# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=171 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 172 --- ## [Oh Damn you Goddam you all to hell (Fucking Lawyers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-damn-you-goddam-you-all-to-hell-fucking-lawyers/671800)
**Author:** [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-damn-you-goddam-you-all-to-hell-fucking-lawyers/671800 "2013-10-30T02:09:37Z")
I’m selling my house in the UK, prior to shifting back to New Zealand. We agreed the sale in July, but the contracts have not been exchanged yet. I have shipped our household effect and have only got a bed, I’ve been out… --- ## [New Rip-off Attempt (I Assume)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rip-off-attempt-i-assume/672474)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rip-off-attempt-i-assume/672474 "2013-10-29T21:57:56Z")
Previous threads have documented my encounter with Ann/Tiffany/Lying Bitch du Jour from Account Services, and her repeated violations of the Do Not Call Dammit List to try to get me to accept her credit card or whatever … --- ## [He-man Jets fan punches out little female Patriots fan. And it's her fault???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-jets-fan-punches-out-little-female-patriots-fan-and-its-her-fault/671972)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-jets-fan-punches-out-little-female-patriots-fan-and-its-her-fault/671972 "2013-10-29T02:12:04Z")
This story is topping the news here. That is wrong on so many levels. --- ## [Oblivious GOP official on last night's Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-gop-official-on-last-nights-daily-show/672161)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-gop-official-on-last-nights-daily-show/672161 "2013-10-28T18:05:06Z")
Even Aasif Mandvi couldn’t hide how shocked he was. Anyway for those who missed it, Don Yelton, a GOP precinct chair in North Carolina, made some pretty inflammatory remarks during a Daily Show interview last night. In… --- ## [I pit my attitude toward the deficit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-attitude-toward-the-deficit/672375)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-attitude-toward-the-deficit/672375 "2013-10-28T17:34:58Z")
I have always been a real hardcore deficit nazi. My answer has always been to suck it up keep the deficit down even if it means suffereing for a few years. Suddenly through no concious choice of my own I finaly have said… --- ## [obstinate ignorance + obnoxious cockiness = Deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstinate-ignorance-obnoxious-cockiness-deltasigma/672049)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obstinate-ignorance-obnoxious-cockiness-deltasigma/672049 "2013-10-25T20:53:24Z")
Deltasigma, you are the avataqr of “a little bit of kniowledge can be a dangerous thing” It not only makes you look bad, it makes everyone that is on your side of the argument look bad. So please, get off my side of th… --- ## [Stupid "features" they keep adding to passenger cars.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-features-they-keep-adding-to-passenger-cars/671443)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-features-they-keep-adding-to-passenger-cars/671443 "2013-10-25T20:08:55Z")
I can’t wrap my head around why manufacturers are throwing paddle shifters into family sedans nowadays. They are completely, 100% useless and all they do is add to the cost of the car. Has anyone ever actually used pad… --- ## [Please, allow me to relive my nightmares for your amusement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-allow-me-to-relive-my-nightmares-for-your-amusement/672120 "2013-10-25T18:59:59Z")
I’m referring to this post. Let me bold the important parts since you failed to understand them the first time: Put it this way, it didn’t involve a chainsaw, but even Leatherface would’ve said, “Damn, dude, now that’… --- ## [If right-wing conservativism is so great, why do their states suck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-right-wing-conservativism-is-so-great-why-do-their-states-suck/670301)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-right-wing-conservativism-is-so-great-why-do-their-states-suck/670301 "2013-10-25T16:45:13Z")
When looking at objective measurements like per capita income, education levels, job prospects, and other metrics usually used to indicate “a nice place to live in”, there seems to be a general correlation where Red stat… --- ## [Would it kill you to flush the damn toilet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-kill-you-to-flush-the-damn-toilet/671924)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-kill-you-to-flush-the-damn-toilet/671924 "2013-10-25T15:33:09Z")
Seriously, what the fuck?! It’s a lever that takes very little effort to move. Sure, there are germs there from when everyone else has touched it, but that’s one reason you wash your fucking hands afterwards. Nowhere is… --- ## [New Yahoo mail is unspeakably bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yahoo-mail-is-unspeakably-bad/671183)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yahoo-mail-is-unspeakably-bad/671183 "2013-10-24T18:42:06Z")
You know, I’ve been here for ten years, and I don’t think I’ve EVER started a pit thread. but this… THIS… (sputters incoherently) Yahoo SUDDENLY moved to a bizarre and horrible new format. All conversations are now “thr… --- ## [Debaser, you've never been poor. Can't say the same about "presumptuous cockweed", though](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaser-youve-never-been-poor-cant-say-the-same-about-presumptuous-cockweed-though/671651)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaser-youve-never-been-poor-cant-say-the-same-about-presumptuous-cockweed-though/671651 "2013-10-23T15:47:15Z")
Going from here basically to the end of the first page :http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16769205&postcount=16 Debaser, you’re an ass. Do you have any fucking idea what it’s like to be poor? No? Then s… --- ## [Enough with the fuckin' dog stories!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fuckin-dog-stories/671797)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fuckin-dog-stories/671797 "2013-10-22T23:36:09Z")
Who in the hell decided that dog stories are news? Every night on every channel the local news has to run a fucking dog story. This is not news. I don’t give a shit if Fido can fetch you soda pop from the fridge. I do… --- ## [Cyclists who deliberately ride on dangerous roads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclists-who-deliberately-ride-on-dangerous-roads/485436)
**Author:** [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclists-who-deliberately-ride-on-dangerous-roads/485436 "2013-10-22T23:10:16Z")
Near my house there is a 2-3 mile long road going to a highway. It’s a single lane in each direction, no shoulder at all, very twisty with thick trees and such on the sides obscuring the view around corners, and the spe… --- ## [Hey dumbfucks on SD. Learn what Congress' job is.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dumbfucks-on-sd-learn-what-congress-job-is/671832)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dumbfucks-on-sd-learn-what-congress-job-is/671832 "2013-10-22T22:54:37Z")
First of all, this is not directed at those that simply disagree with the tactics the Pubs took in the recent shutdown. Hell I’m a Pub and disagree with what they did. This pit is directed to the fucktwats that have no… --- ## [Man wins lawsuit after cop uses excessive force. City refuses to pay because...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-wins-lawsuit-after-cop-uses-excessive-force-city-refuses-to-pay-because/671689)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-wins-lawsuit-after-cop-uses-excessive-force-city-refuses-to-pay-because/671689 "2013-10-22T22:39:46Z")
…the cop was not authorized to use excessive force. No, really. This means that if the fry guy at McDonalds goes all crazy and throws hot oil at you while you are standing in line, McDonald’s is not responsible because… --- ## [So now Slate has decided to suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-slate-has-decided-to-suck/669513)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-slate-has-decided-to-suck/669513 "2013-10-22T06:12:28Z")
Slate was one of my daily reads, but probably not anymore. They just redesigned their web site, apparently with the goal of making it unreadable and awful. They have done two incredibly annoying things to the site when … --- ## [I Grow Weary of This Doo-doo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-this-doo-doo/671597)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grow-weary-of-this-doo-doo/671597 "2013-10-22T03:27:06Z")
Can’t even muster up the juice to swear. Two phone calls in the last hour. One from Ann at Account Services, calling me for the five hundredth time to try to sell me another credit card, even though I have told them doz… --- ## [Pit thread from ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-from-atmb/671854)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-from-atmb/671854 "2013-10-21T21:05:21Z")
From here: \[QUOTE=TubaDiva\] Take your fight to the Pit. This is over. \[/QUOTE\] Well, ok. I think that the Moderation on this was crap, and I think it’s fucking stupid that the thread was closed and that this has to… --- ## [Am I arguing with an idiot I never noticed before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-arguing-with-an-idiot-i-never-noticed-before/670811)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-arguing-with-an-idiot-i-never-noticed-before/670811 "2013-10-21T15:04:15Z")
In this thread, deltasigma argued that the “principle of reliance” creates a “moral obligation” that the government must continue Social Security payments to beneficiaries, and I presume he means even if the government’s… --- ## [Fuck you, Adam Shein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-adam-shein/671730)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-adam-shein/671730 "2013-10-21T02:54:53Z")
I have been trying to find an alternative for ESPN for any and all sports programming, as I loathe what it has turned into. CBS has a cable sports channel called CBSSN, or the CBS Sports Network, which is currently airi… --- ## [He didn't change his mind on the mandate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-didnt-change-his-mind-on-the-mandate/670666)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-didnt-change-his-mind-on-the-mandate/670666 "2013-10-20T18:06:02Z")
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/obama-health-care-conversion-obamacare-97185.html#ixzz2fpHQG0C4 actually, he just lied. --- ## [Rape, Republicans, and Coercian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-republicans-and-coercian/671538)
**Author:** [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-republicans-and-coercian/671538 "2013-10-20T17:42:02Z")
In another thread, people are arguing that forcing others to have trans-vaginal ultrasounds in order to receive abortions isn’t rape. I think this is bullshit. First, these trans-vaginal ultrasounds are unnecessary, and… --- ## [I pit my over zealous roommate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-over-zealous-roommate/671357)
**Author:** [@Almace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Almace)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-over-zealous-roommate/671357 "2013-10-19T21:52:52Z")
So I have been a long time lurker of these message boards but I never really felt a reason to post until now. I recently transferred to university and decided to live on campus to “get the college experience” as it were… --- ## [Goddammit holy shit a jalapeño burned my dick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-holy-shit-a-jalapeno-burned-my-dick/539716)
**Author:** [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-holy-shit-a-jalapeno-burned-my-dick/539716 "2013-10-19T18:12:27Z")
It’s throbbing in the bad way now. Not in the good way. You fucker - you bastards don’t even hurt going in. I FORGOT ABOUT MY HANDS. The mother grabbing sons of bitches got me. All I did was take a leak and now my h… --- ## [Sedition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sedition/671550)
**Author:** [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sedition/671550 "2013-10-19T18:08:17Z")
I saw this today and I am curious as to the opinion of the Dope. I’m putting it in the Pit because – well, the discussion may get heated. Perhaps this is not the right place for it, but eh. Go ahead and yell at me if I a… --- ## [In Your Face Radical Right Happy Dance Gloating Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-face-radical-right-happy-dance-gloating-thread/671414 "2013-10-19T01:40:35Z")
Caveat the first: it is possible its not going to happen today, but the Senate has reached a deal: Ted “Shit for Brains” Cruz won’t use a bullshit tactic to slow it down. (Chiron of Fox News “Senator Cruz says he … --- ## [Caught on video, Philly police disparage random guys.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-on-video-philly-police-disparage-random-guys/671266)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-on-video-philly-police-disparage-random-guys/671266 "2013-10-18T10:48:00Z")
This is not nice. I hope someone loses a job over this. --- ## [I pit "web chat" sales agents & their scripts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-web-chat-sales-agents-their-scripts/671458)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-web-chat-sales-agents-their-scripts/671458 "2013-10-17T22:54:46Z")
Currently I have FiOS and my two year commitment is ending. This will cause the loss of some promotions and my bill will go up by $30.00 I can sign a new two year agreement for a $15.00 increase per month, get a $120 gi… --- ## [Golden Corral Bolingbrook: a Pit from Hades masquerading as a buffet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-corral-bolingbrook-a-pit-from-hades-masquerading-as-a-buffet/671406)
**Author:** [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-corral-bolingbrook-a-pit-from-hades-masquerading-as-a-buffet/671406 "2013-10-17T03:56:10Z")
Granted, its no fine dining venue, but is “clean”, “friendly”, “well stocked” too much to expect? I didnt want to make a huge deal of it by hunting up the (non-existent) manager or the (non-appearing) waitperson and poi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=172)