# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=192 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 193 --- ## [Sevencl, This is your pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevencl-this-is-your-pit/646113)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevencl-this-is-your-pit/646113 "2013-01-16T05:01:51Z")
From this thread: Sex Offender Registy: The Unintended Consequences - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board Sevencl, find something better to do than harass a man who lost his famil… --- ## [Criminalizing internet chat room comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminalizing-internet-chat-room-comments/289951)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminalizing-internet-chat-room-comments/289951 "2013-01-15T22:15:33Z")
Gerald Krein is inder arrest in Oregon, charged with solicitation to commit murder. This AP story claims that prosecutors are expected to file an additional charge of attempted manslaughter. What did he do? One thing … --- ## [I pit Xbox Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-xbox-live/645520)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-xbox-live/645520 "2013-01-15T19:04:33Z")
So we bought an Xbox 360 for our twins to bring them up into the early 21st century from Xbox and Wii. They’re thrilled. All good. I was delighted to discover that the 360 allowed Amazon video streaming, since that’s th… --- ## [Assholes with guns in my 'hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assholes-with-guns-in-my-hood/646745)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assholes-with-guns-in-my-hood/646745 "2013-01-14T21:25:35Z")
So these two morons were spotted yesterday walking around our neighborhood with shouldered rifles. Turns out they were “exercising our 2nd Amendment rights”. Right. You felt you just had to make a statement about your… --- ## [I stripped my fucking bed... (sympathy-needed thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stripped-my-fucking-bed-sympathy-needed-thread/647045)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stripped-my-fucking-bed-sympathy-needed-thread/647045 "2013-01-14T21:13:08Z")
Yesterday I did my major house-clean for the week, washing clothes, mopping floors etc etc. This morning I stripped the linen on my bed to wash as well…stuck it in the washing machine, and then toddled down to our Sunda… --- ## [Call me a skeptical asshole, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-a-skeptical-asshole-but/643499 "2013-01-14T13:53:43Z")
…what are the odds that \*\*nothanks \*\*is just another \*\*umkay \*\*waiting to happen? I mean… even the usernames seem oddly similar in a fashion. When umkay was asked what her username meant, she just responded something lik… --- ## [The handyman is a convicted sex offender.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724)
**Author:** [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724 "2013-01-12T21:45:08Z")
My wife looked him up on our local crime database after I had hired him. He is no more than 25 yards from me right now doing work on one of our rental houses. I would not feel so strange or upset if it was statutory ra… --- ## [Don't plan a parade route to cross railroad tracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-plan-a-parade-route-to-cross-railroad-tracks/641192)
**Author:** [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-plan-a-parade-route-to-cross-railroad-tracks/641192 "2013-01-12T08:16:26Z")
Story here: To the idiots in Midland, Texas: If you’re planning a parade, don’t have it go across active train tracks, unless you coordinate with the railroad to make sure no trains are scheduled. This is a tragic dis… --- ## [Alexander the Great is not Great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexander-the-great-is-not-great/645886)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexander-the-great-is-not-great/645886 "2013-01-11T22:01:54Z")
Okay so when his father, King Phillips dies, he basically is “happy” because he gets to rule - so selfish! He actually kills all of his cousins so that he has no competition. Then he kills tens of thousands of innocent… --- ## [Republicans think you need $1 trillion worth of platinum in a $1 trillion face value platinum coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-think-you-need-1-trillion-worth-of-platinum-in-a-1-trillion-face-value-platinum-coin/646642)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-think-you-need-1-trillion-worth-of-platinum-in-a-1-trillion-face-value-platinum-coin/646642 "2013-01-11T18:44:49Z")
And not just any random bunch of dumb-ass Republicans. This is your National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the arm of the GOP that’s in charge of getting more Republicans elected to the House. Every time I… --- ## [Let's question Michelle Rhee, standardized testing and school privatization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-question-michelle-rhee-standardized-testing-and-school-privatization/646685)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-question-michelle-rhee-standardized-testing-and-school-privatization/646685 "2013-01-11T17:52:48Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/documentary-examines-michelle-rhees-legacy-in-dc/2013/01/04/ae86e8a6-55f7-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc\_story.html The sooner one recognizes that Michelle Rhee’s brand of “sc… --- ## [Funeral Shit Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-shit-show/646707)
**Author:** [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-shit-show/646707 "2013-01-11T17:30:07Z")
Thursday morning the father of one of my close friends was found dead in his rented flophouse. All signs point towards overdose, so we’ll just go with that as manner of death for now. He was a piece of shit father who … --- ## [Disgusting tale of woman's unsucessful search for emergency contraception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-tale-of-womans-unsucessful-search-for-emergency-contraception/374272)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-tale-of-womans-unsucessful-search-for-emergency-contraception/374272 "2013-01-10T16:32:37Z")
This is a disgusting example of what women have to go through to get emergency contraception (EC/the morning after pill): “Morality clauses, EC, and broken condoms” An Ohio woman detailed in her blog her experience of t… --- ## [Debt Ceiling: GOP, Make Your #\*¢%ing Ask, or STFU and Pass a Clean Extension!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-ceiling-gop-make-your-ing-ask-or-stfu-and-pass-a-clean-extension/646742)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-ceiling-gop-make-your-ing-ask-or-stfu-and-pass-a-clean-extension/646742 "2013-01-10T15:20:34Z")
And memo to the White House, Congressional Dems, etc.: this should be your public position, too. It should be the first thing you say (in nicer language, of course) anytime anyone asks you about the debt ceiling. And i… --- ## [I pit 48 fps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-48-fps/644152)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-48-fps/644152 "2013-01-10T14:19:33Z")
Just saw the Hobbit in 48 fps 3D. It looked like absolute shit. It’s hard to describe how bad it was. After the movie, my friend said he almost got up and left in the first 10 minutes. So did I. Now, the movie was g… --- ## [Krav Manga, what does immaculate CONCEPTION mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krav-manga-what-does-immaculate-conception-mean/646602)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krav-manga-what-does-immaculate-conception-mean/646602 "2013-01-10T07:27:10Z")
In this Thread, post #1 you asked Cartooniverse what the term immaculate conception meant to her. I don’t want to hijack that thread, but I’m curious, what does the term mean to you? --- ## [Socrates's Persecution was Unjust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socratess-persecution-was-unjust/646127)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socratess-persecution-was-unjust/646127 "2013-01-10T03:24:12Z")
I said in this thread, Alexander the Great was not Great to expect a pit thread on Socrates’s Persecution, and here it is. Now I also said that I may decide to put it in Great Debates since I will be debating with anyon… --- ## [Let's pit AIG's Greenberg et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-aigs-greenberg-et-al/646586)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-aigs-greenberg-et-al/646586 "2013-01-09T19:23:36Z")
During the peak of Wall Street’s Frenzy and Mayhem, some big institutions made gigantic bets while government regulators looked the other way, or rather didn’t look at all. Since the bets were far too huge to be afforde… --- ## [Cartooniverse, what does IMMACULATE conception mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartooniverse-what-does-immaculate-conception-mean/646580)
**Author:** [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartooniverse-what-does-immaculate-conception-mean/646580 "2013-01-09T17:21:36Z")
In this thread, post #1, you asked gig what the term immaculate conception meant to her. I don’t want to hijack that thread, but I’m curious, what does the term mean to you? --- ## [I pit those who implied that Hillary Clinton faked her concussion to avoid the Senate inquiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-implied-that-hillary-clinton-faked-her-concussion-to-avoid-the-senate-inquiry/645623 "2013-01-09T16:44:38Z")
Now she’s hospitalized with a blood clot stemming from that concussion. Sitting congressmen were among those who made such accusations. I hope they are ashamed of themselves for their ridiculous accusation (but I doubt… --- ## [Say something nice about a pack of serial extortionists who are turning our gov't into a clown show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-nice-about-a-pack-of-serial-extortionists-who-are-turning-our-govt-into-a-clown-show/645980)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-nice-about-a-pack-of-serial-extortionists-who-are-turning-our-govt-into-a-clown-show/645980 "2013-01-09T00:21:16Z")
Because that’s what the opposing political party is, in my case, and there’s really no reason on God’s green earth to stretch to say something nice about them. Any more than I’d try to find something nice to say about S… --- ## [Is Czarcasm Anti-gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-czarcasm-anti-gun/644675)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-czarcasm-anti-gun/644675 "2013-01-08T21:50:47Z")
Putting it here in The Pit since it will inevitably land here. --- ## [All right, FedEx, where is our furniture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-fedex-where-is-our-furniture/646505)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-fedex-where-is-our-furniture/646505 "2013-01-08T20:13:59Z")
Three boxes from two companies, 337 pounds total. Where did your driver put them? Certainly not at our front door at 6:15 PM like the tracking info says! Not at the front door of our building either, 'cause the building … --- ## [Same old nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-old-nonsense/646297)
**Author:** [@Linguini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linguini)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-old-nonsense/646297 "2013-01-08T19:30:15Z")
You can check in on this board every six months and it will be the same libtards bashing republicans and conservatives. Time to get a life children. Time to grow up. Obama is not god, although you worship him as if he we… --- ## [Repeal the twenty-second amendment (presidential term limit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repeal-the-twenty-second-amendment-presidential-term-limit/646316)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repeal-the-twenty-second-amendment-presidential-term-limit/646316 "2013-01-08T15:54:20Z")
Congress.gov \[QUOTE=Rep. Serrano, Jose E. (D-NY-15)\] H.J.Res.15 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the… --- ## [I pit workaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-workaholics/645899)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-workaholics/645899 "2013-01-07T23:52:59Z")
…and myself. Talk about making me look bad. I was tasked to write the feasibility study to upgrade our bank to a higher classification. Schedules were all set and agreed to. I had the first half of January to finish it. … --- ## [2012 nominees for the Ballsiest Excuse of the Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nominees-for-the-ballsiest-excuse-of-the-year/608484)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nominees-for-the-ballsiest-excuse-of-the-year/608484 "2013-01-07T22:23:56Z")
Right out of the gate the standard is being set pretty high—not just “pretty ballsy” or “wow, that took a pair” or even an awe-inspired “check out the onions on that guy.” Nope, the first entry headed straight for “Colbe… --- ## [Hyper-Pro-Gun Activist's Argument Gets Destroyed By Smart Lady's Calm Decency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyper-pro-gun-activists-argument-gets-destroyed-by-smart-ladys-calm-decency/646139)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyper-pro-gun-activists-argument-gets-destroyed-by-smart-ladys-calm-decency/646139 "2013-01-07T13:40:12Z")
Watch and laugh, that guy is a moron. --- ## [Let's Fly Away-- 1 Day Early! Jan. '13 Chick Tract!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fly-away-1-day-early-jan-13-chick-tract/645703)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fly-away-1-day-early-jan-13-chick-tract/645703 "2013-01-06T20:07:18Z")
“Let’s Fly Away” Jan. '13 by Chick Good grief! Finally the answer for why the Rapture still hasn’t come: Not enough born-again kidlets are jumping on their beds in specific anticipation of it!!! See panels/pages 20-… --- ## [I pit a murdering hit-and-run driver scumbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-murdering-hit-and-run-driver-scumbag/644606 "2013-01-06T17:14:44Z")
Listen up you piece of whale shit, I don’t care who you are. When you hit someone with your car you fucking stop and call the cops. You do not drive away to leave someone to die in the street. And you sure as fuck do not… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=193)