# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=122 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 123 --- ## [handsomeharry is an idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeharry-is-an-idiot/565057)
**Author:** [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeharry-is-an-idiot/565057 "2016-04-21T10:30:01Z")
I didn’t want to comment in the original thread, since the OP is mourning the loss of his relative, so this seemed to be the appropriate forum. Um, no, you moron. In point of fact, doctors tend to greatly overestimate … --- ## [Bernie Sanders is like Jesus: He's pretty rad, his fan club sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-is-like-jesus-hes-pretty-rad-his-fan-club-sucks/750782)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernie-sanders-is-like-jesus-hes-pretty-rad-his-fan-club-sucks/750782 "2016-04-20T15:40:39Z")
(And yes, I realize Bernie’s Jewish. So was Jesus.) First let me get this out of the way: I support Bernie Sanders for President. I think his policies will be better for this country. I trust him. I appreciate his view… --- ## [Sorry to interrupt your beauty routine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-interrupt-your-beauty-routine/752347)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-to-interrupt-your-beauty-routine/752347 "2016-04-20T14:06:59Z")
You know the one where you pull out the bottle of nail polish on the train which causes me to ask you to put it away because it smells noxious which results in you putting it away but repeatedly spreading your fingers & … --- ## [A miracle confirmed? by what!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-miracle-confirmed-by-what/752642)
**Author:** [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-miracle-confirmed-by-what/752642 "2016-04-20T02:57:50Z")
I received an email this morning, about constitutional protection, and a miracle confirmed. It referred to page 1117 in the King James Bible. This got my curiosity, since no one refers to the Bible by page numbers. I… --- ## [Northwestern Mutual, you suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northwestern-mutual-you-suck/667980)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northwestern-mutual-you-suck/667980 "2016-04-20T02:57:40Z")
I have yet to encounter an insurance company that wasn’t sleazy. Northwestern Mutual, with whom I have recently had the displeasure to deal, has reaffirmed this view. The story is pretty simple. My mother recently died,… --- ## [Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethilrist/752524)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethilrist/752524 "2016-04-19T09:12:03Z")
Pink triangles? Asshole. Not linking. Not worthy. Asshole. --- ## [Pumping gas isn't rocket surgery you lazy twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumping-gas-isnt-rocket-surgery-you-lazy-twit/751976)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumping-gas-isnt-rocket-surgery-you-lazy-twit/751976 "2016-04-18T20:59:18Z")
I got gas in NJ, one of only two states (OR) where you can’t be trusted to pump your own gas. :rolleyes: The pump kicked off at $xx.23. When the attendant came over he tried topping it off & I yelled at him to stop it … --- ## [Make my email work you LAZY FAT PIECE OF SHIT IT MOTHERFUCKERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-my-email-work-you-lazy-fat-piece-of-shit-it-motherfuckers/752166)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-my-email-work-you-lazy-fat-piece-of-shit-it-motherfuckers/752166 "2016-04-18T13:22:13Z")
I did nothing to change any of the settings on my computer. I log into VPN client once a week, like you suggested, so the admin can recognize my computer. FINALLY, after a busy week, I have a hour or two to catch up on… --- ## [Police Find House of Horrors With Arrest of Sovereign Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-find-house-of-horrors-with-arrest-of-sovereign-citizen/751595)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-find-house-of-horrors-with-arrest-of-sovereign-citizen/751595 "2016-04-17T03:48:59Z")
Did this fool honestly believe that he could simply choose not to do business with the court and go home? I suppose he also thought that he could keep his slaves if he wrote their names in red ink or something. --- ## [Should threads started by users with mental health issues have a disclaimer in the OP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-threads-started-by-users-with-mental-health-issues-have-a-disclaimer-in-the-op/751890 "2016-04-16T12:58:32Z")
We have a number of posters that have admitted mental health issues. Some of these issues range from severe depression, Alzheimers, autism, to schizophrenia. Many of us who have interacted with these posters over time,… --- ## [Bradley Manning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-manning/666873)
**Author:** [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-manning/666873 "2013-08-29T00:05:20Z")
Read the news this morning, claiming that the traitor Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman and be called by a girl’s name. Dear Bradley Manning, I do not give two squirts of runny shit what you think or what you wa… --- ## [Possible Republican Refusal of SOTU Address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-republican-refusal-of-sotu-address/705685)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-republican-refusal-of-sotu-address/705685 "2016-04-14T15:00:42Z")
Possible, but not probable…so far. The fact that the idea has even come up though, that the President’s State Of The Union Address could be held hostage, simply disgusts me. Is there anyone here who would have no prob… --- ## [I pit.... DrFidelius!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916 "2016-04-14T01:44:04Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19199415&postcount=7 Normal people say keep eating your vegetables so that you don’t get to hungry. Some vegetables have virtually no calories. I agree that I would l… --- ## [Give me my day in court, or go fuck yourselves (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-my-day-in-court-or-go-fuck-yourselves-long/169060)
**Author:** [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-my-day-in-court-or-go-fuck-yourselves-long/169060 "2016-04-13T20:10:41Z")
A little background… In 2001, I got a speeding ticket in December, right around the holidays. It was in Nassau County, Long Island. I won’t get into the details of the alleged incident, other than to say that my Dad w… --- ## [Traffic control cops, please learn how detours work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-control-cops-please-learn-how-detours-work/752053)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-control-cops-please-learn-how-detours-work/752053 "2016-04-13T19:44:15Z")
We’ve all seen it. Accident on the freeway so we detour onto an onramp/offramp. Thing is, the offramp stop light is time to allow half a dozen cars through not half a hundred. Of course the cops can’t be bothered to t… --- ## [Rx? Dropped'em](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rx-droppedem/750756)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rx-droppedem/750756 "2016-04-13T14:59:03Z")
Without naming names (though I’m sure you can figure it out from the subject line)… My mother-in-law spent a year taking nasty chemicals when she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma a few years back. One drug had to be … --- ## [The Problem With The Left-Wing (polically)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-the-left-wing-polically/751514)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-the-left-wing-polically/751514 "2016-04-13T14:02:38Z")
nm --- ## [Who else here doesn't like British politician George Galloway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-here-doesnt-like-british-politician-george-galloway/750122)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-here-doesnt-like-british-politician-george-galloway/750122 "2016-04-12T23:57:30Z")
He said that Bradford an English city was an Israeli free zone and he sometimes appears on TV and you can just see the evil looking out of him so anyone else seen him? And he talks about Respect but he seems to be very h… --- ## [Co workers who discuss politics on the job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-workers-who-discuss-politics-on-the-job/750124)
**Author:** [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-workers-who-discuss-politics-on-the-job/750124 "2016-04-12T18:27:41Z")
You know, the ones who every time they see you in the break room say, too bad our candidate didn’t win by the way look how crooked the other side is. Look, even if we are on the same side that doesn’t mean I want to risk… --- ## [I pit the people behind anti-transgender "bathroom bills"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-behind-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills/746831 "2016-04-11T23:13:02Z")
I’d like to begin this thread with a bit of a personal confession. A year or two ago, I was what many people would call “anti-transgender” or “transphobic”. It was my belief that sex and gender are intrinsically linked … --- ## [I say, Doorhinge, old chap...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-doorhinge-old-chap/751420)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-doorhinge-old-chap/751420 "2016-04-11T20:22:38Z")
…it \*would \*be of considerable assistance to the civility and utility of this threadif you paid ever so slightly much more attention to the exact content of what other posters are saying, so as to attempt to avoid comple… --- ## [Clinton supporters are frothing at the mouth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-supporters-are-frothing-at-the-mouth/751341)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-supporters-are-frothing-at-the-mouth/751341 "2016-04-10T06:38:42Z")
Oh, but not you, dear reader! It’s those other Clinton supporters. So don’t take this personally. There’s a ‘truth’ floating around for the last six months, that people who support Bernie Sanders for the Democratic part… --- ## [Thieves. Man, they really suck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-man-they-really-suck/751606)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieves-man-they-really-suck/751606 "2016-04-10T01:27:03Z")
Seriously! Oh, that’s insufficiently ranty? FUCK the ASSHOLE(S) who waltzed into my backyard, (while I was home, no less!) and basically looted my BIKE…stealing (yer gonna love the irony) my locks. Yep. They cleaned ou… --- ## [Hey Monty, what's the deal about Opal stabbing people in the back IRL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 687\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034 "2016-04-09T14:31:49Z")
In the “Jokes that just need to die, already” thread, Monty said this about Opalcat: OK, this is the first I’ve heard of this. Having dropped this tidbit into a thread, are you willing to explain? I’m not here to def… --- ## [Blankenship, quit your fucking lies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blankenship-quit-your-fucking-lies/535479)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blankenship-quit-your-fucking-lies/535479 "2016-04-08T22:14:55Z")
“We’re the leaders in safety innovation and continue to be more creative in the area of safety than any other company, in our opinion.” You lie. Even in your opinion, you cannot believe that. The safety record in Masse… --- ## [Todd Young running for Senate "Queer politicians have to go."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todd-young-running-for-senate-queer-politicians-have-to-go/751019)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todd-young-running-for-senate-queer-politicians-have-to-go/751019 "2016-04-08T17:14:47Z")
Here’s the ad that Todd Young is running on TV now. It not his only ad, but it’s the one that made my jaw hit the floor. About 7 seconds in, he says, in regard to the legislature, “The queer politicians have to go.” !!!… --- ## [Lance strongarm, you're an annoying jackass who ruins threads.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-strongarm-youre-an-annoying-jackass-who-ruins-threads/751196)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-strongarm-youre-an-annoying-jackass-who-ruins-threads/751196 "2016-04-08T00:49:03Z")
This thread, on anti-transgender bills, was having some interesting discussion. People talking about their evolving stance on trans rights, people talking about specific strategies for fighting transphobic laws, people t… --- ## [MLB.tv: You are some assholes of the highest order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-tv-you-are-some-assholes-of-the-highest-order/751345)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-tv-you-are-some-assholes-of-the-highest-order/751345 "2016-04-07T18:57:58Z")
So my family cut the cable a few years ago, with mostly great results. We’re happy in every area of our lives, except when it comes to sports watching. This is a common complaint from people who get rid of cable, so I ge… --- ## [RIP Scalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-scalia/746056)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 728\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-scalia/746056 "2016-04-06T18:15:48Z")
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said. I’m putting this in the Pit because I thought ill of him, and am not pleased … --- ## [I Pit Consumer Reports \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-consumer-reports-edited-title/750019)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-consumer-reports-edited-title/750019 "2016-04-06T15:25:04Z")
I’m a subscriber, and they pitched this service to me. As a test I put in the specs for the new car I bought 3 months ago. They came up with a “guaranteed” price that was $1400 more than I actually paid for it, from a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=123)