# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=136 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 137 --- ## [Know what really burns my ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-what-really-burns-my-ass/727213)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-what-really-burns-my-ass/727213 "2015-08-08T14:58:42Z")
Manufacturers who put isopropyl alcohol and witch hazel in identical bottles. With lettering that requires my reading glasses. :eek::smack::mad: --- ## [Fucking Morons Still Trashing Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-morons-still-trashing-buzz/725868)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-morons-still-trashing-buzz/725868 "2015-08-07T04:01:38Z")
So, Monday was the 46th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Of course the CTers are all over the comments section. Said CTers are still beating the “It was a hoax” drum. I guess it wouldn’t be so bad if each and e… --- ## [Fire drills: the literal ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-drills-the-literal-ones/724576)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-drills-the-literal-ones/724576 "2015-08-06T05:30:26Z")
First a disclaimer: no I don’t want to die in a fire, so when I hear an alarm I will proceed promptly to the exit, thank you. Have to post a peeve that I have a few times a year, after having now peeled myself off the … --- ## [BrainGlutton, wtf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-wtf/726399 "2015-08-05T20:58:02Z")
Donald Trump is accused of raping his first wife, Ivana, and you say: Who in the world says shit like this? What the fuck is wrong with you? --- ## [cAP lock key, I fUCKNIG hate you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lock-key-i-fucknig-hate-you/726738)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-lock-key-i-fucknig-hate-you/726738 "2015-08-05T11:03:02Z")
Satan’s contribution to modern technology is that fucking cap lock key. hE even located it where the little finger hits it all the friggen time. Here I am, finally getting a coherent thought on the screen and look, … --- ## [I pit iTunes!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-itunes/726407)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-itunes/726407 "2015-08-03T19:48:34Z")
Just to be up front: I’m not an Apple fanboi, but I don’t despise Apple either. So, okay, I was just on vacation and my cousin gave me her old iPhone 4s. She just got a 6 and didn’t need the 4s anymore. Well, who says n… --- ## [Prickly City - humor for conservative idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prickly-city-humor-for-conservative-idiots/361026)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prickly-city-humor-for-conservative-idiots/361026 "2006-06-21T16:27:32Z")
This rant is about today’s Prickly City strip. I know, I shouldn’t even be reading this, it’s “just a cartoon”, it’s “just entertainment”, and why would I read it if I don’t agree with it? Well, it’s there, it’s right … --- ## [July is the longest month for mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-is-the-longest-month-for-mini-rants/723957)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-is-the-longest-month-for-mini-rants/723957 "2015-08-01T14:31:22Z")
Good morning. My mini-rant is that I have to call Social Security. After about 10 minutes of futzing with their phone menu, I get “We are experiencing heavy call volume, your call will be answered in about 35 minutes. Or… --- ## [A milder pit. Jimmy John's can go to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milder-pit-jimmy-johns-can-go-to-hell/527500)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-milder-pit-jimmy-johns-can-go-to-hell/527500 "2015-07-30T23:15:13Z")
I have a few co-workers that think (sadly) that JJ’s is fantastic. I think it’s the worst fucking food on earth (and I’ve eaten at Hardee’s.) I don’t think it’s disgusting, just aesthetically indefensible. Let’s disc… --- ## [Anti-abortion hackers attack Planned Parenthood, release databases, employee data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-abortion-hackers-attack-planned-parenthood-release-databases-employee-data/726334)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-abortion-hackers-attack-planned-parenthood-release-databases-employee-data/726334 "2015-07-29T16:45:26Z")
These assholes have now put employees in danger from violent extremists, which I have little doubt is their intent. If anyone is hurt because of this bullshit, these hacker assholes are at the very least morally respo… --- ## [Obama in Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-in-africa/726178)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-in-africa/726178 "2015-07-28T17:04:02Z")
It was very pleasing today to see the US president patronising the leader of Kenya on gay rights today, approximately 7 minutes after gay marriage became legal in the USA - after the USSC ruled in a decision not related … --- ## [Institutionalized Controversial Encounters: NYPD corruption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/institutionalized-controversial-encounters-nypd-corruption/726282)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/institutionalized-controversial-encounters-nypd-corruption/726282 "2015-07-28T14:23:25Z")
Worth its own pit thread. The New York Police Department applied business school methodologies in the early 1990s and crime went down. (Actually it started declining before they were introduced, but never mind.) Essentia… --- ## [Why isn't Hillary clinton in jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 394\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125 "2015-07-27T16:04:17Z")
Key reason, self incriminating actions of\* personal \* known individual to sort through emails to determine what is Private and what is not. Then the destruction of evidence immediately after and not just any ordinary “de… --- ## [I f@#$\*#g HATE summer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-f-g-hate-summer/725058)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-f-g-hate-summer/725058 "2015-07-26T03:30:59Z")
I HATE summer. In particular, that stretch of ungodly hot, dry and sunny weather between about late June and mid-September we get every summer here in the Dallas area. No rain, brutal unrelenting sunlight, and oppres… --- ## [Jonathan Pollard, Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-again/554528)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-again/554528 "2015-07-25T03:12:58Z")
The New York Times is reporting that the Israelis are informally asking the US to release the spy Jonathan Pollard. The idea is that such a release would reward the Netanyahu government for the heat they would take for … --- ## [Nobody is Ugly!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-is-ugly/726084)
**Author:** [@HandsomeGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HandsomeGorilla)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-is-ugly/726084 "2015-07-24T21:11:43Z")
Everyone is beautiful! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! There is someone out there for you! Plenty of fish in the sea! Just get some confidence! Work on your personality! Just be funny! Get a hobby! Go to th… --- ## [Hey fuckwit! The signs say, "keep right except to pass" ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckwit-the-signs-say-keep-right-except-to-pass/723089)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckwit-the-signs-say-keep-right-except-to-pass/723089 "2015-07-24T19:56:28Z")
They do not say, “keep right, until someone tries to pass you, then move over in front of them doing 50 in a 65.” :smack: You have to wonder who taught some of these people to drive. Upstate New York on I-90 is full of… --- ## [Sexism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism/725380)
**Author:** [@BrightSunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightSunshine)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism/725380 "2015-07-24T19:20:03Z")
I pit the sexist organization in which I work that will take the entire package of ideas I generate to be brilliant when a white male coworker presents it as his own, vs ignore it entirely when it comes from me. Share y… --- ## [So to hell with the No Call List? (Solar telemarketing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-to-hell-with-the-no-call-list-solar-telemarketing/724888)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-to-hell-with-the-no-call-list-solar-telemarketing/724888 "2015-07-24T18:29:02Z")
Excuse me, but I thought putting your number on that list meant you didn’t want to be bothered by telemarketers? Apparently that’s not the case. Those droids selling solar energy use that f’ing list as their phone dir… --- ## [The legend of Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legend-of-zeldar/725866)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legend-of-zeldar/725866 "2015-07-24T17:27:38Z")
This isn’t really a pitting, I have no anger or bile on this topic but it is about a poster and so I’m putting it here. Zeldar. Seriously my good man, what the fuck is your deal with lists and polls and orderly little s… --- ## [Greece voted against the bailout. F\*\*\* Them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greece-voted-against-the-bailout-f-them/724353)
**Author:** [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greece-voted-against-the-bailout-f-them/724353 "2015-07-22T22:15:47Z")
Stupid, whiny Greeks are elated that they will run out of money in a few days and probably go bankrupt. I hear them proclaim that this vote was about protecting their “dignity.” Watch how dignified you are when you are … --- ## [Pitting Amateur Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554)
**Author:** [@Niterover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niterover)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554 "2015-07-21T18:28:34Z")
First time poster, long time lurker. It was you Amateur Barabarian who moved me to finally register and post. Its your constantly harping on New England. First of all we yankees are pretty smart, stop lumping us all in t… --- ## [NYC pastor obsessed with semen, demons, and latte. Oh, my!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-pastor-obsessed-with-semen-demons-and-latte-oh-my/725373)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-pastor-obsessed-with-semen-demons-and-latte-oh-my/725373 "2015-07-21T04:42:12Z")
Last year, he freaked out over Starbucks and their alleged propensity for putting gay semen in their lattes: Now, he says that this same demon semen (“the cream of the blood”–WTF?) will cause insanity, make you gay, a… --- ## [Which of these best describes ElvisL1ves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-best-describes-elvisl1ves/725193)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-best-describes-elvisl1ves/725193 "2015-07-20T01:19:57Z")
Poll to follow. --- ## [Going Out On A Limb Here- Fuck You KKK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-out-on-a-limb-here-fuck-you-kkk/725515)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-out-on-a-limb-here-fuck-you-kkk/725515 "2015-07-19T18:52:51Z")
Honestly, how in the year 2015 is the kkk still a real goddamn thing? Of course the name alone will grab headlines, but since it is still a real thing, kkk: I hope it rains on your rally, and all your sheets get wet. An… --- ## [CatholicVote.org. Need to Shut Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholicvote-org-need-to-shut-up/724042)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholicvote-org-need-to-shut-up/724042 "2015-07-18T13:28:45Z")
The group’s newest video, seen here, portrays what is assumed to be a group of “everyday” people who are nervous about sharing something about themselves that they feel might make them feel excluded or seen as different… --- ## [I pit KGO host Christine Craft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639 "2015-07-17T23:43:54Z")
On my way to and from work here in the lovely bay area, I often listen to talk radio on KGO 810, a generally-left-leaning station. One of their fill-in hosts is a woman named Christine Craft, who is ardently pro-Hillary … --- ## [Presenting --- the Donald Trump Butt Plug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-donald-trump-butt-plug/725314)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-donald-trump-butt-plug/725314 "2015-07-17T18:15:08Z")
This is what you get for insulting Mexicans, says the article. There are just too many possible jokes, and you can come up with them all on your own. --- ## [An ongoing list of The Straight Dope's most epic assholes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753 "2015-07-17T15:53:08Z")
Steophan: For his worship of gun owners who kill people. Smapti: This guy has lots of issues, but we’ll just say an over the top general cowardice. Who else needs to go on this list? --- ## [The perverse motivation of back-in parkers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perverse-motivation-of-back-in-parkers/716793)
**Author:** [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perverse-motivation-of-back-in-parkers/716793 "2015-07-17T04:38:56Z")
I just don’t get it. Who are these people and what motivates them to act in such a jackass way? In my apartment’s parking garage, over 90% of people pull in to their parking spots front first, like the quick, easy, nor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=137)