# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=139 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 140 --- ## [My 16yo son ignored Mother's Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-16yo-son-ignored-mothers-day/719727)
**Author:** [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Replies:** 403\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-16yo-son-ignored-mothers-day/719727 "2015-05-26T21:22:44Z")
Actually, he ignored Mother’s Day for 2 years now. Last year, when he was just 15, we thought he was embarrassed enough by it that he’d never miss it again. We were wrong. This is a good, good kid: all honors classes, … --- ## [sexism. workplace. clueless coworkers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism-workplace-clueless-coworkers/717769)
**Author:** [@bashere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bashere)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism-workplace-clueless-coworkers/717769 "2015-05-26T16:44:31Z")
Dear two clueless nitwits I have to work with, Let me explain something. I know that you view women as some strange, fascinating, foreign species. I get that members of that species are something you desperately want … --- ## [Idiot, I don't care why your dog NEEDS to poop on my yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-i-dont-care-why-your-dog-needs-to-poop-on-my-yard/570250 "2015-05-26T06:19:12Z")
Yesterday (for the second time), I caught a woman from a block away letting her dog out of her car to crap in my yard. The first time I ignored it, thinking it was a weird one time thing. Today she saw me leaving the h… --- ## [Your BF/Husband dies mid coitus: Do you finish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bf-husband-dies-mid-coitus-do-you-finish/720730)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bf-husband-dies-mid-coitus-do-you-finish/720730 "2015-05-25T21:26:50Z")
Keep in mind, this is your BF or Husband. The two of you have had consensual sex hundreds of times. For whatever reason, your husband/bf dies mid coitus. You’re confident you only have about two or three pumps left bef… --- ## [Racist Coverage of Waco Biker Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-coverage-of-waco-biker-violence/720441)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-coverage-of-waco-biker-violence/720441 "2015-05-25T16:42:27Z")
Well, Sally Kohn on CNN’s page has managed to turn the Waco bloodbath into a racial issue. It seems the lack of the mention of “white on white” violence in the media coverage is more proof that America is a racist countr… --- ## [Ants in Genitals Ark Park grifting continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-genitals-ark-park-grifting-continues/720189)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-in-genitals-ark-park-grifting-continues/720189 "2015-05-24T14:40:08Z")
Lord Ken Hamboner, piglet rapist extraordinaire, has posted this regarding his ark folly grifting scheme: Yup, sounds legit… :dubious: Remember how Heritage USA went from a once popular destination to derelict and aba… --- ## [Stop enunciating the fucking "h"....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-enunciating-the-fucking-h/720114)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-enunciating-the-fucking-h/720114 "2015-05-22T14:31:06Z")
…in “wHat” and “wHen” and “wHy”. Who taught you to talk like that?.. It’s goddamn pretentious and irritating. Knock it off. --- ## [Mild pitting: Canadian supermarket chain manages to choose motto that is both dumb and dangerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-canadian-supermarket-chain-manages-to-choose-motto-that-is-both-dumb-and-dangerous/720364)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-canadian-supermarket-chain-manages-to-choose-motto-that-is-both-dumb-and-dangerous/720364 "2015-05-21T10:30:58Z")
The supermarket chain Sobey’s in Canada developed a new slogan and mantra in the mid-2000’s: “READY TO SERVE” As part of their branding scheme, all labels printed in-store have this slogan on them. Raw chicken breasts… --- ## [Lapsang Souchong is Vile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-is-vile/269956)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapsang-souchong-is-vile/269956 "2015-05-21T04:07:16Z")
Evil. It tastes like liquefied smoke and ash from a fireplace. You know the taste you can get in your month if a campfire blows in your face - multiple that by a million. Has anyone ever tried to make a chemical weapon o… --- ## [Namby pamby knuckleheads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/namby-pamby-knuckleheads/718380)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/namby-pamby-knuckleheads/718380 "2015-05-20T18:31:50Z")
So my son has a book I bought him called “I Stink!” and it’s about a NYC garbage truck that gathers trash at night while the rest of us sleep. It’s basically a chronicle of a night in the life of this garbage truck, wit… --- ## [Humble brag, my butt. It's worse than a braggity brag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humble-brag-my-butt-its-worse-than-a-braggity-brag/720157)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humble-brag-my-butt-its-worse-than-a-braggity-brag/720157 "2015-05-20T15:56:38Z")
Whoever started this trend of humble bragging needs to take the shit back and bury it where it can never be found again. I know a few people whose self-obsession is off the charts, who also happen to be the type to act … --- ## [Ban, outlaw and confiscate LED yard lights!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-outlaw-and-confiscate-led-yard-lights/719898)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ban-outlaw-and-confiscate-led-yard-lights/719898 "2015-05-18T13:02:10Z")
Fuck, I hate these things. They seem perfectly benign and gosh-a-roonie, they’re ee-ko-logical and everything… and totally fucking useless except to screw up neighborhoods at night. They don’t put out enough light to act… --- ## [An Open Letter to People Who Write Open Letters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-people-who-write-open-letters/719657)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-people-who-write-open-letters/719657 "2015-05-15T14:33:07Z")
Dear Sir Please don’t. Asympotically Fat, Esq., East Cheam --- ## [DrDeth read some fantasy books. He's very proud of it. It's probably his biggest accomplishment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-read-some-fantasy-books-hes-very-proud-of-it-its-probably-his-biggest-accomplishment/719223)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-read-some-fantasy-books-hes-very-proud-of-it-its-probably-his-biggest-accomplishment/719223 "2015-05-15T03:07:59Z")
This thread is sort of a belated counter-thread to\*\* this backfired pit gem.\*\* From that OP: My purpose in this thread isn’t to argue the GoT spoiler rules. Those have been hashed out extensively over the years. Any r… --- ## [Terrible service / terrible food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-service-terrible-food/719712)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-service-terrible-food/719712 "2015-05-14T04:03:03Z")
OK, I know it’s Mother’s Day and all that. BUT: We went to the highest-rated Thai restaurant in town. They were short BOTH servers and “chefs”. The service sucked; the food was just about inedible. I DESPISE spending … --- ## [Final Fantasy IX strategy guide is worthless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-ix-strategy-guide-is-worthless/58200)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-fantasy-ix-strategy-guide-is-worthless/58200 "2015-05-11T19:04:08Z")
All right, so I eagerly awaited FF9, and told my husband that this was the ONE thing I wanted for Xmas. No, I don’t want jewelry or clothes, I want the latest Final Fantasy. And it’s a great game, so far. I only play abo… --- ## [Why do people insist on honking at me when I ride my bike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-insist-on-honking-at-me-when-i-ride-my-bike/718218)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-insist-on-honking-at-me-when-i-ride-my-bike/718218 "2015-05-11T18:44:22Z")
I ride my bike. Yes, I ride it in the road. Not wanting to be splatted, I am anal about the rules and laws. I always wear a helmet, I only ride in the daylight, I stop at all of the lights and stop signs, etc. Yet it se… --- ## [It's fucking SNOWING. AGAIN.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-fucking-snowing-again/715482 "2015-05-11T13:17:17Z")
Kaniktshaq moritlkatsio atsuniartoq! I have had it with this motherfucking snow! It’s fucking SPRING, we are NOT supposed to get any more fucking snow! Having a sick toddler at home clinging to me really isn’t helping… --- ## [Jeb Bush is NOT Testing the Waters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-is-not-testing-the-waters/719017)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-is-not-testing-the-waters/719017 "2015-05-09T15:36:04Z")
Political candidates are subject to certain limits about campaign contributions and participations in PACs (or Super-Pacs, Hyper-Pacs, Super-de-Duper-Pacs, or whatever we’re up to now). And candidates who are not yet “c… --- ## [Bring Back Our Girls update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-our-girls-update/719420)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-our-girls-update/719420 "2015-05-08T08:06:32Z")
Of the 234 Nigerian women finally rescued from Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest, 214 are pregnant. There’s nothing more I can think of to say. --- ## [Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr/719431)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr/719431 "2015-05-07T04:01:45Z")
You are either moving out, moving in, or a landlord cleaning up. But when you park your freaking van behind my bedroom window with all the doors open with music blaring out I am tempted to use my recently used BBQ coals… --- ## [Is jezzaOZ a bigot or just a complete moron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jezzaoz-a-bigot-or-just-a-complete-moron/719087)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jezzaoz-a-bigot-or-just-a-complete-moron/719087 "2015-05-06T05:45:53Z")
In this thread, jezzaOZ provides what he or she pretends to be a “helpful” link in this post. When I referred to the bigoted tripe in that link as rubbish, the jackass…er provider of the link mentioned a hope that I woul… --- ## [So Now, NY State can levy your federal income tax return if you owe them back taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-ny-state-can-levy-your-federal-income-tax-return-if-you-owe-them-back-taxes/719041)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-ny-state-can-levy-your-federal-income-tax-return-if-you-owe-them-back-taxes/719041 "2015-05-05T22:14:11Z")
So my Husband owes back taxes from before we met that he’s been paying off on a payment plan. This I knew. It’s fine. We decided to take advantage of our governments ‘blessing’ our marriage and file jointly. First year … --- ## [Fuck the royals, fuck sports, fuck entertainment gossip. Fuck it all.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-royals-fuck-sports-fuck-entertainment-gossip-fuck-it-all/706659 "2015-05-05T15:44:58Z")
I have no idea why I’m so cantankerous this morning. Oh, wait, I know why. Because Google News splashed some prince this-and-that and princess whatsherface on my morning news read. Evidently they’re coming to New York, a… --- ## [How to fail at Twitter in one easy step...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fail-at-twitter-in-one-easy-step/718603)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fail-at-twitter-in-one-easy-step/718603 "2015-05-05T05:40:30Z")
This was posted by a self-serving, internet panhandling, crusty cum-covered dickwad of a professed “Christian”. This purulent and syphilitic waste of space also habitually harasses clients at health clinics, uses 'net … --- ## [On hating Wack-o-pedia, again...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hating-wack-o-pedia-again/718060)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hating-wack-o-pedia-again/718060 "2015-05-04T21:26:58Z")
So I check something on Wikipedia and a message pops up that I have a note from another user. O joy. (It’s linked by IP address, since I long ago gave up bothering with a WP account for any purpose.) A helpful WP ghod w… --- ## [Reagan was a douchebag and Congress is filled with pussies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-was-a-douchebag-and-congress-is-filled-with-pussies/716251)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-was-a-douchebag-and-congress-is-filled-with-pussies/716251 "2015-05-04T03:05:15Z")
He blackmailed all the states into raising the drinking age to 21. Now with all the drunk driving incidents, states are unlikely to reduce it anyhow, and it is so foolish because people are allowed to join the military,… --- ## [Goodbye to another place I used to like - Boston Market sucks now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-place-i-used-to-like-boston-market-sucks-now/718758)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-another-place-i-used-to-like-boston-market-sucks-now/718758 "2015-05-04T01:09:11Z")
First it was the counter person wanting to deliver my food to a table. Ok, I guess I can appreciate them wanting to make the place slightly more highbrow. But… I’m fully capable of carrying a plate of chicken 15 feet. Fe… --- ## [I Pit Sears Outlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-sears-outlet/715147)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-sears-outlet/715147 "2015-05-02T13:33:20Z")
We ordered a new oven from them in December. The oven arrived, but was missing the trim we would need to have it installed. Since then, we have called them repeatedly, and repeatedly been assured that they have ordered… --- ## [April Annoyances (mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-annoyances-mini-rants/716516)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 472\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-annoyances-mini-rants/716516 "2015-05-01T19:36:07Z")
Annoyed in April? Rant about it here! Big or small, all rants are welcome in this APril ranting thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=140)