# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=220 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 221 --- ## [I pit people who don't train their little dogs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-train-their-little-dogs/612093)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-train-their-little-dogs/612093 "2012-03-16T20:54:27Z")
I’m a big dog person, but I love all dogs. Big dogs are usually trained to some degree because they are big, but if you’re going to get a little dog, don’t expect me to enter your home unless you’ve trained it. I don’t w… --- ## [What value does a college really offer?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-value-does-a-college-really-offer/615928)
**Author:** [@Olbaid3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olbaid3)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-value-does-a-college-really-offer/615928 "2012-03-16T19:38:31Z")
In recent years the United States housing market took a severe downturn as an artificially built up market was destroyed by an inability of homebuyers to pay for their unsecured loans. As a result, the government of the… --- ## [Hey paypal, i want my money!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-paypal-i-want-my-money/615919)
**Author:** [@grama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-paypal-i-want-my-money/615919 "2012-03-16T01:30:05Z")
A little background. I got a refund through Paypal, first thing that seemed weird, is the money stayed in my account instead of going directly to my credit card as it has happened before with other refunds, “It doesn’t … --- ## [What Exit?, enough!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-enough/615684)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-enough/615684 "2012-03-14T21:42:13Z")
(Delete. Thread already created.) --- ## [America ! WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL IN AFGHANISTAN ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-in-afghanistan/615108)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-why-the-fuck-are-you-still-in-afghanistan/615108 "2012-03-14T18:19:13Z")
In the News today. -bolding mine Never mind that America is supporting the sick treatment of women endorsed by “our side” which pretty well returns Afghan society back to the days of Taliban control, but I thought th… --- ## [so, this is what some think points to Black greatness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-what-some-think-points-to-black-greatness/615575)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-what-some-think-points-to-black-greatness/615575 "2012-03-14T15:35:03Z")
In celebration of Black History Month, there is one poster in a DC Courthouse entitled, “Black Women Paving the Way to Greatness in Politics.” so far so good. And the list of eight women are: Shirley Chisolm Patricia R… --- ## [all these people attacking Rush Limbaugh...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-people-attacking-rush-limbaugh/615525)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-people-attacking-rush-limbaugh/615525 "2012-03-14T09:12:14Z")
and mentioning that he’s fat–STOP IT! It doesn’t matter if he’s fat–he’s stupid and that should be sufficient. Stop throwing “He’s a fat slob” into your argument. He would have disgusting ideas even if he lost two or t… --- ## [I pit clients who think they don't have to pay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-clients-who-think-they-dont-have-to-pay/615428)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-clients-who-think-they-dont-have-to-pay/615428 "2012-03-13T21:27:17Z")
Ok, this is just a minor bitch of mine, but one of my 2 careers is as a professional photographer. Clients seem to think that since I’m just taking pictures they can hold out on paying me until my attorney sends them a ‘… --- ## [Rodale Press, you're all a bunch of imbeciles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodale-press-youre-all-a-bunch-of-imbeciles/615285)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodale-press-youre-all-a-bunch-of-imbeciles/615285 "2012-03-13T19:18:23Z")
I’ve finally had it with these guys. I subscribe to some of their magazines, and they’re fine. But they’re online emails they ask you to subscribe to are the fucking epitome of unhelpful design and sheer stupidity. Every… --- ## [I hate to say this but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-say-this-but/615049)
**Author:** [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-say-this-but/615049 "2012-03-13T14:26:12Z")
I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO I TOOOOLD YOOOOU SOOOO! See…you should’ve listened to me when I told you that this wasn’t going to work out like you said it would and now when it hasn’t worked out the way you wanted NOW you… --- ## [Waldo Pepper, here's your Pit thread (mild, just not GD-appropriate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waldo-pepper-heres-your-pit-thread-mild-just-not-gd-appropriate/615547 "2012-03-13T13:04:33Z")
Waldo, let me explain something simple to you: Multiple conversations can go on in the same thread. You and GIGObuster and I, in a separate conversation in that thread, were going back and forth about some stuff, which… --- ## [coming to a school near you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-school-near-you/615228)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-school-near-you/615228 "2012-03-12T17:04:23Z")
Oh I’m HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!! and its not the unseasonably warm weather Today my son comes home from school and informs me that a certain unnamed group of vitriol spewing brain dead nutcases, who think they hav… --- ## [Qin Shi Huangdi - please, stop demonstrating your woeful ignorance about the real world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690 "2012-03-12T03:01:32Z")
Qin - once, just once, why don’t you actually have a clue about the ridiculous things you come out with? I know it would risk you not winning the annual Doper “Blindest morality-to-post ratio” award but I think it’d be b… --- ## [Ex Husband is a jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-husband-is-a-jerk/614445)
**Author:** [@purplelady666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplelady666)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-husband-is-a-jerk/614445 "2012-03-11T03:51:55Z")
My ex husband is a jerk. It was his birthday this past Sunday and he didn’t take our daughter for his weekly visitation because he was “busy all day” for his birthday. What type of father doesn’t want to spend time with… --- ## [Is Blake really Rick Santorum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blake-really-rick-santorum/615373)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blake-really-rick-santorum/615373 "2012-03-10T07:45:09Z")
Are you talking about Blake’s contributions to this thread? If so, can you say what you specifically object to? (Apart from the contention that humans don’t have races, which is not really controversial, and does not m… --- ## [Catholic cardinal criticises gay marriages plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-cardinal-criticises-gay-marriages-plan/614756)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-cardinal-criticises-gay-marriages-plan/614756 "2012-03-10T00:39:51Z")
link here I know it isn’t exactly news but fuck me! This is the leader of the Scottish Catholic church. Exactly how out of touch is he? Would you like some gems? yes, of course you would. Even for the Catholic church… --- ## [I pit Richard Dawkins, Victor Davis Hanson and people like them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-richard-dawkins-victor-davis-hanson-and-people-like-them/614708)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-richard-dawkins-victor-davis-hanson-and-people-like-them/614708 "2012-03-09T23:43:11Z")
Why do people think that persons who are experts in one field are somehow experts in all other fields? The two below are just for illustration. Richard Dawkins may be (for all I know) an excellent biological scientist, … --- ## [Just because your husband is in IT doesn't mean that you know as much as I do!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-because-your-husband-is-in-it-doesnt-mean-that-you-know-as-much-as-i-do/615337)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-because-your-husband-is-in-it-doesnt-mean-that-you-know-as-much-as-i-do/615337 "2012-03-09T23:01:19Z")
Damnit, shut up and let me do my job. I know you’re under time pressure, but that doesn’t mean that you know more than I do. It doesn’t mean that you can know that I’m configuring SharePoint wrong. You don’t know in what… --- ## [Woman microwaves baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-microwaves-baby/589062)
**Author:** [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-microwaves-baby/589062 "2012-03-09T17:14:39Z")
I know this has been discussed before, but here’s a recent story… http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/22/3718306/sacramento-mother-arrested-in.html She will have good company in prison, hopefully, right next to the woman who… --- ## [Resolved: there is no such thing as "gay sex"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-there-is-no-such-thing-as-gay-sex/213589)
**Author:** [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-there-is-no-such-thing-as-gay-sex/213589 "2012-03-09T16:40:54Z")
There can be sex between gays; there can be gays engaging in sex; there can even be specific sexual acts (anal intercourse, fellatio, mutual masturbation, etc.) in which gays may engage if they so choose. But there is N… --- ## [Hey Rabbi, get your herpes laden lips off kid's bloody dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-rabbi-get-your-herpes-laden-lips-off-kids-bloody-dicks/614926)
**Author:** [@santorum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/santorum)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-rabbi-get-your-herpes-laden-lips-off-kids-bloody-dicks/614926 "2012-03-09T00:54:24Z")
Inspired by Newborn dies after controversial circumcision ritual - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board and doh doh doh doh I’m an ultra-elite-orthodox rabbi with some mouth her… --- ## [Get (your shit) off my lawn!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-shit-off-my-lawn/614827)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-shit-off-my-lawn/614827 "2012-03-08T23:18:33Z")
I don’t want your Sunday newspaper, takeout menu, flyer, business card, advertisement, bullshit charity request, or any other thing you may have. I don’t care if it’s part of a stupid, but legitimate, business plan or j… --- ## [Kony 2012 Conspiracy Theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kony-2012-conspiracy-theories/615155)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kony-2012-conspiracy-theories/615155 "2012-03-08T22:48:31Z")
I personally have no opinion on Kony 2012, nor much knowledge of it. However, there’s one thing about it, above all, which seems incredibly fishy to me. Consider this thread a test of the hypothesis, if you will… I’ll re… --- ## [Westom, you're either an idiot or insane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westom-youre-either-an-idiot-or-insane/614627)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westom-youre-either-an-idiot-or-insane/614627 "2012-03-08T20:46:10Z")
I rarely pit, but the clown in this thread is either being willfully ignorant or is simply insane. Based on the bizarre asides and general odd affect, I’m going with “insane.” That being said, it takes a special bit of … --- ## [...Yeah, I'm dating an older woman. Get over it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-dating-an-older-woman-get-over-it/614246)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-im-dating-an-older-woman-get-over-it/614246 "2012-03-07T07:42:50Z")
Ugh. It seems like I can’t get enough shit over my recent relationship choices. I recently started going out with a somewhat older woman. Somewhat older meaning 48, 30 years older than me. My friends, whenever they hear… --- ## [Enough with the goddamn fundraising!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-goddamn-fundraising/614502)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-goddamn-fundraising/614502 "2012-03-06T22:03:07Z")
The PTO at the sprog’s school has decided that it’s OK to hold parents upside down and shake them until all of the money comes out. Last week, the school had spring pictures (not to be confused with fall pictures, which… --- ## [To the wackjob at the Girl Scout Cookie sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-wackjob-at-the-girl-scout-cookie-sale/614348 "2012-03-06T17:05:45Z")
So we had a “booth sale” yesterday (where you set up a table and sell cookies at a well-traveled spot). And our first customer - well, the first person that approached us, as he did NOT make a purchase - felt it importa… --- ## [I am the Lorax I speak of the cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-lorax-i-speak-of-the-cars/614823)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-lorax-i-speak-of-the-cars/614823 "2012-03-06T16:11:08Z")
From \[here\](The Lorax helps market Mazda SUVs to elementary school children nationwide) and elsewhere This is Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! on so many levels I’m not sure which is worse: the total distortion of the Lorax’s mes… --- ## [And here's where the system sells us out to BP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-where-the-system-sells-us-out-to-bp/614150)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-where-the-system-sells-us-out-to-bp/614150 "2012-03-06T12:54:01Z")
Thanks a fucking lot guys. It is as I said, justice is merely a word. From here: Way to fucking go. Settle out of court so they walk away without the full penalty. That’s just fucking great. I hate everybody. --- ## [Andrew Breitbart dead at 43](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-breitbart-dead-at-43/614447)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andrew-breitbart-dead-at-43/614447 "2012-03-05T23:07:23Z")
Andrew Breitbart dead at 43 Posting this here because I think his ‘journalistic’ antics and abhorrent lack of integrity leaves a legacy that deserves pitting. I would rather have seen him take his money and retire than … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=219) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=221)