# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=219 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 220 --- ## [Fuck you, Mother Nature, for the nosebleeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731 "2012-03-27T04:01:12Z")
Denver is about to have its driest March ever in recorded history. No snow, no rain, no humidity. Seriously, we had trace snow on three days of the first five of the month. The rest of March been like 5% humidity. It’s … --- ## [10 yr old kicked in the face during soccer match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-yr-old-kicked-in-the-face-during-soccer-match/616707)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-yr-old-kicked-in-the-face-during-soccer-match/616707 "2012-03-26T19:59:20Z")
OK, this is not RO, but a question. There already seems like there are some strong emotions about the kicker. But when I watched the video, I couldn’t help but think ‘that may have been an accident’. What do you thin… --- ## [All you have is the hope that maybe you're not causing the end of the world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-have-is-the-hope-that-maybe-youre-not-causing-the-end-of-the-world/616461)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-have-is-the-hope-that-maybe-youre-not-causing-the-end-of-the-world/616461 "2012-03-26T13:08:24Z")
All you have is the hope that maybe you’re not causing the end of the world. You still may be causing the end of the world. The best the anti-AGW side offer is uncertainty. Well, we knew we had that. This shouldn’t ha… --- ## [Wow, you're so clever for noticing it was a zombie thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-youre-so-clever-for-noticing-it-was-a-zombie-thread/616391)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-youre-so-clever-for-noticing-it-was-a-zombie-thread/616391 "2012-03-24T22:58:01Z")
It looks like a teenager doing a google search found this old thread from 2002 and posted this post that makes it sound like he is growing up in a crappy environment. To me, it sounds like he or his grandma are possib… --- ## [No, YOU'RE the "sad" one lady. (mild rant about drinking and driving.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-youre-the-sad-one-lady-mild-rant-about-drinking-and-driving/616617)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-youre-the-sad-one-lady-mild-rant-about-drinking-and-driving/616617 "2012-03-24T17:40:29Z")
I’m at the bar last night. I’m sitting with a group of people. Some of them I know, some of them I don’t. This is the conversation that stuck in my craw: Friend: “Shakes, after we’re done with trivia, do you want to go … --- ## [Judge forces 16-year old Moroccan girl to marry her rapist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-forces-16-year-old-moroccan-girl-to-marry-her-rapist/615798)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-forces-16-year-old-moroccan-girl-to-marry-her-rapist/615798 "2012-03-24T04:52:49Z")
The poor kid then commits suicide. Story Fuck this judge. Fuck the Moroccan government for allowing this barbarity. Words fail me, I’m just sick to my stomach. --- ## [EU, democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-democracy/616293)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eu-democracy/616293 "2012-03-24T00:56:16Z")
So the committee looking at copyright reform for a bill to be put before the European Parliament voted to neuter it. Got rid of the most important provisions regarding orphan works and so on. The vote was fraudulent. … --- ## [Robert DeNiro tries to rape Callista Gingrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-tries-to-rape-callista-gingrich/616343)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-deniro-tries-to-rape-callista-gingrich/616343 "2012-03-23T21:29:26Z")
Well, practically. Just read what this bastard said: Oh holy shit! I can’t believe he actually said that, practically grabbing the lacy in his swarthy Italian hand and ripping it forth exposing her ivory surgically e… --- ## [You say you are a christian - I say you nead to grow up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-are-a-christian-i-say-you-nead-to-grow-up/97955)
**Author:** [@SeaHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaHawk)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-you-are-a-christian-i-say-you-nead-to-grow-up/97955 "2012-03-23T05:09:35Z")
How is it possible for a grown person to believe that Jesus is the son of god… and that sort og rubbish ? It seams to me that these kind of people nead to grow up and stop clutching at straws. I often see endless discu… --- ## [Why do gunowners own guns only because "they have the right to"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gunowners-own-guns-only-because-they-have-the-right-to/613825)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gunowners-own-guns-only-because-they-have-the-right-to/613825 "2012-03-23T03:58:04Z")
SDMB probably doesn’t want or need another thread about gun rights, but there’s one thing that really does confuse me. When Michael Moore interviewed Charlton Heston to learn why he wanted guns the answer was “Because I… --- ## [I Pit My "Entitled" Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-entitled-neighbor/611684)
**Author:** [@TupeloRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TupeloRose)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-entitled-neighbor/611684 "2012-03-23T03:44:10Z")
I have lurked on your board for some time, and this is my first post. I really could use some advice. Here goes: My neighbor that lives across the street from me has an 8 year old daughter that has mild autism. We ha… --- ## [So you want to fill your soda to the top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989)
**Author:** [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989 "2012-03-23T01:02:02Z")
I submit, to the Pit, people who insist on filling up their fountain soda to the very tippy-top of their cup when there is a line of people standing behind them. Yeah, I get it, you want to ‘get what you paid for’, but … --- ## [I Pit anyone who doesn't know Karl Rove is a disgusting slimeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-who-doesnt-know-karl-rove-is-a-disgusting-slimeball/612294)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-anyone-who-doesnt-know-karl-rove-is-a-disgusting-slimeball/612294 "2012-03-22T10:24:53Z")
To be clear: Here I am Pitting neither Karl Rove nor George W. Bush. Instead I question the integrity of anyone who defends Karl Rove. Karl Rove may not be unique. One hears bad things about Bill Clinton’s advisor Di… --- ## [My idiot brother in law and his almost killing his son.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idiot-brother-in-law-and-his-almost-killing-his-son/616278)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idiot-brother-in-law-and-his-almost-killing-his-son/616278 "2012-03-22T08:02:04Z")
So at 6 am he pops in to tell me to tell my wife(his sister) who is still sleeping to watch his 6 month old son who is asleep downstairs while he works. As if we don’t have enough to deal with as I needed to shower and … --- ## [Conservatives hate being forced to buy health insurance, but they're OK with mandating ultrasounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-hate-being-forced-to-buy-health-insurance-but-theyre-ok-with-mandating-ultrasounds/615672)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-hate-being-forced-to-buy-health-insurance-but-theyre-ok-with-mandating-ultrasounds/615672 "2012-03-22T03:12:55Z")
I’m just really trying to understand the GOP mindset on this one; conservatives, generally, hate the idea of being forced to buy health insurance in the HC reform bill (even though, well, the GOP came up with that idea i… --- ## [CNN Poll; Almsot half of respondents think Rush Limbaugh should be BANNED from radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-almsot-half-of-respondents-think-rush-limbaugh-should-be-banned-from-radio/615613)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-almsot-half-of-respondents-think-rush-limbaugh-should-be-banned-from-radio/615613 "2012-03-21T21:52:03Z")
Uh, really? As of right now the CNN question “Should Rush Limbaugh be banned from public airwaves” has 46% support. I know, it’s not much of a poll scientifically speaking, as it’s self-selecting. But still, fifty tho… --- ## [Don't Let My Lesbian Dishes Hit You On the Way Out, Officers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857)
**Author:** [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857 "2012-03-21T20:13:27Z")
Look, it’s shitty enough that I have neighbours who continuously make noise complaints when nobody’s fucking home and have loud goddamn sex that sounds like a dog being brutally tormented in the wee hours of the motherfu… --- ## [March tract: Roast in our fucking pit, you brain-dead disgrace to ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-tract-roast-in-our-fucking-pit-you-brain-dead-disgrace-to/614508)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-tract-roast-in-our-fucking-pit-you-brain-dead-disgrace-to/614508 "2012-03-21T11:29:36Z")
– THE NAME “JACK” Oh, good grief! Just in case anyone has had the thought that Jack the Sick has lost his talent for raw stupidity, take a gander at his latest printed blurtations. Panel 12 B (counting the cover, as … --- ## ["Flame yourself" 2: Electric boogaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-yourself-2-electric-boogaloo/616150)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flame-yourself-2-electric-boogaloo/616150 "2012-03-20T20:57:33Z")
I had fun reading this thread, so let’s have another. Stauderhorse, you fucking sad sack. You’ve been in this city for a year and a half and the only person you can call your friend is the one you’re currently dating. … --- ## [I pit the assholes who are calling the Trump sons disgusting for hunting in Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-assholes-who-are-calling-the-trump-sons-disgusting-for-hunting-in-africa/615768)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-assholes-who-are-calling-the-trump-sons-disgusting-for-hunting-in-africa/615768 "2012-03-20T02:14:22Z")
Here and all over my fucking Facebook. Have any of you ever been to Africa? It’s a shithole for most people. Big game hunting brings in big bucks and stimulates the economy. This is what I have posted to all of my FB a… --- ## [Why \_are\_ today's GOP so daft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-_are_-todays-gop-so-daft/615340)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-_are_-todays-gop-so-daft/615340 "2012-03-19T23:57:56Z")
I have some wild-ass guesses. Here’s a rough sequence of events: A. Watergate’s aftermath The GOP became “the other party” after the success of FDR. It was probably a little more desperate than the Dems even in the 1… --- ## [Youtube and your damn playlists!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-your-damn-playlists/616249)
**Author:** [@FredGarven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FredGarven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-and-your-damn-playlists/616249 "2012-03-19T23:28:39Z")
Youtube you suck! Or maybe I suck! Help me out please. I used to be able to simply click on one of my Youtube subscriptions and then I could see every video that was in the channel starting with the newest. Now, some… --- ## [Trick rhetorical questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-rhetorical-questions/615935)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-rhetorical-questions/615935 "2012-03-19T23:24:27Z")
I pit stupid people who ask rhetorical questions and then expect an answer. The most common variety goes something like “Did you hear about that tornado? It’s a good thing we don’t get them here, right? Right?” Yes, th… --- ## [Jesus, What Exit, do your own damn research...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-what-exit-do-your-own-damn-research/615610 "2012-03-19T19:58:10Z")
Seriously, dude. Half the goddamn Game Room is your “Who is the greatest…” polls. Did you recently join an all-star simulation league and you’re looking for draft suggestions? --- ## [Trying to find my way-building and street numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-my-way-building-and-street-numbers/594419)
**Author:** [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-my-way-building-and-street-numbers/594419 "2012-03-18T16:37:36Z")
Why in the hell do apartment designers put the building number up so fucking high on the wall that you can’t see it? And hide it with a carport roof so you still can’t see it. I’m driving a CAR, not a helicopter, so put… --- ## [Stupid Santorumisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-santorumisms/613417)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-santorumisms/613417 "2012-03-18T13:54:01Z")
Inspired by gracer’s reporting of Santorum claiming that 10% of all deaths in the Netherlands were from euthanasia, and that half of those were involuntary, I thought I’d start a thread to collect some of the idiotic thi… --- ## [College Education... A joke/parody of commonly held knowledge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932)
**Author:** [@Olbaid3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olbaid3)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-education-a-joke-parody-of-commonly-held-knowledge/615932 "2012-03-17T20:22:22Z")
So this ancient woman, all knowing and without flaw (according to her in a non-facetious manner), has given an assignment to would be teachers. It is to create a ten day lesson plan and is outlined with a clear cut rubr… --- ## [I pit my friend's immune system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-friends-immune-system/616015)
**Author:** [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-friends-immune-system/616015 "2012-03-17T13:51:17Z")
Dear Immune System which resides in the body of H, You suck. You’ve never made things easy for H and NOW…NOW when she’s up to her EARS in busy with her 3 year old and her 5 year old NOW you decide that you’re going to f… --- ## [Curse the sun, curse my family's skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-the-sun-curse-my-familys-skin/615566)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-the-sun-curse-my-familys-skin/615566 "2012-03-16T22:47:59Z")
Once upon a time, I was an extremely white kid who loved to swim. Naturally, any kid who is swimming all the time might be a bit sunburned every once in a while. It used to be no big deal, and by adulthood my arms and… --- ## [I'm tired of irresponsible people hitting me on the road!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512 "2012-03-16T22:12:11Z")
I moved to Dallas nearly a year ago. Before that, I had only been in one minor collision when I was 17. In the past three or four months, I’ve been in two more minor collisions with people who shouldn’t be on the street … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=220)