# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=126 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 127 --- ## [What phrases won't Ted Cruz use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663 "2016-01-26T13:26:06Z")
Ted Cruz’s big stump fireworks seem to be denouncing Obama for not using the phrase, “radical Islamic terrorists.” Fair enough, but there are lots of pertinent phrases I am noticing Ted Cruz is not uttering. For instanc… --- ## [Thank you for that "helpful" answer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-that-helpful-answer/744109)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-that-helpful-answer/744109 "2016-01-26T04:46:32Z")
I am part of a forum that centers on the feeding and care of chickens (primarily those people are keeping as pets). This Rooster(Barred Rock named JoJo) and this Hen (Silkie named Sponge) created these two named Smidge … --- ## [Sage Rat on Slavery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sage-rat-on-slavery/743843)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sage-rat-on-slavery/743843 "2016-01-25T22:13:37Z")
Sage Rat’s magnum opus on slavery. I don’t usually do the quote parsing thing, but his great work needs to be appreciated in detail. Part the First: Not wanting to be owned makes you a “problem case” who probably deser… --- ## [I Pit Practice Management Fees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-practice-management-fees/743802)
**Author:** [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-practice-management-fees/743802 "2016-01-25T18:30:12Z")
My GP just got around to sending out December’s passive-aggressive letter of the decade (note, she just mailed it to me YESTERDAY) They’re going to try to stick us with $200 a year on top of all the co pays, etc, becaus… --- ## [How would you feel if someone gave away a huge lot of your books without asking you first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-if-someone-gave-away-a-huge-lot-of-your-books-without-asking-you-first/743619)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-if-someone-gave-away-a-huge-lot-of-your-books-without-asking-you-first/743619 "2016-01-23T02:16:44Z")
Get bent, you fucking asshole. You don’t just give away other people’s shit without asking them first. I don’t give a fuck if it’s their big ball of useless belly button lint, you keep your hands off other people’s stuf… --- ## [Dating Tip: Avoid Doctors!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-tip-avoid-doctors/251007)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-tip-avoid-doctors/251007 "2016-01-22T19:08:38Z")
Hey! Wake up out there, damn it!!! Why are you still dating that Medical Student or Doctor??? :mad: :mad: :mad: Is your relationship with s/he going nowhere? Think it might all magically change someday? Hey, ho… --- ## [Sarah K. Palin, Will You Please Go Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-k-palin-will-you-please-go-now/518531)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-k-palin-will-you-please-go-now/518531 "2016-01-21T18:33:07Z")
The time has come The time is now Sarah K. Palin Will you please go NOW? You can go in a car You can walk in your shoes But for everyone’s sake Please stay out of the news! You can ride on a horse You can ride o… --- ## [To the Hit....lerrr Trump Youth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-hit-lerrr-trump-youth/743386)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-hit-lerrr-trump-youth/743386 "2016-01-20T22:08:06Z")
It speaks for itself. --- ## [Florida state government covering up the deaths of newborns for political purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-state-government-covering-up-the-deaths-of-newborns-for-political-purposes/743089)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-state-government-covering-up-the-deaths-of-newborns-for-political-purposes/743089 "2016-01-20T15:56:16Z")
Governor Rick Scott’s state government is covering up the incidences of the death rates of newborn babies at Tenet run hospitals. It absolutely has nothing to do with the thousands of dollars that Tenet contributes to R… --- ## [Dumb-Ass on another thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ass-on-another-thread/741241)
**Author:** [@HawaiianBeachBoy\_1959](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HawaiianBeachBoy_1959)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-ass-on-another-thread/741241 "2016-01-19T23:53:26Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18960893&postcount=20 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18961558&postcount=24 So, as clearly demonstrated here, Exapno-Mapcase is effectively a pseudo… --- ## [pop up windows that don't go away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-windows-that-dont-go-away/743440)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-windows-that-dont-go-away/743440 "2016-01-19T21:54:15Z")
WTF is the deal with these. I had this pop-up window that I couldn’t close short of force closing internet explorer. The window started giving me a presentation on how to lose weight using some miracle method (a lot of… --- ## [Sean Penn thinks he's a journalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-penn-thinks-hes-a-journalist/742813)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-penn-thinks-hes-a-journalist/742813 "2016-01-17T22:25:28Z")
So El Chapo, the world’s most infamous drug kingpin, gets arrested again after escaping from prison again, and turns out that Sean Penn had an exclusive interview with him. Plus, turns out that the logistics of this int… --- ## [Fuck Alzheimers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-alzheimers/743292)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-alzheimers/743292 "2016-01-17T16:31:20Z")
Someone I love dearly is having her memory erased by this disease and there is nothing I can do to help her. Thanks for letting me vent :mad: --- ## [People we've "lost" this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-weve-lost-this-year/743139)
**Author:** [@BrazenPirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrazenPirate)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-weve-lost-this-year/743139 "2016-01-16T20:34:31Z")
When someone dies, they’re not “lost.” Stop fucking telling me that we’ve LOST someone. We just “lost” David Bowie? That’s too bad. Maybe he’s hanging out at a SoHo loft, or on holiday in Tahiti. He’ll probably turn up … --- ## [Ramira!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramira/743210)
**Author:** [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramira/743210 "2016-01-15T12:44:50Z")
I AM GOP ANGRY SINCE YOU ARE BROWN! WHAT do you think about jebs chances this “cycle”? #hHASTALAweed. handJEB!2016 twitter etc. TYT. --- ## [How NOT to have a working business relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-have-a-working-business-relationship/742852)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-not-to-have-a-working-business-relationship/742852 "2016-01-15T00:53:08Z")
My company is of the B2B type: our customers are other companies. One of them has grown in visibility to several of our departments lately because they have a staff member whose professionalism is at best questionable.… --- ## [Eff Powerball 2016!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eff-powerball-2016/743119)
**Author:** [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eff-powerball-2016/743119 "2016-01-15T00:01:27Z")
Fuck it! I didn’t win. My husband didn’t win. Hmmm… wonder if the oldest boy won? Hrm… news sites saying no one from Iowa won. (They only report big winners in the hours just after the drawing.) Guess I’ll just have t… --- ## [What's up with all these lottery threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-these-lottery-threads/742861)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-these-lottery-threads/742861 "2016-01-14T19:50:24Z")
Don’t people realize that gambling is a voluntary tax on the mathematically challenged? --- ## [Windows Updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-updates/742701)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-updates/742701 "2016-01-14T02:09:01Z")
I run virtual machines on my Mac (I’m a developer and I have to see how things behave in other environments). One of them was Windows 7 and when the Windows 10 Free Upgrade started making its appearance I “got in line”;… --- ## [A lot of women are coming forward with rape accusations against Bill Cosby..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093 "2016-01-13T15:35:54Z")
Even pyscho Janice Dickinson (who also accused her father of rape) is piling on: Tamara Green was 'so drugged up by Bill Cosby she couldn't control her body' | Daily Mail Online JD:Janice Dickinson claims Bill Cosby dru… --- ## [The Other Waldo Pepper, you're kind of a lying prick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-waldo-pepper-youre-kind-of-a-lying-prick/742563)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-waldo-pepper-youre-kind-of-a-lying-prick/742563 "2016-01-12T12:07:49Z")
There is a thread in Elections where The Other Waldo Pepper has, in my estimation, been a colossal piece of shit. The issue starts here. It sums up to me saying, I’m okay with a politician promising X and getting it fo… --- ## [Bill Clinton's penis a lock to move back into White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clintons-penis-a-lock-to-move-back-into-white-house/740809)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clintons-penis-a-lock-to-move-back-into-white-house/740809 "2016-01-12T11:07:52Z")
So, we can agree that Hillary is a lock, yes? So that means Bill Clinton and his notorious penis can finally move back into the White House? Is this a vindication of the sort of entitled male culture that, on meeting a … --- ## [Brainglutton and Lumpy, WTF is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-and-lumpy-wtf-is-this/742357)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-and-lumpy-wtf-is-this/742357 "2016-01-11T23:21:01Z")
In a thread called What’s the most undemocratic thing US politicians ever rammed down the public throat?, Brainglutton saw a chance to make a blowjob joke that even a thirteen year old would be embarrassed to make, given… --- ## [Fios gave me some deadbeats phone number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fios-gave-me-some-deadbeats-phone-number/742370)
**Author:** [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fios-gave-me-some-deadbeats-phone-number/742370 "2016-01-10T01:35:58Z")
So now I get several calls a day from collections agencies. I usually just don’t answer because nobody I know has that number. Will they believe me if I say I don’t know who they’re looking? --- ## [billfish678 doesn't like loud motorcycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billfish678-doesnt-like-loud-motorcycles/742121)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billfish678-doesnt-like-loud-motorcycles/742121 "2016-01-08T16:15:33Z")
But he is willing to shoot a hillbilly dead if he can be guaranteed he will be placed at no risk when doing so. Billfish678 shot at some guy once for some reason. He says it was the greatest day of his life. Billfish6… --- ## [GOP, (god's own party) people of faith & exclusivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-gods-own-party-people-of-faith-exclusivity/742327)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-gods-own-party-people-of-faith-exclusivity/742327 "2016-01-07T23:35:36Z")
As if election years aren’t bad enough already, the GOP’s “people of faith” are trying to out-do each other in a race to see who is most righteous. Here’s Carly Fiorina, serial liar and crappy businesswoman, preaching a… --- ## [Jamie Oliver is a shit spewing blowhard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-oliver-is-a-shit-spewing-blowhard/741982)
**Author:** [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-oliver-is-a-shit-spewing-blowhard/741982 "2016-01-07T05:03:32Z")
I was listening to the CBC’s “Q” yesterday and they had Jamie Oliver on as a guest promoting his idea to tax “big Sugar”. Whatever, crazier people have pulled bigger turds from their butts and screamed louder for our att… --- ## [I just canceled my Netflix. Here's why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-canceled-my-netflix-heres-why/742209)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-canceled-my-netflix-heres-why/742209 "2016-01-06T23:34:54Z")
Some utter shithead at Netflix decided that the thing my life needed was for a fucking commercial for their latest show to start playing with moving video and sound as soon as I launched the app! I have no interest in th… --- ## [Bullshit DUI Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-dui-laws/52094)
**Author:** [@adam420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adam420)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-dui-laws/52094 "2016-01-06T20:56:48Z")
Listen (read, I guess) to what happened to my cousin. He just sent me an email telling me what happened to him this week. (background info: he’s 20 years old and lives in NJ) He goes over to his friends apartment to re… --- ## [To My Hypocritical Finnish Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-hypocritical-finnish-friend/736167)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-hypocritical-finnish-friend/736167 "2016-01-05T22:17:21Z")
Part of me hates to do this, as I really like this person. But she’s been pissing me off lately My Fin, You and I have been friends for years. You came to the US a long time ago, in your own words because of the econom… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=127)