# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=215 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 216 --- ## [Oh, and we'll be increasing rent 4% a year . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-and-well-be-increasing-rent-4-a-year/620756)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-and-well-be-increasing-rent-4-a-year/620756 "2012-05-06T23:08:49Z")
I’m trying to find an apartment for this June in a college town, (which is a whole rant on its own), and after three months of actively trying to find something that wasn’t a college slum and my girlfriend and I could af… --- ## [Pitting the "Living with a hole in your throat" anti-smoking ads.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-living-with-a-hole-in-your-throat-anti-smoking-ads/620528)
**Author:** [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-living-with-a-hole-in-your-throat-anti-smoking-ads/620528 "2012-05-06T18:25:26Z")
Yes, my dear anti-smoking community, I get it: Smoking is bad for your health. Yes, this kind of stuff can happen to someone who smokes. It’s a sucky condition to have to live with, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But… --- ## [Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978)
**Author:** [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmarticus/620978 "2012-05-05T17:52:12Z")
Never mind. --- ## [I Pit Cynthia McFadden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cynthia-mcfadden/620842)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cynthia-mcfadden/620842 "2012-05-05T14:15:35Z")
I can’t watch Nightline when she’s on. For the love of god, she’s pushing 60, and she still simpers and talks like Shirley Temple. It’s not cute, it’s creepy. I hate “newswoman voice” in general, but McFadden’s is wor… --- ## [I Pit Packaging That Defies Opening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-packaging-that-defies-opening/618272)
**Author:** [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-packaging-that-defies-opening/618272 "2012-05-05T03:12:45Z")
I’m getting more and more frustrated every time I try to open things! Shrink-wrapped seems to have evolved into rigid-plastic-that-can’t-be-cut-wrapped. Tamper-proof packaging for over the counter pharmaceuticals and man… --- ## [I pit insurance companies hassling over albuterol neb prescriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-insurance-companies-hassling-over-albuterol-neb-prescriptions/620669)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-insurance-companies-hassling-over-albuterol-neb-prescriptions/620669 "2012-05-04T15:25:42Z")
I have been having a lot of trouble getting insurance companies to cover prescriptions for albuterol nebulizer treatments. It seems they all need prior authorization now. These are on patients with longstanding copd and … --- ## [Ambivalid: I know a crackhead, so I'm professor of crackology now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554)
**Author:** [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554 "2012-05-04T12:50:18Z")
Ambivalid is so annoying and obstinately ignorant in this thread that I figured I’d bring it straight to the pit before I got another one of those mod notes for calling a moron a moron. Hey guys did you know that crac… --- ## [Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-maybe-you-re-gay/620352)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-maybe-you-re-gay/620352 "2012-05-04T05:27:10Z")
I considered adding this to the Christian-gay thread, but decided it was a worthy topic of its own. WHY are political and religious figures who campaign against gay rights so often implicated in sexual encounters with … --- ## [The Dentist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dentist/272815)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dentist/272815 "2012-05-02T23:29:50Z")
I don’t care who says they don’t mind going to the dentist, there is no way to stick a pointy metal object between the tooth and gum and scrape off calcified bits without it causing a lot of pain. I bring it on myself. … --- ## [Just throw in a couple pleats and be done with it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-throw-in-a-couple-pleats-and-be-done-with-it/620295 "2012-05-02T23:29:37Z")
My daughter was kicking up a ruckus last night after she got home from work. She has been sewing a skirt for MLP:FIM cosplay (she’s Twilight Sparkle) and, after following my wife’s instructions, the waist turned out two… --- ## [DEA: "Sorry we held you for 4 days without food, water, toilet, etc. and you nearly died."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dea-sorry-we-held-you-for-4-days-without-food-water-toilet-etc-and-you-nearly-died/620677)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dea-sorry-we-held-you-for-4-days-without-food-water-toilet-etc-and-you-nearly-died/620677 "2012-05-02T19:57:22Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_SUSPECT\_FORGOTTEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-05-02-15-07-17) This is the best part, the part that’s really hilarious: Ain’t that a hoot?! … --- ## [Catholic Church being scum (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-being-scum-again/619998)
**Author:** [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-church-being-scum-again/619998 "2012-05-02T09:29:43Z")
Catholic church urges pupils to sign anti-gay marriage petition I can just imagine the shreiking and wailing that would go up if a secular school tried to get kids to sign a pro petition. For a more fair and balanced … --- ## [April ranters bring May decanters! (April Mini-Rants Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 467\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-ranters-bring-may-decanters-april-mini-rants-thread/617555 "2012-05-02T04:57:27Z")
Starting this up because it’s April 2nd and people are still posting in the March thread. Feel free to lock or delete if this is inappropriate and/or a duplicate. Amazon, what the hell?! “Off” doesn’t mean “off most of … --- ## [I pit my roomie for unsubscribing from pay cable without consulting me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roomie-for-unsubscribing-from-pay-cable-without-consulting-me/620301)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-roomie-for-unsubscribing-from-pay-cable-without-consulting-me/620301 "2012-05-02T01:38:28Z")
FTR I would’ve said “No f-ing way.” I was just about to turn on “Skinamax”, when I’m confronted with a black screen. Some backround: We live in a handicapped, subsized apt. (I have Spina Bifida he has CP) He’s 41, I’m … --- ## [Credit Account Services Is At It Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-account-services-is-at-it-again/620232)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-account-services-is-at-it-again/620232 "2012-05-01T22:11:09Z")
The contemptible creeps at Credit Account Services (may fleas infest their nether parts) have moved to the next level of harassment. They have been calling me two or three times a week trying to sell me a new credit car… --- ## [Short sales and foreclosures hurt BUYERS too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-sales-and-foreclosures-hurt-buyers-too/620266)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-sales-and-foreclosures-hurt-buyers-too/620266 "2012-05-01T21:33:20Z")
This is an often overlooked aspect of the short sale/foreclosure happy market out there right now. Believe it or not there are a fair number of people, with cash in hand and financing secured, that just want to buy a ni… --- ## [IVF (and hot teachers) makes baby Jesus cry..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivf-and-hot-teachers-makes-baby-jesus-cry/620162)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivf-and-hot-teachers-makes-baby-jesus-cry/620162 "2012-05-01T20:06:54Z")
Yet another reason to hate the Catholic church. Here. You know, it’s pretty fucking sad when your religious affiliation does more damage than Fred Phelps and his crazy clan. I’d really like to know what part of the bi… --- ## [Infants Fly Free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infants-fly-free/619229)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infants-fly-free/619229 "2012-05-01T08:34:12Z")
Okay, you know what, this is one airline policy that I will never have any understanding or sympathy for. Yeah, they don’t weigh much and they don’t take up much space, but you know what? It’s like taking a goddamn air r… --- ## [Screw You, You Self-Entitled Arrogant Asshole Car Drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-you-self-entitled-arrogant-asshole-car-drivers/620280)
**Author:** [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-you-self-entitled-arrogant-asshole-car-drivers/620280 "2012-05-01T05:19:15Z")
I live in a very car friendly city. Cool. Lots of road lanes and shit. But you asshole jerk-offs are fucking up the whole program. You are supposed to obey the rules of the road like people on bicycles. That means stopp… --- ## [Don't look at the comments!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-look-at-the-comments/617090)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-look-at-the-comments/617090 "2012-05-01T04:04:38Z")
This is more mild grumbling than Pit-worthy ranting. I’ve developed a compulsion to click on the comments section at the end of online news stories, and it has caused me to despair for the future of our Republic. Illit… --- ## [Some say you are an unimaginative douche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-say-you-are-an-unimaginative-douche/620063)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-say-you-are-an-unimaginative-douche/620063 "2012-04-30T00:29:25Z")
Any reporter who uses the phrase “Some say…” in an interview should be drawn and quartered \*. “Some say you are a Nazi pedophile. How do you respond?” Either you are saying it or just name those that are. Stop being a we… --- ## [Screw You, You Self-Entitled Arrogant Asshole Bicycle Riders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-you-self-entitled-arrogant-asshole-bicycle-riders/619371)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-you-self-entitled-arrogant-asshole-bicycle-riders/619371 "2012-04-29T18:48:08Z")
I live in a very bicycle friendly city. Cool. Lots of bike lanes and shit. But you asshole jerk-offs are fucking up the whole program. You are supposed to obey the rules of the road like people in motor vehicles. That m… --- ## [Thieving bastards at TomTom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieving-bastards-at-tomtom/620154)
**Author:** [@codgerone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codgerone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thieving-bastards-at-tomtom/620154 "2012-04-29T18:08:47Z")
This kind of crap really pisses me off. I had an old satnav (GPS thing) which I kept as a spare and decided one day to update. Went on to TomTom’s website, plugged satnav into laptop and tried to download. Here’s where … --- ## [SDMBKL is an alien life-form sent to Earth to gather data about the natives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbkl-is-an-alien-life-form-sent-to-earth-to-gather-data-about-the-natives/619958 "2012-04-29T16:56:50Z")
In the first two pages of SDMBKL’s posting history, I observed these gems: \[ul\] \[li\]Do you sew and mend your clothes?\[/li\]\[li\]Why are monotheistic religions so popular?\[/li\]\[li\]What philosophical question did you ask a… --- ## [WTF, Egypt? W...T...F?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-egypt-w-t-f/620158 "2012-04-29T00:17:25Z")
What is this…I don’t even… Discuss… (Mods: feel free to move this, I just figured “necrophilia” belongs in The Pit.) --- ## [Okay, I'll pit the Secret Service morons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-pit-the-secret-service-morons/618809)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-ill-pit-the-secret-service-morons/618809 "2012-04-28T12:57:00Z")
So you couldn’t keep your dicks in your pants for even a few days and got your asses recalled to WDC? What the fuck is the matter with you idiots? You represent your country, and worse, your President when you’re part … --- ## [All you poor, deluded sufferers of communist health care in Europe, take heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-poor-deluded-sufferers-of-communist-health-care-in-europe-take-heart/619855)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-poor-deluded-sufferers-of-communist-health-care-in-europe-take-heart/619855 "2012-04-28T04:41:03Z")
There is hope for a better tomorrow. Maybe with the proper reforms you too can someday be a country where debt collectors stalk emergency rooms and demand payment before treatment is given America is just a wealthy ver… --- ## [New Agers: just stop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-agers-just-stop/619780)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-agers-just-stop/619780 "2012-04-27T22:21:06Z")
Living in Fort Worth (the rodeo buckle of the bible belt,) you don’t expect to encounter a new age, pseudospiritual freakshow like on the west coast. You expect good ol god fearin’, heterosexual, religious bigotry. Tha… --- ## [The Weekly RO Post: Kidneys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-ro-post-kidneys/619783)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weekly-ro-post-kidneys/619783 "2012-04-27T20:08:13Z")
Jackie Brucia is a businesswoman who needed a kidney transplant. One of her employees, Debbie Stevens, offered to donate a kidney. In a complicated transaction, Stevens did donate a kidney and Brucia did receive a kidney… --- ## [Do you think Anders Behring Breivik is different than Muslim terrorists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-anders-behring-breivik-is-different-than-muslim-terrorists/620092)
**Author:** [@Otkakonmiskilic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otkakonmiskilic)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-anders-behring-breivik-is-different-than-muslim-terrorists/620092 "2012-04-27T19:39:35Z")
He is absolutely different than Muslim terrorists. First off, he is much smarter than Muslim brothers. Second, he did not cause the death of thousands. Third, he has far more intellectual personality while compared to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=216)