# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=222 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 223 --- ## [Schadenfreude - Douglas Bruce goes to jail for tax evasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-douglas-bruce-goes-to-jail-for-tax-evasion/613392)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-douglas-bruce-goes-to-jail-for-tax-evasion/613392 "2012-02-21T05:01:37Z")
Real life having intervened, I’ve not been as capable as I would like to have been of chortling, giggling, and guffawing about this subject. Douglas Bruce, a Colorado Springs slumlord, parleyed his indignation at having… --- ## [People who pretend to not understand boarding groups for airplanes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-pretend-to-not-understand-boarding-groups-for-airplanes/612686)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-pretend-to-not-understand-boarding-groups-for-airplanes/612686 "2012-02-21T04:03:13Z")
Ok look, whether you agree with statused or tiered boarding procedures or not doesn’t matter. It’s currently the way most major airlines organize the boarding of their aircraft. In fact, it’s been that way for about fore… --- ## [I Pit Those who Believe in a War on Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-believe-in-a-war-on-religion/612923)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-believe-in-a-war-on-religion/612923 "2012-02-20T22:02:25Z")
So the latest big religious scandal: the diocese are up in arms about religiously affiliated institutions needing to provide health care to their employees in the same way as is federally mandated to any other employer. … --- ## [...Aaaand thieves suck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaand-thieves-suck/613173)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aaaand-thieves-suck/613173 "2012-02-20T18:27:13Z")
Last Sunday, I gave my wife an iPad 2 for her birthday. She’s been wanting one for a while now, mostly for reading textbooks. Today she called me in tears- she was eating lunch at the Subway just around the corner from… --- ## [Cry babies who quit online backgammon when they start to lose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-babies-who-quit-online-backgammon-when-they-start-to-lose/612792)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cry-babies-who-quit-online-backgammon-when-they-start-to-lose/612792 "2012-02-19T16:18:50Z")
Or they just don’t roll, forcing you into their childish standoff or quitting. This is iPad Trivial Technonogy Backgammon I’m talking about. bobbycade55 Tri2Athelete You’re on the list. --- ## [Food police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970)
**Author:** [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-police/612970 "2012-02-19T15:31:26Z")
Government agents go lunch box -to- lunch box in a Carolina kindergarten lunchroom and give a little girl state-approved chicken nuggets because her homemade lunch wasnt acceptable by “The Division of Child Development a… --- ## [Goddamit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamit/613298)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamit/613298 "2012-02-19T05:19:58Z")
For all of shit sake, can the idiots just stop posting? Stupid is winning. --- ## [I pit NJ Gov Chris Christie for saying an idiotic thing about Civil Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nj-gov-chris-christie-for-saying-an-idiotic-thing-about-civil-rights/610798)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-nj-gov-chris-christie-for-saying-an-idiotic-thing-about-civil-rights/610798 "2012-02-18T05:59:12Z")
He says “People would have been happy to have referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South.” Are you fucking serious? Do you realize one of the things they were fighting and dyi… --- ## [Fucking CNET... Just because you bought it doesn't mean you have to fuck it up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-cnet-just-because-you-bought-it-doesnt-mean-you-have-to-fuck-it-up/612983)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-cnet-just-because-you-bought-it-doesnt-mean-you-have-to-fuck-it-up/612983 "2012-02-18T03:02:53Z")
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! In theory, I have no objection to bigger, more successful websites swallowing up smaller, also successful websites…that’s how business operates in the real world and in the digital. Fine. But CNE… --- ## [Bank of America Provides Critical Mental Health Services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-provides-critical-mental-health-services/613196)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-provides-critical-mental-health-services/613196 "2012-02-18T01:59:45Z")
If you or someone you know is having problems due to an inflated ego, there is now a sure fire method of knocking it down a few notches: Become a Bank of America customer. Within minutes of walking into a branch or att… --- ## [RealityChuck, you're an ignorant twat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realitychuck-youre-an-ignorant-twat/612567 "2012-02-18T01:12:00Z")
From your incompetent cooking advice which is usually objectively wrong–saying that there’s no bacterial growth from letting meat repeatedly thaw and refreeze being just one example, to your being so badly wrong about so… --- ## [Rev. Al on Whitney Houston--WTF??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rev-al-on-whitney-houston-wtf/612805)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rev-al-on-whitney-houston-wtf/612805 "2012-02-17T17:25:02Z")
So I heard Al Sharpton on MSNBC last night (I was just home from work and removing my workclothes and making my dinner–don’t give me a hard time) and he was rattling on about Whitney Houston, just like everyone else in t… --- ## [A Centenary "Sod off!" to Alan Turing from Britain's PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-centenary-sod-off-to-alan-turing-from-britains-pm/612207)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-centenary-sod-off-to-alan-turing-from-britains-pm/612207 "2012-02-17T15:54:51Z")
From today’s Times: Jiminy crickets! I can’t imagine what downside there could possibly have been to issuing a posthumous pardon. Unless such things simply “are not done” for anyone, for any reason? --- ## [I pit that it's okay to say someone has a small penis for driving (car you don't like/wish you had)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-that-its-okay-to-say-someone-has-a-small-penis-for-driving-car-you-dont-like-wish-you-had/612945)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-that-its-okay-to-say-someone-has-a-small-penis-for-driving-car-you-dont-like-wish-you-had/612945 "2012-02-16T20:17:02Z")
I’ve seen it many times on the SDMB, and it really surprises me that no one ever calls anyone out for this cheap shot. What I am talking about is someone insulting someone else either verbally or in their head “Sorry ab… --- ## [RIP (Rot in Perdition), Josh Powell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rot-in-perdition-josh-powell/611925)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rot-in-perdition-josh-powell/611925 "2012-02-16T20:00:02Z")
Story here (linked to the Seattle paper because its editors have disabled comments, and some of the posts on the local rag’s website make me want to take razor blades to my eyes). I know I slept through parts of Dad Cla… --- ## [Don't people know how to use "Reply All"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-people-know-how-to-use-reply-all/611580)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-people-know-how-to-use-reply-all/611580 "2012-02-16T14:11:32Z")
When I replied and asked you for more information about your problem, I CC’ed my manager for a reason. Because you failed to use “Reply ALL” I had to forward your response to him. So now when he responds (hopefully inclu… --- ## [Dear CitizenPained](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362)
**Author:** [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Replies:** 435\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362 "2012-02-16T04:03:29Z")
There are so many IRS rules against all the crap you are positing in the “My Dad is hiding three bazillion quatloos from the IRS and somebody I am related to thread” that you really show off how little you know. Really,… --- ## [Fuck off brother. I didn't kill my son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-brother-i-didnt-kill-my-son/396340)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-off-brother-i-didnt-kill-my-son/396340 "2012-02-15T20:26:11Z")
OK, it didn’t work the first time, but I think I got it fixed. The story is too long and too complex. How to begin? He’s mentally ill but won’t be treated. He’s homeless by choice. He refuses to work. He owns three vehi… --- ## [Stupid fucking morons on "Millionaire"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228)
**Author:** [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-morons-on-millionaire/4228 "2012-02-15T16:19:37Z")
I was gonna post this in MPSIMS, but the more I thought about it, the more of a rant it became in my mind. I’ve been watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for a couple weeks now and I cannot believe how incredibly fuck… --- ## [JamieMcGarry - Wheel yourself on down here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 841\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamiemcgarry-wheel-yourself-on-down-here/594050 "2012-02-15T15:49:33Z")
If you’ve ever watched an episode of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” you’ll know that the world Larry lives in is populated with men and women (and children) that make his life a living hell on a day to day basis, … --- ## [Intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence/612888)
**Author:** [@voidray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voidray)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence/612888 "2012-02-15T03:38:43Z")
Ugh. I’m giving up on trying to hold a legitimate conversation with anyone. Everyone around me seems to be getting dumber by the minute or I’ve surpassed everybody’s level of intelligence. I can’t speak one word to anyon… --- ## [Why is Bill Mazeroski so obscene?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603 "2012-02-14T19:26:29Z")
All these disgusting photos of him romping around the bases with his erect penis exposed, and that revolting statue of him outside Three Rivers Stadium having sexual congress with a Great Dane, and the vile speech he gav… --- ## [I'm pretty sure spoon bending is a real psychic power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407 "2012-02-14T17:11:46Z")
Which is incredibly useful in the real world. Because you know, magnetic fields and brain scans… and shit. --- ## [In which I pit Chuck11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-chuck11/595196)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-pit-chuck11/595196 "2012-02-13T17:34:22Z")
In this thread Chuck11 says I don’t think you’re “keeping the black man down”, Chuck. I do think you’re a racist, though- meaning, I think you believe blacks are inferior. --- ## [Dead People Aren't Magical, And There Aren't Any Signs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-people-arent-magical-and-there-arent-any-signs/611905)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-people-arent-magical-and-there-arent-any-signs/611905 "2012-02-13T06:24:07Z")
Okay, I have had it with these motherfucking mystical bullshit-spewers on this motherfucking planet! How many times have you heard people talk about their dead relatives and how they watch over them and see everything t… --- ## ["My community, my rules" --- NOT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-community-my-rules-not/611816)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-community-my-rules-not/611816 "2012-02-13T05:00:19Z")
I can’t believe I have to say this again. I said it once before, in my old MySpace blog, when I saw a billboard with a picture of a woman, that said, “My neighborhood, my rules.” \*\* This time, the billboard showed two … --- ## [Tear-Apart Plastic Bags for Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tear-apart-plastic-bags-for-food/612354)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tear-apart-plastic-bags-for-food/612354 "2012-02-11T05:35:36Z")
Within the past year or so, all too frequently I’ll open a bag of chips, or cookies, etc. and the bag rips right down the side to the point that no twist tie or other fastener will hold it and I have to find something el… --- ## [I pit the Westboro Baptist Church](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-westboro-baptist-church/307151)
**Author:** [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-westboro-baptist-church/307151 "2012-02-10T22:47:11Z")
This Kansas “church” group has traveled all the way to Massachussetts to harrass kids and congregations up here. I’ve heard of these loons but for Christ’ sake, if you’re so upset about a kid writing an essay about Ellen… --- ## [A Mild Pit against United Parcel Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-pit-against-united-parcel-service/611808)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-pit-against-united-parcel-service/611808 "2012-02-10T21:57:05Z")
The nice UPS guy comes to my door and hands me a package. I thank him, and all’s well… Except… The package was addressed to my Post Office Box. UPS accepted the package from the sender, looked me up in some directory… --- ## [Now I know why I don't watch wrasslin' anymore, it's more yakkin' then wrasslin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-why-i-dont-watch-wrasslin-anymore-its-more-yakkin-then-wrasslin/192408)
**Author:** [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-why-i-dont-watch-wrasslin-anymore-its-more-yakkin-then-wrasslin/192408 "2012-02-10T17:14:26Z")
Earlier this week I went over to a friends house to hang out, shoot some pool, watch some tv, etc. His housemate also had some people over and they were 1 1/2 sheets to the wind, and as a result, were a bit noisy. Not a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=223)