# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=166 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 167 --- ## [Dennis Rodman forgets how to English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-rodman-forgets-how-to-english/678136)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-rodman-forgets-how-to-english/678136 "2014-01-13T07:14:08Z")
Here Is he drunk? Over his head? Does he really believe this shit, or is he just in it for the money? An elaborate scheme by the U.S. Government to make North Korea look even sillier? So many questions, and so few ans… --- ## [Need a place to vent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-place-to-vent/678599)
**Author:** [@needhelp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needhelp)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-place-to-vent/678599 "2014-01-13T05:41:32Z")
Hi everyone, I don’t know if this is the right place to discuss a few job issues I have, but I just need somewhere to vent. I work as a personal care attendant for a home healthcare agency. My job duties are to go into … --- ## [Take your wind chill and blow it out your ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-your-wind-chill-and-blow-it-out-your-ass/678126)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-your-wind-chill-and-blow-it-out-your-ass/678126 "2014-01-13T00:52:18Z")
The weather people are going absolutely apeshit about wind chill - so much so that sometimes they forget to tell you the actual air temperature. Moreover, one dipshit reporter on ABC News was so excited about the amazin… --- ## [Dammit, I'm getting sick again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-im-getting-sick-again/678619)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-im-getting-sick-again/678619 "2014-01-13T00:41:40Z")
I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. Santa brought disease and pestilence into our house for Christmas. I think he snuck back in and dropped off the remnants of his Big Bag O’ Shit. :frowning: --- ## [WOO WOO WOO! Here comes the Crank Patrol - Buzynski edition!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-woo-here-comes-the-crank-patrol-buzynski-edition/662969)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-woo-woo-here-comes-the-crank-patrol-buzynski-edition/662969 "2014-01-09T16:16:12Z")
Ugh. This fucker just won’t die. 35 years. It’s been over 35 years since this quack started offering his wonderful antineoplaston therapy. 35 years and he has yet to provide any significant evidence that it actually work… --- ## [Bob Grant is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-grant-is-dead/677747)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-grant-is-dead/677747 "2014-01-08T22:30:16Z")
Putting this in the Pit because the man, his life and his legacy are vile, malignant humours whose greasy effects gave rise to the careers of Limbaugh, Hannity, Oreily, etc. I’d started listening to him in the late 80s/… --- ## [maniac - or legitimate rage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-or-legitimate-rage/677976)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniac-or-legitimate-rage/677976 "2014-01-08T19:25:05Z")
yeah - well this is about dogs and I’m putting it in the pit because I suspect that there may be a few fanatics who are sympathetic to the maniac, and it could get ugly. I was walking my dog, like I often do, on the sam… --- ## [Aw, Dang! Syne: January Minirants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-dang-syne-january-minirants/645745)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 674\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-dang-syne-january-minirants/645745 "2014-01-07T19:35:22Z")
No one else has started this yet? Then I’ll do it. My dad’s been in the hospital for the last two days with a blood clot in his leg that turned out to have brought it’s best friend an aneurysm along. They did a bypass o… --- ## [The awful racist attitudes of Americans against offal, fair or unfair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-awful-racist-attitudes-of-americans-against-offal-fair-or-unfair/677724)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-awful-racist-attitudes-of-americans-against-offal-fair-or-unfair/677724 "2014-01-07T18:41:58Z")
I’ve usually regarded the general suspicion and dislike many (most) Americans have against offal to be mostly ignorance, a result of privilege, or superstition. I want to settle this question once and for all. Why do Ame… --- ## [Is author Hanna Rosin a click baiting money grubbing whore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-author-hanna-rosin-a-click-baiting-money-grubbing-whore/677850)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-author-hanna-rosin-a-click-baiting-money-grubbing-whore/677850 "2014-01-07T14:27:01Z")
She keeps publishing the same article again and again in multiple venues, the latest is featured at Time.com ( Men Are Obsolete | Time ). The title is provocative but there is nothing controversial or even disputed about… --- ## [Jerome Corsi revives the Blood Libel! Against Muslims!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerome-corsi-revives-the-blood-libel-against-muslims/677992 "2014-01-06T23:57:26Z")
From WorldNutDaily: Now, I know Muslims ritually wash before prayers – with water, or if no water is available, sand. Human blood’s a new one on me; I should think Muslims would regard it as an impure substance, or so… --- ## [I pit people that accuse me of being "negative."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-accuse-me-of-being-negative/677006)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-that-accuse-me-of-being-negative/677006 "2014-01-04T19:28:54Z")
No you fucking bitch, I’m not being negative, I’m being realistic. Life isn’t all peaches and fucking cream and if you can’t see that then I’m not the one with the problem, and I’m not going to change what I say to pleas… --- ## [You really don't understand how crazy you sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-really-dont-understand-how-crazy-you-sound/677681)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-really-dont-understand-how-crazy-you-sound/677681 "2014-01-04T02:22:01Z")
Okay, so first you start talking about conspiracy theories at a party. Okay, not the greatest discussion for 11:30 PM on the 31st, especially after a few drinks, but hey, I can dig it. So then you start talking about ho… --- ## [It's not even winter and I already hate you motherfuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-even-winter-and-i-already-hate-you-motherfuckers/676354)
**Author:** [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-even-winter-and-i-already-hate-you-motherfuckers/676354 "2014-01-04T02:04:45Z")
Fuck you cunts who can manage to shovel your driveway but can’t be fucked to figure out the fucking sidewalk. Cram it in your fucking cramholes. Up yours to the assholes who think that if they cover their dog shit with… --- ## [Oops, Another Wedding Party Gets "Droned"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-another-wedding-party-gets-droned/676219)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-another-wedding-party-gets-droned/676219 "2014-01-03T00:06:47Z")
When are we going to fucking learn? I don’t want my country bombing wedding parties in other countries. Is this supposed to make us safe? Are we not creating more terrorists by this stupid shit than are actually out t… --- ## [Decemberrants: Yule post'em here, plz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 802\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207 "2014-01-02T19:28:27Z")
I actually don’t have a good rant, I’m disgustingly happy with life at the moment. Well, ok, here’s the mini-est of mini rants: I really don’t want to go anywhere today, but I’m out of canned cat fud so I at least have… --- ## [I flip the bird at the concept of evil.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-flip-the-bird-at-the-concept-of-evil/677351 "2014-01-02T04:41:33Z")
This may belong in Great Debates or elsewhere, also if we’re expecting an epic trash-talking pitting this may not be the thread for us. Why I bring it here is because I wish to “rant about the world” which is one of the… --- ## [I Pit My Roommate's Unhealthy Emotional Connections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roommates-unhealthy-emotional-connections/677451)
**Author:** [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roommates-unhealthy-emotional-connections/677451 "2014-01-01T14:31:06Z")
This jumps around a lot and frankly, there’s still a lot left out, so… TL;DR - My roommate is in an unhealthy, abusive (emotionally and physically) relationship that he doesn’t want to leave because he’s afraid of being… --- ## [Top 5 Sexiest Skills, Top 5 Reasons You Annoy Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-sexiest-skills-top-5-reasons-you-annoy-me/677449 "2014-01-01T01:33:01Z")
Kable, nobody poll dances. It’s a pole. The thread premise is stupid, which makes me stupid for opening it. MikeG, you were lazy to get a warning there. Really not hard to make a Pit thread. You had a good point.… --- ## [Fatal stupidity - school keeps kid's asthma inhaler locked up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-stupidity-school-keeps-kids-asthma-inhaler-locked-up/676003)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-stupidity-school-keeps-kids-asthma-inhaler-locked-up/676003 "2013-12-30T20:18:47Z")
Here is the story. In brief, a 12-year-old boy with asthma was not allowed to keep his asthma inhaler with him. After all, he might, well, he might, well, you know kids and drugs and all that. So, the school kept his i… --- ## [I laugh at the faux culture warriors.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-laugh-at-the-faux-culture-warriors/676892)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-laugh-at-the-faux-culture-warriors/676892 "2013-12-30T18:16:09Z")
I am not sure there’s really any way to take the piss out of the war-on-traditional-values people any more than they already have been by professional satirists. But the most amusing thing to me is the outrage at the su… --- ## [What the Fuck AMC/Lionsgate\>! (re Mad-Men season 6 Blu-ray)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-amc-lionsgate-re-mad-men-season-6-blu-ray/677121)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-amc-lionsgate-re-mad-men-season-6-blu-ray/677121 "2013-12-27T22:51:01Z")
First you split season 7 in two, now you released season 6 on Blu-ray & DVD without a single fucking audio commentary!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad: What the fuck is wrong with you people? What the fuck is the fucking point… --- ## [Micro-rant: I hate thin chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micro-rant-i-hate-thin-chocolate/676987 "2013-12-27T22:05:33Z")
Given the high price of chocolate lately, the major manufacturers are pulling the shrinkage game by making their bars thinner and thinner. Maybe it’s because they have a higher ratio of surface to interior and so suffer … --- ## [Another grab bag, another piece o' ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-grab-bag-another-piece-o/676650)
**Author:** [@beatlejuice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beatlejuice)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-grab-bag-another-piece-o/676650 "2013-12-26T21:19:13Z")
Please don’t include me in your holiday grab bag. This year I brought a lovely bottle of Italian Liquor. Guess what I got. GO AHEAD, GUESS! How about a freakin’ card shuffler… for two decks! Imagine my shock and awe upon… --- ## [The Newtown shooting was really really bad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825 "2013-12-25T21:24:51Z")
Only pitting because I got a warning for a response when I forgot that the ridiculous question being asked was in - as has been noted - the worst-disguised Pit thread in the history of Great Debates. …not because 20 kid… --- ## [I pit this idiot who put a "Toys for Tots" item on Craigslist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-idiot-who-put-a-toys-for-tots-item-on-craigslist/677098)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-idiot-who-put-a-toys-for-tots-item-on-craigslist/677098 "2013-12-25T01:11:46Z")
http://www.kwqc.com/story/24293915/qc-toys-for-tots-gift-found-for-sale-online I hope this person gets banned from the program for life. Someone on the message board said they got a Toys for Tots item that scared one o… --- ## [Hey movie producers, stop ruining my movies! Women, do something about this shit!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-movie-producers-stop-ruining-my-movies-women-do-something-about-this-shit/676478)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-movie-producers-stop-ruining-my-movies-women-do-something-about-this-shit/676478 "2013-12-24T21:31:31Z")
Over the weekend I saw The Hobbit, and while most of the movie was alright and certainly better than the first, there is a HUGE fucking shithole of a subplot in the middle of it that, if I weren’t such a forgiving person… --- ## [Amazon/UPS customer service - what fucking incompetence.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-ups-customer-service-what-fucking-incompetence/676272)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-ups-customer-service-what-fucking-incompetence/676272 "2013-12-22T21:13:29Z")
So like everyone else, I shopped on Black Friday. Ordered some Blurays and games from Amazon and a couple days later got a tracking # from UPS. Last Thursday it was marked as out for delivery, and I come home from work a… --- ## ["The Glory of the Punishment" (lake of fire)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-glory-of-the-punishment-lake-of-fire/676149 "2013-12-21T23:09:13Z")
I can’t believe this guy… --- ## [A world record for bureaucratic rationalization!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-world-record-for-bureaucratic-rationalization/676778)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-world-record-for-bureaucratic-rationalization/676778 "2013-12-21T12:38:05Z")
Canada Post has announced that it will soon be stopping home mail delivery. Instead, all mail to residential addresses in Canada will have to be picked up at designated, “centralized” locations. Personally, given that I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=167)