# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=146 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 147 --- ## [Fucking U.S. Government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-u-s-government/710975)
**Author:** [@Honest4U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honest4U)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-u-s-government/710975 "2015-01-29T06:20:41Z")
When are you going to stop experimenting with U.S. citizens without our consent? For instance, Williamson county jail (WILCO) in Texas has a “secret”! They are using some areas of the facility to experiment with inmate… --- ## [No keyboard detected. Press F1 to continue.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-keyboard-detected-press-f1-to-continue/490946)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-keyboard-detected-press-f1-to-continue/490946 "2014-12-02T08:48:24Z")
I hate you, computer. You need a keyboard to boot? Why?! And under what circumstance would even be able to push the fucking F1 key if I don’t have a gorram keyboard?! Who in their right goddamn mind even took the tim… --- ## [THIEF!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief/936)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thief/936 "2015-01-26T22:09:39Z")
I’m just venting about someone who doesn’t even post here, but I’m so mad I just want the world to know. Someone stole a wad of money out of my desk drawer. I’m in charge of our used book sale, a fundraiser for the offi… --- ## [Draft all women and send them to fight terrorism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494)
**Author:** [@Sciency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sciency)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-all-women-and-send-them-to-fight-terrorism/710494 "2015-01-26T22:02:55Z")
We have been using the wrong methods to fight terrorism so far. Bombing them, getting angry, profiling, etc. So what if we instead sent all our women to those countries and have them do what they do best? \[slightly NSFW… --- ## [Fuck the NY Post, "radical Islam" edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-ny-post-radical-islam-edition/710714)
**Author:** [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-ny-post-radical-islam-edition/710714 "2015-01-26T20:53:29Z")
As always, the NY Post is up in arms about the latest outrageous expression of political correctness from President Obama, this time concerning his refusal to characterize certain acts of terrorism as expressions of “rad… --- ## [Sometimes education can make you stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-education-can-make-you-stupid/684239)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-education-can-make-you-stupid/684239 "2015-01-26T18:00:25Z")
So I am turning 65 soon and am in the process of getting set up with Medicare. I set up my account online and discovered a nifty feature where you can fill out all of your health information so that your providers can ac… --- ## [Apparently Republican women do not want to be kept barefoot and pregnant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539 "2015-01-24T02:03:10Z")
\*\*This will be in the pit very quickly, so I’ll start it here. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Let's pit Martin Luther King!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-martin-luther-king/710016)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-martin-luther-king/710016 "2015-01-23T18:12:38Z")
So here we go again. Endless “I have a dream” clips. Every politician bending over backwards to show their love for this useless turd. Endless bullshit about “Doctor King” Hell, some pastors will even call him a saint. T… --- ## [So, Birmingham (England) is a Muslim City. Most stupid/crazy thing I've heard from Fox News.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-birmingham-england-is-a-muslim-city-most-stupid-crazy-thing-ive-heard-from-fox-news/709575)
**Author:** [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-birmingham-england-is-a-muslim-city-most-stupid-crazy-thing-ive-heard-from-fox-news/709575 "2015-01-23T14:37:09Z")
This ignorant chappy is telling America that the British city of Birmingham is a no go area for non Muslims. Please tell me that no one will believe him. --- ## [A Reminder That Muslim Facebook Is Still A Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reminder-that-muslim-facebook-is-still-a-thing/710317)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reminder-that-muslim-facebook-is-still-a-thing/710317 "2015-01-23T00:40:36Z")
I’ll spare you the rest of that nonsense. …So yeah. That email was a thing. I could go over point for point how it’s wrong (I have friends there questioning the holocaust), but I think the more important point is that … --- ## [School rant: dont borrow or lend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-rant-dont-borrow-or-lend/709885)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-rant-dont-borrow-or-lend/709885 "2015-01-22T20:30:32Z")
I bought my son a good calculator for school. One that could do fractions. I warned him “Do NOT lend this out” or you wont get it back. Well yesterday he lent it out and never saw it again. Thing is, 7th graders not onl… --- ## [Breaking news: terrorists attack French publisher, 11 dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-terrorists-attack-french-publisher-11-dead/709213)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 566\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-terrorists-attack-french-publisher-11-dead/709213 "2015-01-22T03:16:17Z")
Islamic terrorists, apparently. Scumbags. (I’m putting this in the Pit for obvious reasons.) ETA: BBC link here. --- ## [If you're a dog owner and you don't allow them to live in the house with you, you're a dick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-dog-owner-and-you-dont-allow-them-to-live-in-the-house-with-you-youre-a-dick/710141)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-dog-owner-and-you-dont-allow-them-to-live-in-the-house-with-you-youre-a-dick/710141 "2015-01-21T23:48:07Z")
Title pretty much says all I need to say on the matter. I’ve been keeping this one bottled up for a looong time. --- ## [Stupid white tailed deer....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-white-tailed-deer/710172)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-white-tailed-deer/710172 "2015-01-20T16:21:12Z")
In the past three days, I’ve had three close calls with white tailed deer with suicidal tendencies, the first one actually trying to occupy the same physical space as my car… In each case, I was driving on a 2 lane back… --- ## [Okay, is this tattoo bad enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-is-this-tattoo-bad-enough/709768)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-is-this-tattoo-bad-enough/709768 "2015-01-18T15:11:25Z")
There have been previous threads in which somebody has pitted a tattoo for being stupid or offensive. And there are always other people who will jump in to defend the tattoo with the argument that it’s not on your body s… --- ## [dalej42 - Your chance to back up your assertions about MLK Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalej42-your-chance-to-back-up-your-assertions-about-mlk-jr/434593)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalej42-your-chance-to-back-up-your-assertions-about-mlk-jr/434593 "2015-01-18T03:14:54Z")
In this thread dalej42 made several assertions about MLK Jr., somewhat tastelessly timed for the day set aside to honor King. One of the assertions was that: I asked you for a reputable cite for this assertion. None … --- ## [Etiquettical studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquettical-studies/812)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquettical-studies/812 "2015-01-18T03:11:45Z")
One thing that I’ve noticed about the righteous nieces and nephews of Uncle Cecil is that we are occasionally obsessed with etiquette. Not that we brood overmuch about which fork to use - for every question such as that… --- ## [Louis Farrakhan really is a racist shithead isn't he?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-farrakhan-really-is-a-racist-shithead-isnt-he/709720 "2015-01-17T20:44:53Z")
I was listening to one of his speeches where he made the most absurd, easily refutable claims such as that Musa(his name for the biblical figure Moses) lead white people who had devolved into savagery in europe and had n… --- ## [Hey Polly Prissypants, fuck off back to your side of the property line.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-polly-prissypants-fuck-off-back-to-your-side-of-the-property-line/709626)
**Author:** [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-polly-prissypants-fuck-off-back-to-your-side-of-the-property-line/709626 "2015-01-17T20:24:21Z")
The word ‘fuck’ is not a reason to run over to my driveway and try to lecture me on language etiquette, you pansy little cunt. It is also not a reason call the police you offended little bitch, especially when you weren’… --- ## [And now: What about all those cops turning their backs on De Blasio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-what-about-all-those-cops-turning-their-backs-on-de-blasio/708293)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 567\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-what-about-all-those-cops-turning-their-backs-on-de-blasio/708293 "2015-01-17T09:48:55Z")
NYC officer mourned at funeral as tensions linger Hundreds Turn Their Back on de Blasio at NYPD Officer’s Funeral Now we’ve seen several incidents (at the hospital; at the funeral) of NY police en masse turning their b… --- ## [And the Shit-Heap-of-the-Year-2014 goes to....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-shit-heap-of-the-year-2014-goes-to/708122)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-shit-heap-of-the-year-2014-goes-to/708122 "2015-01-17T03:03:06Z")
…Pastor Steven Anderson, who says the cure for AIDS is in the Bible: just go out and kill all those homos \[his words\]: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/arizona-pastor-predicts-aids-free-christmas-if-all-gays-are-kill… --- ## [How did we ever get along without cell phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-we-ever-get-along-without-cell-phones/251319)
**Author:** [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-we-ever-get-along-without-cell-phones/251319 "2015-01-16T22:10:06Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/19/sports/golf/19CELL.html (registration probably required). In short, the US Open printed on the tickets that cell phones wouldn’t be allowed on the course, and people are making a big st… --- ## [A Jewish newspaper has photoshopped Angela Merkel out of the Charlie Hebdo march](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756)
**Author:** [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756 "2015-01-15T21:58:44Z")
From The Journal: TWO FEMALE POLITICAL leaders – including the most powerful woman in Europe – have been photoshopped out of an historic image of world leaders showing solidarity after the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks. … --- ## ["Hater" spitters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hater-spitters/709655)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hater-spitters/709655 "2015-01-15T19:10:03Z")
“Hate” is a particularly strong word in the English language. Calling a person, or by extension through a grouping, a “hater” means they actively pursue or support a strong opposition agenda toward the target. In some ca… --- ## [False equivalence of the day, Rep. Scalise edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-equivalence-of-the-day-rep-scalise-edition/708799)
**Author:** [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-equivalence-of-the-day-rep-scalise-edition/708799 "2015-01-15T14:36:20Z")
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), majority whip in the House of Representatives, is in hot water for having spokenin 2002 to a white supremacist group, the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO). Whatever happe… --- ## [Enough from the defenders of rapists already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-from-the-defenders-of-rapists-already/705392)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 859\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-from-the-defenders-of-rapists-already/705392 "2015-01-15T09:19:14Z")
The various people around here who are either directly or indirectly defending Bill Cosby from rape allegations are venal scum. They decline to accept the accusatory statements of women against this serial rapist, on not… --- ## [Olympia, Seattle and a hole in the ground](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-seattle-and-a-hole-in-the-ground/686978)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-seattle-and-a-hole-in-the-ground/686978 "2015-01-13T07:01:37Z")
It was not a good idea to start with, it is no better now, and it is getting stupider. Background: on the saltwater side of downtown Seattle, there is a double-decker highway called the Alaskan Way viaduct. Built in the… --- ## [Bitch about your shitty Christmas gifts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitch-about-your-shitty-christmas-gifts/708221 "2015-01-12T18:18:57Z")
Go ahead, the giver isn’t a poster and won’t read this. They clearly didn’t put any thought into your present, they’re not likely to look here for your rant. Get it off your chest. I got socks. A dozen pair of socks.… --- ## [Driver suing dead person she killed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-suing-dead-person-she-killed/687074)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driver-suing-dead-person-she-killed/687074 "2015-01-11T12:43:37Z")
A Canadian woman who ran over and killed a teenager is suing the dead boy for “emotional trauma”. CANADA wtf - thought things were semi-rational up there. She is also suing the other boys involved in the accident, a… --- ## [RuddyMole, you're fucking creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruddymole-youre-fucking-creepy/586308)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruddymole-youre-fucking-creepy/586308 "2015-01-10T17:31:46Z")
Think this may be a board record for quickest Pitting. Why wait? This asswipe has two whole posts, and has already managed to creep me the fuck out. The Thread Dude…a kiddie diddler is a defective human being. Their… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=147)