# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=221 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 222 --- ## [Yogsosoth, help me get a dog to neglect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsosoth-help-me-get-a-dog-to-neglect/614019)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsosoth-help-me-get-a-dog-to-neglect/614019 "2012-03-05T22:32:32Z")
After all, you can always just dump it at the shelter if it doesn’t work out, right? --- ## [One Crazy Bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-crazy-bitch/587979)
**Author:** [@jeredc1983](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeredc1983)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-crazy-bitch/587979 "2012-03-04T22:20:56Z")
It started off as a nice evening and a pleasant start to the 4th of July. My wife and I accompanied another couple to the butcher for some steaks and made our way over to the fireworks stand. We purchased around $150 i… --- ## [Cuccinelli vs Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuccinelli-vs-science/538307)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuccinelli-vs-science/538307 "2012-03-04T20:43:59Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050304139.html Honestly, the guy so blantantly pits himself that there’s little left to say. Cucinelli, the rabidly right-wing new Attorney General … --- ## [I pit lazy inconsiderate asshole customers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lazy-inconsiderate-asshole-customers/613904)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-lazy-inconsiderate-asshole-customers/613904 "2012-03-03T13:45:19Z")
The company I work for has started a new online venture. We buy returns from a major national seller , sort through them and resell them. As background , I spent a lot of years in retail and noticed plenty of lazy incon… --- ## [Citicard is so stupid!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citicard-is-so-stupid/614574)
**Author:** [@Shniru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shniru)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citicard-is-so-stupid/614574 "2012-03-03T06:00:22Z")
I know I don’t post often but I really need a place to rant. My husband is in Korea teaching english, so I am in charge of paying his bills. He sends me money, I pay his credit card bill at Citicard. Unfortunately, we l… --- ## [I pit incompetent furniture companies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-incompetent-furniture-companies/614442)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-incompetent-furniture-companies/614442 "2012-03-03T02:32:15Z")
So I ordered a bedframe from a furniture company a few weeks ago for the new apartment (moving in with the girlfriend). The frame arrived and was missing four pieces – special nuts that help hold vital bolts in place. … --- ## [Facebook is pissing me off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-pissing-me-off/614505)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-pissing-me-off/614505 "2012-03-02T20:14:33Z")
I just found out that not everything I post as comments on other’s posts actually registers with them. This is occuring with recipients of my intended remarks across the Atlantic in Europe. It appears on my News Feed as… --- ## [I am frustrated by my mother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-frustrated-by-my-mother/614173)
**Author:** [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-frustrated-by-my-mother/614173 "2012-03-01T15:07:49Z")
Good afternoon, children. I’d like to tell you all a little parable. Once upon a time, there was an old lady. When she was young and pretty, she fell in love with a very rich man. This man wasn’t old, but he wasn’t y… --- ## [Februbitchy Rantuary - February's Mini-Rants Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 446\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429 "2012-03-01T08:34:46Z")
I was so tempted to go with “AGH! Is That A Cymbal Monkey?” but I went with this instead. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Pete Hoekstra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hoekstra/611939)
**Author:** [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hoekstra/611939 "2012-03-01T04:18:58Z")
This guy honestly thought that, in fucking 2012, this ad would fly. Even if it gains him some traction against his opponent, it still makes him that special sort of asshole who’d openly run toward the KKK. Aside from t… --- ## [Done being polite on the trail, or, fuck you asshole mountain bikers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-being-polite-on-the-trail-or-fuck-you-asshole-mountain-bikers/613843)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-being-polite-on-the-trail-or-fuck-you-asshole-mountain-bikers/613843 "2012-02-29T00:18:51Z")
I trail run. Every trail I run is multi-use, but really most traffic is mountain bikers. There is a right-of-way rule for trails: People on foot yield to horses. Bikers yield to hikers and horses. All things being e… --- ## [screw the academy awards. and the grammys, or other awards shows for that matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108)
**Author:** [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-academy-awards-and-the-grammys-or-other-awards-shows-for-that-matter/614108 "2012-02-28T22:00:15Z")
the last thing I want to waste my life on is watching a bunch of egotistical narcissists tell each other how awesome they are. fuck the lot of 'em. and you celebrity worshipers are a huge part of the problem. --- ## [Insantorum was in my neighborhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insantorum-was-in-my-neighborhood/614057)
**Author:** [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insantorum-was-in-my-neighborhood/614057 "2012-02-27T12:24:36Z")
Yeah. Just yesterday. No, I did not attend. --- ## [Misspellings in thread titles: carelessness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misspellings-in-thread-titles-carelessness/613160)
**Author:** [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misspellings-in-thread-titles-carelessness/613160 "2012-02-26T20:21:00Z")
(Mild ranting). This recent thread title: “i wnat to buy a new laptop” So this guy wants to spend a few hundred bucks for a new laptop and he can’t even take a second to read over that short title. It’s just carelessn… --- ## [The pit used to be a lot better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880)
**Author:** [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-used-to-be-a-lot-better/613880 "2012-02-26T20:09:37Z")
I have been looking through a lot of old threads. I have come to a conclusion. The pit used to be a lot better. Far more aggressive. Just take a look here - I have actually chosen the url there randomly (as in the page… --- ## [The State of Illinois in denial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-illinois-in-denial/613836)
**Author:** [@Vannort54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vannort54)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-illinois-in-denial/613836 "2012-02-26T02:13:29Z")
The state of Illinois still thinks the economy is good. There in debt up to there ass and still they do business as usual. They are all crooks no wonder the new governors mansion is the Federal Penitentiary. The city of … --- ## [Website "security" questions with no add-your-own-question option](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-security-questions-with-no-add-your-own-question-option/613153)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-security-questions-with-no-add-your-own-question-option/613153 "2012-02-25T20:51:01Z")
You’ve go to be fucking kidding me. Adding an open text field to allow me to enter something other than what’s easily found via the Internet isn’t that hard. Security theatre of the unsecure. --- ## [Fox News links Rickroll viewers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-links-rickroll-viewers/613946)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-links-rickroll-viewers/613946 "2012-02-25T19:57:51Z")
This Fox News link might not work for long, but we’ve got to start someplace. The title is What caused collapse of Mayan Civilization? No problem so far. I’ve always been interested in what caused the collapse of any … --- ## [Disappointed with tonight's Letterman show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611 "2012-02-25T18:01:31Z")
To start off with, I don’t know how to “cite” so anybody requiring hard-core facts is going to have to go fish. This is a place where I can vent. Alec Baldwin was Dave’s quest. (Both people I would think of as being i… --- ## [Is Shodan more retarded lately, or has he maintained a consistent level of retardation all along?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shodan-more-retarded-lately-or-has-he-maintained-a-consistent-level-of-retardation-all-along/610530)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 1071\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shodan-more-retarded-lately-or-has-he-maintained-a-consistent-level-of-retardation-all-along/610530 "2012-02-25T04:37:53Z")
Okay, so he’s always been a worthless partisan hack whose entire purpose on the boards was to say “oh you’re criticizing something conservatives did? well someone liberal did it in some situation with a vaguely similar c… --- ## [Health board message boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-board-message-boards/613834)
**Author:** [@Vannort54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vannort54)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-board-message-boards/613834 "2012-02-25T04:12:31Z")
The health board message boards are run by moderators that take away free speech. They will not allow you to tell the truth, there rules are one way and that’s there way. You cannot talk about binder and binder who were … --- ## [Listen, Google stop fucking with my location](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-google-stop-fucking-with-my-location/613757)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-google-stop-fucking-with-my-location/613757 "2012-02-24T21:26:42Z")
Dear Google, Yes, I am in Germany. No, that does not mean that suddenly I speak German or want to go to Google.de. See those big metal things in the sky? Those things are called airplanes, and people use them to go f… --- ## [Dear Inventor of the Hidden Zipper - Please Eat Shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746 "2012-02-24T21:06:06Z")
Ah yes, the hidden zipper. Designed to eliminate the need for buttons and to make seams lay flat. Fabulous, you say? Except the fucking piece of shit things won’t do up over seams. And wont pull up over interfacing. And… --- ## [Fuck dust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-dust/613075 "2012-02-24T20:35:28Z")
Dust. It coats every fucking thing in existence and makes it dirty every fucking day. I hate dust. I actually avoid buying shit because I think “well that would look nice in my place, but then I’d have to dust it all the… --- ## [Vatican Embassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062)
**Author:** [@Galty\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galty_Boy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062 "2012-02-24T15:53:58Z")
Ireland closed its Embassy in the vatican, what purpose is it to have an embassy to the vatican at all? Is it control that the vatican wants? or power?. Though why anyone would want to have diplomatic links with a Littl… --- ## [Should Homophobe Muslims in the west realize that diversity and respect run both ways?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-homophobe-muslims-in-the-west-realize-that-diversity-and-respect-run-both-ways/613290)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-homophobe-muslims-in-the-west-realize-that-diversity-and-respect-run-both-ways/613290 "2012-02-24T11:14:08Z")
At what point are gays in the west allowed to react to Islamic homophobia in their own western democracies? At what point can we ask the growing, increasingly militant and assertive Muslim communities in our countries to… --- ## [Abortion & gay marriage should not even be controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-gay-marriage-should-not-even-be-controversial/612125)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-gay-marriage-should-not-even-be-controversial/612125 "2012-02-24T04:38:18Z")
More abortion controversy, this time about the Komen Foundation cutting funding to Planned Parenthood. Let’s keep all this in its proper perspective: Abortion, like gay marriage, is one of those controversial things th… --- ## [Proof that Westboro Baptist Church are trolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-westboro-baptist-church-are-trolls/613541)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-westboro-baptist-church-are-trolls/613541 "2012-02-24T02:30:41Z")
When Whitney Houston died, the douchebags at Westboro Baptist promised to protest at her funeral. No particular news there. However, apparently Margie Phelps tweeted a photo (includes news story) of the “church” picket… --- ## [Fucking bag tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bag-tax/612947)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bag-tax/612947 "2012-02-22T16:24:08Z")
This is pretty weak, I admit right off the bat, but it’s a pretty big annoyance in my life. In DC and Montgomery County, MD stores must charge 5¢ for each bag. For the record, I get it: save resources, reduce waste, re… --- ## [GQ is for factual answers, not WAGs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-is-for-factual-answers-not-wags/599701)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-is-for-factual-answers-not-wags/599701 "2012-02-21T14:57:33Z")
I posted this thread asking how those instant verification. What followed was misinformation, WAGs, and refusal to acknowledge that posters didn’t know what the fuck they are talking about. The first few posts: S… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=222)