# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=99 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 100 --- ## [Is it possible to have unwanted phone sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-unwanted-phone-sex/989984)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-unwanted-phone-sex/989984 "2024-04-15T17:51:58Z")
Mel Tucker, Michigan State University coach, is accused of sexual harassment by Brenda Tracy. Tracy works with sports programs talking to athletes about sexual violence and is a rape survivor. These details come from a S… --- ## [Do you use a phone holster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-phone-holster/1000054)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-phone-holster/1000054 "2024-04-15T17:06:49Z")
poll This thread in factual questions: Resulted in several posters describing that they use phone holsters. I think I quit using a holster once I adopted the iPhone in 2008 and gave up my Blackberry. We have about 6,… --- ## [If I started a new cigarette company…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-a-new-cigarette-company/1000292)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-a-new-cigarette-company/1000292 "2024-04-15T04:23:11Z")
I used organic tobacco. I wouldn’t advertise to children, or anyone. Maybe just get small retailers to carry my product and hoped to expand over time. I would prominently warn about the health and addiction risks. I wo… --- ## [How many time have you broken a cell phone screen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-time-have-you-broken-a-cell-phone-screen/1000196)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-time-have-you-broken-a-cell-phone-screen/1000196 "2024-04-14T09:38:20Z")
Reading a recent thread about someone’s mother who broke her cellphone screen made me realize that in last 15+ years of owning multiple smart phones, I have never broken a screen on one. (Frankly I can’t even remember th… --- ## [What Should Ukraine Do Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-ukraine-do-now/999946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-ukraine-do-now/999946 "2024-04-13T15:54:18Z")
This Washington Post article (gift link below) discusses in unusually stark terms the situation in Ukraine. They have, of course, lowered the age of conscription - an unpopular move, even with an age of 25. And there i… --- ## [Is My Son Too Young to View the Eclipse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-son-too-young-to-view-the-eclipse/999902)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-son-too-young-to-view-the-eclipse/999902 "2024-04-13T08:46:36Z")
My son’s school informed me that they are handing out eclipse glasses to all the students on Monday. My son is four, and autistic, with developmental delays in some areas. The school said they aren’t taking the special E… --- ## [Flight stopover on way to Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-stopover-on-way-to-europe/998140)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-stopover-on-way-to-europe/998140 "2024-04-13T08:44:30Z")
There are a couple of similar older threads, but nothing recent enough to bump. I’m booking a flight from Boston to Nice, France, and there are a few options, all with a layover. Some options are Paris, London, and Newa… --- ## [How much are parents responsible for actions of their children? (Crumbley found guilty for son shooting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-parents-responsible-for-actions-of-their-children-crumbley-found-guilty-for-son-shooting/997406)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-parents-responsible-for-actions-of-their-children-crumbley-found-guilty-for-son-shooting/997406 "2024-04-13T05:21:46Z")
There were threads mentioning this case in 2021, closed for veering off topic. I didn’t read that thread nor have I closely followed this case. There was a shooting and the mother was charged with involuntary manslaugh… --- ## [Unbearable sciatic pain, help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearable-sciatic-pain-help/943625)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbearable-sciatic-pain-help/943625 "2024-04-13T03:22:03Z")
\[a note to mods: I am seeing and am under the “care” of my primary care physician and a pain specialist. So this is mere a plea for anecdotal things dopers have found that relieves the pain - not seeking medical advise, … --- ## [EV / Plug-in hybrid owners: how do you clean your windshield in summer and winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-plug-in-hybrid-owners-how-do-you-clean-your-windshield-in-summer-and-winter/999977)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-plug-in-hybrid-owners-how-do-you-clean-your-windshield-in-summer-and-winter/999977 "2024-04-12T21:41:42Z")
Do you use a squeegee? Paper towels? Microfiber? Bucket of dirty water with or without anti-freeze? Windex? Go to car wash once per week? Something else? Please state if your car is parked inside or outside. Reddit thr… --- ## [What would you do? Key left in trunk lock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-key-left-in-trunk-lock/1000106)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-key-left-in-trunk-lock/1000106 "2024-04-12T19:58:47Z")
This morning, I was waiting in the supermarket parking lot for them to deliver my grocery order, when I noticed a car nearby that had a key stuck in the trunk lock. What would you do, if anything? I could imagine the o… --- ## [My mother was defrauded by the cell phone company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-was-defrauded-by-the-cell-phone-company/1000171)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-was-defrauded-by-the-cell-phone-company/1000171 "2024-04-12T13:34:26Z")
A year or two back, my mother and uncle got new cell phones. Their old ones were working just fine, but the rep falsely told them that they would soon stop working when 3G stopped being supported (their old phones were … --- ## [Can the term Juvenalian irony or satire be applied to the Fool's use of irony /satire in King Lear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-term-juvenalian-irony-or-satire-be-applied-to-the-fools-use-of-irony-satire-in-king-lear/999918)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-term-juvenalian-irony-or-satire-be-applied-to-the-fools-use-of-irony-satire-in-king-lear/999918 "2024-04-11T21:54:10Z")
Can the term ‘Juvenalian’ irony or satire be applied to the Fool’s use of irony /satire in King Lear? I have never seen it described that way anywhere on Google. --- ## [Anybody Use TurboTax Desktop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-turbotax-desktop/995959)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-turbotax-desktop/995959 "2024-04-11T20:58:22Z")
For years (decades?) I’ve been using Intuit’s TurboTax desktop program to do my taxes and have never had a problem. Buy the disc or purchase download from Amazon, install on my computer and do my taxes. No problem This … --- ## [Checking in head injury when living alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-in-head-injury-when-living-alone/1000112)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-in-head-injury-when-living-alone/1000112 "2024-04-11T19:21:27Z")
I tend to be a hypochondriac, so be warned. While on a staircase, I bent down to tie a shoelace. I got up at full speed and somehow banged my head against the hollow metal railing. I feel okay, but being somewhat hypoch… --- ## [Explain a charge of felony death to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-charge-of-felony-death-to-me/1000099)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-a-charge-of-felony-death-to-me/1000099 "2024-04-11T16:52:30Z")
Frank and Joe are robbing a store. Frank, for some reason, just blows away the clerk. They try to escape but get arrested. Joe had no idea Frank would kill the clerk. Why should Joe get charged with any kind of murder? O… --- ## [If you have experience with gas-fired combi-boilers (hot water plus hydronic floor heating) please check in here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-experience-with-gas-fired-combi-boilers-hot-water-plus-hydronic-floor-heating-please-check-in-here/1000121)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-experience-with-gas-fired-combi-boilers-hot-water-plus-hydronic-floor-heating-please-check-in-here/1000121 "2024-04-10T23:31:37Z")
This is going to be a boring topic, sorry. I am looking for ways to research prices, brands, and configurations in the US for a replacement combi-boiler, The people who service our 12-year-old combi-boiler, an Italian b… --- ## [Garbage Galore!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garbage-galore/1000011)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garbage-galore/1000011 "2024-04-10T12:19:23Z")
To kind of piggy back off of the what does your household use the most of and the least of? I’m wondering what everyone’s household garbage production is. Every garbage day either my husband or I will say, “how can two … --- ## [Win Lottery --\> Get Famous Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-lottery-get-famous-friends/999337)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-lottery-get-famous-friends/999337 "2024-04-10T02:33:14Z")
Let’s say you win really big in the lottery. And you decide you want to become friends with celebrities because you can now afford to do things only rich celebrities get to do, and if they’re your friend they’ll invit… --- ## [Bomb threats and evacuations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threats-and-evacuations/999774 "2024-04-08T19:20:18Z")
Sometimes places are evacuated based on bomb threats. I understand the reasoning, that it is just something we cannot afford being wrong about. But it strikes me as a very easy way to have someone expend resources. What… --- ## ["Small Font" Font issues with Windows 10 & 11 in Paint or Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-font-font-issues-with-windows-10-11-in-paint-or-word/994145)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-font-font-issues-with-windows-10-11-in-paint-or-word/994145 "2023-12-06T14:41:41Z")
So my Win 11 PC has Small Fonts Regular loaded in the Fonts Folder. But neither Word nor Paint can access this Font. For 20+ years this was invaluable in Paint in making maps as a readable very tiny font. Size 6 was legi… --- ## [What is the cheapest and best way to provide a good amount of charging stations for chromebooks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cheapest-and-best-way-to-provide-a-good-amount-of-charging-stations-for-chromebooks/999951)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cheapest-and-best-way-to-provide-a-good-amount-of-charging-stations-for-chromebooks/999951 "2024-04-08T13:30:57Z")
I am a teacher and we are 1-to-1 with chromebooks. I have a few chromebook charger cables around my classroom, but they honestly get kind of stepped on and damaged. There is no real easy way to for me to provide enough o… --- ## [Most gratuitous use of technology…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-gratuitous-use-of-technology/999955)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-gratuitous-use-of-technology/999955 "2024-04-08T03:57:19Z")
Saw this today: --- ## [DVD Burning Software for WIN platform - 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-for-win-platform-2024-edition/999764)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-for-win-platform-2024-edition/999764 "2024-04-08T03:56:54Z")
MODS: This seems like opinion-oriented (IMHO?), though it could be Entertainment-oriented (Cafe?) , as well. My searches for this topic have come up with only pre-2010 threads. Since my 2009 version of DVDflick is no l… --- ## [Straight guys who enjoy being penetrated anally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guys-who-enjoy-being-penetrated-anally/398463)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guys-who-enjoy-being-penetrated-anally/398463 "2024-04-06T13:24:47Z")
It’s something I sometimes read about in Penthouse Letters – a woman inserts a vibrator (sometimes a strap-on) in a man’s anus and he gets off on it. True? --- ## [Dashboard Reminder Light Out...Fuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-reminder-light-out-fuse/999850)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dashboard-reminder-light-out-fuse/999850 "2024-04-05T22:53:07Z")
My sister says her dashboard light that indicates your headlights are on (and possibly the “ding” that reminds you to turn off the headlights) have died. She asks: Is this as simple as a bad fuse? And, if not, what could… --- ## [Boston Market is circling the drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-market-is-circling-the-drain/999575)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-market-is-circling-the-drain/999575 "2024-04-05T22:28:02Z")
So says this Washington Post article… I used to like Boston Market, but I stopped going a few years ago. Why? They took away the napkins. I was incredulous and said so at the location I used to frequent for lunch: “You… --- ## [Why does It seem that only Wikipedia includes the Formigas as part of the Portuguese Azores archipelago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-that-only-wikipedia-includes-the-formigas-as-part-of-the-portuguese-azores-archipelago/999820)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-that-only-wikipedia-includes-the-formigas-as-part-of-the-portuguese-azores-archipelago/999820 "2024-04-05T04:26:21Z")
Why does It seem that only Wikipedia includes the Formigas as part of the Portuguese Azores archipelago? I have found no other websites that mention the Formigas as prt of the island chain. --- ## [So how exactly am I supposed to use a daily tear-off calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447 "2024-04-05T02:40:44Z")
I’m sure you know those desk calendars with one sheet per day that have the number and month of the day (and related astronomical information) on the front and some joke, cartoon, bit of trivia or whatever on the back. H… --- ## [I need a toilet that is flush with power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-toilet-that-is-flush-with-power/999753)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-toilet-that-is-flush-with-power/999753 "2024-04-04T22:32:42Z")
I am looking for a toilet that works(i.e. pulls shit down and keeps it down). The hotel I was at last weekend had toilets that were strong on the “swirling around at a high rate of speed” part, but damn weak on the actu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=100)