# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=191 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 192 --- ## [Gotta pit CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136)
**Author:** [@Pacific420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pacific420)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-cnn/648136 "2013-01-27T03:51:42Z")
Re the refinery and employees taken hostage in Algeria, two Canadians were thought to be amongst the terrorists and apparently they were I.D.'d by passports which were also speculated to be forgeries. All this aside, I … --- ## [Librarian of Congress Bans Unlocking of Cellphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/librarian-of-congress-bans-unlocking-of-cellphones/648406)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/librarian-of-congress-bans-unlocking-of-cellphones/648406 "2013-01-26T20:41:25Z")
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026236/phone-unlocking-ban-could-could-hit-you-in-the-wallet.html See for yourself. :eek: --- ## [Inauguration Day schadenfreude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-schadenfreude/647963)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-schadenfreude/647963 "2013-01-26T08:42:23Z")
The founder of RedState, Erick Erickson, wrote a surprisingly conciliatory post about Obama- essentially “I disagree with the President’s policies and think they’re bad for America, but he really does believe that what h… --- ## [I'm tired of hearing about bedbugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-hearing-about-bedbugs/595031)
**Author:** [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-hearing-about-bedbugs/595031 "2013-01-26T00:55:38Z")
I’m sick and tired of all the media scare about bedbugs! Get a life, people! :mad: it’s not the end of the world if there’s a tiny insect in your bed. Dust mites are the tiny insects that cause a lot more misery (such as… --- ## [I hate you guys...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-you-guys/648084)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-you-guys/648084 "2013-01-25T22:21:27Z")
I just wanted to say that I really hate you guys. :mad: there. the Yin and Yang has been satisfied. --- ## [To the \[illegal c-word\] in the white Escalade who tried to kill me twice this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-illegal-c-word-in-the-white-escalade-who-tried-to-kill-me-twice-this-morning/647709)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-illegal-c-word-in-the-white-escalade-who-tried-to-kill-me-twice-this-morning/647709 "2013-01-25T21:13:33Z")
:mad: Fuck you you stupid piece of shit fucking idiot fucking fuck! :mad: We’re literally the only two cars on this stretch of road. You cut me off turning onto this road because you couldn’t wait 2 fucking seconds for… --- ## [Women who refuse to have sex with me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-refuse-to-have-sex-with-me/647245)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-refuse-to-have-sex-with-me/647245 "2013-01-25T16:37:44Z")
…why? Is there a particular reason why you refuse (or hate) to do it? And if you do not perform it, do you also refuse to allow me to have sex with you as well? If so, why? If not, why not? --- ## [Men that refuse to take it up the butthole...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-that-refuse-to-take-it-up-the-butthole/647244)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-that-refuse-to-take-it-up-the-butthole/647244 "2013-01-25T00:13:04Z")
\[Obligatory—transparently, predictably obligatory—counter to this thread\] …why? Is there a particular reason why you refuse (or hate) to do it (D\*-in-your-BH sex)? And if you do not perform it, do you also refuse to par… --- ## [Sevencl,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevencl/648160)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevencl/648160 "2013-01-24T18:14:55Z")
Really? You don’t say? I’m impressed at the level of nonchalance with which you deliver this line. I’m also impressed at how someone could be so pigheaded. Someone who so vehemently argues the merits of his pet amend… --- ## [Lance Armstrong enters the pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-armstrong-enters-the-pit/647786)
**Author:** [@resting](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/resting)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-armstrong-enters-the-pit/647786 "2013-01-24T13:56:05Z")
For doping, cheating, lying, intimidating and destroying other people’s lives in his selfish and sociopathic need to win several Tour de France tournaments. --- ## [I pit weather information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-weather-information/648094)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-weather-information/648094 "2013-01-24T11:35:51Z")
Various sources of weather information have got it all wrong. Let me list the ways… Your crappy weather icons. What do they mean? It’s fine to have a quick visual reference, but only if either there is an easily accessi… --- ## [Windsor Knot or Windsor Not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windsor-knot-or-windsor-not/647501)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windsor-knot-or-windsor-not/647501 "2013-01-24T06:20:34Z")
There is no such thing as a “Half Windsor”. What you call a “Half Windsor” is more accurately described as “Not Knowing How to Tie a Fucking Tie”. Thank you for your attention. --- ## [Bob Schieffer, Consummate Idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050 "2013-01-24T02:16:41Z")
Where do they get these people? Was Obama’s inauguration speech unusual in that it didn’t contain any memorable lines? No, that is the norm. There are only so many "ask not what your country can do for you"s throughout a… --- ## [I hate where I live.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-where-i-live/454425)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-where-i-live/454425 "2013-01-22T16:19:43Z")
I try really hard to fit in here, but I just fucking hate this place so much. I live in a redneck town. Everyone here is married to a rigger or an engineer so as a teacher I feel piss poor all the time. I have tried ve… --- ## [NRA to Sue Arizona over Destroying Buyback Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-to-sue-arizona-over-destroying-buyback-guns/646623)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 444\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nra-to-sue-arizona-over-destroying-buyback-guns/646623 "2013-01-22T16:14:38Z")
I heard this on NPR this morning, and am flabbergasted. Arizona recently had a gun buyback ptogram, as has been done countless times in other states and cities. They gave people $20 grocery cards (donated by a grocery c… --- ## [I pit the people who wreck my lunch hour serenity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-who-wreck-my-lunch-hour-serenity/646658)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-who-wreck-my-lunch-hour-serenity/646658 "2013-01-22T04:04:53Z")
please note that it is now the lunch hour, when I should be calm and cool but instead Qwest enough to write this post. I come to the park to sit in my car and quietly read or do other things to reset my brain, a few time… --- ## ["If it saves only one life" - time to shut down the NYC subway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-saves-only-one-life-time-to-shut-down-the-nyc-subway/646805)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-saves-only-one-life-time-to-shut-down-the-nyc-subway/646805 "2013-01-22T00:20:51Z")
If it saves only one life, it makes sense" The line was just used by Biden, supposedly quoting the President http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250\_162-57563314/biden-gun-violence-proposals-to-obama-by-tuesday/ This particular… --- ## [I can't wait for Microsoft to go bankrupt!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-microsoft-to-go-bankrupt/647816)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-wait-for-microsoft-to-go-bankrupt/647816 "2013-01-21T23:48:28Z")
Let me say at the outset, that I’m a Mac guy. I can understand that some people may understand Windows, and a few deranged individuals may even like it. That’s OK - everyone is entitled to their own (stupid) opinion. Bu… --- ## [Readers of Der Spiegel comment:Those sneaky Americans just can't be trusted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-of-der-spiegel-comment-those-sneaky-americans-just-cant-be-trusted/647480)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/readers-of-der-spiegel-comment-those-sneaky-americans-just-cant-be-trusted/647480 "2013-01-21T20:20:55Z")
Like many countries, Germany stores much of its gold reserves abroad at important world gold markets like New York and London. It hasn’t reached the English language press to my knowledge yet, but in response to domesti… --- ## [Danny Cohen , Tom Hooper and many many more (les miz)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-cohen-tom-hooper-and-many-many-more-les-miz/645637)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-cohen-tom-hooper-and-many-many-more-les-miz/645637 "2013-01-21T00:20:28Z")
Bernard Bellew, Raphaël Benoliel, Tim Bevan, Lisa Chasin, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, Angela Morrison, Thomas Schönberg, and Universal Pictures. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! You are t… --- ## [Every reason etv78 is a moron, from his own OPs only, since 12/1/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-reason-etv78-is-a-moron-from-his-own-ops-only-since-12-1-12/646381)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-reason-etv78-is-a-moron-from-his-own-ops-only-since-12-1-12/646381 "2013-01-20T23:48:58Z")
An exchange from earlier in the day : Well, fuck that. You are a fucking moron, etv78. Has any thought been given to “Degoogling” the board? (IOW-not make it searchable on Google) IMO, that would zombie resurrectio… --- ## [The cross is banned,but Hijabs are okay at Heathrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cross-is-banned-but-hijabs-are-okay-at-heathrow/381148)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cross-is-banned-but-hijabs-are-okay-at-heathrow/381148 "2013-01-19T18:15:24Z")
Story … BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Woman loses fight to wear cross So a woman expressing herself with a teeny cross representin her Christian faith when employed by British Airways is not okay, but a Hijab is ok… --- ## [I Hate Pre-calc!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-pre-calc/106300)
**Author:** [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-pre-calc/106300 "2013-01-18T19:58:36Z")
So, I took pre-calc Junior year in High School. Got a B+. Took Calculus in High School. Got an A-. Get to college, take a placement test, didn’t do well enough, and have to take pre-calc… again. This was last term.… --- ## [I pit the 67 Republicans who voted against Hurricane Sandy relief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-67-republicans-who-voted-against-hurricane-sandy-relief/646266)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-67-republicans-who-voted-against-hurricane-sandy-relief/646266 "2013-01-18T14:25:02Z")
In an effort to better characterize themselves as comic book villains, 67 House Republicans voted against a bill that would pay out flood insurance claims to victims of Hurricane Sandy. The claimants had purchased insura… --- ## [You're in a Camaro! Take the fucking turn already!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-a-camaro-take-the-fucking-turn-already/646999)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-a-camaro-take-the-fucking-turn-already/646999 "2013-01-18T05:18:37Z")
Fuck I hate these people who are driving around in Mustangs or Camaros or some other muscle car yet they absolutely REFUSE to turn right on red without a 400-500yd gap for entry. It’s fucking ridiculous. You’re driving … --- ## [Resolved - Liberal Men are Douchebag Weeinies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-liberal-men-are-douchebag-weeinies/647348)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-liberal-men-are-douchebag-weeinies/647348 "2013-01-17T13:06:28Z")
While perusing one of the many many gun threads, I happened upon this thought provoking insight. There are 2 particular quotes that really lay down a solid foundation for the case that liberal dudes are douchebag weenie… --- ## [What's so sexy about the BBQ pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-sexy-about-the-bbq-pit/646341)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-sexy-about-the-bbq-pit/646341 "2013-01-17T05:58:05Z")
I’ve heard from several sources that this is the most entertaining of all the SDMB forums. Why? Edit: please link to a few examples of BBQ pit threads that show off what the BBQp is all about. --- ## [I pit my local paper for putting up a paywall in the most incompetent way possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-local-paper-for-putting-up-a-paywall-in-the-most-incompetent-way-possible/647151)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-local-paper-for-putting-up-a-paywall-in-the-most-incompetent-way-possible/647151 "2013-01-17T02:50:39Z")
This is The Olympian, the only newspaper that publishes in my town, and pretty much the only source for local news since the Seattle papers and TV stations rarely make it this far south. For as long as I’ve lived in this… --- ## [CA gun show draws 10,000 people ‘getting ready for the next revolution’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-gun-show-draws-10-000-people-getting-ready-for-the-next-revolution/647142)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-gun-show-draws-10-000-people-getting-ready-for-the-next-revolution/647142 "2013-01-16T20:45:05Z")
Story here: And that’s why I’m here Pitting Biden and Obama! Isn’t it obvious?! It’s a conspiracy! They’re both in the pay of the motherfucking gun dealers! :mad: --- ## [Zoos Locking up Animals Just isn't Right (specifically referring to birds)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoos-locking-up-animals-just-isnt-right-specifically-referring-to-birds/646998)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoos-locking-up-animals-just-isnt-right-specifically-referring-to-birds/646998 "2013-01-16T18:17:20Z")
I’ve thought a little about this and it kind of makes me feel like zoos may be a good family trip, but I’m starting to get the sense that it’s more like a jail for all those animals, and all they want to do is roam aroun… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=192)