# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=216 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 217 --- ## [Banks and Mortgage Loan officers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banks-and-mortgage-loan-officers/619839)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banks-and-mortgage-loan-officers/619839 "2012-04-27T00:08:56Z")
I pit them, to the remotest depths. They lead the country close to ruin in the last decade then overreact in senseless ways. Over the last six weeks they nickel and dimed wife and me to death over a loan on a home purc… --- ## [I pit Rush Limbaugh for being an idiot about birth control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 501\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593 "2012-04-26T17:22:53Z")
Here Yes, he’s a misogynistic bastard, but what’s really idiotic, is that he thinks birth control pills cost more if you’re having more sex. Does he think women have to pop a pill before each screw? Has he ever even … --- ## [Basic problem of for-profit medical care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-problem-of-for-profit-medical-care/619045)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-problem-of-for-profit-medical-care/619045 "2012-04-26T16:42:12Z")
Patterns: Doctor’s Stake in Lab Affects Biopsy Rate Urologists with a financial interest in a laboratory send more prostate biopsies for analysis and have a lower rate of cancer detection than those who use independen… --- ## [Dropping in a little latin phrasing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-in-a-little-latin-phrasing/619689)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-in-a-little-latin-phrasing/619689 "2012-04-26T16:41:06Z")
Please understand that this is directed at no one in particular, and I mean that in earnest, entirely. It’s not that I have anything against anyone. Nothing but respect. Sincerely. When people slip latin phrasing, (with… --- ## [I Pit the K-E Diet for (Stupid) Brides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-k-e-diet-for-stupid-brides/619595)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-k-e-diet-for-stupid-brides/619595 "2012-04-26T14:34:04Z")
Here is a link to this new “fad” - women wanting to lose weight for their weddings undergo a “minor” medical procedure so they get their daily calories shot through their nose instead of eating like a sane, normal human … --- ## [Vatican: Nuns should spend less time on social justice....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-nuns-should-spend-less-time-on-social-justice/619349)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-nuns-should-spend-less-time-on-social-justice/619349 "2012-04-26T11:38:46Z")
…and more time railing against gay marriage, contraception and abortion. Basically, they should stop thinking for themselves. --- ## [Obama's Pass the Buffett Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-pass-the-buffett-rule/619077)
**Author:** [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-pass-the-buffett-rule/619077 "2012-04-26T09:30:28Z")
I’m not so naive where I don’t understand that politicians bend the truth, make misrepresentations, selectively take things out of context, etc all in the name of politics. However, I see not even the slightest shred of … --- ## [On "I'm Christian, unless you're gay" and Christian "tolerance"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-im-christian-unless-youre-gay-and-christian-tolerance/617867)
**Author:** [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-im-christian-unless-youre-gay-and-christian-tolerance/617867 "2012-04-26T05:40:17Z")
(Mods please fix typo in title. That’s another thing not to tolerate…) So, this has become the latest feel-good Internet meme with the occasional real-world resonance. I find it absolutely appalling and a perfect summa… --- ## [Moronic charlatans attempting fraud by phone...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moronic-charlatans-attempting-fraud-by-phone/619796)
**Author:** [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moronic-charlatans-attempting-fraud-by-phone/619796 "2012-04-25T18:07:45Z")
My father has received three phone calls so far from someone claiming to be a Microsoft representative, with two different angles played thus far. The first was that our version of Windows is unregistered and that we nee… --- ## [I hope you choke on all that goat cock, countertop fabricators.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-you-choke-on-all-that-goat-cock-countertop-fabricators/613912)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-you-choke-on-all-that-goat-cock-countertop-fabricators/613912 "2012-04-25T15:57:41Z")
So I’m planning a wedding AND renovating a kitchen - if we’re still together after we’re done, I guess it’s for life, right? I’ve been puttering around the whole kitchen thing for a year now - put up one wall of Ikea ca… --- ## [How can you kill 77 people in self-defense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-kill-77-people-in-self-defense/619070)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-kill-77-people-in-self-defense/619070 "2012-04-24T23:38:32Z")
Norwegian Man Claims Self-Defense in Killings So reads the headline in The New York Times. Now, I’m sure that someone reading The New York Times today in print or on a tablet, when turning or clicking to page A6, could… --- ## [I Pit Men Who Shave Their Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-men-who-shave-their-legs/619675)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-men-who-shave-their-legs/619675 "2012-04-24T16:11:54Z")
Fuck you, you testosterone-free, ball-less, sorry-excuse-for-a-man leg shavers. You are the dregs of society. I am a gay man, and I have SEVERAL gay friends who also do not approve of men shaving their legs, and that me… --- ## [I pit the impatient judgemental jackass on ebay who left negative feedback.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-impatient-judgemental-jackass-on-ebay-who-left-negative-feedback/619110)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-impatient-judgemental-jackass-on-ebay-who-left-negative-feedback/619110 "2012-04-23T08:45:35Z")
Running a little ebay business for my bosses. Things going well. Power seller and Top Rated Seller, which means a discount in ebay fees. Our first negative feedback was an inventory mistake. We had one less available th… --- ## [Microsoft Access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-access/619238)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-access/619238 "2012-04-23T04:47:07Z")
Nah, screw it. I just exported all my data tables to Excel Spreadsheets. Those, at least, I can work with. Access? I can’t get that damned thing to do anything meaningful. Piss-awful interface, rotten design tools, … --- ## [WTF is Google burying Advanced searches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-google-burying-advanced-searches/619260)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-google-burying-advanced-searches/619260 "2012-04-22T22:24:52Z")
In the browser I was using until I upgraded my hardware recently, Google’s main page looked like this. Note the visible, if not precisely prominent, link to Advanced Search. (And I can still bring that page up by going… --- ## [I pit the cruise ship crew/captain that left three fishermen to die...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-cruise-ship-crew-captain-that-left-three-fishermen-to-die/619310)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-cruise-ship-crew-captain-that-left-three-fishermen-to-die/619310 "2012-04-22T13:20:37Z")
…and two of the three actually did. :eek: Here is a newspaper article on the incident, and here is the website that broke the story originally. To summarize: passengers on cruise ship saw a small fishing boat adrift at… --- ## [I've had it with this #$!\*% styrofoam in this #$!\*% packing box!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-it-with-this-styrofoam-in-this-packing-box/619529)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-it-with-this-styrofoam-in-this-packing-box/619529 "2012-04-22T05:36:26Z")
Firstly, it’s not enough that I paid an outrageous (to me) amount of money for three measly tables that 1) I have to drive over and pick up from the warehouse myself; and 2) I actually have to build once I get the box ho… --- ## [I put the author of "The Secret" and everyone who quotes it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-put-the-author-of-the-secret-and-everyone-who-quotes-it/618183)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-put-the-author-of-the-secret-and-everyone-who-quotes-it/618183 "2012-04-21T20:17:06Z")
Enough already. Yes I know about the golden rule and you get what you give and sugar versus vinegar and even ACT-informed therapy…religion and philosophy have drilled this into our heads for centuries. But seriously, tha… --- ## [He's NOT the Messiah! ...And We Never Said He Was!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-not-the-messiah-and-we-never-said-he-was/619167)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-not-the-messiah-and-we-never-said-he-was/619167 "2012-04-21T14:01:27Z")
Dear Conservatives, We do not think Obama is “The Savior”, "The Chosen One, “The Messiah” or even “The Perfect One”. We never have, it is all in your heads (although I am sure if you scour the Internet you will find S… --- ## [US measles cases at an all time high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-measles-cases-at-an-all-time-high/619366)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-measles-cases-at-an-all-time-high/619366 "2012-04-21T06:07:44Z")
http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2012/04/19/11288194-us-measles-cases-highest-in-15-years I’m so grateful I can get my youngest her MMR shot next week. The anti-vax brigade can go fuck off. Do they really us to be lik… --- ## [To all Obama apologists on the economy. You need to go fuck yourself today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-obama-apologists-on-the-economy-you-need-to-go-fuck-yourself-today/618390)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-obama-apologists-on-the-economy-you-need-to-go-fuck-yourself-today/618390 "2012-04-21T03:16:17Z")
Now going into a third straight year of budget and staff cuts, the district staff at my school district have just been told about massive staff cuts (me included). Why don’t you pull some more numbers out of Obama’s ass… --- ## ["Start packing?" So, Gov. Romney, should we even bother with the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-packing-so-gov-romney-should-we-even-bother-with-the-election/619000)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/start-packing-so-gov-romney-should-we-even-bother-with-the-election/619000 "2012-04-20T21:33:20Z")
So, in an interview with Diane Sawyer, Governor Romney says that the president should “start packing.” This is the sort of thing I would expect to hear from a candidate in late October, not mid-April! Talk about counti… --- ## [It's the time again kiddies, more corrupt Cop RO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-time-again-kiddies-more-corrupt-cop-ro/619141)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-time-again-kiddies-more-corrupt-cop-ro/619141 "2012-04-20T20:41:54Z")
So, the police are called to a home. A mother wants her emotionally disturbed son taken to a hospital for evaluation. The first officer, Regina Tasca, arrives and talks to the young man. Backup arrives, and this is wh… --- ## [Burn in Heck, Star Princess!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-in-heck-star-princess/619400)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-in-heck-star-princess/619400 "2012-04-20T14:35:01Z")
I have been playing around with yachts on the internet for a year now. I am a complete wannabe, no real experience. Further I am (or was) an Old Panama Hand, having living there for many years. This story combines the tw… --- ## [Meanwhile back in the world of faith-based child molestation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanwhile-back-in-the-world-of-faith-based-child-molestation/616313)
**Author:** [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanwhile-back-in-the-world-of-faith-based-child-molestation/616313 "2012-04-20T10:11:41Z")
Dutch Roman Catholic Church 'castrated at least 10 boys Suffer the little children to come unto me, indeed. --- ## [Fuck you media and your omissions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-media-and-your-omissions/619394)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-media-and-your-omissions/619394 "2012-04-20T09:41:04Z")
This is but one of many newstories where the article is focused on setting up a “story” and omitting anything that would harm that narrative. There is a total lack of INFORMATION on the case, no details, you have to re… --- ## [StubHub will you please die in a fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901)
**Author:** [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901 "2012-04-20T02:55:06Z")
First of all, I don’t even know how sites like this are legal since it’s essentially ticket scalping in a nutshell, but I tried to get One Direction tickets legit but they all sold out in my area in like 3 minutes and t… --- ## [I pit Jeffrey Neely of the GSA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jeffrey-neely-of-the-gsa/618988)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jeffrey-neely-of-the-gsa/618988 "2012-04-20T02:20:44Z")
Neely was largely responsible for an $823,000 Las Vegas conference in 2010 that was the focus of \[Inspector General Brian\] Miller’s report. Can’t even tell Congress his what his GSA title is without taking the Fifth! :ro… --- ## [Which is more outrageous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-outrageous/619236)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-outrageous/619236 "2012-04-20T00:41:57Z")
Which is more outrageous - shooting down a highway at 190 mph on a motorcycle (including zipping between two cars when both lines are occupied) or proclaiming your support for the stunt? You didn’t misread. The guy I’m … --- ## [Dear Morons: VET YOUR GODDAMN SOURCES](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-morons-vet-your-goddamn-sources/618841)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-morons-vet-your-goddamn-sources/618841 "2012-04-19T04:44:16Z")
sigh You know, if there’s anything that pisses me off, it’s people who swallow whatever they hear from more or less untrustworthy sources whole. It doesn’t have to be birtherism, but this is just a great example of som… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=215) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=217)