# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=155 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 156 --- ## [Now that Marion Z. Bradley's child raping has come out, does it change your desire to reread her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-marion-z-bradleys-child-raping-has-come-out-does-it-change-your-desire-to-reread-her/691973)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 515\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-marion-z-bradleys-child-raping-has-come-out-does-it-change-your-desire-to-reread-her/691973 "2014-08-12T20:34:43Z")
Ok–apparently for years I was apparently the only SF/F fan in the world who didn’t know that Marion Zimmer Bradley was an enabler for her husband Walter Breen’s child rape activities.\* I only found out recently when I wa… --- ## [I pit dogs who poop in my yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dogs-who-poop-in-my-yard/694152)
**Author:** [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dogs-who-poop-in-my-yard/694152 "2014-08-09T20:57:40Z")
Telling me you’re “coming back later to pick it up” doesnt cut it either when I happen to catch you letting your little darling shit in my yard. Do you want to step in dogcrap? Let the dog go in your yard then. Did you … --- ## [I pit litterbugs (especially on my lawn)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-litterbugs-especially-on-my-lawn/694944)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-litterbugs-especially-on-my-lawn/694944 "2014-08-08T01:37:08Z")
I live on a road that’s fairly busy- it’s kind of an artery through the neighborhood. Fortunately our house is set well back from the road with a line of trees that give us privacy. Unfortunately, maybe that makes people… --- ## [Stupid ignorant pigheaded parents who refuse vitamin K shots for their newborns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ignorant-pigheaded-parents-who-refuse-vitamin-k-shots-for-their-newborns/694297)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ignorant-pigheaded-parents-who-refuse-vitamin-k-shots-for-their-newborns/694297 "2014-08-06T21:51:11Z")
Of course none of these reasons have any scientific basis whatsoever. When I Google infant vitamin k injections the first result is goddamn motherfucking Mercola, with the headline “The High Risks of Vitamin K Shot fo… --- ## [A Pitting of the good Christians of the American Family Association](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-the-good-christians-of-the-american-family-association/694578)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-the-good-christians-of-the-american-family-association/694578 "2014-08-06T20:34:20Z")
Before getting to the Pitting proper, I wish to emphasize that the good folk of the American Family Association consider their organization to be a very specifically Christian organization. They have a Statement of Fait… --- ## [Let's pork this asshole. Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee for governor of Texas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pork-this-asshole-attorney-general-greg-abbott-the-republican-nominee-for-governor-of-texas/694630)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pork-this-asshole-attorney-general-greg-abbott-the-republican-nominee-for-governor-of-texas/694630 "2014-08-06T04:36:46Z")
Texas Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott. What a completeTool. And this piece of crap is the current Attorney General of Texas? --- ## [A Bunch of nervous Nellies who don't feel safe eating in a Sonic where they can't carry guns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bunch-of-nervous-nellies-who-dont-feel-safe-eating-in-a-sonic-where-they-cant-carry-guns/689423)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 669\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bunch-of-nervous-nellies-who-dont-feel-safe-eating-in-a-sonic-where-they-cant-carry-guns/689423 "2014-08-05T20:55:13Z")
The guys in this video were booted out of a Sonic because the restaurant didn’t want them openly carrying firearms. By their own words they don’t feel safe eating there. If I felt that an establishment was so dangerous t… --- ## [The only answer possible for a GQ question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-answer-possible-for-a-gq-question/694269)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-answer-possible-for-a-gq-question/694269 "2014-08-05T20:30:28Z")
The answer to this question from Timetrvlr is: The intelligence of the plant being talked to is in direct proportion to the intelligence of the person talking to the plant. --- ## [Public surprise military family reunions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-surprise-military-family-reunions/694232)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-surprise-military-family-reunions/694232 "2014-08-04T19:31:54Z")
It’s been in vogue for several years now: a soldier/airman/marine/sailor quietly returns from his/her tour of duty and surprises one or more family members in a public setting with TV cameras rolling. The result, as o… --- ## [Fine, I'll be the one to pull the trigger. TogoFan's a Troll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-ill-be-the-one-to-pull-the-trigger-togofans-a-troll/694661)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-ill-be-the-one-to-pull-the-trigger-togofans-a-troll/694661 "2014-08-03T19:44:45Z")
First, his dumbass swing set threads here: Can shorter swingsets have more G forces than taller swings? What is the tallest playground swing set you have been on? Can these type of swingset chains be made DIY? Then t… --- ## [Incubus is douchebag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247)
**Author:** [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-douchebag/694247 "2014-08-02T18:11:57Z")
I am too lazy to pull up the multitude of examples of his clueless douchebaggery, but if he isn’t obsessing and shaming fat chicks, he is bragging about his “hot Mexican wife” who is probably a figment of his imagination… --- ## [Ranters Play in the Pit -- I think it's for the Month of July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072 "2014-08-02T12:08:03Z")
(Note: I realize it’s still June for another 1:45, but I’ve got to go to bed.) With apologies to Robert Lamm: \*Ranters play in the Pit, I think it’s for the month of July Ranters play in the Pit, this thread is for th… --- ## [I pit every fool who claims "I didn't know it was loaded!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-every-fool-who-claims-i-didnt-know-it-was-loaded/693939)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-every-fool-who-claims-i-didnt-know-it-was-loaded/693939 "2014-08-02T03:25:34Z")
So the guy who blew a woman’s head off on his front porch is now claiming"he didn’t know there was a round in the shotgun." He “told police that when he opened the door he didn’t recognize the woman, and that he didn’t… --- ## [I Pitt the WEB and It's non info....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-the-web-and-its-non-info/694458)
**Author:** [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-the-web-and-its-non-info/694458 "2014-08-01T22:26:18Z")
The web can and should to be an encyclopedia at your finger tips. An impressive amount of knowledge from both the resourceful and articulate to the …umm ok wateva they said. My problem is that, any real question I have… --- ## [This story right here is why I will always hate police officers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-story-right-here-is-why-i-will-always-hate-police-officers/693504)
**Author:** [@FBJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FBJJ)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-story-right-here-is-why-i-will-always-hate-police-officers/693504 "2014-08-01T20:08:18Z")
Makes no sense at all. So unnecessary --- ## [In the name of God!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god/693546)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god/693546 "2014-08-01T01:36:39Z")
There are many reasons why I would not argue with someone who says they’ve lost faith in humanity. Indeed, it seems new reasons, new revelations about human evil in the world, are added daily, with the only real mystery … --- ## [NSA Scandal Part I-Lost-Count: Keith Alexander and the Golden Parachute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-scandal-part-i-lost-count-keith-alexander-and-the-golden-parachute/694448)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-scandal-part-i-lost-count-keith-alexander-and-the-golden-parachute/694448 "2014-07-31T18:33:58Z")
The story is, on its surface, a typical example of Washington revolving-door payola: What gives this particular case its Pittable distinction is Alexander’s own role in creating the problems for which he now sells solu… --- ## [I admire the tenacity of republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-admire-the-tenacity-of-republicans/693614)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 726\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-admire-the-tenacity-of-republicans/693614 "2014-07-30T15:55:46Z")
I really do. I don’t agree with their agenda, but they don’t give up. They are the opposite of democrats who give up the second anyone hints at disapproval. Since the ACA has held up under the SCOTUS, now the right want… --- ## [To the Clowns in IT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-clowns-in-it/692785)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-clowns-in-it/692785 "2014-07-29T15:13:27Z")
Dear Mr IT Clown if you feel the need to remove an old laptop from my office while I’m away, maybe you’d better check with someone first Dear Mr IT Clown if you do remove said laptop, please don’t throw away the bag i… --- ## [I object to JohnClay's very existence and everything he stands for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-johnclays-very-existence-and-everything-he-stands-for/693965)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-johnclays-very-existence-and-everything-he-stands-for/693965 "2014-07-28T18:38:42Z")
Not really, but I thought Ellen Cherry’s mod note was hilarious. Anyway, dude is annoying. Get a blog, already! --- ## [Barbecued Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbecued-pig/694045)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbecued-pig/694045 "2014-07-26T18:35:12Z")
OK, I kind of have to do this. Here was the OP: What the ever-loving fuck, Little\_Pig? Nothing at all to say about it? Just link-trollery? Come on. And then the thread gets ugly, people arguing rather vehemently back … --- ## [Sexism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism/693519)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism/693519 "2014-07-26T13:46:35Z")
I’ll keep this short… for \*my \*standards. I could go on, and you all know it. (Edit: Well so much for that) Recent events in the news/ relevant links: http://news.yahoo.com/plus-sized-parking-spaces-chinese-women-drive… --- ## [I don't think well of C K Dexter Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-well-of-c-k-dexter-haven/693920)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-well-of-c-k-dexter-haven/693920 "2014-07-24T22:45:14Z")
A delusional dumb bell. A pear shaped snit in a brown paper bag. An odious excuse proffered too late by a boring old fart with foot disease. He has an opinion about the TV show Glee. I can’t stand the guy. I don’t care … --- ## [Let The Slippery Slope Begin: Government Contractors Using Hobby Lobby Ruling To Deny LGBT Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-slippery-slope-begin-government-contractors-using-hobby-lobby-ruling-to-deny-lgbt-rights/692238)
**Author:** [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-slippery-slope-begin-government-contractors-using-hobby-lobby-ruling-to-deny-lgbt-rights/692238 "2014-07-24T17:59:44Z")
\*"The day after the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, a group of religious leaders sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that he exempt them from a forthcoming executive order that would prohibit federal contr… --- ## [Creationist Ken Ham calls to end space program because aliens are going to hell anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationist-ken-ham-calls-to-end-space-program-because-aliens-are-going-to-hell-anyway/693704)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationist-ken-ham-calls-to-end-space-program-because-aliens-are-going-to-hell-anyway/693704 "2014-07-24T15:55:18Z")
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/21/creationist-ken-ham-calls-to-end-space-program-because-aliens-are-going-to-hell-anyway/ Harsh. --- ## [Beat down son's rapist? Good. Try to exploit raped son for $1M? Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-down-sons-rapist-good-try-to-exploit-raped-son-for-1m-bad/693833 "2014-07-24T10:21:48Z")
Unreal. This dad went from media hero to less than zero in like a day. What the fuck is wrong with people? :eek::smack: --- ## [Sam the Apple Polisher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-the-apple-polisher/693837)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-the-apple-polisher/693837 "2014-07-23T19:04:07Z")
Every workplace has a cast of characters. At mine, there is the woman who talks incessantly about her cats. The guy who’s confused about his sexuality. Another guy who rants and raves about politics and religion, even wh… --- ## ["My Naked Truth" or what I call "Bullshit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-naked-truth-or-what-i-call-bullshit/693228)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-naked-truth-or-what-i-call-bullshit/693228 "2014-07-22T18:59:40Z")
A link to a blog post of Huffpo detailing a 59 year old woman’s dating experience with a 55 year old man. They had been dating, making meals, going on bike rides when they decided to spend a weekend together to take i… --- ## [Dumbasses who put their half drank open containers in the work fridge!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-who-put-their-half-drank-open-containers-in-the-work-fridge/656657 "2014-07-21T21:31:55Z")
Seriously, what the hell are these people thinking? I’ve got assholes at my work that like to take their half drank McDonald’s soda and stick it in an already crowded refrigerator. Leading to the precarious situation wh… --- ## [Why do cops only seem to aggressively look for criminals who........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cops-only-seem-to-aggressively-look-for-criminals-who/693006)
**Author:** [@FBJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FBJJ)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cops-only-seem-to-aggressively-look-for-criminals-who/693006 "2014-07-20T04:37:54Z")
commit crimes in expensive neighborhoods Kill police officers But not the ones occur in the ghetto? I don’t understand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=156)