# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=172 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 173 --- ## [My terrible awful very bad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-terrible-awful-very-bad-day/669214)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-terrible-awful-very-bad-day/669214 "2013-10-17T02:41:41Z")
I don’t know if this is going to be bitchy enough for the pit, but here goes. I’m driving home yesterday going up I 5 like I usually do when traffic in front of me stops. I hit the brakes and stop maybe two or three ca… --- ## [Dark side of Finland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140)
**Author:** [@AudunNilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AudunNilsen)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-finland/671140 "2013-10-17T01:47:35Z")
Here’s an excerpt from the, now, 3. edition of Warren McLachlan’s book. « 11/98 Warren & Kaisu’s first son William McLachlan, born in Australia on the 12th. Kaisu begins to Punish William at 2 weeks of age - starting… --- ## [Go back into the cardboard tube you crawled out of, Starving Artist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-back-into-the-cardboard-tube-you-crawled-out-of-starving-artist/670670)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-back-into-the-cardboard-tube-you-crawled-out-of-starving-artist/670670 "2013-10-16T16:42:44Z")
Defender of pedofiles and champion of pederasts. Defiler of truth. Wearer of the finest, most sheer veils that barely covers the ass of your bigotry. Go to the nearest insane asylum and give yourself to science. Surely t… --- ## [Morons that do that super loud whispering in the computer lab.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-that-do-that-super-loud-whispering-in-the-computer-lab/671358)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-that-do-that-super-loud-whispering-in-the-computer-lab/671358 "2013-10-16T14:25:05Z")
It is even more annoying than if you just talked in low tones. How you can do it without getting spittle all over the keyboard is beyond me. On top of that, your conversation, which we can all hear, has nothing to do wit… --- ## [So let's say the Democrats win the House in 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-say-the-democrats-win-the-house-in-2014/671131)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-say-the-democrats-win-the-house-in-2014/671131 "2013-10-16T06:51:14Z")
At least for the last oh, 50 years, every time the Democrats have had unified control of the government they’ve been punished by voters just two years later. 1994 and 2010 we’re all familiar with, but the two times previ… --- ## [Creator of ewc.scriptpage.net: I hope you rot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-ewc-scriptpage-net-i-hope-you-rot/671332)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creator-of-ewc-scriptpage-net-i-hope-you-rot/671332 "2013-10-15T20:49:43Z")
Seriously, who comes up with this stuff? The beauty, if you wish to call it that, is that some of us are so used to using keyboard shortcuts that these scum can use popups, popunders, poparounds, poptimetravel, popwhatev… --- ## [Petard? Hoisted! Business groups can't control House GOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petard-hoisted-business-groups-cant-control-house-gop/670932)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petard-hoisted-business-groups-cant-control-house-gop/670932 "2013-10-14T11:44:06Z")
From the NYT: Yes, you utter morons. You were so intent on getting them elected you never once paid any attention to what they really wanted. And now they are threatening to take the rest of us down. I wish I could … --- ## [Is Ted Cruz an alien?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ted-cruz-an-alien/670524)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ted-cruz-an-alien/670524 "2013-10-14T01:16:48Z")
Ted Cruz, the Calgary-born Senator from Texas, looks like an alien to me. I don’t know what’s wrong with that man’s face, but he doesn’t look right to me. I’m not saying he’s an extraterrestrial, but he’s been hit with s… --- ## [CLee, a word (or 500). AKA - the next JayDub pile on thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clee-a-word-or-500-aka-the-next-jaydub-pile-on-thread/670892)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clee-a-word-or-500-aka-the-next-jaydub-pile-on-thread/670892 "2013-10-12T01:09:05Z")
I tried to understand you CLee, I really did. At first, I thought you were just bitter. Then, I thought maybe you were a conspiracy theorist, but I don’t think that anymore. I think you’re just terribly misinformed, a… --- ## [Tramadol withdrawal... SUCKS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramadol-withdrawal-sucks/670810)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramadol-withdrawal-sucks/670810 "2013-10-11T19:29:16Z")
I was put on this drug that basically saved my life in so many ways… 6 years ago. Pain/depression/anxiety - GONE. Doc decided that 6 years has been long enough now, it’s lost it’s efficacy and she refused to up the dos… --- ## [I Pit Police Chief Mark Kessler and his "Constitution Security Force"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-police-chief-mark-kessler-and-his-constitution-security-force/665755)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-police-chief-mark-kessler-and-his-constitution-security-force/665755 "2013-10-11T18:39:57Z")
The police chief of Gilberton, Pennsylvania, whom you may remember from last month, is in the news again. Well, apparently, the borough council has finally decided to suspend Kessler without pay. His response (from hi… --- ## [The tea party shut down is going to hurt my family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-shut-down-is-going-to-hurt-my-family/670620)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-shut-down-is-going-to-hurt-my-family/670620 "2013-10-10T01:04:43Z")
My (now) wife was able to come to America because I petitioned for her with a fiance visa. We had a civil marriage last week (you have to get married within 90 days of arrival on a fiance visa) and until my wife is able… --- ## [E. Nough. With. The. Pink. Al. Ready.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-nough-with-the-pink-al-ready/669869)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-nough-with-the-pink-al-ready/669869 "2013-10-09T23:30:34Z")
Everyone who is “unaware” of BREAST CANCER, raise your hand… thought so. I have enough issues with the wonderful world of retailing that I don’t need to see a sea of pink products reminding us to think about BREAST CANC… --- ## [I Pit Heterophobes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heterophobes/670686)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heterophobes/670686 "2013-10-09T19:39:49Z")
Yeah, you know who you are. All you radical pro-gay activists who want to limit the rights of heterosexuals, who think that gays are automatically better than heterosexuals. You know who you are, don’t pretend! All you p… --- ## [To the St Paul/Minneapolis Catholic archdiocese, with special regards to Rev. Kevin McDonough:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-st-paul-minneapolis-catholic-archdiocese-with-special-regards-to-rev-kevin-mcdonough/669659)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-st-paul-minneapolis-catholic-archdiocese-with-special-regards-to-rev-kevin-mcdonough/669659 "2013-10-09T12:56:12Z")
Please jump into a wood chipper. Or hay baler. Or garbage compactor. Your choice. In 2012 Blessed Sacrament Church pastor Curtis Wehmeyer was touching little boys, and one of them talked. What did the church do? W… --- ## [My boss is a "Dick," literally!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-is-a-dick-literally/18601)
**Author:** [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-is-a-dick-literally/18601 "2013-10-09T01:58:07Z")
Not only is his name Dick but it fits him perfectly! He just finished chewing me out and I feel like venting. Heres what happened. I am a secretary for a small city and my boss is the City Engineer. He has only been in … --- ## [Has Fox news ever gone this far as a propaganda machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-fox-news-ever-gone-this-far-as-a-propaganda-machine/670284)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-fox-news-ever-gone-this-far-as-a-propaganda-machine/670284 "2013-10-08T17:17:21Z")
We’re all used to the obvious, that Fox is a Republican/far right marketing outlet than any sort of news organization. If your reality filter is so broken that you want to parrot the ‘they’re just like the NYTimes’ or so… --- ## [ACA, and the bastages who run the local franchise of "Red Robin"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-and-the-bastages-who-run-the-local-franchise-of-red-robin/670359)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-and-the-bastages-who-run-the-local-franchise-of-red-robin/670359 "2013-10-08T05:00:27Z")
Management twerps have decided to cut the hours of their employees to 25 - at least in the local store. Specifically to avoid the requirement that they provide health insurance. This law will result in a significant bu… --- ## [Why (or how) the hell would you get a library science degree if you don't like to read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-or-how-the-hell-would-you-get-a-library-science-degree-if-you-dont-like-to-read/670053)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-or-how-the-hell-would-you-get-a-library-science-degree-if-you-dont-like-to-read/670053 "2013-10-06T12:28:24Z")
Okay we’ve had some retirements at work, so we’re interviewing potential new employees. So far it’s been good with a lot of promising interviews with some very qualified people. However today’s candidate uttered possib… --- ## [I Am Somewhat Upset Over Two Things (Miss America related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-somewhat-upset-over-two-things-miss-america-related/668969 "2013-10-06T08:52:14Z")
So Miss New York won the Miss America pageant, which apparently still exists and is even on TV. Yay, rejoice, pictures with crown, etc. Unfortunately, Miss New York is a darkie, and we can’t have that (link to lots of pe… --- ## [Pit for a fuckwit client...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-for-a-fuckwit-client/670388)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-for-a-fuckwit-client/670388 "2013-10-05T20:39:17Z")
So a few months ago I had a business in the area call me about some work. They wanted this and that and the other thing, the first being the bottom-level task of designing, producing and delivering some street signs (yar… --- ## [Shooting Outside U.S. Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-outside-u-s-capitol/670291)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-outside-u-s-capitol/670291 "2013-10-05T00:58:24Z")
Title says it all, really. Car Chase, White House to Capitol, Has Fatal End - The New York Times --- ## [humilating the sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humilating-the-sensitive/669872)
**Author:** [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humilating-the-sensitive/669872 "2013-10-04T17:17:30Z")
let’s face it. one of the favorite pastimes of the overly sensitive is humiliating themselves. get in a disagreement over some insignificant little thing blow it all out of proportion, perceive it as a slight and run off… --- ## [A new world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-world/669843)
**Author:** [@misspawdle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misspawdle)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-world/669843 "2013-10-04T05:46:52Z")
I would like to “HOPE” that a new world would come quick. Our Jails and Prisons are getting overcrowded. I would like to see America, like its Singapore and how they treat prisoners. Its called corporal punishment. They… --- ## [Dudes of straight dope, if I type in proper english...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 447\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899 "2013-10-02T01:08:10Z")
Then go cry abt it. In every post i made sum1 is on my ass abt how its not up to their level of how they think every1 should type apparently. Its faster There is no 2 cuz 1 is all u need! For reel… if u dont like it tu… --- ## [Dear Rob Schneider: Go fuck yourself with a carrot, you ignorant jackass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-rob-schneider-go-fuck-yourself-with-a-carrot-you-ignorant-jackass/669826)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-rob-schneider-go-fuck-yourself-with-a-carrot-you-ignorant-jackass/669826 "2013-10-01T18:18:00Z")
I guess I’m just a little late to the party here, as I am just now hearing that Schneider is vying for the position of “hollywood celebrity responsible for most unnecessary deaths”. Apparently this isn’t ne… --- ## [If you don't like oriental-flavored ramen noodles, does that make you racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857 "2013-10-01T15:13:28Z")
Apparently we’re doing this now. I know this is a sensitive topic, but let’s please keep it civil. This is only a poll, let’s try to keep this from landing in the Pit, okay? I knew this guy one time and I asked him if h… --- ## [I Hate My Neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-neighbors/669884)
**Author:** [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-neighbors/669884 "2013-09-30T20:08:36Z")
I hate my neighbors with the heat of a thousand suns. I seethe every time I pass them by - I hold myself back from yelling obscene things they can do to themselves whenever I think of them. To the bitch on my left, whos… --- ## [Gack....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gack/669178)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gack/669178 "2013-09-30T14:09:04Z")
… fuck off, suffer and rot you fucking worthless piece of excrement. --- ## [I pit my Games Engine Design professor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-games-engine-design-professor/669589)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-games-engine-design-professor/669589 "2013-09-27T20:02:41Z")
Here’s to you, you stupid, overdemanding fuckwit. Here’s to you giving us approximately one lecture and five days to get comfortable with C++ and Visual Studio 2012. Here’s to you saying that the homework is optional, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=171) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=173)