# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=128 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 129 --- ## [LA's abundance of caution...compared to what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-abundance-of-caution-compared-to-what/740585)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-abundance-of-caution-compared-to-what/740585 "2015-12-17T20:08:28Z")
Does it sound reasonable to posit an increase of risk of death of 1 in chance in 100,000 for the 640,000 students sent home today from LA schools? That would make an expectation of more than 6 additional deaths. LA offic… --- ## [Just Stupid People Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stupid-people-things/740361 "2015-12-16T01:45:33Z")
Stupid People pissing you off? Here’s your chance to share the misery. At the moment, the Stupid People of Woodland, NC, are on my list. (cite). Woodland and the neighboring areas have several existing solar panel farms… --- ## [Why do so many Americans feel they need tools for killing people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-americans-feel-they-need-tools-for-killing-people/739849)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-americans-feel-they-need-tools-for-killing-people/739849 "2015-12-15T23:34:35Z")
Do they actually want to kill people? Don’t they realize that statistically, a gun is more likely to kill its owner than anyone else? Reading comprehension: they’re called “assault weapons” for a reason. How does it m… --- ## [Let's pick a scab: Happy Anniversary Tookie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pick-a-scab-happy-anniversary-tookie/740400 "2015-12-15T20:34:49Z")
10 years of eternity behind you, shitbag, many more to come. What Arnie should have wrote on your death warrant? --- ## [My sister's murderer will not be charged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sisters-murderer-will-not-be-charged/740278)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sisters-murderer-will-not-be-charged/740278 "2015-12-15T16:08:34Z")
Link. He has not been broken or tricked; he has not confessed to a jailhouse buddy. The witnesses have backed out. On the bright side, he’s likely to spend the rest of his life in jail anyway for other reasons. I can b… --- ## [Yes, I have mad skills at driving. I can park.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-have-mad-skills-at-driving-i-can-park/740232)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-have-mad-skills-at-driving-i-can-park/740232 "2015-12-15T07:09:12Z")
I’m in a car pool for work. I found this really pretty shocking, but none of the other three driver can park in a right angle marked space without pulling it in and getting it wrong, backing up to adjust their angle, an… --- ## [Very sad to Pit the Norske Nook in Deforest, WI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-sad-to-pit-the-norske-nook-in-deforest-wi/739511 "2015-12-14T19:09:31Z")
The Nook is a justifiably famous bakery/restaurant in northern and western WI. I’ve been anticipating the opening with excitement for nearly a year. Until now the closest outlet was a 2-1/2 drive away. I’ve actually ma… --- ## [To My Dog's Vet: No, I don't have to buy HeartGuard from you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-dogs-vet-no-i-dont-have-to-buy-heartguard-from-you/259746)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-dogs-vet-no-i-dont-have-to-buy-heartguard-from-you/259746 "2015-12-14T11:00:35Z")
A week ago, Buddy fractured his dewclaw so I took him to the vet. They decided to sedate him to remove the claw. I stopped at the receptionist’s desk on the way out and asked for a 6 month supply of HeartGuard. She lo… --- ## [Goodbye, AVG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-avg/688168)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-avg/688168 "2015-12-12T17:54:19Z")
Almost from the time I got a computer and got wise to the fact that Norton and McAfee were bundled bloatware, I have used AVG as my antivirus. I have installed it on other people’s machines, I have advocated for it and v… --- ## [So when exactly did the Republican party start becoming "insane"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-exactly-did-the-republican-party-start-becoming-insane/739747)
**Author:** [@Cadae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cadae)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-exactly-did-the-republican-party-start-becoming-insane/739747 "2015-12-12T00:14:08Z")
(Mods, please change title to “Republican”, durrr) I’m a political moderate and independent who would easily consider voting Republican for the right qualified candidate. In my lifetime however, the Republican party has… --- ## [GMC Acadia designer/engineer roast in hell!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmc-acadia-designer-engineer-roast-in-hell/738571)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmc-acadia-designer-engineer-roast-in-hell/738571 "2015-12-11T16:15:06Z")
My son has an Acadia. Left headlight burned out. To replace headlight you must remove front tire, the wheelwell liner and the front bumper trim. Then and only then can you reach the bulb and replace it! We spent 2 ho… --- ## [Prisoners are being sued for the cost of their incarceration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prisoners-are-being-sued-for-the-cost-of-their-incarceration/739112)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prisoners-are-being-sued-for-the-cost-of-their-incarceration/739112 "2015-12-11T12:04:51Z")
From Chicago Tribune (or this summary if you don’t want to bother with the Tribune’s registration): Can we turn this into a Poll question: X - I am a thoughtful American and I disapprove of this Illinois policy. o - … --- ## [Most Hated Commercials, Holiday Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-commercials-holiday-edition/738101)
**Author:** [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hated-commercials-holiday-edition/738101 "2015-12-11T05:08:55Z")
It’s the most…wonderful…time…of the year! The time of year when your normal TV activities are interrupted by ridiculous, pretentious, stupid, vacuous, and generally hated commercials designed solely to make us buy crap j… --- ## [I pit myself...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/740019)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/740019 "2015-12-11T03:14:57Z")
…for being so fucking bored of everything all the time…and by that I mean I’m really pitting All of You out there in Making-Me-Bored-All-The-Time land! You pricks! Why aren’t you all devoting your lives to entertaining m… --- ## [Nicholas Thalasinos (killed in the San Bernardino shootings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-thalasinos-killed-in-the-san-bernardino-shootings/739506)
**Author:** [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-thalasinos-killed-in-the-san-bernardino-shootings/739506 "2015-12-11T02:43:34Z")
Nicholas Thalasinos. A religious extremist and zionist that was of the opinion that Israel was above all other nation. He was also an pro-life activist that recently wrote this on the net: “WHY is the LIBERAL MEDIA so UP… --- ## [Fuck "Online Pharmacy." Rectally. Sans Lube. Repeatedly. (or: rant about annoying scammers with me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-online-pharmacy-rectally-sans-lube-repeatedly-or-rant-about-annoying-scammers-with-me/644767)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-online-pharmacy-rectally-sans-lube-repeatedly-or-rant-about-annoying-scammers-with-me/644767 "2015-12-09T16:30:26Z")
Every single goddamned day, our office gets no less than 5 calls from “Online Pharmacy.” Yes, that’s what they call themselves. I hate to be this guy, but the call center is clearly somewhere deep within India, because a… --- ## [I'm becoming afraid of the news reporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-becoming-afraid-of-the-news-reporters/738530)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-becoming-afraid-of-the-news-reporters/738530 "2015-12-09T01:47:03Z")
Every time I view the news, the reporters are trying to make me live my life in fear. They show segments about the scourge of kids drinking hand sanitizer, “Although there is no problem with this in the Miami Valley, we… --- ## [Pat Boone is a fucking asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216)
**Author:** [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-boone-is-a-fucking-asshole/498216 "2015-12-08T01:42:25Z")
Pat Boone Equates pro-gay protestors with Mumbai Terrorists Are you fucking shitting me? How in the fucking hell are those things anything alike? Words fail me. --- ## [Weak Rant About Shakespeare Collections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-rant-about-shakespeare-collections/739602)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-rant-about-shakespeare-collections/739602 "2015-12-08T01:41:31Z")
I’m a sweet guy, so I’m not good at pitting. You’ve been warned. But what the fuck is wrong with the publishers of Shakespeare’s complete works? I have three different versions, and all are full of explanations and an… --- ## [I've had it with the lack of creativity in tossing insults in the pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-it-with-the-lack-of-creativity-in-tossing-insults-in-the-pit/733745)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-it-with-the-lack-of-creativity-in-tossing-insults-in-the-pit/733745 "2015-12-06T23:10:33Z")
I like Frank, don’t get me wrong, but he totally sucks at tossing about insults. Moron, idiot, even fucking idiot are so 1980. Frank isn’t the only one. Look at Chegfguy (another well liked poster) in this thread. … --- ## [Bought a set of buttplugs today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378)
**Author:** [@Profdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profdriver)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-set-of-buttplugs-today/739378 "2015-12-06T19:12:01Z")
Got myself a nice set of decent sized buttplugs in getting ready for the Bernie/Hillary administration. Havent had much luck with the ladies lately but at least my govt will be there to f\*ck me each day. Just forgot to g… --- ## [Yay! The UK joined in the bombing of ISIS / Deash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-the-uk-joined-in-the-bombing-of-isis-deash/739302)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-the-uk-joined-in-the-bombing-of-isis-deash/739302 "2015-12-05T21:29:17Z")
It’s wonderful to have finally joined the Coalition of the Bombing the Shit out of Places already Bombed the Shit Out Of. And to do so in a surprise attack after weeks of national debate and at the end of a 10-hour Parl… --- ## [Republican Platform: "Kill The Gays"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277 "2015-12-05T11:09:50Z")
Kevin Swanson is a piece of shit, a conservative Christian who hasn’t met anything secular that he thinks should even exist. He is a batshit loony who said that it’s better to be drowned than to have your kids watch Har… --- ## [Elective surgical lobotomy questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223 "2015-12-04T19:40:54Z")
If a person voluntarily gets himself surgically lobotomized (whether by a doctor or in a “back-alley”) and then wants to take cortex replacement therapy, then would his insurance cover this? Any thoughts on this? Also,… --- ## [Terrorists vs Keystone Kops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorists-vs-keystone-kops/739030)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorists-vs-keystone-kops/739030 "2015-12-04T00:48:15Z")
It seems that the terrorists hold the security agencies in well-deserved contempt: Combining this fiasco with others such as the Boston Marathon bombing (where the Feds got a specific advance warning about the perps bu… --- ## [I pit people who tell me I eat "strange food"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150 "2015-12-02T16:18:35Z")
You know you’re from a backwards place if hummus is considered weird by some folks. I really enjoy “ethnic” food. Ethiopian. Vietnamese. Persian. You name it. But I know some people, usually family, who tell me that I ea… --- ## [mother allows abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-allows-abuse/738672)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-allows-abuse/738672 "2015-12-01T15:50:02Z")
just now having talk with mom about step dad abusing us both. I’m 52. she’s 74. His Obituary brought this up. fucking asshole ruined us both. She just told me that I’m to blame cause I didn’t say anything to her abou… --- ## [The stupid - it burns! (Isil infiltrating u.s.-bound refugees)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-it-burns-isil-infiltrating-u-s-bound-refugees/738050)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupid-it-burns-isil-infiltrating-u-s-bound-refugees/738050 "2015-12-01T15:46:33Z")
We can only hope Isil plans to send in agents as refugees to the U.S. Because this strategy would be so ineffective as to engender hope that defeating the enemy of humanity will actually be a piece of cake. From Isil p… --- ## [Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick/724592)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick/724592 "2015-12-01T02:20:45Z")
Good god you’re a seething, fire-breating, whining, irrational bitch sometimes. What the fuck is your glitch in this thread? You solicit advice for making a simple, expense-paid business trip, and then bash most of the… --- ## [NaNoRantMo (November Mini Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanorantmo-november-mini-rants/736347)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanorantmo-november-mini-rants/736347 "2015-11-30T22:44:59Z")
It’s that time of the month again: time to start a new mini-rants thread. I got nothin’ right now. Have at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=129)