# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=225 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 226 --- ## [Fuck my luck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-my-luck/608717)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-my-luck/608717 "2012-01-09T16:36:27Z")
I just got back to Port Gentil from the Jungle in Gabon, Collected 31 days per diem (775,000 CFA) from the ofice headed to town to get a pizza (the first thing edible for weeks) got back to the car and… Laptop gone :eek… --- ## [When "Sorry" Doesn't Do It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-sorry-doesnt-do-it/608606)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-sorry-doesnt-do-it/608606 "2012-01-09T05:45:03Z")
When AIDS became known first in early 80s, there were series of announcements from Surgeon General and CDC on possible ways of AIDS virus transmission such as whether one could get AIDS from the toilet seat or from tears… --- ## [Skald brain, dog turd and BBQ sandwich for supper.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-brain-dog-turd-and-bbq-sandwich-for-supper/608327)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Arthur\_PERRETT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis_Arthur_PERRETT)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skald-brain-dog-turd-and-bbq-sandwich-for-supper/608327 "2012-01-08T04:03:20Z")
Ingredients. 1 piece of bread 1 dog turd, long and straight barbeque sauce 1 brain from a skald creature delicately removed as they are miniscule. Procedure. place dog turd, skald brain with BBQ sauce on bread. … --- ## [I pit Cee Lo Green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cee-lo-green/608247)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cee-lo-green/608247 "2012-01-07T22:15:47Z")
So Cee Lo sang a few songs at Times Square on New Year’s Eve, and he decided he’d do a cover of John Lennon’s absolutely perfect and timeless humanist anthem “Imagine”. That’s all well and good. Except… \[QUOTE=CNN Belie… --- ## [Liberals want their young white daughters screwed by Black Barry from Illinois](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-want-their-young-white-daughters-screwed-by-black-barry-from-illinois/608633)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-want-their-young-white-daughters-screwed-by-black-barry-from-illinois/608633 "2012-01-07T22:05:01Z")
From this column by Mike Adams in Town Hall. The synopsis: Allison was a lovely young good girl, and white of course (as lovely young good girls tend to be), and her parents were former hippies who marched with MLK (bo… --- ## [that dumbass Jack Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dumbass-jack-hanna/4332)
**Author:** [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-dumbass-jack-hanna/4332 "2012-01-07T18:37:10Z")
I was just watching Letterman, and they are showing clips of past shows because, as we know, Dave is in the hospital. But one of the clips was with Jack Hanna, a fucking moron who lets wild animals loose, which is no pro… --- ## [Darn you maternity stores! DARN YOU TO HECK!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-maternity-stores-darn-you-to-heck/205870)
**Author:** [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darn-you-maternity-stores-darn-you-to-heck/205870 "2012-01-07T15:19:24Z")
I am short…in my bare feet I stand around 5 ft 5 on a good day. I am built kinda like a hibachi grill…squatty and round with very short round little legs. In normal pants/jeans, I have no problem finding ‘petite’ items t… --- ## [Qin Curtis Shi Lemay Huangdi is a FAKE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-curtis-shi-lemay-huangdi-is-a-fake/608061)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-curtis-shi-lemay-huangdi-is-a-fake/608061 "2012-01-06T08:42:36Z")
This is so bizarre it crosses over into obvious parody territory. Noam Chomsky? Really? That’s the great enemy? Man, you had me all this time, Curtis. I really thought you were just a bright, young, misguided Korean-Am… --- ## [I pit the work friend...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-work-friend/608496)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-work-friend/608496 "2012-01-06T04:14:35Z")
that I thought was a real friend. I don’t work for the company anymore. I’ve tried calling her. She doesn’t pick up. I’ve watched her kid. Went to lunch with the fam. Worked with her Mom. Helped her get her brother’… --- ## [Little shits on a train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-shits-on-a-train/607404)
**Author:** [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-shits-on-a-train/607404 "2012-01-06T02:03:18Z")
Grr. Maybe the rest of you will think this is small potatoes - and I’m pretty sure it happens everywhere, every day - but this pissed me right off, so I’m ranting. I was riding home on the light rail yesterday when four… --- ## [James Ramseur, one of Bernard Goetz's shooting victims, is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ramseur-one-of-bernard-goetzs-shooting-victims-is-dead/607183)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ramseur-one-of-bernard-goetzs-shooting-victims-is-dead/607183 "2012-01-04T18:53:49Z")
Story here In case you don’t remember, Ramseur and a group of his friends were shot by Goetz after asking him nicely for $5:rolleyes: Ramseur later served 25 years for raping a pegnant woman with a gun. He died exactl… --- ## [I pit people who riot over a pair of sneakers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-riot-over-a-pair-of-sneakers/607280)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-riot-over-a-pair-of-sneakers/607280 "2012-01-04T18:40:13Z")
Yea, I know people don’t call them “sneakers” anymore, but that’s what they are (and get off my lawn). Anyway: “Babies Left In Cars, Shots Fired, Doors Broken Down: Just Another Air Jordan Release Date In America” … --- ## [Black men and earrings. Can we let it go already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-men-and-earrings-can-we-let-it-go-already/539402 "2012-01-04T13:33:05Z")
What is it with black men and earrings? The young black male seems to enjoy the multi-carat stud, while the older black male seems to enjoy the pirate look. I think my WTF moment with this was when Ed Bradley, of 60 Mi… --- ## [Home Depot - lazy stinking worthless a-holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-lazy-stinking-worthless-a-holes/607993)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-lazy-stinking-worthless-a-holes/607993 "2012-01-03T22:57:31Z")
I Drove 15 miles to Home Depot and the sorry bastards closed at 5pm for New years eve. I got there at 5:05. :mad: WTF is wrong with these lazy ass fools? New Years Eve is no stinking holiday. At least it’s not until n… --- ## [Steophan, your seat is now ready.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-your-seat-is-now-ready/607810)
**Author:** [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-your-seat-is-now-ready/607810 "2012-01-03T03:53:37Z")
Steophan, you are a sanctimonious TWIT! This is the first time I’ve ever started a thread in the Pit. No, that doesn’t sound quite right. Let’s try this… This is the first time that I’ve been compelled so strongly, t… --- ## [So, do abortions make you feel sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-abortions-make-you-feel-sexy/235360)
**Author:** [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-abortions-make-you-feel-sexy/235360 "2012-01-02T19:48:42Z")
You have to be a Yahoo member to see this, and I don’t know how long I am not sure if you want to. It was linked to in the SA boards, and it is the single most horrible thing I have ever seen on the internet. The abor… --- ## [Family- can we cool it with the burping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549 "2012-01-02T15:22:40Z")
I’m visiting my family for the holidays. My mom has moved in with a very nice man who treats her well. She’s happier than I’ve ever seen her, and I’m happy for them. Except the burping. Dude thinks it’s cute to burp lou… --- ## [And here's your Dec. rants thread - Merry Christbitchmas!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 611\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-heres-your-dec-rants-thread-merry-christbitchmas/604693 "2012-01-01T23:14:26Z")
And “Bah. Humbug.” too. My bitch is at myself. Self, why do you let crap pile up on your desk with no rhyme or reason? Now you’ve got 2 things that need to get done pretty much immediately, and it’s going to take you a… --- ## [I hereby pit greedy movie studios.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-greedy-movie-studios/607738)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-greedy-movie-studios/607738 "2012-01-01T20:22:07Z")
My wife and I regularly rent movies on Blu-Ray from Blockbuster. I appreciate the audio/video quality being better than you get from streaming, and I also enjoy the “extras” that are commonly included when you have the… --- ## [In which I tell y'all what I think about Ray Comfort (spoiler: I'm not a fan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-tell-yall-what-i-think-about-ray-comfort-spoiler-im-not-a-fan/607973)
**Author:** [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-tell-yall-what-i-think-about-ray-comfort-spoiler-im-not-a-fan/607973 "2012-01-01T19:25:52Z")
First of all I know I’m not taking any sort of courageous stand here but this thread got me thinking about Ray Comfort and my Pissed-Off meter immediately jumped from Chillaxed to Fuck The Fucking Fuckers. I am not goin… --- ## [Cops allow woman to be nearly killed - read this article.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-allow-woman-to-be-nearly-killed-read-this-article/593069)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-allow-woman-to-be-nearly-killed-read-this-article/593069 "2011-12-31T22:37:03Z")
Backstory: I lived “downtown” for 9 years and during those years watched my neighbourhood decline into a crackhead-infested shithole. It’s heartbreaking. There was a woman you’d see around, nicknamed “Crackhead Carol”… --- ## [Will You RO haters shut the fuck up!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-ro-haters-shut-the-fuck-up/401811)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-ro-haters-shut-the-fuck-up/401811 "2011-12-31T15:02:51Z")
Yanno, I really am sick of the people who come into a pit thread with no purpose other than to shit all over by being jerks. I can see the point some Dopers have had about the uselessness of RO threads. But, let’s be h… --- ## [This cycle's crop of Republican candidates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cycles-crop-of-republican-candidates/606869)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cycles-crop-of-republican-candidates/606869 "2011-12-31T06:42:56Z")
Is McDonald’s putting Psychosis-inducing drugs in its french fries? (This thread may belong in IMHO – I state my opinion and ask for others’ – but I’m choosing BBQ Pit to allow Dopers free rein at venting any ire.) Fir… --- ## [Why does Windows Defender have to suck so bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-windows-defender-have-to-suck-so-bad/607595)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-windows-defender-have-to-suck-so-bad/607595 "2011-12-31T02:58:25Z")
Come on, Microsoft. I looked the other way when I had to buy a new harddrive and OS for my old computer because of viruses. That thing was really, really old (in computer years) and had done its duty. Old things get sick… --- ## [My Top Peeves of 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-peeves-of-2011/607200)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-peeves-of-2011/607200 "2011-12-29T05:10:18Z")
My top peeves of 2011: People who speed in parking lots. Not people who go a little over the speed limit, but people who treat a parking lot like it’s a regular road. It isn’t. Icy sidewalks. I love to walk, and it… --- ## [PayPal? With friends like these...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-with-friends-like-these/607514)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-with-friends-like-these/607514 "2011-12-28T18:29:53Z")
Yeah, some “pal” you are, assholes. Second year in a row you leave me high & dry in the middle of a trip, dipshits. I normally carry three credit cards plus a local debit card in my wallet. Being somewhat quirky with my… --- ## [Sometimes I really hate my race. (chimpout.com)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-really-hate-my-race-chimpout-com/520825)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-really-hate-my-race-chimpout-com/520825 "2011-12-28T17:24:42Z")
Sorry, no energy for a creative pitting. I knew that after the last election that racism wasn’t resolved or over and done with; but I didn’t anticipate just how virulent, recharged and emboldened hatred of African-Ameri… --- ## [Minor Pitting of Mother-In-Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pitting-of-mother-in-law/607082)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-pitting-of-mother-in-law/607082 "2011-12-27T02:21:14Z")
Can’t share this on FB so I share it here… MIL is visiting over Christmas Break. We have a small house. We’re not prone to spend a lot of money on food. My wife is twice-pregnant and not really apt for getting around an… --- ## [Yes, Facebook is evil.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-facebook-is-evil/606613 "2011-12-26T22:40:33Z")
I tried to log into an old facebook page that I hadn’t visited in about 2 years. However, I had forgotten my password. No big deal. When I visited my hotmail account 10 minutes later there were two emails from Faceboo… --- ## [Scientology buy a fucking stamp!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-buy-a-fucking-stamp/607139)
**Author:** [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientology-buy-a-fucking-stamp/607139 "2011-12-26T19:51:45Z")
Go out to the mailbox today and I find I have a holiday gift from the Church of Scientology. :rolleyes: Scientology, you are opening a new church in my area. You have a multimedia center. You are having an open house. G… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=226)