# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=167 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 168 --- ## [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… --- ## [Just say "Mr. \_\_\_\_"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-mr-____/676594)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-mr-____/676594 "2013-12-21T00:04:44Z")
Okay, young man/woman on the phone who has called me to ask for money for your cause or who I called for customer service, I’m the old man now, but this has nothing to do with being fussy about titles and all that. Now t… --- ## [Anger and surprise isn't the same thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anger-and-surprise-isnt-the-same-thing/676762)
**Author:** [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anger-and-surprise-isnt-the-same-thing/676762 "2013-12-20T22:28:26Z")
So, a guy from Duck Dynasty said some bigoted things, and A&E suspended him from the show, and it is big news for some reason. In the grand scheme of things, one entertainer being somewhat of a bigot probably isn’t all t… --- ## [So, apparently eBay sellers can send your item anywhere...and it's still considered delivered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ebay-sellers-can-send-your-item-anywhere-and-its-still-considered-delivered/676535)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ebay-sellers-can-send-your-item-anywhere-and-its-still-considered-delivered/676535 "2013-12-20T04:14:45Z")
So, I’ve had very good luck with buying on ebay, up until this point. Recently I bought (or thought I did) an item on eBay. It never arrived. I contacted the seller (several times) and politely and in a friendly way, … --- ## [USA is a shitty country, stop bombing everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452)
**Author:** [@Ben-wynyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben-wynyard)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-is-a-shitty-country-stop-bombing-everyone/676452 "2013-12-19T17:43:03Z")
yip you heard it/ stop bombing everyone and making up lies to justify it!! The only terrorist are you and your army. --- ## [I pit my insane/incredibly stupid employee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-insane-incredibly-stupid-employee/607987)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-insane-incredibly-stupid-employee/607987 "2013-12-19T14:37:07Z")
I own my own company. I have employees. I have had numerous stories of insanity through the years. The state trooper calling me after arresting my guy in a case of mistaken identity. The coffee shop worried that someone … --- ## [Jelly Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jelly-fish/676470 "2013-12-19T04:40:59Z")
You sneaky, slimy, creepy, perfectly clear bastards! Brilliant blue or scarlet red, I can kinda deal with. Okay not deal with. But convince myself I have a fighting chance of spotting one of you pricks in the clear water… --- ## [Active links have reached new lows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-links-have-reached-new-lows/676669)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-links-have-reached-new-lows/676669 "2013-12-19T00:27:12Z")
Ad links have gone way overboard, way past the joke phase. I was browsing this recent news article, when I spotted three phrases double-underlined, indicating a commercial link. I was intrigued. Most commercial links … --- ## [Assholes that steal extension cords in winter should be eligible for life in prison.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assholes-that-steal-extension-cords-in-winter-should-be-eligible-for-life-in-prison/676209)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assholes-that-steal-extension-cords-in-winter-should-be-eligible-for-life-in-prison/676209 "2013-12-18T19:29:51Z")
Or, at least, forced to spend an hour outside with the minimal amount of winter clothing to not die. This is my 4th winter at this apartment complex, and I’ve never had my extension cord stolen. But some fucker has stol… --- ## [Guess what 60 Minutes decided to do last night? (Answer: Benghazi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 514\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429 "2013-12-18T03:35:31Z")
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50157981n I can’t imagine this will go over well with some here. --- ## [sailor: biggest piece of shit on the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailor-biggest-piece-of-shit-on-the-board/676517)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailor-biggest-piece-of-shit-on-the-board/676517 "2013-12-17T16:32:00Z")
Turds don’t get any bigger than this. I’d very much like the opportunity to discuss his mental depravity with him IRL. There are lots of daughters here. Some of you are one, you have one or you’re married to one. Her… --- ## [I pit my former dipshit co-workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-former-dipshit-co-workers/676263)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-former-dipshit-co-workers/676263 "2013-12-17T04:20:41Z")
I was laid off back in February. I worked in the purchasing department of an IT reseller that had a bad year and was in the process of restructuring, both of which (they felt) required downsizing my department. In the fi… --- ## [Dear Clueless Employer:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-clueless-employer/676438)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-clueless-employer/676438 "2013-12-17T04:12:47Z")
Dear Clueless Employer: This is the second time now that you have accused me (–but only to other people. Never to my face, so that I could respond, when I finished being gobsmacked.) – of stealing a large check from yo… --- ## [I will stab the next fuckwit that says socialist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-stab-the-next-fuckwit-that-says-socialist/675956)
**Author:** [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-stab-the-next-fuckwit-that-says-socialist/675956 "2013-12-15T21:29:05Z")
Fuck every dipshit that says socialism with an eye roll and a valley girl ‘whatever’ voice. You know who is a socialist country that’s not so bad? We are. The United States. We good and righteous defenders of free market… --- ## [Affluenza defense? Are you kidding me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affluenza-defense-are-you-kidding-me/676229)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/affluenza-defense-are-you-kidding-me/676229 "2013-12-14T17:21:22Z")
A rich kid gets 10 years of probation for driving drunk that led to the death of four after a defense of a shitty upbringing of being a spoiled brat basically. Just type “affluenza” into a search engine and you’ll get do… --- ## [Self-centred, stuck-up, toffee-nosed, hoity toity, horse-riding toe-rag scumbag bastards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-centred-stuck-up-toffee-nosed-hoity-toity-horse-riding-toe-rag-scumbag-bastards/676018)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-centred-stuck-up-toffee-nosed-hoity-toity-horse-riding-toe-rag-scumbag-bastards/676018 "2013-12-14T08:53:47Z")
It’s illegal in this country to leave dog shit on the pavement. It’s not illegal to leave six inch high piles of horse shit everywhere, though. Typical of the stuck-up cunts and their inbred half-wit children, that they … --- ## [have you been screwed by virgin mobile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-screwed-by-virgin-mobile/673928)
**Author:** [@robby.1911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby.1911)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-screwed-by-virgin-mobile/673928 "2013-12-14T01:37:20Z")
I finally got my act together and left virgin mobile. these people have so many ways to steal your money it is mind boggling. anyway, I cancelled my service on the day the next payment was due. but, they say a phone c… --- ## [Idiotic IT cuntomer - some people should not be allowed to own any IT equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763)
**Author:** [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiotic-it-cuntomer-some-people-should-not-be-allowed-to-own-any-it-equipment/675763 "2013-12-13T22:55:04Z")
Working in IT can be funny sometimes and most people understand that they have been coned after explaining to them, that: No, Windows did not call you to tell you that you have a virus on your Laptop/PC. That is some sc… --- ## [No sympathy for you, people who keep getting suckered by internet schlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sympathy-for-you-people-who-keep-getting-suckered-by-internet-schlock/675768)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-sympathy-for-you-people-who-keep-getting-suckered-by-internet-schlock/675768 "2013-12-13T22:37:26Z")
For some of you, this story may already be yesterday’s news. But I just discovered it, um, yesterday. The trainwreck has been all kinds of interesting to me. The actual story starts with this essay: “Why I Make Terrib… --- ## [Ned Kelley gets dumped, sued for getting dumped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ned-kelley-gets-dumped-sued-for-getting-dumped/675815)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ned-kelley-gets-dumped-sued-for-getting-dumped/675815 "2013-12-13T19:16:19Z")
Stories here and here. The facts: The two were in a sexual relationship for ten years and have a child. He gave her an absurdly expensive ring, although he claims it wasn’t an engagement ring. He certainly agreed to m… --- ## [RO: Rebecca Watson of Skepchick, You are a \[very bad word\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468 "2013-12-12T19:54:07Z")
Because apparently, if I don’t call you this on a regular basis, my balls will shrivel up, rise into my body, and form a mangina. Well, given your behavior, and the fact that you are prefacing a video about a cancer rese… --- ## [I'm tired of Microsoft's bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-microsofts-bullshit/675027)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-microsofts-bullshit/675027 "2013-12-12T00:18:32Z")
It’s bad enough they refuse to open up their Office app for the iPad in a failed bid to get customers to switch to the Surface— which clearly no one wants since there’s 9,000,000 of them sitting in a warehouse, unsold. N… --- ## [Lawyer Suckered into Nigerian Scam - Loses License.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-suckered-into-nigerian-scam-loses-license/675683)
**Author:** [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-suckered-into-nigerian-scam-loses-license/675683 "2013-12-11T21:24:07Z")
Here http://www.iowacourts.gov/About\_the\_Courts/Supreme\_Court/Supreme\_Court\_Opinions/Recent\_Opinions/20131206/13-0780.pdf is proof positive that you don’t have to be all that smart to be a lawyer. The short story is th… --- ## [Concerning misinformation on medical issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-misinformation-on-medical-issues/675799 "2013-12-11T14:30:49Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever done this before. Here goes: Sir, I believe you have been horribly irresponsible, and your arch and snarky response to being called out only underscores your irresponsibility. “General Question… --- ## [Fuck My Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-my-life/675746)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-my-life/675746 "2013-12-10T20:50:48Z")
Just so there is less confusion I work in driver training in the state of Washington for a private company under the authority of the Department of Licensing (DOL)…This is my story. Where to start? Every time I take a c… --- ## [Screw you phone lady and service guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-phone-lady-and-service-guy/675750)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-phone-lady-and-service-guy/675750 "2013-12-09T15:19:18Z")
Dallas is currently iced over right now. As a result, people en masse have raided the local grocery stores. One food item that seems to be a scarcity is ground beef. I go up to the butcher’s counter and see that they ha… --- ## [Bait and Switch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bait-and-switch/675790)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bait-and-switch/675790 "2013-12-08T14:25:42Z")
For the companies that are advertising items that I might actually buy online, this is NOT a good practice. On the sides of facebook there are frequently things like ladies’ shoes, home furnishings and the like. When I… --- ## [Pathos Porn -or- dropzone vs the Ghost of Christmas Present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathos-porn-or-dropzone-vs-the-ghost-of-christmas-present/675639)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathos-porn-or-dropzone-vs-the-ghost-of-christmas-present/675639 "2013-12-08T08:28:01Z")
My company has a yearly–actually, yearlong–association with a large, local charity that provides a home for children in need. Think of Boys Town. A wonderful institution, though I have a giggle at members of the parent… --- ## [Stating the Obvious: Youtube is full of idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stating-the-obvious-youtube-is-full-of-idiots/675568)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stating-the-obvious-youtube-is-full-of-idiots/675568 "2013-12-07T17:59:55Z")
So recently I came across this great video series by a physics professor, Martymer81. He’s talking about a nuts-as-balls pseudoscience purveyor known as “Spirit Science”. I didn’t actually look at SS’s videos at first (i… --- ## [Of course I want to go lap dancing, thanks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-i-want-to-go-lap-dancing-thanks/675626)
**Author:** [@spotthegerbil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spotthegerbil)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-course-i-want-to-go-lap-dancing-thanks/675626 "2013-12-07T17:52:45Z")
Today I went shopping for a special birthday card. My Granny hits 100 next week, so i wanted to get her something that will look good alongside the one that I believe is sent from the Palace. for understandable reasons… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=168)