# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=160 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 161 --- ## [The goddamned headlight retaining clip on my Mazda 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-headlight-retaining-clip-on-my-mazda-3/553748)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-headlight-retaining-clip-on-my-mazda-3/553748 "2014-05-01T19:22:11Z")
I got this car in 2004, the first model year, and other than utterly predictable user-error (forgot to have the belts changed on time), it’s been 100% solid. I’ve loved it. But I don’t think I’m ever going to buy Mazda… --- ## [Denver radio host: "All racists are atheists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-radio-host-all-racists-are-atheists/687307)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-radio-host-all-racists-are-atheists/687307 "2014-05-01T18:45:59Z")
Story here. The comment was made in relation to the Donald Sterling incident, and Dan Caplis, speaking about the incident, says: What a fucking idiot. --- ## [Whan that aprill with his shoures rante](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whan-that-aprill-with-his-shoures-rante/685072)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 419\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whan-that-aprill-with-his-shoures-rante/685072 "2014-04-30T22:40:21Z")
well actually it’ll be heading into winter here soon enough but I’m tired and sad and dont want any more shit so rather lacking in imagination atm --- ## [What motivates alternative health zealots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-alternative-health-zealots/663125)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-alternative-health-zealots/663125 "2014-04-29T19:23:42Z")
Not that all alternative health practitioners are zealots, mind, but some certainly are. Not an awful lot of outrage here, more a sort of bafflement seasoned with a faint hopelessness with a tasteful garnish of “What th… --- ## [Bundy's remarks about African-Americans were arguably stupid, and ignorant and offensive but..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bundys-remarks-about-african-americans-were-arguably-stupid-and-ignorant-and-offensive-but/687000)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bundys-remarks-about-african-americans-were-arguably-stupid-and-ignorant-and-offensive-but/687000 "2014-04-29T10:49:29Z")
A snippet of his remarks: “I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro. When I go through North Las Vegas and I would see these little government houses, and in front of that government house, the door was … --- ## [Everyone should know what an asshole Budget Player Cadet is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-should-know-what-an-asshole-budget-player-cadet-is/686027)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-should-know-what-an-asshole-budget-player-cadet-is/686027 "2014-04-29T00:32:30Z")
A poll was started in IMHO about the most hated type of vermin. The usual answers were things like lice, rats and roaches. Here is BPC’s response: Link There really aren’t words for such a disgusting post, especially… --- ## [Well, Mrs. Sandusky, go fuck yourself.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-mrs-sandusky-go-fuck-yourself/686996)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-mrs-sandusky-go-fuck-yourself/686996 "2014-04-28T22:33:02Z")
Liar, Liar, Soul On Fire. Now, now, woman. Ya’ll reap what you sow. He’s raping little boys for years in the basement, and you never heard anything? Never saw anything? You make Helen Keller look like an eagle-eyed loo… --- ## [What the crap is this? (MH370 Conspiracy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-crap-is-this-mh370-conspiracy/687197)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-crap-is-this-mh370-conspiracy/687197 "2014-04-28T17:54:37Z")
Reading an article titled, “The Man Who Thinks He Has Solved the MH370 Mystery,” in which a former Malaysian political leader expouds his theory on why MH370 crashed. The commentary appears to have been written in a … --- ## [The Lord & Cameron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-cameron/686397)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-cameron/686397 "2014-04-28T11:26:45Z")
At first, this was slated for GD, but then it occurred to me that some healthy excoriation might be in order here. Apologies to the pit for the tepidness. By US standards, this guy is almost a commie. But really, if … --- ## [Selfish S.o.B.s!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfish-s-o-b-s/686779)
**Author:** [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfish-s-o-b-s/686779 "2014-04-28T02:50:17Z")
I am SOOOOO P.O.'ed at the people in the county I work in right now! Because our fine legislature failed to pass a transportation bill that would’ve funded our local public transportation agency said public transportatio… --- ## [Attention smokers: everything in your house is ruined.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-smokers-everything-in-your-house-is-ruined/686471)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-smokers-everything-in-your-house-is-ruined/686471 "2014-04-27T14:28:27Z")
This is a public service announcement for smokers. Please be aware that everything in your house is ruined. It is all saturated with a stench that is obvious and offensive to anyone who doesn’t suck on cancer sticks eve… --- ## [Anyone else notice the arrogance among engineers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-notice-the-arrogance-among-engineers/344980)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-notice-the-arrogance-among-engineers/344980 "2014-04-27T02:54:17Z")
on messageboards? Anytime you notice a poster’s inflated sense of intelligence and rationality, his next paragraph will always reveal explicitly that he’s an engineer. You’ll never miss them, they’ll always let you kno… --- ## [A poster's join date doesn't invalidate/validate their position](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-posters-join-date-doesnt-invalidate-validate-their-position/683605)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-posters-join-date-doesnt-invalidate-validate-their-position/683605 "2014-04-27T01:46:27Z")
There’s a lot of swagger around here about a person’s join date. Look at mine, I’m coming up on 12 years. You know what that denotes? That I joined the board twelve years ago. It doesn’t mean that I know more about X tha… --- ## ["I will take what is mine with fire and blood" Threat or fan T-shirt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-what-is-mine-with-fire-and-blood-threat-or-fan-t-shirt/686682)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-what-is-mine-with-fire-and-blood-threat-or-fan-t-shirt/686682 "2014-04-26T03:04:58Z")
At New Jersey’s Bergen Community College, art and animation professor Francis Schmidt was summoned for a meeting with the human resources department, and the school’s security staff. He was questioned about his threat to… --- ## [Just drink the fucking ketchup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-drink-the-fucking-ketchup/685849)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-drink-the-fucking-ketchup/685849 "2014-04-25T17:45:35Z")
My stepson is really starting to piss me off. He bitches and moan to his mom who then bitches and moans to me about my cooking. OK, so you get the whole picture, the wife doesn’t cook and has no interest in cooking and… --- ## [Is the US wrong to ban the Iranian UN ambassador from entering the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-wrong-to-ban-the-iranian-un-ambassador-from-entering-the-usa/685920)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-wrong-to-ban-the-iranian-un-ambassador-from-entering-the-usa/685920 "2014-04-25T09:21:24Z")
Congress has passed a fast track bill to allow Immigration to deny access to the US for the duly appointed Iranian Ambassador to the UN (as required by the founding treaty of the UN which decided to site the headquarte… --- ## [I am so fucking mad right now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-fucking-mad-right-now/142590)
**Author:** [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-fucking-mad-right-now/142590 "2014-04-24T22:50:36Z")
My sister just called me and told me she got fired from her job. She was working at Macy’s in the women’s shoe dept. She was doing really well, and actually enjoying it. She even told me a few weeks ago that she actua… --- ## [etv78 - Who the fuck do you think you are? \[open spoilers for How I Married Your Mother finale\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-who-the-fuck-do-you-think-you-are-open-spoilers-for-how-i-married-your-mother-finale/685391)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etv78-who-the-fuck-do-you-think-you-are-open-spoilers-for-how-i-married-your-mother-finale/685391 "2014-04-24T16:18:43Z")
You know man, I’ve tolerated you thus far because even though you’re an idiot weirdo, it’s good practice to learn how to tolerate idiot weirdos because they are everywhere. It’s no use trying to follow them around and no… --- ## [Yes. When YOU do it, it's still persecution.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-when-you-do-it-its-still-persecution/686162)
**Author:** [@Bo\_Pai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bo_Pai)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-when-you-do-it-its-still-persecution/686162 "2014-04-24T15:31:34Z")
Even posting that persecution already has a definition is a sort of persecution of those who believe that persecution is not persecution, when they’re the ones doing it. Internet forums, such as this, are full of both p… --- ## [Don't Be A Glasshole !!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-a-glasshole/686214)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-be-a-glasshole/686214 "2014-04-21T02:34:26Z")
A kind of rant. Not for nothing, but I do understand that my EZ-Pass coupled with my Smartphone and use of an Amex Card means that everything I do except for defecating is documented, tracked and recorded. I don’t care.… --- ## [Bud Selig & Jackie Robinson Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-selig-jackie-robinson-day/686302)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-selig-jackie-robinson-day/686302 "2014-04-20T17:50:56Z")
I’ve long said that Bud Selig should be banned in the “best interests of baseball” because of, but not limited to: \[ul\] \[li\]Making the all-star game determine home field advantage for World Series. At least if you’re … --- ## [Idiots stage fake public child abduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-stage-fake-public-child-abduction/686282)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-stage-fake-public-child-abduction/686282 "2014-04-19T22:56:19Z")
Some idiots in Washington decided to make a video raising public awareness about the threat of child abduction (because obviously there hasn’t been enough attention already given to this). So how do they do it? They sta… --- ## [Don't eat at Chili's on Monday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-chilis-on-monday/685424)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-chilis-on-monday/685424 "2014-04-19T17:33:59Z")
…unless you want 10% of your check to be donated to the National Autism Association, which has declared in a statement to Congress that vaccines cause autism, and supports the activities of notorious antivax groups like … --- ## [Another Worthless Celebrity Anti-Vaxer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734 "2014-04-19T00:14:01Z")
Kristin Cavallari is the latest celebrity anti-vax mom Incapable of reasoned research into vacine safety. Just another fucking way to get her ego stuffed into the headlines. I don’t see it happening but these ----ers s… --- ## [FTR: No matter how harsh I get here with the nasty wordsies, I am not "persecuting" you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftr-no-matter-how-harsh-i-get-here-with-the-nasty-wordsies-i-am-not-persecuting-you/685591)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftr-no-matter-how-harsh-i-get-here-with-the-nasty-wordsies-i-am-not-persecuting-you/685591 "2014-04-18T22:59:08Z")
And only an intellectually dishonest flaming asshole hypocrite and disgrace to the legal profession, to his faith, and to all his party and partisans like Bricker would insist otherwise, and persist in doing so for six m… --- ## [Jews in the pro-Russian section of Ukraine ordered to register](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-in-the-pro-russian-section-of-ukraine-ordered-to-register/686395)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-in-the-pro-russian-section-of-ukraine-ordered-to-register/686395 "2014-04-18T18:06:50Z")
Mother fuckers --- ## [Anti-SSM argument goes from stupid to... what the heck is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-ssm-argument-goes-from-stupid-to-what-the-heck-is-this/685819)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 940\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-ssm-argument-goes-from-stupid-to-what-the-heck-is-this/685819 "2014-04-15T18:36:15Z")
First there was a “study” that claimed to show that same-sex parents were inferior to opposite-sex parents. Lots of people used this study to argue their court cases, including a defense in Utah of their SSM ban. Then … --- ## [Senor Beef and his crusade against knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senor-beef-and-his-crusade-against-knowledge/657743)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senor-beef-and-his-crusade-against-knowledge/657743 "2014-04-15T08:52:24Z")
Do we really have to have a special rule just for one TV show, just because one poster hasn’t read the books? 80% of the SDMB has read them. The mission of the SDMB is to FIGHT ignorance, not promulgate it. I am sorry i… --- ## ["Call me" assholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-assholes/682784)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-assholes/682784 "2014-04-15T05:50:09Z")
A lot of people seem to have a very aggravating tendency to be very vague when sending emails and text messages. A lot of times, the message will simply be “call me”, and they will refuse to provide any more information… --- ## [Rich people don't go to prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rich-people-dont-go-to-prison/685071 "2014-04-14T16:47:10Z")
Not even for child rape. DuPont heir Robert Richards, a lazy ass who does nothing but collect on his trust fund, was convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter, but is only getting probation. Superior Court Judge … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=161)