# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=979 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 980 --- ## [Transitioning from e-cig to nicotine gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transitioning-from-e-cig-to-nicotine-gum/707920)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transitioning-from-e-cig-to-nicotine-gum/707920 "2014-12-22T20:27:35Z")
I started using an e-cig back in January 2013, the same day I quit cigarettes. And yay, I’m finally ready to get rid of this thing. I’d like to try nicotine gum. I’m wondering where to find it the cheapest? Is it Amazon … --- ## [Which black-majority nations are considered to have the best model for policing and justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-black-majority-nations-are-considered-to-have-the-best-model-for-policing-and-justice/707943)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-black-majority-nations-are-considered-to-have-the-best-model-for-policing-and-justice/707943 "2014-12-22T19:42:03Z")
It seems the US has not done an appropriate job, on average, as a white-run majority policing and establishing justice for our black population. I am wondering what opinions there might be on where it has been done well… --- ## [Taco Soup left out overnight....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-soup-left-out-overnight/707826)
**Author:** [@clmkkm8985](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clmkkm8985)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-soup-left-out-overnight/707826 "2014-12-22T19:42:03Z")
Here is the deal. I made a LARGE pot of taco soup last night complete with cooked ground beef, canned tomatoes, fresh carrots and celery, canned kidney beans, etc. at about 10:00 pm. Once assembled, I never heated to a b… --- ## [30th anniversary of Kylie Maybury murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30th-anniversary-of-kylie-maybury-murder/707936)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30th-anniversary-of-kylie-maybury-murder/707936 "2014-12-22T18:54:13Z")
The 30th anniversary of the kidnap, rape and murder of six year old Kylie Maybury in Melbourne, Australia was a few weeks ago. Sadly, unlike Karmein Chan and Sheree Beasley, Kylie Maybury is not a household name in Melb… --- ## [On-line Resources for collectible watches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-resources-for-collectible-watches/707895)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-line-resources-for-collectible-watches/707895 "2014-12-22T18:43:25Z")
Not sure on the correct forum for this question; my apologies if I guessed wrong. My father is getting up there in years, and is giving away many of his treasures. Knowing that I appreciate mechanical things, he has giv… --- ## [Modern dectectives and such-like--how do they carry their weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-dectectives-and-such-like-how-do-they-carry-their-weapons/707824)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-dectectives-and-such-like-how-do-they-carry-their-weapons/707824 "2014-12-22T18:05:52Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO because there’s probably not just one single factual answer. While watching Dragnet, I’ve noticed that Friday and Gannon carry their pistols cross-draw. Do modern detectives do that? I know th… --- ## [Emotional response to foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-response-to-foods/707724)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-response-to-foods/707724 "2014-12-22T12:58:29Z")
I feel like it’s really strange, but I have certain emotional reactions it seems to certain foods in my diet. I don’t know if it’s quite like this for other people. Alcohol for example often exaggerates any negative feel… --- ## [Was this sentence written by a human?...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-sentence-written-by-a-human/707823)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-sentence-written-by-a-human/707823 "2014-12-22T11:44:51Z")
…And if so, in what original language? It’s attributed to a Dennis Engel, in the article linked here. The site looks like some sort of news/article aggregator. But do these aggregators now try to compose their own co… --- ## [Ever tried to help someone being scammed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-tried-to-help-someone-being-scammed/707866)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-tried-to-help-someone-being-scammed/707866 "2014-12-22T07:14:45Z")
One of my wife’s distant relatives said she has an online boyfriend in the Philippines who she needs to WU money to because he tried to send her his mom’s jewelry and he was arrested and put in prison and now needs bail … --- ## [Tell me about buying a phone from someplace other than my service provider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-a-phone-from-someplace-other-than-my-service-provider/649979)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buying-a-phone-from-someplace-other-than-my-service-provider/649979 "2014-12-22T05:39:44Z")
So T-Mobile has this new thing where they are switching everyone to super-cheap plans and no longer offering discounts on their phones. Yesterday, I dropped my MyTouch and the screen is now all cracked and spiderwebby a… --- ## [WAZE Traffic App](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waze-traffic-app/707440)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waze-traffic-app/707440 "2014-12-22T05:23:19Z")
Anyone have experience with this app? Of late it’s creating controversy in LA. Apparently it’s pretty good at directing drivers to the quickest route to destination. How does it work? --- ## [Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazines-20-dumbest-people-events-and-things-of-2014/707256)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazines-20-dumbest-people-events-and-things-of-2014/707256 "2014-12-22T04:41:51Z")
It’s that time of year again. Americans wait patiently as one of the nation’s most august publications picks the individual or group most worthy of a highly anticipated award. No, it’s not Time’s Person of the Year. I… --- ## [Have You Ever Been Mistaken for "The Help"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509 "2014-12-22T03:28:10Z")
Apparently the Obamas have, and they believe it’s because of their race. I’m not sure. I’ve never been mistaken for a valet specifically (& that specifically is probably more common of blacks), but many times over the … --- ## [Answering the door while naked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-door-while-naked/707735 "2014-12-22T02:35:35Z")
O.K., this is not some question I’ve been dying to ask for a long time, it’s just that everytime I skim the Thread titles and see Answering the door while armed, my brain keeps wanting the last word to be “naked” instead… --- ## [Workplace bullying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-bullying/707773)
**Author:** [@change2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/change2015)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-bullying/707773 "2014-12-21T21:28:07Z")
Hi All- An end has finally come to the most horrible job as an Executive Assistant I have barely made it through the past 16 months. They fired me …weeks after I complained to HR about a hostile environment and abusive… --- ## [Your chilkdhood household chores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chilkdhood-household-chores/707399)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-chilkdhood-household-chores/707399 "2014-12-21T18:28:31Z")
What were the routine household chores that you were responsible for in your childhood? Mine were taking care of the furnace/heating ,lawn care, snow shoveling and washing evening dishes. By the time I was high school,… --- ## [Traffic citation - first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-citation-first-time/707621)
**Author:** [@InfiniteJest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfiniteJest)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-citation-first-time/707621 "2014-12-21T16:58:10Z")
Ugh, I’ve been driving for years and in an unfamiliar city I get a traffic ticket for not making a right turn in a lane that’s right turn only during certain times of the day. Great. So … I got cited for not carrying a… --- ## [Hacking emails is no joke - why don't Americans Care about the Sony Hack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacking-emails-is-no-joke-why-dont-americans-care-about-the-sony-hack/707367)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacking-emails-is-no-joke-why-dont-americans-care-about-the-sony-hack/707367 "2014-12-21T14:54:17Z")
Excellent Editorial. These attacks went way beyond celebrities. Sony employees and their families medical records have been leaked. This was targeted intimidation by N Korea and the American public doesn’t seem to give… --- ## [So Do You Know "The Nod"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-the-nod/707695)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-know-the-nod/707695 "2014-12-21T14:36:22Z")
Deliberately being cryptic. This is a men’s-centric poll but open to anyone. \[ul\] \[li\]Do you do The Nod?\[/li\]\[li\]Do you know about The Nod?\[/li\]\[li\]Has The Nod been done to you and you are not a member of the principa… --- ## [Can you describe the worst teacher you ever had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-describe-the-worst-teacher-you-ever-had/691215)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-describe-the-worst-teacher-you-ever-had/691215 "2014-12-21T13:21:05Z")
There is another thread on this board that asks about the worst female you ever knew. I’d like to ask something a little different. I’d like to ask about the worst teacher you ever had? You should not spell out their re… --- ## [Well F\*\*K! I Just Killed a Cockroach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-f-k-i-just-killed-a-cockroach/707751)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-f-k-i-just-killed-a-cockroach/707751 "2014-12-21T13:20:56Z")
Mother Fucker! I opened up a cabinet and the little shit was sitting right there. I have no experience with these things. Does this mean I have to chuck everything in the cabinet? It’s all sealed jars. Does this mean my… --- ## [Help me plan a trip to Paris!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-a-trip-to-paris/695962)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-a-trip-to-paris/695962 "2014-12-21T11:06:13Z")
Really All That Spouse and I will (finally) be visiting my family in the UK from December 6th to 19th. We’d like to do a couple of days in Paris near the end of the trip. I’m assuming the Eurostar is the most economical… --- ## [Asian ethnicity identification at a glance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-ethnicity-identification-at-a-glance/707552)
**Author:** [@Loisalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisalene)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-ethnicity-identification-at-a-glance/707552 "2014-12-21T06:06:10Z")
I need some help! I recently started working at an outlet mall close to the Canadian border and Vancouver BC. We get a huge amount of Asian traffic in our store and I am afraid I’m going to offend someone by misidentifyi… --- ## [Where and how to best hide a key on the exterior of a car or truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-and-how-to-best-hide-a-key-on-the-exterior-of-a-car-or-truck/707757 "2014-12-21T05:38:22Z")
I have OnStar and the only OnStar service that’s useful (to me) for the $ 20 a month is the door unlocking. The last three times I’ve requested unlock (clear view of the sky) the service has failed. They suggested I tr… --- ## [Tough choices: Lying about illness during job interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-choices-lying-about-illness-during-job-interviews/707585)
**Author:** [@Tanhauser\_Gate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanhauser_Gate)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tough-choices-lying-about-illness-during-job-interviews/707585 "2014-12-21T05:33:44Z")
That is, omitting it and explaining the gap with something else. In know someone (it’s not me, not that it would make a difference) who experienced a period of mental illness. I advised her not to divulge this during an… --- ## [Office Emails - have you ever contributed to or seen conversations that made you uncomfortable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-emails-have-you-ever-contributed-to-or-seen-conversations-that-made-you-uncomfortable/707708)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-emails-have-you-ever-contributed-to-or-seen-conversations-that-made-you-uncomfortable/707708 "2014-12-21T01:33:11Z")
I’ve been amazed at the Sony emails. Cracking racial jokes about Obama. Basically calling coworkers retards or crazy. Pretty surprising stuff for office email. My employer had campus email when I started in 1986. It… --- ## [Do you notice when your glasses/contact prescription needs to be changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-notice-when-your-glasses-contact-prescription-needs-to-be-changed/707305)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-notice-when-your-glasses-contact-prescription-needs-to-be-changed/707305 "2014-12-21T00:57:42Z")
In this thread it was mentioned that one of the reasons that you should have your eyes checked every year is that your glasses/contacts prescription could have changed and you do not realize it. I have heard this before,… --- ## [What can gyms do to better retain exercise newbies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-gyms-do-to-better-retain-exercise-newbies/707443)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-gyms-do-to-better-retain-exercise-newbies/707443 "2014-12-20T18:28:03Z")
As we come upon the new year, I’m reminded that once again many people will take up exercise for the first time. However, many people won’t have a plan, won’t see results, and will, justifiably, give up. The trouble is… --- ## [Do you have a "bail out bag" or "bug out bag"? What's in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bail-out-bag-or-bug-out-bag-whats-in-it/707550)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bail-out-bag-or-bug-out-bag-whats-in-it/707550 "2014-12-20T06:25:56Z")
In looking at some knife reviews on YoutubeI came across the topic of “bail out bags” (at 3:55 in) and in looking further it was explained (below) that this was a bag you kept aside in case you needed to get out of Dodge… --- ## [Annoying things your SO has done lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-things-your-so-has-done-lately/707419)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-things-your-so-has-done-lately/707419 "2014-12-20T05:33:17Z")
Minor annoying things, please. The stuff you want to kill them for can go in another thread. I just need to feel a bit better about this: Last night I caught my husband washing peanut butter off the dog’s chest with t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=978) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=980)