# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=127 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 128 --- ## [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… --- ## [Dec the Halls with Rants and Howling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-the-halls-with-rants-and-howling/739049)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-the-halls-with-rants-and-howling/739049 "2016-01-05T21:13:56Z")
Dec the halls with rants and howling, Fuss and piss and moan, and gripe and kvetch! Nothing beats some high-test growling, When you wanna vent at some damn wretch If you’re pressed to give a reason (“Why are you Ta… --- ## [I pit my busted flush of job skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-busted-flush-of-job-skills/715438)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-busted-flush-of-job-skills/715438 "2016-01-05T04:38:25Z")
A year ago I took a job 1,500 miles away from my wife and kids, with the assumption that they would be joining me this year. Long story short, they’re not. Now I’m desperate to ditch this job and go live with them agai… --- ## [Roadside memorials for dead kids: cut it the fuck out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-memorials-for-dead-kids-cut-it-the-fuck-out/741716)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadside-memorials-for-dead-kids-cut-it-the-fuck-out/741716 "2016-01-05T02:15:19Z")
Today (for reasons I won’t go into now) I had to drive an 800km round trip from my home, for fucking nothing. Just 50km away from home on the return journey I encountered a traffic jam of the worst kind…three roads tryi… --- ## [Fucking ass-biscuits are taxing my Marshmallow Fluff!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ass-biscuits-are-taxing-my-marshmallow-fluff/742023)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-ass-biscuits-are-taxing-my-marshmallow-fluff/742023 "2016-01-04T14:59:25Z")
Among a whole slew of other foods that never used to be subject to the state’s sales tax, but now are. Back about eight years ago, we had a ballot initiative that overwhelmingly told these piss buckets what we thought of… --- ## [Maniacs on the road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniacs-on-the-road/741749)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniacs-on-the-road/741749 "2016-01-03T23:22:27Z")
On my walk back from work today I walked across a crossing that is just by the turn-off from a busy roundabout. As always, I checked for any cars on the roundabout or the next turn-off along as I always almost hit at the… --- ## [Yeah, I'm complaining again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-complaining-again/741701)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-complaining-again/741701 "2016-01-03T15:21:31Z")
You know I am a level-headed, open-minded fellow who is not the slightest bit judgmental about another person’s sense of style. :rolleyes: However, a sight at work made me fear for a young lady’s sanity and intelligenc… --- ## [On becoming a curmudgeon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-becoming-a-curmudgeon/741434)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-becoming-a-curmudgeon/741434 "2016-01-03T05:01:01Z")
I have concluded that “curmudgeonhood”, unlike adulthood does not necessarily come from age. I have been free from it until recently but now realize that it is often caused by the behavior of adult children (or in my ca… --- ## [Suspensions should hurt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspensions-should-hurt/741618)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspensions-should-hurt/741618 "2016-01-02T22:12:09Z")
Rigamorole just spoilered the shit out of the new Star Wars movie. Somebody else reported him. The powers that be better not pull one of these newish lame assed short suspensions as a punishment. It’s late and I need t… --- ## [I am at the in-laws and they just spoiled star wars for me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-at-the-in-laws-and-they-just-spoiled-star-wars-for-me/741339 "2016-01-02T16:30:05Z")
And that’s all they are talking about. Literally the whole plot. I am hiding in another room but I can still hear them. We told them we hadn’t seen it and they just don’t care. I’m not liking my in-laws very much today.… --- ## [In which I blame Democrats for Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-blame-democrats-for-donald-trump/741557)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-blame-democrats-for-donald-trump/741557 "2015-12-31T21:45:30Z")
Since I’m only partially serious here, I figure the PIt is the most appropriate place for this thread. Let’s go back to the Bush years. Let’s remember two fierce Bush critics from the paleocon side of things, Pat Buchan… --- ## [Gina Rinehart fuck everything about you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gina-rinehart-fuck-everything-about-you/741738)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gina-rinehart-fuck-everything-about-you/741738 "2015-12-31T21:30:17Z")
Gina Rinehart is the richest woman in Australia. She inherited 100 percent of her wealth from her daddy but she believes Australian workers should compete with African workers that will accept $2 a day wages and wants a… --- ## [You know, we should chat about global warming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-we-should-chat-about-global-warming/735365)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 758\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-we-should-chat-about-global-warming/735365 "2015-12-31T03:39:18Z")
Has anyone ever noticed that it still gets cold sometimes? Especially in winter? What’s up with that? Seems like this could be a fruitful topic. --- ## [Bill Cosby is finally being charged for sex crimes, it is about damn time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-is-finally-being-charged-for-sex-crimes-it-is-about-damn-time/741735)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-is-finally-being-charged-for-sex-crimes-it-is-about-damn-time/741735 "2015-12-31T00:04:17Z")
--- ## [What we should do about ISIS...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-should-do-about-isis/741682)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-should-do-about-isis/741682 "2015-12-30T20:37:22Z")
Nothing. Not a goddamned thing. ISIS is not our problem. The Syrian Civil War is not our problem. Nobody put a gun to these people’s heads and forced them to be terrorists, and if they are hurting Syrians and Iraqis,… --- ## [The "conservatives" on this board have turned me liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conservatives-on-this-board-have-turned-me-liberal/741578)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-conservatives-on-this-board-have-turned-me-liberal/741578 "2015-12-30T18:47:16Z")
Before I found this place, I was very happy as a Kinda-Libertarian (more about why they’re all “kinda” later). Raised by a military dad and a mom that was a Goldwater Girl, I voted for Nixon, and was pro-Reagan back in t… --- ## [What happened to the workplace gripe thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-workplace-gripe-thread/741631)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-workplace-gripe-thread/741631 "2015-12-29T11:51:10Z")
We used to have a thread where everyone could tell what stupid things happen at work. Where is that now? --- ## [Should the US bomb Agrabah?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-bomb-agrabah/740818)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-bomb-agrabah/740818 "2015-12-28T17:21:17Z")
30% of Republican voters think so, while 45% of Trumps supporters do. It’s in Aladdin. No news yet on how many GOP candidates want to carpet bomb it. This isn’t Trump, this is a chunk of the US electorate. Do people i… --- ## [Holy shit I’m bourgeois—I’m pissed off because our nanny stole my Scotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-i-m-bourgeois-i-m-pissed-off-because-our-nanny-stole-my-scotch/740922)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-i-m-bourgeois-i-m-pissed-off-because-our-nanny-stole-my-scotch/740922 "2015-12-27T15:15:19Z")
Fuck me. I had an inkling that our (former) nanny was helping herself to my Scotch, but turned an optimistic blind eye. But what the fuck? At any time I’ll have five or six single malts on the bar: the standards (Macall… --- ## [I pit Star Wars....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-star-wars/741025)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-star-wars/741025 "2015-12-27T11:38:47Z")
For driving Trumbo out of my local theatre before I got a chance to watch it. I know, blah blah market forces blah blah blah, so I’ll pit market forces, capitalism, and the dumbing down of the planet while I’m at it. :ma… --- ## [Latest twist on phone scams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-twist-on-phone-scams/681666)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-twist-on-phone-scams/681666 "2015-12-25T14:39:07Z")
We’ve all heard of phone scams where the caller, using a robotic dialer, a stock message, and a spoofed CID, tries to extract credit card data or sell something. Like this, (15 secs, audio) recorded a few minutes ago: … --- ## [Door to door electricity scammers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-to-door-electricity-scammers/733087)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-to-door-electricity-scammers/733087 "2015-12-24T14:14:03Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]No, you are not trying to help me.\[/li\]\[li\]No, I do not “qualify for a discount”.\[/li\]\[li\]No, you are not with PECO, you do not “represent” PECO, and “major electricity provider” is not the name of your employe… --- ## [Heroin Should Be Illegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-should-be-illegal/740896)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-should-be-illegal/740896 "2015-12-24T06:30:43Z")
I am absolutely appalled to read that over 47,000 people died last year in the US from the use of heroin and other opioids. What are our leaders thinking, leaving people to consume drugs as if they should be able to dic… --- ## [Moron hillbilly's in bumfuck Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-hillbillys-in-bumfuck-virginia/740744)
**Author:** [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-hillbillys-in-bumfuck-virginia/740744 "2015-12-24T01:34:20Z")
can’t fix the typo in the title… School district receives hate mail because students in a world geography had a lesson on written Arabic. Imagine what they will do when they learn these kids have been indoctrinated w… --- ## [It's Time Again for Stoid!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-again-for-stoid/739375)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-again-for-stoid/739375 "2015-12-23T20:21:13Z")
Over in IMHO, Stoid, in This thread, our long-suffering lone lawyer (who knows more about law than either her counsel OR the judge) accuses her (let us hope former) vet of complicity in the death of her dog. It comes do… --- ## [I pit Helicopters flying over my house in Baltimore right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643)
**Author:** [@l0k1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l0k1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopters-flying-over-my-house-in-baltimore-right-now/740643 "2015-12-20T16:36:40Z")
Like vultures, hoping that something dies. It’s gross. --- ## [I didn't know my racist uncle Dale was on here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-my-racist-uncle-dale-was-on-here/740507)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-my-racist-uncle-dale-was-on-here/740507 "2015-12-18T21:35:11Z")
I have an uncle, Dale. I remember the last time he came to the family reunion, some four or five years ago. Things went great until just about the first beer, and then he immediately started talking politics. And not int… --- ## [Police force teenager to have an erection so they can photograph it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-force-teenager-to-have-an-erection-so-they-can-photograph-it/692720 "2015-12-18T16:14:43Z")
Two teenagers sexted each other. The boy was arrested for both receiving and producing child pornography, and the police took photos of his genitals. They also want to give him an injection to force him to have an erec… --- ## [I can't convince doorhinge that Earth is a sphere; thus, it is not a sphere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259)
**Author:** [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259 "2015-12-18T14:42:10Z")
Doorhinge, you’re a complete fucking moron. --- ## [I pit ITR Champion and his 'concerns'...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-itr-champion-and-his-concerns/679063)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-itr-champion-and-his-concerns/679063 "2015-12-17T20:09:48Z")
I swear-is there even the most insignificant tiny aspect of modern liberal thought anywhere which escapes this guy’s attention? I mean, where would this board be without his eternal vigilance to save us from ourselves? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=128)