# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=150 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 151 --- ## [Sheriff Arpaio gets schooled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-arpaio-gets-schooled/702938)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-arpaio-gets-schooled/702938 "2014-11-05T23:35:01Z")
It’s Schadenfreude time! This is going to be a fun class! :smiley: --- ## [Is Smapti Serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-smapti-serious/609666)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-smapti-serious/609666 "2014-11-05T02:01:51Z")
I haven’t known Smapti until this post in IMHO, but it literally had my eyeballs popping out of my sockets: If this guy is actually serious, Smapti advocated an insane totalitarian society paralleled only by certain in… --- ## [Games Cops Play (With Stolen Nude Cellphone Pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-cops-play-with-stolen-nude-cellphone-pics/703543)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-cops-play-with-stolen-nude-cellphone-pics/703543 "2014-11-04T23:48:03Z")
I guess now we know the real reason for all the law-enforcement public displays of butthurt about smartphone security improvements: --- ## [Judge orders Jehovah's Witnesses to pay $13.5 million to victim in sex abuse coverup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-jehovahs-witnesses-to-pay-13-5-million-to-victim-in-sex-abuse-coverup/703200)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-orders-jehovahs-witnesses-to-pay-13-5-million-to-victim-in-sex-abuse-coverup/703200 "2014-11-04T21:38:44Z")
I think many of us who have never been JWs tend to think of them as a harmless group of folks with slightly odd beliefs about blood transfusions and Christmas. However, this is a really appalling example of what happens … --- ## [Askia you are an ignorant ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askia-you-are-an-ignorant-ass/347116)
**Author:** [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/askia-you-are-an-ignorant-ass/347116 "2014-11-04T06:44:26Z")
Link Askia you start a thread in GD that you now admit “has all been a joke” and that you were simply “engaging in some minor jerkitude posting it”. Your OP stated with some ignorant and factually erroneous statements … --- ## [Halloweenie Whines (Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 411\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054 "2014-11-04T02:45:12Z")
Because I can, damnit. Macro-whine: Yet another round of layoffs at work. I survived, but several friends did not. They’re not trimming “fat” anymore (not that there was much fat), they’re cutting out muscle. The acquir… --- ## [Cover Versions: I'm a man on the edge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-versions-im-a-man-on-the-edge/703400)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-versions-im-a-man-on-the-edge/703400 "2014-11-03T20:05:12Z")
I’m giving you all one link here but don’t say I didn’t warn you. The John Lewis abominations Now of course my point is already proven here but…indulge me. You all know this phenomenon. You don’t need any other example… --- ## [Where are the liberal trolls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-liberal-trolls/703012)
**Author:** [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-liberal-trolls/703012 "2014-11-03T01:06:20Z")
\[I put this here since the threads I’m discussing are in the Pit. If it’s not the right place, Mods, please move it.\] I know this board leans left, but we do have some reasoned and reasonable discussions here. And eve… --- ## [Real Offensive Jokes: College Football Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-offensive-jokes-college-football-edition/701895)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-offensive-jokes-college-football-edition/701895 "2014-11-01T21:41:49Z")
These are awful. But, like a nasty fart, I claim them. No. 1 Big win for Florida St over Notre Dame! Ya know, Winston’s real name is Jamison, but he goes by Jameis because he doesn’t acknowledge the letters “N” and “O”… --- ## [Pitting the Virginia legal system - Cause a death, pay a $30 fine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-virginia-legal-system-cause-a-death-pay-a-30-fine/702995)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-virginia-legal-system-cause-a-death-pay-a-30-fine/702995 "2014-11-01T04:36:34Z")
So a couple of month’s ago my brother-in-law was killed in a motorcycle accident. Obviously he was the motorcyclist. A pick up truck pulled out in front of him. I won’t rehash all the details here, since I have on ano… --- ## [I pit John Cage's " 4'33" "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-john-cages-433/697814)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-john-cages-433/697814 "2014-11-01T00:30:28Z")
Bullshit, bullshit. Bullshit bullshit bullshit; bullshit bullshit. Defecatory product of bovine males, bullshit bullshit bullshittyshit bullshit. Rinse and repeat. I used to be married into a family of world-famous vio… --- ## [Pitting the Washington Post for glorifying ignorance and stupidity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-washington-post-for-glorifying-ignorance-and-stupidity/702371)
**Author:** [@Chetumal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chetumal)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-washington-post-for-glorifying-ignorance-and-stupidity/702371 "2014-10-30T18:37:36Z")
From this article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/16/she-bought-a-sofa-on-installment-payments-now-its-straining-her-life/ Here is a woman who: Dropped out of school in 9th grade Doesn’t … --- ## [How did this woman get elected (Pelosi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982)
**Author:** [@Citizen5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Citizen5)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-woman-get-elected-pelosi/702982 "2014-10-30T16:35:52Z")
Lets vote her out. This video comes from an interview Nancy Pelosi did with Chris Wallace. In it, she proves that not only is she out of touch, she’s absolutely ignorant too. How did this woman get elect… --- ## [I pit helicopter parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopter-parents/693434)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-helicopter-parents/693434 "2014-10-29T04:04:28Z")
Two mothers arrested this week. One for leaving an 11-year old in the car, another for leaving her 9-year old to play at a park. I criticize helicopter parents a lot, but in the end parents should raise their kids as t… --- ## [One particular form of Facebook crap: (mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-particular-form-of-facebook-crap-mild/702258)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-particular-form-of-facebook-crap-mild/702258 "2014-10-29T02:28:46Z")
See, in the year and a half or so since I finally decided to go on Facebook, much of it has been wonderful. Just recently I’ve reconnected with three woman friends, two of which are now out of town. And that’s just one… --- ## [Kissing your husband while black? Not if the LAPD can help it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-your-husband-while-black-not-if-the-lapd-can-help-it/698492)
**Author:** [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Replies:** 1540\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-your-husband-while-black-not-if-the-lapd-can-help-it/698492 "2014-10-27T21:33:27Z")
Daniele Watts, the actress that played Coco in the film “Django Unchained” and Angela Mullin in “Weeds”, recently had the audacity to share a kiss with her white husband while walking in Studio City. Fortunately, instea… --- ## ["Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day" is stupid and racist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-and-oriental-medicine-day-is-stupid-and-racist/702240)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-and-oriental-medicine-day-is-stupid-and-racist/702240 "2014-10-27T04:03:50Z")
In fact, it’sone of the most blatantly anti-asian pieces of racism I’ve seen in a long time. No, not because of the word “Oriental”. Rather, it’s stupid and racist because it helps prop up a BS dichotomy between “Eastern… --- ## [I pit those fighting to ban e-cigs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-fighting-to-ban-e-cigs/696727)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-fighting-to-ban-e-cigs/696727 "2014-10-27T00:09:05Z")
To paraphrase a bit from a letter written in support of keeping them available to adults: These things are potentially the greatest innovation in public health of the last hundred years, capable of saving hundreds of mi… --- ## [Got a gang? Do what you want.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-gang-do-what-you-want/702266)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-gang-do-what-you-want/702266 "2014-10-26T11:34:56Z")
From Cliven Bundy to these bikers, the thing in America today seems to be that if you have more than 9 people with you, you stand a good chance at getting away with doing whatever you want. Remember the bikers that chas… --- ## [Toys R Us pulls Breaking Bad figurines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-r-us-pulls-breaking-bad-figurines/702383)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-r-us-pulls-breaking-bad-figurines/702383 "2014-10-25T18:16:44Z")
Aaron Paul still mad Of all the stupid choices of something to pull off the shelves of a toy store this is moronic. These aren’t even play figures but figurines. They don’t have moving arms and legs. They are posed figu… --- ## [The retail shoe industry sucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retail-shoe-industry-sucks/701851)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retail-shoe-industry-sucks/701851 "2014-10-23T14:08:06Z")
Inspired by this thread:Cowboy Boots! I decoded that a nice pair of Luccese boots was just what I needed. I have a few extra bucks and an upgrade sounded pretty good. All four of the local western wear stores have deci… --- ## [Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is a Gold Plated Bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-is-a-gold-plated-bitch/651614)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-is-a-gold-plated-bitch/651614 "2014-10-23T09:48:04Z")
If this has been mentioned before, sorry. New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has issued an edict from on high that says all Yahoo employees who telecommute must start showing up at their offices every day starting in June. She… --- ## [Fuck France, and Fuck the French!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-france-and-fuck-the-french/439931)
**Author:** [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-france-and-fuck-the-french/439931 "2014-10-23T07:55:41Z")
OK, just got back from a ski trip. Couple of quick notes before I start my rant proper. I’ve lived in the UK for 6 years. I’ve traveled all over Europe many times. I’ve skied in France 3 times before, been to Paris sev… --- ## [Trying to help my son NOT hate school, school isnt helping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-help-my-son-not-hate-school-school-isnt-helping/701777)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-help-my-son-not-hate-school-school-isnt-helping/701777 "2014-10-23T05:05:08Z")
You know how they say teachers have to spend sooo much time grading assignments? Well lately they have been assigning these computer based learning programs which the kids do online and all the teacher has to do is downl… --- ## [Let's go camping! Better sell the family jewels first!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-camping-better-sell-the-family-jewels-first/700630)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-camping-better-sell-the-family-jewels-first/700630 "2014-10-23T02:16:05Z")
Camping in Australia has a long and proud tradition, giving pretty much every person the opportunity to get out bush for the cost of a tank of petrol and an esky full of VB and ice. Most of the National and State Parks … --- ## [grude, do you have something on your mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grude-do-you-have-something-on-your-mind/701906)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grude-do-you-have-something-on-your-mind/701906 "2014-10-23T01:41:39Z")
Taken as a sum total, the “I like saying nigger a lot - but it’s cool, I’m not in the US” thread, the “Africans - an annoying monoculture with deadly personal habits!” thread and the (Admittedly, much more subtle) fishin… --- ## [cornopean, conservatives are not oppressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornopean-conservatives-are-not-oppressed/671989)
**Author:** [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornopean-conservatives-are-not-oppressed/671989 "2014-10-22T15:54:03Z")
…instead, they are the oppressors, and you are making excuses for their hate crimes. Over in this thread, cornopean claimed that liberals are violent, and conservatives never think liberals are evil, in an attempt to hi… --- ## [DEA Agent Creates Fake Facebook Page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dea-agent-creates-fake-facebook-page/701404)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dea-agent-creates-fake-facebook-page/701404 "2014-10-22T04:17:32Z")
The latest Stupid Police Trick – online identity theft: Now that the case has become public knowledge, it is “under review by Justice Department officials”. I’m not holding my breath waiting for Sinnigen to be punished… --- ## [NC: Cops pepper spray black foster son of white family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-cops-pepper-spray-black-foster-son-of-white-family/700795)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 895\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-cops-pepper-spray-black-foster-son-of-white-family/700795 "2014-10-22T03:46:21Z")
Neighbors saw DeShawn Currie enter his own home. He had been living with this foster family for a year but they didn’t recognize him and called the cops. They cops burst into the house and point out this can’t be his h… --- ## [Steophan, stop spreading ignorance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-stop-spreading-ignorance/701723)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-stop-spreading-ignorance/701723 "2014-10-21T00:31:17Z")
Steophan, your ability to pull non-existent laws out of your ass and parade them about asserting that they exist is impressive, but the simple fact remains that shit is shit, so how about you stop shitting up the “Were t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=151)