# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=224 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 225 --- ## [Porn Spammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-spammers/610638)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-spammers/610638 "2012-01-27T20:16:26Z")
First, if you post spam ads for pornography with pictures of ladies’ vagina in the forums I moderate, fuck you. Second, if you post threads in my forums with titles like “Feed starving children in Africa,” and when you … --- ## [YogSosoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsosoth/609710)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsosoth/609710 "2012-01-27T17:48:49Z")
From this thread, we have this gem: You strike me as the kinda guy that jerks off to documentaries about concentration camps. --- ## [I Pit The Digusting Jew-Haters Attacking Synagogues in Bergen County, New Jersey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-digusting-jew-haters-attacking-synagogues-in-bergen-county-new-jersey/609321)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-digusting-jew-haters-attacking-synagogues-in-bergen-county-new-jersey/609321 "2012-01-27T17:22:51Z")
Story here It started with anti-Semetic symbols painted on a friend’s synagogue in Maywood. Then again on one in Hackensack. Then a fire set at one in Paramus. Now the fucking douchbags have thrown fireballs into a syn… --- ## [Intolerant Athiests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intolerant-athiests/609172)
**Author:** [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intolerant-athiests/609172 "2012-01-27T16:44:35Z")
I’m an agnostic with no dog in the fight, but it’s glaringly apparent the level of intolerance and hate towards Christians. It’s brought fresh to mind every couple of weeks when I see stories like this article on Tebow … --- ## [I'm going to the Bahamas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-bahamas/573159)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-bahamas/573159 "2012-01-27T02:24:03Z")
Yes, that’s right, ladies and gentlemen: I’m going on vacation. I’m headed for 4 days and 3 nights of relaxing on a cruise ship and seeing some foreign beaches. So why is this in the Pit? Because I’m not the only one … --- ## [Don't you have a girlfriend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-have-a-girlfriend/608928)
**Author:** [@St\_Jimmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Jimmy)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-have-a-girlfriend/608928 "2012-01-26T19:31:27Z")
So this dumbass college kid is sitting there hitting on a high school kid (namely, me) going “Oh, if you’re tired you can lay your head on my shoulder.” and trying to give me money and shit. WHAT THE FUCK?! I mean, no… --- ## [Remember the days when we'd watch an Internet site load one line at a time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-days-when-wed-watch-an-internet-site-load-one-line-at-a-time/610087)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-days-when-wed-watch-an-internet-site-load-one-line-at-a-time/610087 "2012-01-26T19:22:51Z")
We’re pretty much there again. I go to places like CNN, or Yahoo, or MSN, and bingo!, the first paragraph and a half of the news story is right there. Good, I start reading. Oh, the ads are still loading. Well, this ad … --- ## [Really folks, Snopes isn't exactly a new site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-folks-snopes-isnt-exactly-a-new-site/348822)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-folks-snopes-isnt-exactly-a-new-site/348822 "2012-01-26T02:06:37Z")
So I logged in to MySpace today to see how some of my friends have been doing. Fully five of my (college educated, very computer saavy, not particularly dumb) friends had posed hoaxes in the belletin areas. These were b… --- ## [Slamming doors and other hotel annoyances.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slamming-doors-and-other-hotel-annoyances/582175)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slamming-doors-and-other-hotel-annoyances/582175 "2012-01-24T16:02:12Z")
Seriously? What the fuck is wrong with people? They lose their minds just because they are staying at a hotel. I spend ~1.5-2wks each month in various hotels and they are all the same. About 8-9pm when the airlines h… --- ## [Elections Don't Exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-dont-exist/608744)
**Author:** [@detour1111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detour1111)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-dont-exist/608744 "2012-01-24T14:48:13Z")
Elections Don’t Exist This is subject that I find very few wish to hear about. There has been so much energy invested in debating the fine points between this political party of that; this candidate or that one. This … --- ## [CAP Antismetic Bullshit Controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-antismetic-bullshit-controversy/610065)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-antismetic-bullshit-controversy/610065 "2012-01-24T12:00:14Z")
Anti-semite: So unless someone is making statements applicable to all Jews in a discriminatory or hostile way, it’s not fucking anti-semitism. So when someone blogs: or link to controversy Do those statements a… --- ## [GAH! Freecycle idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-freecycle-idiots/608155)
**Author:** [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-freecycle-idiots/608155 "2012-01-24T02:04:57Z")
I’ve posted some items on the local Freecycle board. Some toys my kids no longer play with, usable moving boxes, etc. In my post, I asked that the respondant leave a phone number at which they may be reached. One person… --- ## [Could someone explain the whole thing about ZPG Zealot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-the-whole-thing-about-zpg-zealot/609731)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-the-whole-thing-about-zpg-zealot/609731 "2012-01-23T18:46:27Z")
I always see posters making passing references to ZPG Zealot being insane, backwards, possibly dangerous, and - it seems - part of some strange cult. Yet I have never actually seen any posts from this poster that sugges… --- ## [My fucking dad - excuse me, my FATHER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fucking-dad-excuse-me-my-father/608927)
**Author:** [@St\_Jimmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Jimmy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fucking-dad-excuse-me-my-father/608927 "2012-01-20T18:14:01Z")
My father doesn’t give a shit about me, yet he’d die for his son. I’ve never met the man, but I know he exists, because I’ve talked to him over the phone. And what did that little shit say? “Hey…um…What kind of music … --- ## [OK, Wikipedia, we get it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wikipedia-we-get-it/609897)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wikipedia-we-get-it/609897 "2012-01-20T10:24:14Z")
Your little hijack of flashing the article we’re looking up, then your little protest screen is all very well done. But couldn’t you have done this on the weekend, when I don’t need to reference you for my tutoring work… --- ## [Dancing on the grave of Bill Janklow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-on-the-grave-of-bill-janklow/609805)
**Author:** [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-on-the-grave-of-bill-janklow/609805 "2012-01-18T16:58:28Z")
You finally got what you fucking deserve you officious prick! I am not a believer in the afterlife, but in this case I make an exception as justice was never served in this world. I hope that Randy Scott is there to pun… --- ## [Movies and magazine covers are more explicit than decades ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-magazine-covers-are-more-explicit-than-decades-ago/608830)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-magazine-covers-are-more-explicit-than-decades-ago/608830 "2012-01-17T11:30:08Z")
I do try to remain open-minded and even click FoxNews links like this one about a drive to put Cosmopolitan magazine in an opaque cover. Looking at the sexually explicit content of the covers, I find myself agreeing wit… --- ## [Simple Pitting of my Dear Husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-pitting-of-my-dear-husband/609242)
**Author:** [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-pitting-of-my-dear-husband/609242 "2012-01-16T23:28:09Z")
Shut the hell up already! Do you have to fill every fucking second with your voice? Good Og! At least he isn’t talking at me, but at a person way more patient than I am right now. It wouldn’t be so bad if he wasn’t a fuc… --- ## [I'm sorry...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/608975)
**Author:** [@St\_Jimmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Jimmy)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/608975 "2012-01-16T11:45:22Z")
I’m sorry if I’ve offended anyone in my few hours on this site. I have my logic and I have my opinions, plus the language that goes with them. I have no beef with anyone, really, and I hope no-one has any beef with me … --- ## [No trolls left behind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-trolls-left-behind/608868)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-trolls-left-behind/608868 "2012-01-15T22:24:23Z")
I know the title doesn’t make sense, but I don’t know how else to describe my feelings about this story. What the hell?! These are the types of math problems 3rd graders were given in a Georgia school system last w… --- ## [Pit Bull Attacks Go On?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bull-attacks-go-on/609188)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bull-attacks-go-on/609188 "2012-01-15T03:19:12Z")
How bad are pit bull attacks now? I figure “pit bull” belongs in the pit… --- ## [I Pit Fundraisers Identified (Call ID) as "Toll Free"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fundraisers-identified-call-id-as-toll-free/609215)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-fundraisers-identified-call-id-as-toll-free/609215 "2012-01-14T00:31:00Z")
Ever since the first of the year, we’ve been getting tons of these calls-they always are identified as an “800” (toll-free) number-so that you will pick up. The giveaway is that they never leave a message-so we never p… --- ## [So it's fucking war then](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-fucking-war-then/162021)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-fucking-war-then/162021 "2012-01-13T16:50:53Z")
“The diplomatic window has been closed” - like it was ever truly open. This war was always going to happen. Fuck GWB and his unelected, blinkered, warmongering ‘advisers’. Fuck 'em for marginalising the UN. Fuck their… --- ## [Its too easy but I pit Ronulans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-too-easy-but-i-pit-ronulans/608670)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-too-easy-but-i-pit-ronulans/608670 "2012-01-12T13:31:00Z")
Probably not noticed by many around here but in military circles Ron Paul bringing a uniformed man up on stage in Iowa is a big topic. Being at a political rally in uniform is a big no-no. Speaking on behalf of a candida… --- ## [CNN's idea of professional journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-idea-of-professional-journalism/608916)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-idea-of-professional-journalism/608916 "2012-01-12T09:08:24Z")
There’s a new “feature” on CNN. Every morning, at 6:30, they call a fellow-CNN personality at home, waking them up and asking them questions about the news. Supposedly the person had given consent for this at some point … --- ## [The New Kid's Last Day Was Yesterday - He Finds Out Tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-kids-last-day-was-yesterday-he-finds-out-tomorrow/608887)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-kids-last-day-was-yesterday-he-finds-out-tomorrow/608887 "2012-01-12T05:15:56Z")
Because it’s still pissing me off I’m going to vent about the pile of shit I had to clean up today. As background, I am now working in a shoe repair store that has three branches, two of them inside of Big Box stores (w… --- ## [You know who else stopped religious fundamentalists attacking women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-else-stopped-religious-fundamentalists-attacking-women/608337)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-else-stopped-religious-fundamentalists-attacking-women/608337 "2012-01-12T00:02:43Z")
Hitler! It seems the ultra-Orthodox Jews aren’t content to suckle on the government teat, and have been stepping up their bigoted douchebaggery. When the sane part of Israel rightfully called foul on this they decided t… --- ## [Senator Menendez and the blue slip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-menendez-and-the-blue-slip/609085)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-menendez-and-the-blue-slip/609085 "2012-01-11T16:56:19Z")
Senator Robert Menendez has blocked the nomination of Patty Shwartz to the US Court of Appeals. The reason? Well, no apparent reason, but her S.O. was in charge of the corruption unit that investigated the Senator. So… --- ## ["Eat It All Now!" Packaging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-it-all-now-packaging/608715)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-it-all-now-packaging/608715 "2012-01-11T05:53:18Z")
Used to be you could buy some chips or a candy bar, eat part of it, and be able to fold over the end of the package to save the rest for for later. Now all the products seem to be wrapped in this wispy plastic material, … --- ## [I don't need it. Really, Mom.(weak)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-it-really-mom-weak/608949)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-need-it-really-mom-weak/608949 "2012-01-10T16:08:33Z")
I love my mother dearly. Really, I do. But she insists that I get things I don’t need, want, or have space for. Yes, I sleep on an airbed. I like it, it’s comfortable, and also I’ve moved seven times and am done w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=225)