# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=169 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 170 --- ## [Really? You didn't mean to hurt anyone by sending them to prison falsely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-you-didnt-mean-to-hurt-anyone-by-sending-them-to-prison-falsely/636298)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-you-didnt-mean-to-hurt-anyone-by-sending-them-to-prison-falsely/636298 "2013-11-23T14:25:09Z")
Wow. Drug lab worker says she didn’t want to hurt anyone and just wanted to be seen as a good worker. For fun, let’s show what this “good worker” has done: \[ol\]\[li\]Falsely claimed, in court testimony of course, that she… --- ## [Asking an African-American woman to give up a bus seat in the handicapped section makes me racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-an-african-american-woman-to-give-up-a-bus-seat-in-the-handicapped-section-makes-me-racist/674137)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-an-african-american-woman-to-give-up-a-bus-seat-in-the-handicapped-section-makes-me-racist/674137 "2013-11-23T07:47:10Z")
So I was told Friday night. The bus was crowded, but there were some seats in the back. Being both elderly and handicapped, I asked two teenaged African-American girls to please let me sit down. They refused, saying “Th… --- ## [Shriekers here - MrDibble, Der Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shriekers-here-mrdibble-der-trihs/674467)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shriekers-here-mrdibble-der-trihs/674467 "2013-11-23T03:08:28Z")
For the purposes of this discussion, I will define my terms. I am white by the common usage and where I may originally be from is undetermined. When I refer to black, I am using the common usage and any black person’s … --- ## [I pit my asshole of a 'Friend'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-asshole-of-a-friend/673596)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-asshole-of-a-friend/673596 "2013-11-22T20:44:27Z")
So we both finish work at the same time, I ask if we could share cabs, he says ok, and so we go across the road to the petrol station, we’re waiting in line, the cab calls him, he walks out of the store, so I’m naively t… --- ## [I have officially lost all tolerance for country music.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-officially-lost-all-tolerance-for-country-music/572495)
**Author:** [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-officially-lost-all-tolerance-for-country-music/572495 "2013-11-22T04:00:36Z")
Spoiler alert: If you are a fan of country music, you’ll probably get really p\*\*\*ed off at me. So I was driving back from Dallas to Wisconsin with my parents after visiting family, and we’re driving straight through lik… --- ## [Acewiza please take learn what a latin phrase means before you use it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acewiza-please-take-learn-what-a-latin-phrase-means-before-you-use-it/674459)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acewiza-please-take-learn-what-a-latin-phrase-means-before-you-use-it/674459 "2013-11-21T22:38:28Z")
Acewiza, It’s great that you found yourself a list of logical fallacies and are just itching to try them out and the phrase “ad hoc hypothesis” is so catchy I can understand your desire to use it at every opportunity. … --- ## [School Officials Punish Student For Driving Drunk Friend Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-officials-punish-student-for-driving-drunk-friend-home/671309)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-officials-punish-student-for-driving-drunk-friend-home/671309 "2013-11-21T21:10:37Z")
The latest result of “zero tolerance”, the policy designed to enable people who ought to be wearing chest nametags and saying “You want fries with that?” to pass themselves off in three-piece suits and say “I’m in charge… --- ## [Aloha! Tom Brower(D)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aloha-tom-brower-d/674341)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aloha-tom-brower-d/674341 "2013-11-21T20:47:00Z")
I was hoping this was only a specter in my dreams but no, this is evidently of the world I share with you all. I lack the mental agility to fully grok this guy and tear him down appropriately. There is so much wrong he… --- ## [I pit non-poppable bubble wrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-non-poppable-bubble-wrap/673845 "2013-11-21T05:18:29Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, my first pitting thread: I don’t know about you, but sometimes all that’s getting me through a stress-filled day is a) junk food and b) popping bubble wrap. And today’s been bad. :frowning: Toda… --- ## [Fuck Emerson College & fuck Ron Burgundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191 "2013-11-20T16:50:26Z")
Boston’s Emerson college is renaming it’s communication school the Ron Burgundy School of Communication for one day, apparently in the mistaken belief that shilling for cash (and trolling for press) by helping a shitty s… --- ## [Can anyone defend the Admin's diplomacy with Iran drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-defend-the-admins-diplomacy-with-iran-drive/669989)
**Author:** [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-defend-the-admins-diplomacy-with-iran-drive/669989 "2013-11-19T10:27:28Z")
The incompetence ohhhhhh the utter incompetence coming out of the Adminiistration. Whoaaaahh, what. A deal on the horizon. It will be interesting to watch how this gets dissed by Obama’s opponents on everything he doe… --- ## [My insurance company gave me diabetes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-company-gave-me-diabetes/671579)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-insurance-company-gave-me-diabetes/671579 "2013-11-19T04:43:46Z")
And no, that’s not as silly an accusation as it might seem, nor is it based on changing reference ranges for lab tests. Short version: Insurance decided that my steroid inhaler, which had controlled my asthma for 12+ ye… --- ## [RAAP (Rape Assistance & Awareness Program) volunteers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333 "2013-11-18T04:29:53Z")
In the pit because my ignorance is probably of the sort that can only be burned away. For at least the last 5 years they knock on my door every November/December, usually after 7:00 pm, always after sunset. Now, after … --- ## [Richard Cohen: Bigoted Or Just Plain Stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-cohen-bigoted-or-just-plain-stupid/673738)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-cohen-bigoted-or-just-plain-stupid/673738 "2013-11-18T00:12:58Z")
In the middle of making some point or other having to do with Chris Christie, our ink-stained wretch drops this gem: (emphasis added) Possible interpretations of the thought inside Cohen’s head that transmogrified int… --- ## [Le Lekatt its been 11 years and it seems like only yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/le-lekatt-its-been-11-years-and-it-seems-like-only-yesterday/673631)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/le-lekatt-its-been-11-years-and-it-seems-like-only-yesterday/673631 "2013-11-17T01:29:40Z")
I was browsing through GD when I stumbled across a zombie from a few years ago wherein Lekatt was busy being himself when I realized even though it was from several years back it was the exact same brainless drivel he co… --- ## [You voted for these wars, so what exactly is your problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-voted-for-these-wars-so-what-exactly-is-your-problem/673696)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-voted-for-these-wars-so-what-exactly-is-your-problem/673696 "2013-11-16T11:31:10Z")
I heard a lot of veterans are on food stamps. Why? Dunno. apparently some of them have mental or physical difficulties and they aren’t adapting to the economy. Maybe they’re the percentage of the military population who … --- ## [Florida Deputy Fired Over Filthy Comments to Teen Rape Victim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-deputy-fired-over-filthy-comments-to-teen-rape-victim/673226)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-deputy-fired-over-filthy-comments-to-teen-rape-victim/673226 "2013-11-16T03:14:13Z")
Story here. How the Hell was this bastard still a cop in the first place? From the article: An article within the first gives more detail. Are the pickings really that slim in Florida? Why was he ever allowed near … --- ## [I think anti-bullying programs are a bunch of crap.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-anti-bullying-programs-are-a-bunch-of-crap/673587)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-anti-bullying-programs-are-a-bunch-of-crap/673587 "2013-11-15T21:39:52Z")
And they only benefit the kids who do it, so they can learn new abuse techniques and how to hide what they do. --- ## [I triple-dog-Pit carpet tack strips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-triple-dog-pit-carpet-tack-strips/673739)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-triple-dog-pit-carpet-tack-strips/673739 "2013-11-15T17:36:05Z")
Of all the nasty shit you deal with when doing remodeling, I think I’d shovel flaming asbestos soaked in dog shit before getting near another fucking carpet tack strip. I just pulled the carpet, padding and fuckingtacks… --- ## [Either volunteer or STFU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-volunteer-or-stfu/673836)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-volunteer-or-stfu/673836 "2013-11-15T13:53:43Z")
Our PTA is holding a fundraiser and a few parents are loudly protesting the vendor. Did they attend the PTA meeting where fundraisers were discussed? Did they volunteer to be on the fundraising committee? Did they off… --- ## [I pit people who walk with their face buried in their smartphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-walk-with-their-face-buried-in-their-smartphones/673829)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-walk-with-their-face-buried-in-their-smartphones/673829 "2013-11-15T02:15:26Z")
PLEASE watch where the fuck you’re going! Don’t make me rip it out of your hands and shove it up your ass! --- ## [Jimmy Kimmel, you suck. (Making kids cry for yuks.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel-you-suck-making-kids-cry-for-yuks/673489 "2013-11-15T01:18:50Z")
Apparently Jimmy Kimmel does this every year - asks parents to tell their kids they ate all their Halloween candy, then film the results. As many people here might know, I’m not a huge fan of kids, but I don’t make them … --- ## [My subway rants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-subway-rants/673703)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-subway-rants/673703 "2013-11-14T13:05:37Z")
I’ve been riding the MBTA since I was a kid, and riding it on a daily basis since I started high school, and after all these years, I need a place to vent about everything that grinds my gears: People who don’t take t… --- ## [Lo! How the mighty have fallen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/673593)
**Author:** [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lo-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/673593 "2013-11-14T08:19:27Z")
A group picture of Billy Graham 95th birthday celebration from two days ago. Words fail me. --- ## [Goddamn web pages that screw with the middle-button functionality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-web-pages-that-screw-with-the-middle-button-functionality/673839)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-web-pages-that-screw-with-the-middle-button-functionality/673839 "2013-11-14T03:28:20Z")
When I read a web page that has links I’d like to explore further, I middle-click them so they open in other tabs, and then I read them when I am done with the current page. But a lot of pages lately seem to be fucking … --- ## [Stupid Alt-Med Friends on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-alt-med-friends-on-facebook/673325)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-alt-med-friends-on-facebook/673325 "2013-11-12T20:03:57Z")
Christ, how do you deal with this? A close family friend of mine keeps showing up in my news feed with alt-med, green hippie bullshit, and it’s really, really bothering me. This is an otherwise intelligent person. She wo… --- ## [Never Forget 9/11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-forget-9-11/668580)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-forget-9-11/668580 "2013-11-12T03:56:24Z")
I didn’t want to shit in here. So I suppose I need to post in here. I was told to “Never Forget” just this morning. Got me to wondering about the motivation behind the order. Am I to Never Forget an event that njtt co… --- ## [Singaporeans rejoice at Cat5 typhoon hitting the Philippines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singaporeans-rejoice-at-cat5-typhoon-hitting-the-philippines/673628)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singaporeans-rejoice-at-cat5-typhoon-hitting-the-philippines/673628 "2013-11-11T23:48:28Z")
If I weren’t so pissed off right now, I’d be apologizing for the stupidity of all natives in the far east, especially south east Asia. I know, there was this brouhahah about Filipinos stealing Singaporean jobs in their b… --- ## [jstucker15 is a creatard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jstucker15-is-a-creatard/673608)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jstucker15-is-a-creatard/673608 "2013-11-11T14:02:36Z")
I considered “jstucker15 is a lying creatard” but that just seems redundant. I’m proud of everyone for fighting ignorance, but this isn’t ignorance. This is a dishonest shitbag. He has no intention of revising his views,… --- ## [I pit inexperienced Presidents who don't know what they are doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-inexperienced-presidents-who-dont-know-what-they-are-doing/673042)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-inexperienced-presidents-who-dont-know-what-they-are-doing/673042 "2013-11-11T13:19:06Z")
One in particular, the current one. Although anyone who suggests Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz or Rand Paul or Liz warren for President should learn from this. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/challenges-have-dogged-oba… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=170)