# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=180 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 181 --- ## [FYI: A message for you Obama haters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-a-message-for-you-obama-haters/661598 "2013-06-23T21:29:46Z")
Facebook memes notwithstanding, Obama DID NOT order flags to be flown at half-staff after Whitney Houston’s death. Republican New Jersey governor Chris Christie only recommended it for New Jersey residents, and he’s doi… --- ## [Cashiers: would it kill you to be friendly to a customer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-would-it-kill-you-to-be-friendly-to-a-customer/656631)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-would-it-kill-you-to-be-friendly-to-a-customer/656631 "2013-06-23T19:24:48Z")
Yes not the worst thing in the world but a day to day annoyance that kind of gets to me. Obviously there are a number of cashiers that are very friendly and this rant doesn’t apply to them. If you’re working at the cou… --- ## [But I don't WANT two pounds of cherries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-i-dont-want-two-pounds-of-cherries/661248)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-i-dont-want-two-pounds-of-cherries/661248 "2013-06-23T02:14:00Z")
I look forward to this time of year because cherries are the only thing from the fruits and vegetables category that I will eat. So why does the supermarket price them by the pound—but then only put them out in big plas… --- ## [Kanye+Kim = North West ... Really????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555)
**Author:** [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-kim-north-west-really/661555 "2013-06-22T21:19:30Z")
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-baby-north-west-reports/story?id=19453251 North fucking West? That is the best you can come up with? You really hate your child. School is going to be so … --- ## [Melissa Etheridge brings the stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melissa-etheridge-brings-the-stupid/661372)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melissa-etheridge-brings-the-stupid/661372 "2013-06-22T17:47:53Z")
From the Clueless Celebrity Chronicles we have Melissa Etheridge, a breast cancer survivor who decided it would nice to criticize Angelina Jolie for how she dealt with the discovery that she’s carrying gene sequences tha… --- ## [RO: Atlanta radio DJs make fun of Steve Gleason's ALS; get fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-atlanta-radio-djs-make-fun-of-steve-gleasons-als-get-fired/661284)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-atlanta-radio-djs-make-fun-of-steve-gleasons-als-get-fired/661284 "2013-06-22T15:49:06Z")
In a well-thought-out-plan, three Atlants Sports Radio DJs made fun of former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason, who has ALS. This included one of them pretending to be Steve Gleason and making fun of his computer… --- ## [All I Want Is A Fecking Phone Line!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-i-want-is-a-fecking-phone-line/661588)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-i-want-is-a-fecking-phone-line/661588 "2013-06-22T08:29:57Z")
No phone for 9 days now, since I arrived back. I got a sim card for my phone from Vodafone, it didn’t connect immediately, “Give it a couple of hours to connect” so I went for a wander around town. Two hours later I went… --- ## [Gah! Is this a thing now with all grocery stores or just Kroger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-is-this-a-thing-now-with-all-grocery-stores-or-just-kroger/661514)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-is-this-a-thing-now-with-all-grocery-stores-or-just-kroger/661514 "2013-06-22T03:44:54Z")
Solicitors! God damned solicitors! Last week alone I’ve been approached buy a guy wanting to sign me up for a newspaper subscription, some lady from the bank (that’s in store) wanted to sign me up for an account, and to… --- ## [Fuuuuck LEDs on electronics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuuuuck-leds-on-electronics/660279)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuuuuck-leds-on-electronics/660279 "2013-06-20T21:54:00Z")
My printer apparently has a green LED that flashes constantly. I don’t use my printer much, so I didn’t notice it until I was in bed trying to sleep. It wasn’t until I was half-asleep that my eyes had adjusted to the poi… --- ## [I pit Luxottica, the eyeglasses monopoly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958)
**Author:** [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958 "2013-06-20T12:37:21Z")
Do you have glasses? If you didn’t get them online, then it’s almost certain that Luxottica was involved. I’ve got a fairly high prescription, and those jerks have been responsible for draining my wallet (and my parent… --- ## [Where the fuck are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-are-you/659291)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-fuck-are-you/659291 "2013-06-20T05:25:17Z")
Look guys, we’re not mind-readers. If you don’t tell us where you are, it’s really really really hard to figure it out, even for someone with ESP. I’m tired of reading threads like “I just had the best \_\_\_\_\_\_ I’ve ever t… --- ## [Fucking eye contact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-eye-contact/654209)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-eye-contact/654209 "2013-06-19T21:52:45Z")
I just found out a major contributing factor to my not landing a job I interviewed for was “lack of eye contact.” Fucking EYE CONTACT. How do you people DO IT?! They’re right. I don’t tend to make eye contact. I don’t… --- ## [Crop Circles? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crop-circles-really/661185)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crop-circles-really/661185 "2013-06-19T19:38:29Z")
I have a credulous acquaintance that is anti-vax, believes in Reiki, has vague suspicions about 9/11, etc. Pretty much the entire woo canon. I was just talking to her and she mentioned that on her trip to England she was… --- ## [" "nobody is listening to your telephone calls." Obama lied](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls-obama-lied/661117)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls-obama-lied/661117 "2013-06-18T16:00:39Z")
So Obama claims that “nobody is listening to your telephone calls.” In fact, “he said federal judge approval is needed to actually listen to a phone call.” And yet - NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warr… --- ## [AMERICAN AIRLINES sucks big green donkey dicks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-airlines-sucks-big-green-donkey-dicks/660733)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-airlines-sucks-big-green-donkey-dicks/660733 "2013-06-17T22:35:55Z")
I just have to get that off my chest. So I had to fly out over the weekend for a surprise funeral. Got on American Airlines because of bereavement rates got a discounted price. Flew out from Houston via DFW to Columbu… --- ## [So if we expect the Gun Rights people to chill out, shouldn't the same be done for the 4th....?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-we-expect-the-gun-rights-people-to-chill-out-shouldnt-the-same-be-done-for-the-4th/660627)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-we-expect-the-gun-rights-people-to-chill-out-shouldnt-the-same-be-done-for-the-4th/660627 "2013-06-17T20:59:32Z")
…amendment people? I’d like to have a rational debate about this, but given the subject, I think I’ll save the Mods the headache and put it here. I find it rather curious, a lot of lefty pundits and a lot of left wing … --- ## [Political Pundits Mind-Fucked by NSA Leak Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-pundits-mind-fucked-by-nsa-leak-story/660692)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-pundits-mind-fucked-by-nsa-leak-story/660692 "2013-06-17T15:53:28Z")
I find this amusing and refreshing. You have pubs agreeing with Obama, dems agreeing with Bush conservatives, and when anybody comes on a political talk show, the host doesn’t know what the fuck their opinion will be on … --- ## [Creationism v. Evolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-v-evolution/874)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-v-evolution/874 "2013-06-17T03:46:34Z")
Although this has been posted on another board here, i thought it best to put this highly rational, yet extremely flammitory statement here for your edification… What is it that makes completely rational people actually… --- ## [Glenn Beck regrets dividing people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-regrets-dividing-people/660345)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-regrets-dividing-people/660345 "2013-06-16T00:34:48Z")
Suuuuuuuuuuure he does. \[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_BECKS\_REGRETS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-06-18-56-36) :rolleyes: :dubious: --- ## [Married people need to be monogamous, and gays cannot be monogamous. So gays can't get married.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-people-need-to-be-monogamous-and-gays-cannot-be-monogamous-so-gays-cant-get-married/660037)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-people-need-to-be-monogamous-and-gays-cannot-be-monogamous-so-gays-cant-get-married/660037 "2013-06-14T20:19:46Z")
I’m sure glad a protestor cleared that up for me --- ## [Web sites that disable normal browser functions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-sites-that-disable-normal-browser-functions/660028 "2013-06-13T04:48:31Z")
Remember when we all hated how some web sites had audio that would begin playing unsolicited? Although that thankfully went away years ago for the most part, we have newer versions of annoying coding. I usually notice th… --- ## [rude behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-behavior/660866)
**Author:** [@skimama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skimama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-behavior/660866 "2013-06-13T01:42:40Z")
Is it rude to question/ask someone how they could afford to send their child to a summer camp (even if the camp did have a higher than usual tuition)? I was totally caught off guard by someone asking me this question tod… --- ## [MP3/M4A tagging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-m4a-tagging/660524)
**Author:** [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-m4a-tagging/660524 "2013-06-13T01:22:59Z")
y’know, I like the idea of music files being able to contain their own metadata, so media players and car stereos can index them. So why does everyone fuck it up? I go to iTunes store and buy an album called “The Best … --- ## [Tea Party Pub: "The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote . . ."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-pub-the-republican-party-doesnt-want-black-people-to-vote/660294)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-pub-the-republican-party-doesnt-want-black-people-to-vote/660294 "2013-06-12T18:34:03Z")
In Texas, the mask slips. Well, that’s fine, Mr. Emanuelson, but talk is cheap. What are you going to do about it? Something to do with voter-ID laws? Caging lists? Literacy tests? Poll-taxes? Klansmen patrolling… --- ## [Pubs try to boot Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from UW facilities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pubs-try-to-boot-wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-from-uw-facilities/660735)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pubs-try-to-boot-wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-from-uw-facilities/660735 "2013-06-12T18:31:37Z")
I won’t bother inventing any invective for the string-of-non-letter-characters Wisconsin Republicans; this one’s a self-Pitter. From the Green Bay Press Gazette: In the WCIJ’s words: In the spirit of fairness-even-f… --- ## [Oklahoma Tornados](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornados/659858)
**Author:** [@ClintO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClintO)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-tornados/659858 "2013-06-12T15:23:51Z")
I’m so god damned tired of these tornados in Oklahoma that fucking destroying everything. I live on the in the Village in Oklahoma City and every other day it’s get out of the way or underground. “You will not survive if… --- ## [Nine by Sixteen whine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-by-sixteen-whine/660498)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nine-by-sixteen-whine/660498 "2013-06-11T15:27:20Z")
What is with these obnoxious phone manufacturers who decided that widescreen would be such a good thing for phones? In the end, we find ourselves looking at video or stills that are the exact opposite of widescreen, beca… --- ## [Serious but odd question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-but-odd-question/659350)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-but-odd-question/659350 "2013-06-09T02:32:51Z")
I put this in the pit because I have a feeling thats where it might end up anyway. I will explain my situation then ask the question. I have become addicted to the SDMB I enjoy it immensely. Sadly I don’t have much too… --- ## [Bigots of the world: please unite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigots-of-the-world-please-unite/660097)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigots-of-the-world-please-unite/660097 "2013-06-08T21:55:57Z")
and shut the fuck up! Seriously. What is wrong with you jackasses? Let’s run down some examples of your “incredible wisdom” (all of which I’ve heard in the last few weeks): \[ol\]\[li\]The robin doesn’t mate with the bluej… --- ## [You won't be raped tonight...you're fucking welcome, bitch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-be-raped-tonight-youre-fucking-welcome-bitch/659845)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-be-raped-tonight-youre-fucking-welcome-bitch/659845 "2013-06-08T01:41:07Z")
The backstory: Long story short, my wife and I get a text from a friend saying he’s at a local bar and asking if we could join him. We haven’t seen this person is some time, so we agree. By a stroke of fortune, when w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=181)