# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=111 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 112 --- ## [Do I look rich enough to toss my money away for nothing? Of course I want my change back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-look-rich-enough-to-toss-my-money-away-for-nothing-of-course-i-want-my-change-back/769543)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-look-rich-enough-to-toss-my-money-away-for-nothing-of-course-i-want-my-change-back/769543 "2016-11-02T01:27:31Z")
Even if the only change I’ve got coming to me is a lowly 1¢; it is still better in my pocket than in your cash register! I must get asked this question at least a couple of times in the run of a day out: “Do you want yo… --- ## [A pox on both their houses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-both-their-houses/770259)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-both-their-houses/770259 "2016-11-01T14:44:39Z")
So sick of this fucking clown show that we call the presidential election. No good can come of this. --- ## [On education, poverty, and beating your children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-education-poverty-and-beating-your-children/769834)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-education-poverty-and-beating-your-children/769834 "2016-11-01T14:01:48Z")
I am so sick of people with zero worldly experience talking out their ass about things they know nothing about. Making assumptions about poor people. Making assumptions about Arabs and terrorism. Making assumptions about… --- ## [Why Isn't the IRS Investigating the Clinton Foundation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-irs-investigating-the-clinton-foundation/769894)
**Author:** [@UberArchetype](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UberArchetype)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-irs-investigating-the-clinton-foundation/769894 "2016-10-31T16:46:53Z")
Simple: Same reason the FBI was told to stop. So in fact, the Clintons are lying, thieving tax cheating influence peddlers - not to mention national secuity risks as basically pardoned felons with no concept of prote… --- ## [Sorry, that product is no longer available](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-that-product-is-no-longer-available/769365)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-that-product-is-no-longer-available/769365 "2016-10-31T06:37:02Z")
George Carlin used to have a bit about how he liked a certain type of car door handle. “I like that, don’t you like that? That’s why they don’t make it anymore - they found out we liked that.” Lately I’ve been trying to… --- ## [Would you shake Trump's hand knowing where it has been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shake-trumps-hand-knowing-where-it-has-been/768882)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shake-trumps-hand-knowing-where-it-has-been/768882 "2016-10-29T18:57:04Z")
Would you shake Trump’s hand knowing where all it has been? Perhaps this is why Hillary did not shake it the other night! --- ## [Entire election is a sham. Sad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entire-election-is-a-sham-sad/769909)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entire-election-is-a-sham-sad/769909 "2016-10-29T18:17:30Z")
I want to know why the liberal elites in the media aren’t discussing the truly important things that matter. For example, I’ve been hearing people say that Trump’s entire purpose of running for the Presidency is to sell … --- ## [Facebook generally, Facebook messenger specifically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-generally-facebook-messenger-specifically/769682)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-generally-facebook-messenger-specifically/769682 "2016-10-29T17:11:43Z")
Fuck Facebook Messenger for being a power draining annoying app. Fuck Facebook for not letting me view my messages unless I install this horrible app. The app drains power by constantly checking with my Facebook accoun… --- ## [Thanks Microsoft, anything else you'd like to jam up my ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-microsoft-anything-else-youd-like-to-jam-up-my-ass/769475)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-microsoft-anything-else-youd-like-to-jam-up-my-ass/769475 "2016-10-29T03:20:46Z")
Long ago, I attempted to upgrade my laptop to W8.1. I was only able to recover from the resulting catastrophic crash and BSOD by ultimately reinstalling W8.0. Functionality has been okay, but usable and stable. I immedi… --- ## ["We told you so!" (Anti-Clinton Rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-told-you-so-anti-clinton-rant/769482)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-told-you-so-anti-clinton-rant/769482 "2016-10-29T00:35:48Z")
Hillary will, of course, be elected. And nothing can impede America’s slide into a smoldering social and economic landfill. So Hillary will be elected, everything will get worse, as it must, and the Trump people will s… --- ## [He was the focus of many Pit Threads, but now has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-was-the-focus-of-many-pit-threads-but-now-has-died/769662)
**Author:** [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-was-the-focus-of-many-pit-threads-but-now-has-died/769662 "2016-10-28T22:36:29Z")
My entertainment has lost a lot today. https://www.yahoo.com/news/christian-cartoon-tract-creator-jack-chick-dies-92-030421630.html?ref=gs --- ## [2016 vaudeville. Saturday night live 7 days a week.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-vaudeville-saturday-night-live-7-days-a-week/769320)
**Author:** [@ghettomotels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghettomotels)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-vaudeville-saturday-night-live-7-days-a-week/769320 "2016-10-24T18:15:10Z")
I’m not political. I don’t vote. I’m simply not on the political spectrum. I am only putting out an alternative viewpoint. If you’ve ever been part of a chant, you should probably stop reading right now. For those of yo… --- ## [Apple. IOS. iTunes. Whatever. Here we fucking go again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-ios-itunes-whatever-here-we-fucking-go-again/769236)
**Author:** [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-ios-itunes-whatever-here-we-fucking-go-again/769236 "2016-10-27T08:38:30Z")
As I have mentioned before, I have this love/hate relationship with my iPhone. Latest update changed my settings…again. Minor shit, I know, but why do you have to switch my fucking bluetooth on? But wait, there’s more… --- ## [Curvy chairs: anybody find them comfortable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curvy-chairs-anybody-find-them-comfortable/769729)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curvy-chairs-anybody-find-them-comfortable/769729 "2016-10-26T18:21:28Z")
I’m at a week-long business meeting and the conference room is equipped with hard plastic chairs. As bad as it is to sit on hard plastic all day, these chairs are also curved so that the front of the seat under your thi… --- ## [Biffster: you fucking suck. Knock this shit off, asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biffster-you-fucking-suck-knock-this-shit-off-asshole/769225)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biffster-you-fucking-suck-knock-this-shit-off-asshole/769225 "2016-10-25T01:26:06Z")
The award for Most Content Free Posts Consisting Of Only A Link goes to this douchebag: Biffster. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19717552&postcount=3150 is one of dozens this goat-felching moron has… --- ## [Fucking Dog Owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dog-owners/769161)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dog-owners/769161 "2016-10-24T18:13:31Z")
Don’t let your dog shit on my lawn, I don’t care if you pick up after the dog, its my fucking lawn and my kids play on that lawn. If I let my kids shit and pee on your lawn, you would be pissed even if I picked up after… --- ## [Stupid thread of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-thread-of-the-day/769138)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-thread-of-the-day/769138 "2016-10-24T16:35:22Z")
IS Leo Bloom trolling or just being an absolute idiot when he asks “Is the American “grammar Nazi” in Finnish “comma fucker”?”? :smack: --- ## [Changing lanes? Signal properly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-lanes-signal-properly/769030)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-lanes-signal-properly/769030 "2016-10-23T21:31:32Z")
It happens on city streets, county roads, and interstates. Drivers want to change lanes – fine. It’s perfectly legal. But why the fuck do they begin to change lanes, then click their signal one time halfway through the … --- ## [Fuck you Safeway checker!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-safeway-checker/391824 "2016-10-23T12:55:10Z")
I’m at Safeway. I go through the checkout and when cashier finishes he says , “That’ll be $85. 60”. That’s about what I expected. So I write the check for $85.60. Then Mr. CheckerDoofus starts punching buttons etc and as… --- ## [I'm SO sick of hearing "Trump voters are not bad people...we need to empathize with them". FUCK THAT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-hearing-trump-voters-are-not-bad-people-we-need-to-empathize-with-them-fuck-that/768921)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-sick-of-hearing-trump-voters-are-not-bad-people-we-need-to-empathize-with-them-fuck-that/768921 "2016-10-23T12:38:44Z")
I’m talking about moderate to liberal commentators, who would never dream of voting for Trump themselves and generally consider him loathsome. In fact, a companion argument is that we should blame Trump, not his support… --- ## [Trump voters: explain yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-explain-yourselves/766699)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 616\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-voters-explain-yourselves/766699 "2016-10-22T17:39:51Z")
Have we done this? I can’t, for the life of me, understand why someone would want Trump as president. The man is a dangerous, childish buffoon. My cite? Pretty much everything he’s ever said. I really don’t like the C… --- ## [To the ferret felcher who stole my cats\*!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ferret-felcher-who-stole-my-cats/227106)
**Author:** [@altiod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/altiod)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-ferret-felcher-who-stole-my-cats/227106 "2016-10-22T03:55:25Z")
You ungrateful, vindictive, leech! Why did I ever do something nice for you!? I had to move last year, and I was unable to find a place that would allow my two cats. So, I decided to sublet my old dirt-cheap apartment… --- ## [a god who is not a bastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-god-who-is-not-a-bastard/484374)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-god-who-is-not-a-bastard/484374 "2009-02-13T12:38:52Z")
Just wondering if there has ever been a god who is not a downright bastard. I was watching Clash of the Titans the other night and was struck by what bastards the Olympic Gods were. First King Acrisius of Argos is ann… --- ## [12:00 am/pm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-00-am-pm/768971)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-00-am-pm/768971 "2016-10-21T09:16:01Z")
Those times are just wrong! The minute after 11:59 AM should be 12:00 AM followed by 12:01 PM. Or even better, let’s just call it either 12 Noon or just Noon. And the same with Midnight. That’s why I use 24 hour time, my… --- ## [Do atheists really not believe in the Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-atheists-really-not-believe-in-the-earth/768993)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-atheists-really-not-believe-in-the-earth/768993 "2016-10-21T02:47:24Z")
Since atheists don’t believe in God and God created the Earth do atheists not believe that the Earth exists? Fucking troll here asking bullshit question just to call all Christians stupid. http://boards.straightdope.co… --- ## [Darrell Issa: This time you've gone too far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darrell-issa-this-time-youve-gone-too-far/638388)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darrell-issa-this-time-youve-gone-too-far/638388 "2016-10-19T06:49:19Z")
A New York Times editorial from just two days ago pointed out the numerous things that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has done in attempt “to obstruct President Obama, who he called ‘one of the most corrupt presidents in moder… --- ## [Republican local NC office firebombed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-local-nc-office-firebombed/768808)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-local-nc-office-firebombed/768808 "2016-10-19T01:43:58Z")
(Orange County, North Carolina, ftr. We have too many Orange Counties in this country.) I am so god damn angry about this. The American experiment will not survive once violence becomes the norm. There is no place for t… --- ## [Here are the defenses offered (so far) for Trump's “Grab them by the pussy" comment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-the-defenses-offered-so-far-for-trumps-grab-them-by-the-pussy-comment/768029)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-are-the-defenses-offered-so-far-for-trumps-grab-them-by-the-pussy-comment/768029 "2016-10-18T19:15:13Z")
Trump said in passing Here are defenses I’ve seen on Facebook and the media so far - If you have others feel free to add them. Some are quite creative. (His comments were awful but he apologized. Let’s move on - Melan… --- ## [usedtobe, you fucking racist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usedtobe-you-fucking-racist/768795)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usedtobe-you-fucking-racist/768795 "2016-10-18T18:04:33Z")
In the “What is your preferred method of payment?” thread, usedtobe drops this turd in: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19704641#post19704641 What is your fucking problem? Can’t you disapprove of … --- ## [The Get a New Hobby Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-get-a-new-hobby-thread/768912)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-get-a-new-hobby-thread/768912 "2016-10-18T08:37:02Z")
Who needs to get a new hobby, besides yelling at the kids to get off the lawn? I’ll start by nominating the people constantly complaining of the noise produced by airplanes operating at Washington’s airports. The compl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=112)