# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=226 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 227 --- ## [Newt Gingrich takes his fourth ‘no-adultery pledge’. Newt, head for the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-gingrich-takes-his-fourth-no-adultery-pledge-newt-head-for-the-pit/605982)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-gingrich-takes-his-fourth-no-adultery-pledge-newt-head-for-the-pit/605982 "2011-12-25T15:55:11Z")
I can’t stand this pompous asshole. Yet somehow, he’s becoming the darling of the “family values” sanctimonious, ditto-head, hypocritical shit-brains who vote Republican and seem to run the party. Newt Gingrich takes hi… --- ## [RO: Eight year old boy murdered and dismembered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-eight-year-old-boy-murdered-and-dismembered/589008)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-eight-year-old-boy-murdered-and-dismembered/589008 "2011-12-25T15:46:31Z")
This is all over the news here. The story is so horrific I’m obeying the two click rule and providing a link to the Google page. Here in a spoiler box is the terrible story \[spoiler\]Leibby Kletzky, was supposed to meet… --- ## [Religious people who are being dicks in the Christopher Hitchens thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-people-who-are-being-dicks-in-the-christopher-hitchens-thread/606413)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-people-who-are-being-dicks-in-the-christopher-hitchens-thread/606413 "2011-12-25T13:29:25Z")
Christopher Hitchens has died. Christopher Hitchens, for those of you who are new to the Internet, was a writer, a drinker, and famously an atheist. He just died of cancer, after failing to have the deathbed conversion … --- ## [Fuck people who call people "mouth-breathers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-people-who-call-people-mouth-breathers/606916 "2011-12-25T07:12:19Z")
I have bad sinuses. I have allergies. I frequently have to breathe through my nose and mouth at the same time. And yes, sometimes I breathe through my mouth. Is there some reason why people who have trouble breathing th… --- ## [Hey French people, could you please get the MMR shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-french-people-could-you-please-get-the-mmr-shot/607148)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-french-people-could-you-please-get-the-mmr-shot/607148 "2011-12-25T05:09:18Z")
What the fuck is it with the French? FOURTEEN thousand fucking cases of measles in less than a year. Vaccine your people, you assholes. Or don’t leave France. --- ## [Today, someone in the restaurant business called in sick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-someone-in-the-restaurant-business-called-in-sick/606376)
**Author:** [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-someone-in-the-restaurant-business-called-in-sick/606376 "2011-12-24T19:21:57Z")
Its hard work feeding all you hungry hungry customers every day, and profit margins in the restaurant business are slim. We run with a shoestring labor budget and everyone is stressed out, and the people never stop comi… --- ## [don't like your shift? obvious thing to do - set fire to the plane...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-like-your-shift-obvious-thing-to-do-set-fire-to-the-plane/449707)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-like-your-shift-obvious-thing-to-do-set-fire-to-the-plane/449707 "2011-12-24T18:44:05Z")
That’s the allegation, at any rate. Background info - last week, a flight from Minneapolis to Regina, Saskatchewan had an emergency en route - a fire in the washroom. Plane went from 30,000 feet to emergency touchdown… --- ## [I pit OpalCat - but my heart's not really in it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872 "2011-12-23T18:20:22Z")
OpalCat, I actually kinda like you, but your intellectually laziness makes me bang my head against the wall so much when we exchange posts that I now have a knot on my forehead and blood stains on my drywall. This pit s… --- ## [Right-wing assholes are so predictable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-assholes-are-so-predictable/601102)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-assholes-are-so-predictable/601102 "2011-12-23T17:28:29Z")
“A mere millionaire who laid out a large chunk of his savings for a house a fraction of that pricetag might also be displeased, but let’s be sure to focus attention on the grievances of the “best” humans, the Job-Creati… --- ## [damn the teacher who decided "me" was a dirty word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-teacher-who-decided-me-was-a-dirty-word/606811)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-teacher-who-decided-me-was-a-dirty-word/606811 "2011-12-23T04:22:14Z")
yes, yet another grammar-pet-peeve thread from someone with no real problems, apparently… On the drive home tonight I heard one reporter say “The mayor asked (Mr. Smith and) myself to assist with the project” and more … --- ## [Posting styles you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999 "2011-12-22T07:42:25Z")
I thought about putting this in MPSIMS because I don’t want to single any specific posters out, but maybe this works better in the pit. First, I can not stand when somebody quotes a multi-paragraph OP or post and then a… --- ## [I'd like the meet the person who came up with the "24-hour Christmas music" format...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-meet-the-person-who-came-up-with-the-24-hour-christmas-music-format/604740)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-meet-the-person-who-came-up-with-the-24-hour-christmas-music-format/604740 "2011-12-21T15:31:15Z")
…to punch him in the face. Or her, I’m equal-opportunity near-homocidal. I walk into a store to buy one marker, and my sanity is frayed to the edges by the time I leave. And then, of course, you get “Dreaming of a White … --- ## [Auf Wiedersehen To Kim Jong-Il](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auf-wiedersehen-to-kim-jong-il/606712)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auf-wiedersehen-to-kim-jong-il/606712 "2011-12-20T18:59:37Z")
Kim Jong-Il’s the only dictator today who can compared to Pol Pot or Stalin-he let a milllion of his citizens starve to death while spending money on nuclear weapons and his luxuries. This fiend was just as much an enemy… --- ## [Rachelellogram: You're kidding, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachelellogram-youre-kidding-right/596467)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachelellogram-youre-kidding-right/596467 "2011-12-20T14:12:58Z")
Look, sorry about your mom, but really, if you’re going to judge other people, you should be prepared to take what you dish out. I’m not saying one follows the other, mind you, but if you think other people need your “to… --- ## [Dear Zedd, you are a mouth-breathing moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-zedd-you-are-a-mouth-breathing-moron/606608)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-zedd-you-are-a-mouth-breathing-moron/606608 "2011-12-20T11:50:05Z")
Link. We were arguing whether or not it’s completely stupid and idiotic to believe, like Mormons do, that the Americas were colonized not by Asians from a land bridge in Alaska, but rather by a small group of people fro… --- ## [I think Scott Walker lives here... Pay to Protest?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-scott-walker-lives-here-pay-to-protest/606205)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-scott-walker-lives-here-pay-to-protest/606205 "2011-12-20T09:12:30Z")
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/12/03/occupy-and-gov-scott-walkers-proposed-pay-to-play-protesting-policy/ …Yes, because Poll Taxes were also oh so constitutional. :rolleyes: Jesus christ, does this man know the … --- ## [I pit pro-disease advocates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-pro-disease-advocates/606110)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-pro-disease-advocates/606110 "2011-12-19T17:22:01Z")
I hadn’t believed that there really were people who were pro-disease - I figured that there were people who were unaware that they were promoting disease by spreading misinformation, but that no one was evil or foolish e… --- ## [I pit Randroids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-randroids/606019)
**Author:** [@Hambil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambil)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-randroids/606019 "2011-12-18T04:14:05Z")
My first pit, we’ll see how it goes. Today, with unemployment at nearly 16% (actual, not the silly government released number that doesn’t account for folks who have been unemployed so long they’ve fallen off the system… --- ## [FOX News: not just bad news, but ANTI-news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-not-just-bad-news-but-anti-news/604167)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-not-just-bad-news-but-anti-news/604167 "2011-12-17T17:08:18Z")
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/fox-news-viewers-informed-current-events-don-t-watch-news-study-finds-article-1.981257#ixzz1epv4V4zS Is it really that bad? This sounds a lot like that “IE users are dumb” hoax from a f… --- ## [DO NOT BUY A DROBO - it does NOT protect your data!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-buy-a-drobo-it-does-not-protect-your-data/486476)
**Author:** [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-buy-a-drobo-it-does-not-protect-your-data/486476 "2011-12-17T15:59:09Z")
Drobo bills itself as a DAS device that automatically protects your data in case of a drive failure. Last year, I purchased a first generation Drobo, and over time filled it with 4 Seagate drives, all purchased from the… --- ## [And the niggers will rise up against the porch monkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-niggers-will-rise-up-against-the-porch-monkeys/606103)
**Author:** [@G-SE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G-SE)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-niggers-will-rise-up-against-the-porch-monkeys/606103 "2011-12-17T12:14:57Z")
Oh, and p.s., Glenn Beck said something stupid. \[Link to parodied thread: And the crackers will rise up against the honkies: or, Beck calls Gingrich supporters "racist" - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board\] --- ## [Lowes -----WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowes-wtf/606228)
**Author:** [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowes-wtf/606228 "2011-12-17T06:50:09Z")
The Learning Channel has come out with an extremely pedestrian “reality” show about some nice young couples around Detroit who happen to be Muslim. The name of said show is “All-American Muslim” I managed a few minutes … --- ## [Bah! Humbug!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bah-humbug/606189)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bah-humbug/606189 "2011-12-17T04:00:10Z")
The annual “Christian” potlatch is upon us again. As a two time grandfather, its really lovely to see the grandkids opening up Christmas presents and I certainly don’t object to that. But I think its down right ridicul… --- ## ["He's defied disease that has felled lesser men...."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-defied-disease-that-has-felled-lesser-men/605998)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-defied-disease-that-has-felled-lesser-men/605998 "2011-12-17T02:14:34Z")
Jim Stynes is an ex-Irish, ex Melbourne (Aus) Australian Rules Football player who was yesterday presented with the Victorian of the Year award. And IMHO, it couldn’t have gone to a better bloke. Jim has always been co… --- ## [I Pit the stupid trend of smokestacks on diesel trucks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-stupid-trend-of-smokestacks-on-diesel-trucks/605836)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-stupid-trend-of-smokestacks-on-diesel-trucks/605836 "2011-12-16T20:13:11Z")
I’ve noticed quite a few diesel trucks lately, with smokestacks mounted on the bed. These things seem to be designed to spew as much noxious smoke as possible into the air. Here’s an example. Fuck these guys with a ru… --- ## [Men who abuse women (or anyone)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-abuse-women-or-anyone/606307)
**Author:** [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-abuse-women-or-anyone/606307 "2011-12-16T16:10:01Z")
To those men out there who abuse their spouse/lover/girlfriend/etc, may you all rot in the lowest levels of Hell. In fact, I hope they have a special section just for you wastes of genetic material. A section where the o… --- ## [I admit it that I fucked up. Unintentionally. And I did something naive to begin with.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-admit-it-that-i-fucked-up-unintentionally-and-i-did-something-naive-to-begin-with/606255)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-admit-it-that-i-fucked-up-unintentionally-and-i-did-something-naive-to-begin-with/606255 "2011-12-16T06:14:29Z")
When my husband and I were first dating, we were in a long distance relationship. We communicated with each other a lot over webcams, and we also took sexually-oriented photos of ourselves to send to each other, and some… --- ## [The kanicbird konundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kanicbird-konundrum/603802 "2011-12-15T23:37:05Z")
The latest missive from our resident village idiot. I think there should be a sticky at the top of Great Debates warning all as to the utter uselessness of logical argument when dealing with this lunatic. --- ## [I pit the United States of America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-united-states-of-america/606078)
**Author:** [@Hambil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambil)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-united-states-of-america/606078 "2011-12-15T23:01:05Z")
I haven’t gotten anything from the government. I’m still fighting for my benefits. In the meantime (unable to work for medical reason that are nobody else’s business really - by law), I have pressed hard to get back on m… --- ## [Did you donate to the relief effort in Japan? If so, some of your money is going towards whaling...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044 "2011-12-15T21:08:10Z")
I pit the Japanese government for this. I gave money to help the tsunami ravage regions recover. I did not expect my money to go towards reviving the whaling industry. I am not happy about this :frowning: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=225) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=227)