morning. If whatever need… --- ## [Musings on a box of crackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-a-box-of-crackers/711282)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musings-on-a-box-of-crackers/711282 "2015-01-31T23:38:50Z")
I was perusing a box of saltines today whilst noshing on some decadent soup. I like buttered saltines with a bowl of spicy soup, so sue me. Anyway, I noticed a few things that I’d like answers to, or at least some outla… --- ## [Besides Pot, Which Illegal (in the US) Drugs Are (More or Less) Safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-pot-which-illegal-in-the-us-drugs-are-more-or-less-safe/711240)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-pot-which-illegal-in-the-us-drugs-are-more-or-less-safe/711240 "2015-01-31T23:07:58Z")
All things in moderation, of course. Anyway, pot is not the deadly bugaboo that Prohibitionists have made it out to be; at the very least, the worst anybody can say about it is that it’s no more dangerous than alcohol o… --- ## [Websites selling their real estate to other websites: can't be a good sign, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-selling-their-real-estate-to-other-websites-cant-be-a-good-sign-right/711324)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-selling-their-real-estate-to-other-websites-cant-be-a-good-sign-right/711324 "2015-01-31T23:04:14Z")
About a year ago (too lazy to look it up), I was bitching here about how Cracked.com had gotten worse. I don’t think the writing has really improved since then, but what I wanted to talk about (that I didn’t then) is tha… --- ## [Things other people are picky about, but you don't care.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-are-picky-about-but-you-dont-care/710925)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-are-picky-about-but-you-dont-care/710925 "2015-01-31T21:09:24Z")
Over in this thread, Little things that you are irrationally picky about, people discuss little things which set them off. What are things that everyone else gets upset about, but don’t care that much about? For me, pr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=958) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=960)