# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=141 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 142 --- ## [You keep being wrong jezzaOZ. How 'bout acknowledging this fact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-being-wrong-jezzaoz-how-bout-acknowledging-this-fact/717329)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-keep-being-wrong-jezzaoz-how-bout-acknowledging-this-fact/717329 "2015-04-16T06:31:15Z")
Being wrong is not a major offence here, to my knowledge. If it is, I’ve been guilty several times. Consistently being wrong is, but this post is not about that, or even about my impression about where between never wron… --- ## [Idiots With Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-with-guns/716801)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-with-guns/716801 "2015-04-16T03:49:13Z")
Found this on Youtube. If you advocate “safe, responsible gun ownership” you have to explain this video: Idiots With Guns --- ## [Spoilers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/412785)
**Author:** [@I\_m\_Ron\_Burgundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_Ron_Burgundy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/412785 "2015-04-15T21:56:18Z")
Why the fuck do you want to spoil things for other people! What is it, funny? Are you better than everyone and enjoying it all? Fuck off! Exhibit your inferiority complex to your goddamn self! You don’t deserve the righ… --- ## [Former Blackwater guards found guilty. It's about time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-blackwater-guards-found-guilty-its-about-time/702173)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-blackwater-guards-found-guilty-its-about-time/702173 "2015-04-14T14:49:22Z")
\[Story here. \](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/74859ff1adad4e36b2207c665ec1b2b2/jury-reaches-verdict-blackwater-guards-trial) Good. Now how do we hold their former boss accountable for their actions? I’d smile big if … --- ## [Sir Elton John really, really sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-elton-john-really-really-sucks/101496)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-elton-john-really-really-sucks/101496 "2015-04-14T12:36:38Z")
As a musical artist, Sir Elton John really, really sucks (I can’t comment on his personal life). I borrowed his “Reg Strikes Back” cd from the library - what a huge, steaming pile! I thought maybe he had just gone downhi… --- ## [Dont get mad at the bathroom remodeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-mad-at-the-bathroom-remodeler/717110)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-mad-at-the-bathroom-remodeler/717110 "2015-04-13T14:16:16Z")
…For the lack of paper towels. For our restroom “upgrade” they have had me remove the paper towel dispensers and now I have to put in electric hand dryers. Yes, I hate them to. They dont get your hands dry plus I like a… --- ## [I pit the rape culture at the University of Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-rape-culture-at-the-university-of-virginia/705515)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-rape-culture-at-the-university-of-virginia/705515 "2015-04-12T16:37:24Z")
A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA Of course UVa is not alone, but as the linked Rolling Stone article shows, they’re about as horrible as possible. It seems schools with Greek culture a… --- ## [Goddam weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-weather/714371)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-weather/714371 "2015-04-12T15:48:00Z")
I wish the frickin’ Canadians would keep this cold crap up there where it belongs. I’m on a prescription med for my arthritis that I get delivered from a specialty pharmacy. It depresses the immune system, so when I ca… --- ## [Numerical Hypertigerisms. The Wizard of Woo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-hypertigerisms-the-wizard-of-woo/717016)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerical-hypertigerisms-the-wizard-of-woo/717016 "2015-04-09T16:12:48Z")
Our new Wizard of woo has combined his take on life, numerology and some scriptures, to point out how ignorant many of us lower life forms are. I’m leaving out the line after line after line after line of numerology… --- ## [Very mild pitting of netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mild-pitting-of-netflix/716854)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mild-pitting-of-netflix/716854 "2015-04-09T03:05:43Z")
Can anyone tell me why Netflix cant put in the description of their movies whether on not they have subtitles? I’m getting a bit ancient (50th birthday was 35 years ago), and while I hear most things OK a lot of movies … --- ## [Islamic sects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937)
**Author:** [@THE\_ELECT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THE_ELECT)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937 "2015-04-08T19:56:00Z")
Sheites, Sunnies,islamic miltants, fundementalist muslims, alqueda, hezbollah, fatah, hamas and the list goes on.They are one and they are all a malignacy to mankind. Islam threatens all of us who do not belong to its g… --- ## [I hate dating resaon no. 900](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-dating-resaon-no-900/717074)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-dating-resaon-no-900/717074 "2015-04-08T18:45:58Z")
OK, here’s my latest complaint in my quest not to die alone, unloved and unremarked. My profile skews smarty-pants so I get a lot of matches that are teachers, lawyers, techy & grad-schoolers. It’s this last category I’m… --- ## [Minorities should be guinea pigs in free market experiments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minorities-should-be-guinea-pigs-in-free-market-experiments/716785)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minorities-should-be-guinea-pigs-in-free-market-experiments/716785 "2015-04-08T13:42:50Z")
With various threads inspired by the Indiana religious freedom bill I’ve seen this concept introduced multiple times. The idea that gays should just walk away and take their business elsewhere if they experience bigotry.… --- ## [In which I am reminded of how totally K-Mart sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-am-reminded-of-how-totally-k-mart-sucks/716075)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-am-reminded-of-how-totally-k-mart-sucks/716075 "2015-04-08T06:33:10Z")
The backstory: my wife and I use melatonin as a sleep aid, but we don’t need the heavy stuff. Even though you can buy it in 3mg, 5mg, and 10mg strengths, we just need the 300 mcg strength, 1/10 the concentration of the … --- ## [I'm going to call the kettle black: Let's see the birth certificate!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-call-the-kettle-black-lets-see-the-birth-certificate/715749)
**Author:** [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-call-the-kettle-black-lets-see-the-birth-certificate/715749 "2015-04-08T01:00:30Z")
Ted Cruz has announced that he is a candidate for President in 2016, however, he was born in Canada, not the US. And his father is Cuban, although his mother is American, born in Delaware. So, if a big stink was made i… --- ## [Gee thanks, gays! It's YOUR fault I like blow jobs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-thanks-gays-its-your-fault-i-like-blow-jobs/716717)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-thanks-gays-its-your-fault-i-like-blow-jobs/716717 "2015-04-07T16:16:43Z")
You know, before you gays came and mucked everything up, I was as pure as the driven snow. Now, thanks to you, I like BJs! I am now, forever unclean! Thanks guys!: \[QUOTE=Pat Robertson\] Still, he warned Christian bus… --- ## [PA Chainsaw Massacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-chainsaw-massacre/716582)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-chainsaw-massacre/716582 "2015-04-06T20:26:53Z")
It sounded like a scene from a horror movie. A middle schooler comes home from playing basketball and finds his parents’ bodies. Both are dead, both mutilated by a chainsaw. tl/dr version: Recently divorced couple. … --- ## [Ted Cruz is going on Obamacare.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-going-on-obamacare/715899)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-going-on-obamacare/715899 "2015-04-06T18:20:18Z")
Story here. He supposedly doesn’t have a choice; As a member of Congress, Obamacare is his only option. As if everyone else is on it for different reasons. Ass hole. --- ## [Who is that fop on BBC America News?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-fop-on-bbc-america-news/716624 "2015-04-06T16:15:04Z")
The loud guy who stands in front of oversized monitors and screems at the camera and the people he interviews. I like to get my day started with this news broadcast but this guys sets by teeth on edge whenever he comes … --- ## [RO: So many better ways to kill yourself...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-so-many-better-ways-to-kill-yourself/676115)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-so-many-better-ways-to-kill-yourself/676115 "2015-04-06T07:22:11Z")
…than speeding across a median and doing this to the car and passengers in it. The thing by the road used to be an SUV and the red truck sped across the median, and flew through the air, ripping off the top of it. http… --- ## [Greyhound. Need I say more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyhound-need-i-say-more/716385)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greyhound-need-i-say-more/716385 "2015-04-05T04:30:24Z")
As a dirt-poor college student, my choices for transportation are severely limited. Since I go to school in one city and my wife goes to school in another city, we rarely see each other. Since school began we’ve had less… --- ## [Idiotic Orthodox Jewish Tradition Leads to Death of Seven Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-orthodox-jewish-tradition-leads-to-death-of-seven-children/715666)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-orthodox-jewish-tradition-leads-to-death-of-seven-children/715666 "2015-04-05T02:24:45Z")
So I expect there will massive numbers of articles expressing sympathy for the deaths, but none questioning this idiotic tradition. --- ## [I pit my GPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-gps/716368)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-gps/716368 "2015-04-04T14:46:46Z")
Any NY’er knows to avoid the George Washington Bridge, if at all possible. I frequently travel from. Northern Westchester to South Jersey and Staten Island. I can avail myself of two Bridges before the GWB, yet the GPS c… --- ## [The Tories' latest negative portrayal of Scots will not stand!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tories-latest-negative-portrayal-of-scots-will-not-stand/716215)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tories-latest-negative-portrayal-of-scots-will-not-stand/716215 "2015-04-04T02:00:41Z")
Yet again, Unionist propagandists use colonialist stereotypes of Scots as irrational and selfish as a way to try to discredit the SNP in the lead up to the election. But, as this thread shows, it’ll backfire on them an… --- ## [Selfie Stick user, stick it up yourself!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573 "2015-04-03T18:22:09Z")
I was in Windsor and London recently with the family, mooching around seeing the sights having a nice time…mostly. What didn’t please me was the obstacle course I had to run under and around an increasing amount of dope… --- ## [I'm sick of people who think it's ok to use 'The N-Word' in front of me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-people-who-think-its-ok-to-use-the-n-word-in-front-of-me/715599)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-people-who-think-its-ok-to-use-the-n-word-in-front-of-me/715599 "2015-04-02T23:03:17Z")
Just because we’re both white, doesn’t mean that you’re safe from getting a lecture from me… Since my damn cat just walked on my laptop, I have to make this post short to get past the edit window. Grrr… --- ## [No, I'm not "having fun yet?".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-having-fun-yet/716264)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-having-fun-yet/716264 "2015-04-01T22:34:11Z")
I work in building maintenance and often I’m out on the workroom floor fixing lights, water lines, or running wiring and while I’m working it always seems to attract a crowd of persons giving stupid comments or suggestio… --- ## [March forth with your March minirants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-forth-with-your-march-minirants/713928)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-forth-with-your-march-minirants/713928 "2015-04-01T16:58:30Z")
March mini-ranting! Rant about whatever you like, however big or small. My rant: It’s supposed to get warmer for a few days, but then we plunge back into extreme sub-zero temperatures later on this week. Boourns. --- ## [Red Light District](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-light-district/715619)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-light-district/715619 "2015-03-31T15:17:53Z")
Mmm…hum ta tum… hmm hmm… \*Mon Dieu! \*What is this? Is it that the traffic light has turned green? The light is green? Do my eyes deceive me? I must look again. Is this, then, the color men call Green? I should be certai… --- ## [Someone has to pit this mass-murdering bastard. (Germanwings crash)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-has-to-pit-this-mass-murdering-bastard-germanwings-crash/716036)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-has-to-pit-this-mass-murdering-bastard-germanwings-crash/716036 "2015-03-30T07:40:08Z")
Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot deliberately crashed the Airbus A-320 into the ground taking 149 innocent people with him. Rot in hell mass murderer. My sympathy to the families of those who suffered a loss in this trag… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=142)