# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=205 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 206 --- ## [No, Mr. NY Times art critic...a dildo up your butt is NOT art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mr-ny-times-art-critic-a-dildo-up-your-butt-is-not-art/631892)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mr-ny-times-art-critic-a-dildo-up-your-butt-is-not-art/631892 "2012-08-21T01:08:20Z")
Last week the New York Times dance critic wrote an article with a legitimate title: “Nakedness in Dance”. He starts like any typical article by an art critic, discusses the history of dance, mentions the old classics … --- ## [Fucking News Managers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-news-managers/631958)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-news-managers/631958 "2012-08-20T23:17:58Z")
The USS COnstitution is actually under sail today for the second time in over 100 years and it is barely mentioned on the internet, no live feed, barely any news items … Ya think people might like a nice human interest … --- ## [Hey, TheSlapIsBack. Come on down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theslapisback-come-on-down/631992)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-theslapisback-come-on-down/631992 "2012-08-20T07:41:51Z")
“If the Obama Administration is breaking the law”? So is this a hypothetical question or are you claiming that he is breaking the law? If so, then why not just say so? He thinks that trashing Fox News will gain some c… --- ## [Closeted Nut of the Week: Andrew Shirvell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closeted-nut-of-the-week-andrew-shirvell/568980)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closeted-nut-of-the-week-andrew-shirvell/568980 "2012-08-20T06:28:09Z")
A Michigan assistant attorney general has been, rather inexplicably, running a ferocious one-man hate campaign against… some kid at the University of Michigan, who apparently is a Nazi because he’s gay. That last part i… --- ## [No thanks, I'll take my chances with the psychopath.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thanks-ill-take-my-chances-with-the-psychopath/629135)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 574\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thanks-ill-take-my-chances-with-the-psychopath/629135 "2012-08-20T03:12:19Z")
Dear guy I work with, cousin, dude from the bar, friend of a friend, Louie Gohmert, and every other gun toting pussy who seems to think that they could have taken out the Aurora shooter with their ersatz penis: No, you … --- ## [Brady and Hindley's last victim's body found? 49 year old woman involved.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-and-hindleys-last-victims-body-found-49-year-old-woman-involved/631734)
**Author:** [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-and-hindleys-last-victims-body-found-49-year-old-woman-involved/631734 "2012-08-20T02:59:37Z")
For those who don’t know who Ian Brady and Myra Hindleyare: The Moors murderers: a pair of British serial killers who preyed on children and adolescents of both sexes. They remain high profile figures of hate in Britain.… --- ## [It's all fun and giggles until somebody dies (An abortion rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-fun-and-giggles-until-somebody-dies-an-abortion-rant/629350)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-all-fun-and-giggles-until-somebody-dies-an-abortion-rant/629350 "2012-08-19T20:33:12Z")
2 years ago, browbeaten by the local RCC our spineless politicians added a complete ban to abortion to the constitution. And while abortion was never legal at least before it made allowances for cases in which the health… --- ## [Heres my 0.2c Lute Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018 "2012-08-19T18:28:34Z")
I’m not really one for online communities, so generally I just stay away from those threads where people are requesting help in an emergency, or hugs after a disaster, etc etc. Life can be tough, and if people want to … --- ## [reCaptcha is the Worst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recaptcha-is-the-worst/631598)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recaptcha-is-the-worst/631598 "2012-08-19T14:40:16Z")
Yes, \[url-“reCAPTCHA”\]reCaptcha is the worst. It is worse than Britta! I understand the need for security and bot protection, but there has to be something anything better than this illegible piece of garbage. Christ,… --- ## [Is Diamonds02 a troll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diamonds02-a-troll/631674)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diamonds02-a-troll/631674 "2012-08-18T18:14:03Z")
I think she is. Here’s her latest troll-tacular thread. Discuss amongst yourselves. --- ## [Looks like another mass shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-another-mass-shooting/630529)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-another-mass-shooting/630529 "2012-08-18T10:59:50Z")
At a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek Wisconsin. (That’s near Milwaukee) 8 to 20 people injured, including, perhaps, a police officer. Suspect is still on the loose. Heavy set balding white guy. Article suggests a possible … --- ## [Is Harry Reid a pederast? It seems the burden of proof is on him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-reid-a-pederast-it-seems-the-burden-of-proof-is-on-him/630331)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-harry-reid-a-pederast-it-seems-the-burden-of-proof-is-on-him/630331 "2012-08-17T00:00:23Z")
See subject. --- ## [Congressman Steve King is even stupider than we thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-steve-king-is-even-stupider-than-we-thought/630903)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-steve-king-is-even-stupider-than-we-thought/630903 "2012-08-16T20:13:21Z")
In an attack on animal protection laws, he said this: What planet does he live on? --- ## [Mr. Romney, just what in the fuck ARE you responsible for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-romney-just-what-in-the-fuck-are-you-responsible-for/630452)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-romney-just-what-in-the-fuck-are-you-responsible-for/630452 "2012-08-16T16:34:48Z")
Forget that you were the sole stock holder, CEO, President of Bain Capitol. What about all those laid off workers? “Oh, that wasn’t MY fault. I was off saving the Olympics. I had no idea what those knuckleheads were doi… --- ## [I pit Texas Rep Louis Gohmert for his stupid comments regarding the Aurora shooting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-texas-rep-louis-gohmert-for-his-stupid-comments-regarding-the-aurora-shooting/629053)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-texas-rep-louis-gohmert-for-his-stupid-comments-regarding-the-aurora-shooting/629053 "2012-08-16T14:26:58Z")
The first remark, about “ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs” is too fucking stupid to even deserve a response. The question about why nobody else in the theater had a gun is also idiotic. Gohmert doesn’t know… --- ## [Why do Europeans seem so ungrateful to the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-europeans-seem-so-ungrateful-to-the-us/630199)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-europeans-seem-so-ungrateful-to-the-us/630199 "2012-08-16T12:23:04Z")
In a Game Room thread about Olympic sports, people are talking about how they’d like to change sports to make them more “European”, not recognizing that US culture is\*\* the\*\* dominant culture on Earth, and that it is bec… --- ## [I pit chopsticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chopsticks/631195)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chopsticks/631195 "2012-08-16T03:42:33Z")
Fuck chopsticks. Anyone with any firing synapses at all can clearly see the obvious superiority of the Almighty Fork, and anyone who would DARE to see any utility whatsoever to chopsticks is clearly either a primitive f… --- ## [Chen019, go outside and have some fun!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chen019-go-outside-and-have-some-fun/631458)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chen019-go-outside-and-have-some-fun/631458 "2012-08-15T13:15:04Z")
Seriously dude I am imagining you as Comic Book Guy in that episode of Simpsons where a nuke is dropped on Springfield. Seriously man, you spend waaaay too much time gathering and posting evidence in the racial inferio… --- ## [Nicholas Batum disgraces himself, his team, his country, et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-batum-disgraces-himself-his-team-his-country-et-al/631037)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-batum-disgraces-himself-his-team-his-country-et-al/631037 "2012-08-14T13:15:40Z")
In case you missed it, Nicholas Batum, an NBA star playing for his home country of France, nut-punched someone on the Spanish team because Batum thought he was “flopping too much”. He was quoted as saying “I wanted to g… --- ## [Today's "phones" are "phones" in name only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-phones-are-phones-in-name-only/631035)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-phones-are-phones-in-name-only/631035 "2012-08-14T06:35:46Z")
I do appreciate the convenience of cel phones. But god, the quality of voice communications these days sucks whale cock. “Say that again - I lost you for a second…” “Wait, let me go near the window…” “Call me back lat… --- ## [RO Lite: the Pollaras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-lite-the-pollaras/631251)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-lite-the-pollaras/631251 "2012-08-13T23:27:16Z")
Okay, they didn’t commit murder or rape or assault. But I’m pitting them for the sheer stupidity of their crime spree. Margaret Pollara is apparently not a good mother. First, she named her son Ignatius (although he goe… --- ## [ITR champion’s complete conversion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itr-champion-s-complete-conversion/630784)
**Author:** [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itr-champion-s-complete-conversion/630784 "2012-08-13T02:26:41Z")
I’ve paid attention to ITR champion’s posts since he became outspoken about his conversion to Christianity, as it coincided with my own second look at the respectability of theism. I’ll admit — although it puts me somewh… --- ## [I pit dieing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787 "2012-08-12T12:15:01Z")
Because it is not a word. Dying sucks too, but at least it’s spelled properly. I’ve seen an increase in this abomination on the boards, and it’s making me crazy! It’s not a hard word! --- ## [More Sterling Performance From The TSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sterling-performance-from-the-tsa/573258)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sterling-performance-from-the-tsa/573258 "2012-08-12T01:49:21Z")
From this week’s news: (Oh, and why is it that I wouldn’t have noticed this stuff if I didn’t check out the furrin press every so often?) --- ## [I pit churches that exist to attack other churches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-churches-that-exist-to-attack-other-churches/630835)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-churches-that-exist-to-attack-other-churches/630835 "2012-08-11T22:57:25Z")
It reminds me of MBA class and all this talk about competitive market positioning. There’s nothing wrong with saying you’re the true church of Christ or God but saying flat out that other churches are pagan or, at the le… --- ## [This is apparently a new definition of the word "resolution I was previously unaware of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-apparently-a-new-definition-of-the-word-resolution-i-was-previously-unaware-of/631019)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-apparently-a-new-definition-of-the-word-resolution-i-was-previously-unaware-of/631019 "2012-08-11T20:34:46Z")
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Dear Psycho, \*(note: not Dear Dr Bunny, or even Ms. Bunny)\*This email includes a resolution for the following case: CASE NUMBER = xxxxxx63 SUBJECT = Assistance in revie… --- ## [I Pit NotOkay for convincing the entire board umkay had died!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 976\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-notokay-for-convincing-the-entire-board-umkay-had-died/626044 "2012-08-11T08:05:30Z")
YOU RAT BASTARD! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! She quickly became a well loved member, on the strength of 2 threads! You had us shocked and saddened, only for her to come back and reveal she’s alive and well (relati… --- ## [Iraq Vet thoughts on Afganistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-vet-thoughts-on-afganistan/589644)
**Author:** [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-vet-thoughts-on-afganistan/589644 "2012-08-11T05:26:20Z")
Would you give your life for Afganistan​? I’m just wondering why we have decided to give the lives of 1600 American boys. what would you do if your son was “collatera​l damage”? I know I would spend the rest of my life m… --- ## [Weather Channel- I don't give a shit about London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693 "2012-08-10T21:15:34Z")
I just want to know if it’s going to rain here in Vermont today, so maybe I can paint my house. But all the Weather Channel is focused on is the fucking Olympics and the weather in England. It’s all Al Roker interviewing… --- ## [I Pit my inconsiderate peanut-feeding neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-inconsiderate-peanut-feeding-neighbors/630757)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-inconsiderate-peanut-feeding-neighbors/630757 "2012-08-10T15:22:06Z")
My retired next-door neighbors are fond of feeding the birds. No problem there. Unfortunately, however, they feed them whole peanuts (shell and everything) and a sizable fraction of the shells end up strewn across my l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=206)