# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=185 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 186 --- ## [Hot Spot gas station complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-spot-gas-station-complaint/655147)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-spot-gas-station-complaint/655147 "2013-04-13T03:00:30Z")
I usually purchase my gas at the Hot Spot on Highway 25 below the Greenville landfill. I fill my boat up there, get gas for my mowers-- in other words, I spend a considerable amount of money for gas. 99.9% of the time, I… --- ## [Popeye's "this is not a debit card fee"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeyes-this-is-not-a-debit-card-fee/655165)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeyes-this-is-not-a-debit-card-fee/655165 "2013-04-12T18:42:09Z")
I go into Popeye’s (the chicken place) to get some food, and I notice a sign at the register. It is in two parts. The top says that there is a 39-cent service fee on all transactions “except in states where this is ill… --- ## [Fucking vet doesn't care about animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vet-doesnt-care-about-animals/655279)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vet-doesnt-care-about-animals/655279 "2013-04-12T17:50:32Z")
My daughter’s beloved leopard gecko has an eye infection, so I did research online and found that Terramycin ointment is what we should use. I called all over and only found one place that carries it. I asked the price, … --- ## [formulaone, you are fooling no one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formulaone-you-are-fooling-no-one/655358)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formulaone-you-are-fooling-no-one/655358 "2013-04-12T14:14:02Z")
Another in a series of obligatory Pittings. Over here, our new friend and “anti-racist” formulaone is posting all sorts of hand-wringing about how those awful, awful racists are just making all of these incredibly GOOD … --- ## [People Who Smoke in the Car with Children in Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-smoke-in-the-car-with-children-in-them/653964)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-smoke-in-the-car-with-children-in-them/653964 "2013-04-12T09:26:01Z")
Why would anyone ever think this was ok? Explain to me, if you do smoke in the car around children what makes you think that is alright. It is an absolute shame you are so bound to your addiction that you are willing to … --- ## [Ebert exploitations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebert-exploitations/654896)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebert-exploitations/654896 "2013-04-12T05:08:13Z")
Fucking assholes and shitheads are coming out all over the 'net to exploit and slam Roger Ebert. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Ram a thousand lubeless thumbs up your balconies, sideways. … --- ## [Eyebrows of Doom, a word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyebrows-of-doom-a-word/654966)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyebrows-of-doom-a-word/654966 "2013-04-12T04:45:12Z")
In the thread about gay marriage in IMHO, I got this totally half-assed piece of snark from you. It never ceases to amaze me how people can people can put themselves up as being such experts on me and my life. And it… --- ## [NRA: Champion of the Downtrodden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-champion-of-the-downtrodden/655419)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-champion-of-the-downtrodden/655419 "2013-04-12T03:12:34Z")
Every once in a while I hear something that restores my faith in America. Today, I’m thrilled to see that the NRA has boldly taken up the cause of two much-abused groups – ex-cons and psychotics. With its opposition to… --- ## [CNN's new non-show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-non-show/654834)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-non-show/654834 "2013-04-11T18:06:40Z")
Just when you thought CNN had reached an all-time low, now they’ve got a new show (I can’t even recall the name of it) that is composed of a group of people (I can’t even recall their names) just sitting around gabbing a… --- ## [When Margaret Thatcher dies, will you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-margaret-thatcher-dies-will-you/499925)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-margaret-thatcher-dies-will-you/499925 "2013-04-10T18:47:53Z")
a) mourn? b) celebrate? c) care? One for the UK Dopers and other interested parties: The former PM is still in hospital and while she may recover from her current ailment she’s 83 years old and becoming increasingly … --- ## [FUCK YOU Bruce Pardo, and the "Covina Christmas Massacre"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bruce-pardo-and-the-covina-christmas-massacre/478811)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bruce-pardo-and-the-covina-christmas-massacre/478811 "2013-04-10T12:35:16Z")
This will not be eloquent or creative. This hits way too fucking close to home for me to try, or to care. This is MY FUCKING NEIGHBORHOOD. We were awakened by all the sirens and lights about midnight on Christmas Eve.… --- ## [Expiration dates: why I don’t by the bloated can of peas on the verge of sentience.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiration-dates-why-i-don-t-by-the-bloated-can-of-peas-on-the-verge-of-sentience/655291)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiration-dates-why-i-don-t-by-the-bloated-can-of-peas-on-the-verge-of-sentience/655291 "2013-04-10T11:00:40Z")
On some level, I’m grateful to my local grocers and shop keepers for having the same attitude toward expired food as guys on a budget do toward old whores. Fuck it. OK, that was a cheap shot. Actually I don’t know wha… --- ## [Caesin is not dairy free, you fuckers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesin-is-not-dairy-free-you-fuckers/653119)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesin-is-not-dairy-free-you-fuckers/653119 "2013-04-10T06:53:29Z")
Yeah, I’m tired of this bullshit. If something has casein in it, the MAIN FUCKING PROTEIN of milk, it is not in any way, shape, or form dairy free. It is not milk free. It’s not even non-dairy. It fucking contains fuckin… --- ## [I DON"T WANT another DAMNED card in order to "save money" at your store!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-want-another-damned-card-in-order-to-save-money-at-your-store/654542)
**Author:** [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-want-another-damned-card-in-order-to-save-money-at-your-store/654542 "2013-04-10T02:38:27Z")
Does my office supply store really think anyone would want to carry FOUR DIFFERENT plastic cards to get 10% off toner and ink? I HAVE a business account card for your store. I had a “rewards” card for your store, but I t… --- ## [I Pit this US Marine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-us-marine/654985)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-this-us-marine/654985 "2013-04-09T19:48:52Z")
After cutting off the driver repeatedly, his car gets hit. And, here’s the result. A Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant unloaded on a motorist Monday, and the entire incident was caught on camera. The two victims of the ro… --- ## [When (and why) the fuck did checking out at a store become such a goddamned stupid ordeal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-the-fuck-did-checking-out-at-a-store-become-such-a-goddamned-stupid-ordeal/654803)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-the-fuck-did-checking-out-at-a-store-become-such-a-goddamned-stupid-ordeal/654803 "2013-04-08T16:33:20Z")
Egad I’m crabby! My wifes car had a flat tire this morning. I’m pretty sure it has a slow leak in the valve. Rather than going through the trouble of jacking up the car and such, I decided to get a can of Fix-a-Flat and… --- ## [Are there atheists who are not really arrogant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-atheists-who-are-not-really-arrogant/654475)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-atheists-who-are-not-really-arrogant/654475 "2013-04-08T05:31:58Z")
If so I have not met any of them. To be fair I don’t know many atheists so it’s a small sample. --- ## [The New York subway system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-york-subway-system/654098)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-york-subway-system/654098 "2013-04-07T19:50:52Z")
Just returned from a 48 hour jaunt to The Big Apple and, as with every trip, I’m reminded of how much I hate the subway system. Don’t get me wrong: It moves millions of people around, very economically. But there are a… --- ## [To our poor little bigoted para-illegal David42.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-our-poor-little-bigoted-para-illegal-david42/654916)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-our-poor-little-bigoted-para-illegal-david42/654916 "2013-04-06T21:27:52Z")
First off, I blame myself for this pitting. A big part is that I try to give everyone a reset from thread to thread. I tend to skip over usernames and go for the post instead. The fact that the board doesn’t have avatars… --- ## [sensetive much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833)
**Author:** [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833 "2013-04-06T20:57:38Z")
so im at work, getting ready to close up shop and one of the other supervisors says to me the dreaded “pope we need to talk”. “Uhh ok other supervisor, whats up?” “this is going to sound stupid, but apparently you said s… --- ## [Down's Syndrome kid "Climbs Everest"!!! No he didn't. Fark you, People Magazine and daddy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downs-syndrome-kid-climbs-everest-no-he-didnt-fark-you-people-magazine-and-daddy/654452)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downs-syndrome-kid-climbs-everest-no-he-didnt-fark-you-people-magazine-and-daddy/654452 "2013-04-06T10:22:55Z")
http://www.kptv.com/story/21802517/oregon-teen-believed-to-be-first-with-down-syndrome-to-climb-mt-everest No, he didn’t. He climbed part way up, something anyone with basic fitness can do if they have the cash. You … --- ## [Solosam, you are a lazy liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solosam-you-are-a-lazy-liar/652524)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 505\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solosam-you-are-a-lazy-liar/652524 "2013-04-05T17:21:06Z")
So in this charming thread, a dude posted a story in which a woman got on an elevator with him then spent the elevator ride cowered in a corner clutching a bottle of pepper spray. Solosam posted repeatedly about how, in… --- ## [I pit cultural hypersensitivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cultural-hypersensitivity/654540)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cultural-hypersensitivity/654540 "2013-04-05T02:48:00Z")
At the risk of being labeled a racist yet again, I’m here to pit people who are hypersensitive to anything that can possibly be perceived or interpreted as any kind of insult. In this case, it’s people who think LEGO’s … --- ## [They're illegal aliens; stop making up other names for them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-illegal-aliens-stop-making-up-other-names-for-them/653468)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-illegal-aliens-stop-making-up-other-names-for-them/653468 "2013-04-04T19:09:17Z")
It seems to pop up in the press a lot: people born outside the US who snuck in, or overstayed their visa, and are now in violation of the law by their very presence get referred to as “undocumented workers,” “unauthorize… --- ## [Ayatollah Yawuntz, a moment of your time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayatollah-yawuntz-a-moment-of-your-time/654527)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayatollah-yawuntz-a-moment-of-your-time/654527 "2013-04-03T20:42:52Z")
Since this thread on driving while smoking pot is getting badly hijacked by our dialogue, I thought it appropriate to portage it over here and out of there. Both you and Marconi and Cheese seem to be mighty amused by my… --- ## [Paedophilia not criminal condition!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paedophilia-not-criminal-condition/653126)
**Author:** [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paedophilia-not-criminal-condition/653126 "2013-04-03T17:35:11Z")
I tried and tried and tried. Is there some body here who can tell me what is the official position of the Catholic church in regards to Paedophilia please? It seems that what they are saying is fucking little kiddies i… --- ## [But...Obama Was Going To Take All The Guns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-obama-was-going-to-take-all-the-guns/647405)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 477\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-obama-was-going-to-take-all-the-guns/647405 "2013-04-03T10:48:07Z")
Well today Obama issued very sensible Executive Orders to help try and contain gun violence. More needs to be done, but its a start. But I am thoroughly confused. The gun fetishists had said Obama was going to take al… --- ## [Welcome To The 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-21st-century/654369)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-21st-century/654369 "2013-04-02T17:04:55Z")
“Ohh, ohhh, Tennessee. The devil fools with the best laid plans…” Memphis… Welcome to the 21st century. Holy living fuck. “Swing low, Tennessee” http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/kkk-plans-rally-in-memphis-satur… --- ## [I am an ugly WOMAN, and I hate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-ugly-woman-and-i-hate-it/615329)
**Author:** [@Can\_t\_Recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_t_Recall)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-ugly-woman-and-i-hate-it/615329 "2013-04-02T11:43:42Z")
I know that due to nature, the law of balance or whatever else, not everyone can be attractive, so there HAVE TO BE ugly individuals. But I just hate being on this side of the fence… in my opinion, the grass is certainly… --- ## [Buried in Grain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-in-grain/654357)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-in-grain/654357 "2013-04-02T00:50:29Z")
has anyone else heard/read the NPR series Buried In Grain? my god, I can’t believe this keeps going on: teenagers, children! being sent to work in grain bins while machinery keeps the grain flowing, sucking them down li… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=186)