# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=156 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 157 --- ## [Equalities minister is sexist, homophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equalities-minister-is-sexist-homophobic/693474)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equalities-minister-is-sexist-homophobic/693474 "2014-07-19T20:51:56Z")
Of course back then she was only Minister for Women. --- ## [Anthony Kennedy is an idiot (re: prayer decision)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-kennedy-is-an-idiot-re-prayer-decision/687736)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-kennedy-is-an-idiot-re-prayer-decision/687736 "2014-07-18T19:52:25Z")
Take it, Justice Swing Vote: \[QUOTE=Justice Anthony Kennedy\] To hold that invocations must be nonsectarian would force the legislatures that sponsor prayers and the courts that are asked to decide these cases to act as… --- ## [...The fuck, Ecmandu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fuck-ecmandu/693182)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fuck-ecmandu/693182 "2014-07-18T17:45:37Z")
You are a sad, broken little toy. Question is, what/who broke you? \* not even sure he’s worth the pitting, except I can’t help but wonder. --- ## [Spielberg pic of "dead" dino freaks out net morons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spielberg-pic-of-dead-dino-freaks-out-net-morons/692922)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spielberg-pic-of-dead-dino-freaks-out-net-morons/692922 "2014-07-17T09:46:06Z")
As most of you have seen, a pic of Spielberg posing in front of an obvious prop of a dead (sleeping?) triceratops dinosaur lit up the net recently. It was a jab at the Texas cheerleader posing with a dead lion after a hu… --- ## [You and your explosive cloaca can just fuck right off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-explosive-cloaca-can-just-fuck-right-off/692976)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-explosive-cloaca-can-just-fuck-right-off/692976 "2014-07-16T14:06:02Z")
So something is shitting like a mad thing at my place at the moment. Started last week when I had my sheets and doona covers hanging on the line to dry…and found two huge nasty brown stains on the 1000 count WHITE Egypt… --- ## [Woman who allegedly smoked crack and had stillborn baby to be tried for murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-allegedly-smoked-crack-and-had-stillborn-baby-to-be-tried-for-murder/684187)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-allegedly-smoked-crack-and-had-stillborn-baby-to-be-tried-for-murder/684187 "2014-07-15T14:16:00Z")
No, seriously. This is completely insane. --- ## [Stupid drug lords and their hippos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-drug-lords-and-their-hippos/692936)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-drug-lords-and-their-hippos/692936 "2014-07-15T12:55:13Z")
Columbian riverine fisher-folk are being menaced by the descendants of Pablo Escobar’s escaped pet hippos. This is bad. --- ## [How to piss off a new customer: computer repair.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-piss-off-a-new-customer-computer-repair/692618)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-piss-off-a-new-customer-computer-repair/692618 "2014-07-13T14:49:53Z")
So I purchased an el-cheapo desktop computer off’ve Gumtree (the Aus equivalent of Craigslist) a few months ago ($80) because it had Windows 7, and I was only running XP. I work from home, and Windows 7 is now the defau… --- ## [Punditfact: a gripe on climate science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punditfact-a-gripe-on-climate-science/692862)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punditfact-a-gripe-on-climate-science/692862 "2014-07-13T01:37:20Z")
Okay, first off, what the hell: No, there is no element of truth. Guys, this one’s straightforward. The earth has been warming, and this myth has been done to death. Moore, of all people, knows this. He wasn’t just wro… --- ## [Goodbye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/692907)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/692907 "2014-07-12T19:26:53Z")
Approximately 14 years ago, I started an account on SDMB as a 17 year old kid from Detroit. I was pointed to this message board after hearing rave reviews about it in a political AOL chatroom. I read for about a month o… --- ## [I Pit Walgreen's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walgreens/692799)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-walgreens/692799 "2014-07-12T16:24:13Z")
The CEO of Walgreen’s has announced that, suddenly, Walgreen’s is no longer an American company, but is Swiss. That means that they will no longer pay taxes to the US government. But that won’t stop them from keeping a… --- ## [Flatulent Office Mates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulent-office-mates/692652)
**Author:** [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulent-office-mates/692652 "2014-07-12T12:14:34Z")
Has anyone ever worked with someone who is chronically flatulent? Perhaps the worst type of these people are the ones who get some perverse enjoyment from making others suffer. I worked with a body builder guy who was … --- ## [Coal rollers verses Prius owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-rollers-verses-prius-owners/692700)
**Author:** [@WWhiskey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WWhiskey)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-rollers-verses-prius-owners/692700 "2014-07-12T01:53:34Z")
Coal rolling is stupid, but is owning a Prius any better? The batteries in the Prius are very toxic , and in many states, they are coal charged, making your Prius coal powered. My first thread, hope it’s fun! --- ## [Protests in Muriretta California.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protests-in-muriretta-california/692262)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protests-in-muriretta-california/692262 "2014-07-11T21:52:15Z")
I suck at pitting, but I’ve been waiting for two days for one of you guys to start this thread and I just can’t wait anymore. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigrants-murrieta-20140701-story.html#page=1 I… --- ## [Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide/692451)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide/692451 "2014-07-11T20:57:25Z")
Hopefully, Suicide will suicide by mod. Convince me the twerp’s not a troll. Looks like even one of the mods is leaning towards Suicide being a troll. --- ## [PSA: If your dog is about to die, cancel your travel plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-if-your-dog-is-about-to-die-cancel-your-travel-plans/692321)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-if-your-dog-is-about-to-die-cancel-your-travel-plans/692321 "2014-07-09T20:16:29Z")
Even if it means you go three months without seeing your four-year-old grandson, if you think your dog is likely to die that fucking weekend, stay home. This is particularly true if whenever you bring the dog to the hous… --- ## [CNN doesn't like the US 1st amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-doesnt-like-the-us-1st-amendment/691392)
**Author:** [@Phatzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatzo)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-doesnt-like-the-us-1st-amendment/691392 "2014-07-08T17:02:17Z")
I was reading a Benghazi opinion piece on CNN. The comments had diverged into the old show ID to vote debate. I saw this go up in the comment section then all of a sudden disappear, I think the commenter had a good, vali… --- ## [What Are Some Examples of Annoying, Stupid and Ugly Threads on SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-examples-of-annoying-stupid-and-ugly-threads-on-sdmb/691932)
**Author:** [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-examples-of-annoying-stupid-and-ugly-threads-on-sdmb/691932 "2014-07-08T14:30:34Z")
Topping the list for me right now is this frothy mixture of misogyny, bile and self-importance: What are some examples of the annoying untalented and ugly celebrity children of real celebrities? - Cafe Society - Straight… --- ## [NotfooledbyW, You Colossal Clod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-you-colossal-clod/680975 "2014-07-08T05:44:58Z")
Has there ever been a poster as dazzlingly dim as this fuckwit? It’s not just the obsessive adulation he lavishes on the current Oval Office Occupant. Near-psychotic toadying and self-effacement at the feet of the One … --- ## [I pit the pig that is Monica Lewinsky, over some pork chops on the barbie (BBQ)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pig-that-is-monica-lewinsky-over-some-pork-chops-on-the-barbie-bbq/692161)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pig-that-is-monica-lewinsky-over-some-pork-chops-on-the-barbie-bbq/692161 "2014-07-05T17:06:53Z")
The re-emergence of Ms. Lewinsky has stirred up old feelings in me. This woman is a pig, through and through. In the literal sense, she resembles a pig. In the metaphorical sense, because she takes a “buffet-all-you-can… --- ## [The world has lost its mind.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752)
**Author:** [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-has-lost-its-mind/691752 "2014-07-04T05:46:23Z")
Why do we have to have all the thespian and homo sapiens bull shit shoved down our throats where there is more important stuff to worry about? --- ## [PayPal Rules -- Like Calvinball, But Less Predictable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-rules-like-calvinball-but-less-predictable/692094)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-rules-like-calvinball-but-less-predictable/692094 "2014-07-02T10:19:01Z")
Their latest arbitrary-shutdown stunt: WTF? Are they now suggesting that all business accounts must have “government approval” in advance, or is this just the first line of (procto)logical(ly extricated) response they … --- ## [foolsguinea, get your worthless self down here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foolsguinea-get-your-worthless-self-down-here/691617)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foolsguinea-get-your-worthless-self-down-here/691617 "2014-07-02T08:03:13Z")
There are some people on this board that can keep track of other posters. I’m not one of those, and so it was with much surprise that I discovered another regular, long-term SDMB poster was an anti-Semitic shithead. The… --- ## [Where I pit chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-i-pit-chiroptera/691334)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-i-pit-chiroptera/691334 "2014-07-01T12:15:48Z")
In this thread we discuss the so called pink slime that is making a comeback due to high beef prices. When some of us expressed a dislike for the use of pink slime in something like ground beef sold in the grocery store… --- ## [Why can't pharmacist's data-bases be linked??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-pharmacists-data-bases-be-linked/691595)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-pharmacists-data-bases-be-linked/691595 "2014-07-01T06:57:25Z")
In fact, I’m pretty damned sure they already are here in Australia…so why am I in severe pain tonight? I’ve got a chronic back condition that is sometimes exacerbated with a goody-fun-fun slipped disc. If you’ve had on… --- ## [June Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 373\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-rants/689737 "2014-07-01T05:17:19Z")
…with apologies to Van Morrison \*This is a wonderful site for some June rants So post all of your gripes to this thread: How your in-laws are stiflin’ your romance, How you wish that your neighbors were dead, How yo… --- ## [What IS It With Idiot Guys And Dick Pix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-idiot-guys-and-dick-pix/691536)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-idiot-guys-and-dick-pix/691536 "2014-07-01T03:48:31Z")
The latest one is from somebody who used to work at the NSA (and thus ought to know just how easily these things can leak). Even allowing for the toxic agency culture he comes from, I just don’t understand how a presuma… --- ## [F You! (Tourists in Crosswalks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-you-tourists-in-crosswalks/690999)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-you-tourists-in-crosswalks/690999 "2014-06-30T10:41:10Z")
Well, its that time of the year again here at the shore. I generally don’t have a problem with tourists. They spend a lot of money and eventually leave. Two things about them are very frustrating. One - they can’t drive … --- ## [Robbed by Wells Fargo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-by-wells-fargo/620100)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-by-wells-fargo/620100 "2014-06-28T23:32:43Z")
Over the past year, Wells Fargo ripped me off for over $120, charging me $10 per month service fee on a savings account that I had to stop contributing to when the economy turned to shit. Evidently I had forgotten some … --- ## [Jay Carney and the White House: the global macro-stock pickers extraordinaire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-carney-and-the-white-house-the-global-macro-stock-pickers-extraordinaire/691883)
**Author:** [@opesdol\_opesdolovich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opesdol_opesdolovich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-carney-and-the-white-house-the-global-macro-stock-pickers-extraordinaire/691883 "2014-06-28T23:09:16Z")
Exhibit A, March 19th. “I wouldn’t – I wouldn’t, if I were you, invest in Russian equities right now… unless you’re going short.” The broad MICEX index on March 19th, around 1300. RTSI index on March 19th, around 10… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=157)