# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=175 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 176 --- ## [RO: Somebody sends letter to neighbours telling them to kill their son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-somebody-sends-letter-to-neighbours-telling-them-to-kill-their-son/666699)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-somebody-sends-letter-to-neighbours-telling-them-to-kill-their-son/666699 "2013-08-28T19:14:00Z")
Family Of Boy With Autism Receives Shockingly Offensive Letter Max Begley is a thirteen year old with autism who lives in Newcastle, Ontario. Apparently one of the neighbours is unhappy with that. So she wrote a letter … --- ## [Bored teens with guns.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bored-teens-with-guns/666752)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bored-teens-with-guns/666752 "2013-08-27T21:17:23Z")
3 Oklahoma Teens Charged in Shooting of Australian Baseball Player Not going to bury it in the stupid gun news thread. “Prosecutors filed charges today against three Oklahoma teens accused of killing an Australian base… --- ## [I wonder why we haven't heard about this.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-we-havent-heard-about-this/664881)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-why-we-havent-heard-about-this/664881 "2013-08-27T17:37:01Z")
In short: A conservative Republican congresswoman, Jamie Herrera-Beutler, has given birth to a baby with a birth defect thought to be incompatible with life, but the baby survived birth and is still alive. It’s called … --- ## [NotfooledbyW....AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-aaaarrrrgggghhhh/661475)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 1087\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-aaaarrrrgggghhhh/661475 "2013-08-26T00:59:09Z")
I’m not sure where to even start with this guy. He has got to be one of the more exasperating new posters we have currently on the board. On par with FXM for pedantry and exasperation. In his two most recent thread, h… --- ## [Don't these women at mortgage office want to make a sale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-these-women-at-mortgage-office-want-to-make-a-sale/665175)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-these-women-at-mortgage-office-want-to-make-a-sale/665175 "2013-08-25T20:38:26Z")
In January, my wife and I decided to start looking at buying a house. We want to figure out how much we’ll need to save, how to reduce our debt-to-income ratio, and what other paperwork we’ll need. We’re surprised to f… --- ## [I pit telephone answering trees used by companies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-telephone-answering-trees-used-by-companies/666777)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-telephone-answering-trees-used-by-companies/666777 "2013-08-25T15:00:33Z")
Hello! You have reached the “We Don’t Give A Shit About You And Will Prove It By Disconnecting You When You Are Actually Connected To a Live Person Company!” Please listen carefully because the following menu options h… --- ## [Louisiana Republicans are so dumb they blame Obama for Katrina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-republicans-are-so-dumb-they-blame-obama-for-katrina/666907)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-republicans-are-so-dumb-they-blame-obama-for-katrina/666907 "2013-08-25T12:42:27Z")
From TPM: :eek: Og, “Bob,” and Jesus-Allah, are the Pubs this dumb in every state nowadays?! There was a time, you know, and a long time, too, when the GOP was the party of the highly educated. I wonder, did Nixon a… --- ## [For our new friend Timo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-our-new-friend-timo/666775)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-our-new-friend-timo/666775 "2013-08-24T01:39:36Z")
I’ve lost all patience for the likes of you. There is no fucking god. Get over it Link. You come here and spread this bullshit, it ain’t cute, it ain’t clever, and it ain’t saving your fucking soul. --- ## [I Pit(y) Orson Scott Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-y-orson-scott-card/640342)
**Author:** [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-y-orson-scott-card/640342 "2013-08-23T07:47:08Z")
For those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s a MORMON Sci-fi writer who has a big-budget sci-fi flick (based on his noverl Ender’s Game) coming out next year. It will probably make him slightly famous, which will be a… --- ## [HA! The IRS "Scandal" Was A Crock O' Shit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-the-irs-scandal-was-a-crock-o-shit/662729)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-the-irs-scandal-was-a-crock-o-shit/662729 "2013-08-22T20:05:43Z")
Told ya so! Told ya so! Neener neener neener, told ya so! This thread is an opportunity for you tighty-righty Ricky Retardos to line up and apologize for being such total dipshits as to believe this crapopalooza! htt… --- ## [Bastards on ebay that sell rainbow rose seeds, blue or white strawberry seeds and other fake shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bastards-on-ebay-that-sell-rainbow-rose-seeds-blue-or-white-strawberry-seeds-and-other-fake-shit/666547)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bastards-on-ebay-that-sell-rainbow-rose-seeds-blue-or-white-strawberry-seeds-and-other-fake-shit/666547 "2013-08-21T15:03:33Z")
I hate folks who try to profit from ignorance or stupidity. I hate the folks who just sell fake SHIT. I hate Ebay because they don’t care about fraudulent sellers (I can only speak about Ebay.au but I cannot find how to … --- ## [There should be a law........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-law/666597 "2013-08-21T04:53:59Z")
That says what you pay is the advertised or listed price. That is the way it used to be when I grew up. Now , after we accept the retailers offer to sell , we are gouged with a certain Federal Goods and Services Ta… --- ## [Source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source/666647)
**Author:** [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source/666647 "2013-08-21T01:25:31Z")
When people replying with “source?” to then end of an argument, I am so frustrated. It is intended as an intellectual reply, but demonstrates a complete lack of critical thinking, and not to mention rude. People often … --- ## [Honestly, Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-honesty/665289)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honestly-honesty/665289 "2013-08-21T00:42:55Z")
WARNING: The Following message is overly serious and lacking in a proper humor or appreciation for human decency. The target probably doesn’t deserve anything this serious or unpleasant, but earned a pitting on sheer obn… --- ## [Anti-choicers slip soft fetus toys into kids' candy bags at ND state fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-choicers-slip-soft-fetus-toys-into-kids-candy-bags-at-nd-state-fair/664505 "2013-08-20T02:50:44Z")
Story here. Mind you, we’re talking about six-year-olds here. The dolls are designed to brainwash youngsters—pregnant women, too—out of ever terminating an unwanted pregnancy. “Its beautiful detail, softness and weigh… --- ## [Shopping rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-rant/666173)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-rant/666173 "2013-08-19T21:03:36Z")
Why is it so much to shop? Why can’t I get in and get out? Why must I be greeted and ask if I need help finding anything? Why? Why can’t I just go in for what I came for , purchase and be on my way with out unsolicited b… --- ## [Creoturd Ken Ham whines again about those awful atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creoturd-ken-ham-whines-again-about-those-awful-atheists/666350)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creoturd-ken-ham-whines-again-about-those-awful-atheists/666350 "2013-08-19T12:46:09Z")
Aww, poor widdle Kenny-baby is having another hissy: so here’s the link: http://debunkingchristianity.blogsp…-museum-in.html Squeal, squeal, squeal l’il Hamboner. Kenny needs a nappy and a pacifier shoved up his rec… --- ## [Buffalo Bilious and others like him, come on in for a quick word or two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-bilious-and-others-like-him-come-on-in-for-a-quick-word-or-two/666525)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffalo-bilious-and-others-like-him-come-on-in-for-a-quick-word-or-two/666525 "2013-08-18T16:04:26Z")
Buffalo Bilious, let’s have a word if you don’t mind. I’d like to address some intellectual difficulties you seem to be having here. No. Possibly the stupidest analogy I’ve ever heard on this message board or anywher… --- ## [Because the Depression Support Thread is hiding (eating disorder trigger warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-depression-support-thread-is-hiding-eating-disorder-trigger-warning/666419)
**Author:** [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-depression-support-thread-is-hiding-eating-disorder-trigger-warning/666419 "2013-08-17T20:47:51Z")
I pit all the advice I’ve gotten about how I can choose not to be miserable. I should be more appreciative of the good things in my life and I don’t have it as hard as some others. And if I don’t like my life, I shoul… --- ## [Repetition sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666361 "2013-08-17T16:59:16Z")
You know what’s annoying? Stating something and having it repeated. For example if you say you are not walking to the mailbox and you keep getting request to walk to the mailbox…after you stated YOU ARE NOT walking to th… --- ## [What are the odds that Congress manages to screw up the US credit rating again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-congress-manages-to-screw-up-the-us-credit-rating-again/664808)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-odds-that-congress-manages-to-screw-up-the-us-credit-rating-again/664808 "2013-08-17T02:19:02Z")
Setting aside my liberal bias, I don’t really care who you think was at fault last time or who you think will be at fault this time. The fact of the matter is that the reasons S&P gave for the downgrade 2 years ago, the… --- ## [Another eBay rant - long and probably lame.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-rant-long-and-probably-lame/666376)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-rant-long-and-probably-lame/666376 "2013-08-16T22:11:20Z")
Why I hate eBay. I am mainly a buyer, and have been for over a decade. So, my interactions with eBay regarding price hikes, and how they are constantly sticking it to sellers is largely not a battle I deal with. I get… --- ## [Repetition sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666415)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repetition-sucks/666415 "2013-08-16T18:15:48Z")
You know what’s annoying? Stating something and having it repeated. For example if you say you are not walking to the mailbox and you keep getting request to walk to the mailbox…after you stated YOU ARE NOT walking to th… --- ## [Textbooks and required crapware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-and-required-crapware/659520)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-and-required-crapware/659520 "2013-08-16T17:38:53Z")
So you’re a college student, maybe struggling to pay tuition. You sign up for a class - and find the mandatory textbook is 250 dollars because oh noes, last year’s version won’t do and even if it would, it requires a man… --- ## [The New Hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-hate/666250)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-hate/666250 "2013-08-16T13:36:35Z")
I just finished The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right, by Arthur Goldwag (Jew). A fascinating study that covers the whole history of paranoid irrationality in American politics and culture, … --- ## [The gas station by my house stopped having free air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gas-station-by-my-house-stopped-having-free-air/665651)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gas-station-by-my-house-stopped-having-free-air/665651 "2013-08-15T18:54:31Z")
now they charge a dollar for a few seconds fucking greedy capitalist pigdogs i fucking hate rich people what happened to the good times in our country. when kindness and goodwill was more important than squeezing peo… --- ## [I Pitt "Piss Obama"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-piss-obama/642606)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-piss-obama/642606 "2013-08-14T20:49:57Z")
So for those who missed it, Glenn Beck apparently placed an effigy of Obama in a jar of (fake) piss on his show (although seeing as the material he used to fake it was Becks beer, your definition of fake piss may vary). … --- ## [Alice Paul was not married to President Arthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-paul-was-not-married-to-president-arthur/666092)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-paul-was-not-married-to-president-arthur/666092 "2013-08-14T20:38:22Z")
…and some of you are asking, “What the Hell is Nemo talking about?” The United States Mint issued a series of dollar coins commemorating the Presidents of the United States. As a follow-up to that, the Mint is now issu… --- ## [I Pit email spammers and virus-writers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-email-spammers-and-virus-writers/666160)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-email-spammers-and-virus-writers/666160 "2013-08-14T17:23:11Z")
If we’re going to start letting nonviolent drug offenders out of jail, that opens space. I say hard time for email spammers. And that’s just for the ones who send you unsolicited advertising (and those who send unsolic… --- ## [OPRAH- It's Not Because You Were Black! Get the Hell Over It! (lame)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oprah-its-not-because-you-were-black-get-the-hell-over-it-lame/310207)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oprah-its-not-because-you-were-black-get-the-hell-over-it-lame/310207 "2013-08-14T14:58:25Z")
A lame rant about classism perceived as racism: Oprah announced through her publicisit that she will dedicate an episode to what happened to her at Hermes in Paris. For those who aren’t familiar with the story, Oprah a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=176)