# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=217 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 218 --- ## [C'mon iTunes, learn to alphabetize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-itunes-learn-to-alphabetize/618946)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cmon-itunes-learn-to-alphabetize/618946 "2012-04-18T12:48:51Z")
I guess Steve Jobs was rich enough to have rules all his own. In Job’s iTunes world, “I’ll” comes before “I”. And if a song title starts with the words “A” or “The” it gets sorted by the next word in the title, which m… --- ## [Haha, North Korean rocket crashes and burns within one minute of takeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-north-korean-rocket-crashes-and-burns-within-one-minute-of-takeoff/618623)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haha-north-korean-rocket-crashes-and-burns-within-one-minute-of-takeoff/618623 "2012-04-17T13:15:45Z")
Anytime the North Korean regime fails at something it is a good thing. --- ## [To the scum who wrote the malware I just cleaned off my computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-scum-who-wrote-the-malware-i-just-cleaned-off-my-computer/618461)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-scum-who-wrote-the-malware-i-just-cleaned-off-my-computer/618461 "2012-04-16T17:19:40Z")
Fuck you. You are scum. No, you are worse than scum, because scum serves some purpose in the world, and is probably beneficial to something or somebody. You are not. You are a scum-sucking parasite that is using up o… --- ## [Are you in third grade? Learn reading comprehension!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-third-grade-learn-reading-comprehension/618712)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-in-third-grade-learn-reading-comprehension/618712 "2012-04-16T03:14:03Z")
I recently put a manual treadmill up for auction on ebay. I explicitly said in the title for the product: Local pickup - City, State. I also stated in the description: Shipping NOT available. Local pickup in City, Sta… --- ## [KV Pharma - A royal screwing w/o vaseline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kv-pharma-a-royal-screwing-w-o-vaseline/576449)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kv-pharma-a-royal-screwing-w-o-vaseline/576449 "2012-04-15T21:10:31Z")
So apparently the FDA has just approved what was formerly an off-label use of progesterone to prevent premature births and gave KV Pharma the exclusive right to produce it (to ensure quality!) So they decided to call th… --- ## [Tea Party candidate for governor admits to sending horse porn e-mails: "Liberal media smear job"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965)
**Author:** [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965 "2012-04-15T01:32:24Z")
So there’s a land developer from these parts named Carl Paladino. And he’s “mad as hell” and not going to take it any more. So he decided to run for governor of New York! Yeah! That’ll show 'em! And the Tea Party Ex… --- ## [My would be doctor is a quack!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-would-be-doctor-is-a-quack/618696)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-would-be-doctor-is-a-quack/618696 "2012-04-14T22:53:25Z")
My doctor of many years passed away recently. So I found a new one. I explained to him my situation. I suffer from anxiety issues and I also have an essential tremor that makes my hands shake. (Hence my screen name) The… --- ## ["America Speaking Out" Greatest Hits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-speaking-out-greatest-hits/540979)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-speaking-out-greatest-hits/540979 "2012-04-14T19:13:50Z")
Spun off the “Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread, particularly this post et seq – a thread to preserve for posterity some of this classic commentary before it gets swept into the memory hole: --- ## [To the people in my GPs office: Don't tell me that you'll transmit a referral and then not do it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-people-in-my-gps-office-dont-tell-me-that-youll-transmit-a-referral-and-then-not-do-it/618622)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-people-in-my-gps-office-dont-tell-me-that-youll-transmit-a-referral-and-then-not-do-it/618622 "2012-04-13T23:34:06Z")
Tuesday My Gastro’s office called to remind me that I have an appointment Friday morning and to remind me that my insurer requires a referral from my GP. I then called my GPs office to request the referral and they assur… --- ## [DUI Interlock cited as causing accident-here come the lawyers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-interlock-cited-as-causing-accident-here-come-the-lawyers/264288)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-interlock-cited-as-causing-accident-here-come-the-lawyers/264288 "2012-04-13T20:54:22Z")
A convicted DUI driver passed out while behind the wheel, and blames the interlock device for his accident. Others from around the country relate similar complaints. Question: Does the positive effect on public safety … --- ## [I pit Google Chrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645 "2012-04-13T15:52:38Z")
I read the manifesto and it seemed like a brilliant way to reconstruct the browser. But it doesn’t seem to work all that great or be any faster or hang up less. New pages seem to hang blank for awhile before they appear.… --- ## [Fuck You, insomnia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-insomnia/618543)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-insomnia/618543 "2012-04-13T08:37:02Z")
That about sums it up. Tired of the increase in poor sleep. Wake up with head filled with crap. Awake for a few hours. Crash…oh, usually about an hour before I need to get up. Fucking insomnia. --- ## [Why don't squirt guns have 2nd amendment protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-squirt-guns-have-2nd-amendment-protection/618028)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-squirt-guns-have-2nd-amendment-protection/618028 "2012-04-12T03:58:51Z")
Squirt guns are banned from outside the GOP convention in Tampa, but not handguns. Stupid is strong with the folks of the Florida GOP. NYT editorial: Opinion | The Law of the Gun in Florida - The New York Times --- ## [Time to pit former sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. of Arapahoe County, CO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-former-sheriff-patrick-j-sullivan-jr-of-arapahoe-county-co/604650)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-pit-former-sheriff-patrick-j-sullivan-jr-of-arapahoe-county-co/604650 "2012-04-12T00:43:42Z")
What can you say? Patrick J. Sullivan was sheriff of the year in 2001. He even had a jail in Arapahoe County, CO named after him. Now he is sitting in that jail. Why? http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/former-sherif… --- ## [I pit people who are loud late at night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-are-loud-late-at-night/617690)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-are-loud-late-at-night/617690 "2012-04-11T20:10:51Z")
The dorm room adjacent to mine has lots of cheerful, gregarious people in it. I know this because my bed is against the wall dividing our rooms, and I can hear them being cheeful and gregarious as I’m trying to fall asle… --- ## [The Point and Laugh at Fred13 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-and-laugh-at-fred13-thread/618294)
**Author:** [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-point-and-laugh-at-fred13-thread/618294 "2012-04-11T08:01:01Z")
Meet Fred13. Well, there’s a small problem with his first assumption there. Several Dopers want to see some proof that 90% of the female population is bi/bicurious/lesbian. This makes a little more sense when he says… --- ## [Fuck you, Tim Tebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-tim-tebow/525319)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-tim-tebow/525319 "2012-04-10T13:57:27Z")
Focus on the Family? They have enough money to buy a Super Bowl ad? Tebow, I hope your NFL career is such a failure and you make Ryan Leaf look like a Hall of Famer in comparison. Actually, I’d prefer you suffer a care… --- ## [And that's the Geico15th out of the game!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-thats-the-geico15th-out-of-the-game/618134)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-thats-the-geico15th-out-of-the-game/618134 "2012-04-10T00:59:01Z")
Give me a fucking break. --- ## [asshole/bitch or socially awkward cretin : what's worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-bitch-or-socially-awkward-cretin-whats-worse/617969)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-bitch-or-socially-awkward-cretin-whats-worse/617969 "2012-04-09T23:38:56Z")
If you must pick, pick one or the other. Otherwise you’ll probably end up posting here. Dear OP: You didn’t use a question mark. You are now banned from the cool club. Signed, SD Mob --- ## [Bye bye Olberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-bye-olberman/617365 "2012-04-09T14:58:07Z")
Well, it looks like that self righteous prick has been ousted again. And this time, to add insult to injury, he is being replaced by - are you ready for this? - Elliot fucking Spitzer!!! Bwaaaahaahaaa! Wonder how that… --- ## [Bitches: Just when you think they can't be more wertless..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-just-when-you-think-they-cant-be-more-wertless/617863)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-just-when-you-think-they-cant-be-more-wertless/617863 "2012-04-08T16:53:50Z")
So I hit the 4-5 today. No big deal, I roll large most of the time anyway. I’m at work, getting some shipment shit straight with my boss, and suddenly a wild office girl appears. And then some from the warehouse, and … --- ## [Drivers with Herd Instinct. Kill Them All.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-with-herd-instinct-kill-them-all/617593)
**Author:** [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-with-herd-instinct-kill-them-all/617593 "2012-04-07T18:45:28Z")
Dear Cockbite from Maryland, I know it’s 3AM and I’m on I-95 South because I have to drive 7 hours and never mind why. Perhaps you’re lonely. Perhaps you’re scared. Perhaps you want to have car-to-car sex at 78MPH. I d… --- ## [I've been PTT'd (Paper towel tubed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-pttd-paper-towel-tubed/617950)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-pttd-paper-towel-tubed/617950 "2012-04-07T13:09:13Z")
Just recently got a new boss at work. Along with my new boss comes this guy. The new boss more or less tells me: “Shakes, you’re being demoted. That job you’ve been doing perfectly fucking well; will be done by my guy n… --- ## [Lock your dog up for fuck's sakes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lock-your-dog-up-for-fucks-sakes/617234)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lock-your-dog-up-for-fucks-sakes/617234 "2012-04-06T17:21:28Z")
A few weeks ago on my early morning walk with our two doggies (Daphne and Boris) we came across a wandering Staffie pup who took an instant liking to Daph and followed us home. No collar or other ID, we took him to the … --- ## [So mad I could spit nails!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-mad-i-could-spit-nails/617677)
**Author:** [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-mad-i-could-spit-nails/617677 "2012-04-06T02:26:00Z")
You’d think by now I’d know better than to get my hopes up where the local school district is concerned. You’d think. So thanks, PrincipalMan for letting us get our hopes up and then smashing them right into the dorkin… --- ## [Baby Corn is freaky and I hate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn-is-freaky-and-i-hate-it/118940)
**Author:** [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn-is-freaky-and-i-hate-it/118940 "2012-04-05T17:25:42Z")
What’s the deal with baby corn? I’m talking about the variety they use in Chinese cooking. It looks like a corn fetus and doesn’t taste anything at all like corn. I hate it and it freaks me out. The end. :o --- ## [tomndebb's charges are self-referential](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebbs-charges-are-self-referential/617152)
**Author:** [@ch4rl3s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch4rl3s)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebbs-charges-are-self-referential/617152 "2012-04-05T15:58:23Z")
From the threadConcerning “Why I hate Religion but Love Jesus” Video Most of the charges tomndebb makes against me in that thread are things that he himself is doing… So, people came into the thread to say that they ha… --- ## [Sheriff Joe Arpaio says President Obama's birth certificate may be a fake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-joe-arpaio-says-president-obamas-birth-certificate-may-be-a-fake/614492 "2012-04-05T03:28:41Z")
I shit you not. \[ \](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544\_162-57388911-503544/sheriff-joe-arpaio-suggests-obamas-birth-certificate-is-a-forgery/) This just happened abut 40 minutes ago, so the AP hasn’t picked it up yet… --- ## [Weak pitting of some random guy with a camera phone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-pitting-of-some-random-guy-with-a-camera-phone/617251)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weak-pitting-of-some-random-guy-with-a-camera-phone/617251 "2012-04-04T22:18:00Z")
\ As I have said before I live in a SRO hotel run by a non-profit as supportive housing for people with mental illness. There is this woman (I don’t know her name), she seems nice and is neatly dressed and always … --- ## [It's upsetting when other whites reveal their racism to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-upsetting-when-other-whites-reveal-their-racism-to-me/616307)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-upsetting-when-other-whites-reveal-their-racism-to-me/616307 "2012-04-04T09:28:13Z")
My company hired around a dozen temps from an agency to do some data entry. They showed up this morning. I set up the workstations for them yesterday so I have an interest in how things are going. So a few minutes ago I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=218)