# IMHO there is no such thing as a HO **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630 "2000-05-26T18:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/1 "2000-05-26T18:51:20Z")
hum·ble (hmbl) adj. 1. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful. 2. Showing deferential or submissive respect. o·pin·ion (-pnyn) n. 1. A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof. Now how can one be meek or modest and confident at the same time? And has anyone here ever seen anyone show submissive respect when stating their opinion? IMO, about which there is nothing humble, IMHO is an oxymoron, and as such, should be treated with the scorn it rightfully deserves. It should be put in the hopper with the likes of parking on driveways and driving on parkways. I therefore respectfully request that the name of this forum be changed immediately. More fitting the Teeming Millions would be IMNHBOS-RIYFIAREMDIYDLIO. Or in other words, In My Never Humble But Often Self-Righteous In Your Face I’m Always Right Eat My Dirt If You Don’t Like It Opinion. Thank you very much for your consideration. Any other submissions for better names for this forum? ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/2 "2000-05-26T19:32:03Z")
[Tongue firmly in cheek] _OH! I get it now!!!_ And here I was thinking you were talking about the oldest profession! Silly me! I was starting to think you were just naive! 🙂 [/Tongue firmly in cheek] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/3 "2000-05-26T22:30:59Z")
Shayna, is that your honest opinion? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/4 "2000-05-26T23:53:21Z")
It was a joke. Guess I should stop trying to be funny - it doesn’t seem to work. [I knew it was a joke. You just keep on trying to be funny!-slythe. Post modified by the moderator of posts-05/27/00] ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/5 "2000-05-27T08:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > [Tongue firmly in cheek] > > _OH! I get it now!!!_ > > And here I was thinking you were talking about the oldest profession! > > [/Tongue firmly in cheek] > \*\* I’m glad that I wasn’t the only one who read “HO” as “'ho”… “Eat my dirt”, Shayna?? Come on, say “Eat shit”: “Swear me…like a lady as thou art, A good mouth-filling oath, and leave ‘in sooth,’ And such protest of pepper-gingerbread, To velvet-guards and Sunday-citizens.” –William Shakespeare “The first part of King Henry the Fourth”, Act 3, scene i ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/6 "2000-05-29T05:15:14Z")
Gee, I always thought it was “Honest”, not “Humble”. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-ho/20630/7 "2000-05-29T05:53:33Z")
I don’t know about everyone else, but being the intellectual juggernaut that I am, I am fully equipped with negative capability, and thus able to sustain a humble opinion indefinitely, with both conviction and panache. But I could be wrong.