# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=231 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 232 --- ## [Spitting on priests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spitting-on-priests/601994)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spitting-on-priests/601994 "2011-11-09T08:20:29Z")
I’m hardly all that religious but I found this article about priests in Jerusalem regularly getting spat on by Ultra-Orthodox Jews really disturbing. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/ultra-orthodox-spitting-attacks-… --- ## [Mosier put up or shut up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosier-put-up-or-shut-up/602222)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosier-put-up-or-shut-up/602222 "2011-11-09T05:08:26Z")
Come on Mosier, let’s see these threads where you think I’ve had my argument refuted in 5 posts. Or threads where they’ve been refuted full stop. If that’s the case then let’s see it, it can be a learning opportunity fo… --- ## [Are you ready?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready/602256)
**Author:** [@Da\_Mikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_Mikster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready/602256 "2011-11-09T04:36:22Z")
Today (Tuesday, 8 November, 2011) is election day. There will be a final blitz of those annoying negative local race ads. Then… (A short break for annoying jewelry and toy ads… maybe, I hope.) :rolleyes: Right into In… --- ## [Niños Robados - The Stolen Children of Spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninos-robados-the-stolen-children-of-spain/600061)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninos-robados-the-stolen-children-of-spain/600061 "2011-11-09T03:20:30Z")
Yet another scandal with the Roman Catholic Church right in the middle of it…from the 1930s through the 1990s, as many as 300,000 Spanish babies were stolen from their mothers at birth and sold to adoptive parents, with … --- ## [People who can't debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-cant-debate/602138)
**Author:** [@raskolnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raskolnik)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-cant-debate/602138 "2011-11-08T22:17:42Z")
Seriously is there any way to have a debate with someone who doesn’t bother to read ANYTHING about the world, but has an opinion on everything. -One of my coworkers is a women in her late 50’s. She is Canadian, and is c… --- ## [Instant Generals in Georgia National Guard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-generals-in-georgia-national-guard/602139)
**Author:** [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-generals-in-georgia-national-guard/602139 "2011-11-08T17:44:23Z")
seriously? I understand that a certain level of slime is involved in politics, but I expect that some level of qualifications are expected for certain offices. Really, Governor Deal? You appoint your floor leader, a f… --- ## [Raging cunt gets TSA employee fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raging-cunt-gets-tsa-employee-fired/601155)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raging-cunt-gets-tsa-employee-fired/601155 "2011-11-08T17:15:28Z")
This is the original tweet This is a site where she shows righteous indignation Here is a story with more details Basically, this cunt with a website went through customs with a vibrator. This fact was not made publi… --- ## [Climate change deniers like Anthony Watts and the Republican leadership got a boot to the head.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers-like-anthony-watts-and-the-republican-leadership-got-a-boot-to-the-head/601041)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers-like-anthony-watts-and-the-republican-leadership-got-a-boot-to-the-head/601041 "2011-11-08T17:02:50Z")
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/20/349544/berkeley-temperature-study-results-confirm-global-warming/ Yet WattsUpWithThat offered not one single fact or link to back up that deplorable falsehood. But now Watts ha… --- ## [Secure Boot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secure-boot/601659)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secure-boot/601659 "2011-11-08T09:29:19Z")
Microsoft pushing hardware manufacturers to try to establish a monopoly, like always, now with compulsory use fo Secure Boot for Windows 8. Those of us who install Linux systems on our computers getting the shaft again. --- ## [Come on, people--"The Awful Truth" is worthy of its own thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-people-the-awful-truth-is-worthy-of-its-own-thread/601641)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-people-the-awful-truth-is-worthy-of-its-own-thread/601641 "2011-11-07T20:08:06Z")
I know we’re a little Chicked out right now, since we just did Mean Momma. But come on–The Awful Truth is Chick at the top of this game. I hardly know where to start. First we have the strange spectacle of Adam being … --- ## [Jack Chick's "Dark Dungeons" brought to life! Sort of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-brought-to-life-sort-of/601397)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-brought-to-life-sort-of/601397 "2011-11-06T22:19:04Z")
Mods, I’m sorry if this belongs somewhere else, but it seems to me that anything Jack Chick-related usually gets put here in the Pit. One of my all-time favorite Chick Tracts is “Dark Dungeons,” the one about how playin… --- ## [Proselytizers: Go get a life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proselytizers-go-get-a-life/601322)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proselytizers-go-get-a-life/601322 "2011-11-06T16:29:39Z")
and leave me the fuck alone. Just because I’m on the sidewalk, working contently in the autumn afternoon sun, does not make me your sitting duck. You come up to me and strike up a conversation, like you’re honestly int… --- ## [Fuck Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-hamas/478867)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 657\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-hamas/478867 "2011-11-05T21:35:40Z")
So either declare war on Israel and get your ass kicked, or do something that might actually advance your cause like a non-violent work stoppage and boycott, but this practice of lobbing rockets at Israel along with the … --- ## [Google has nothing better to do on a Saturday night than change Chrome around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-has-nothing-better-to-do-on-a-saturday-night-than-change-chrome-around/601249)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-has-nothing-better-to-do-on-a-saturday-night-than-change-chrome-around/601249 "2011-11-03T17:15:16Z")
I just accidentally rebooted my laptop (yeah, I haven’t got the hang of it yet) & then restarted Google Chrome assuming I could just open “New Tab” & get back my last session. And discovered that Google has nothing bett… --- ## [I pit Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-alan-joyce-ceo-of-qantas/601271)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-alan-joyce-ceo-of-qantas/601271 "2011-11-02T15:31:54Z")
Everything you need to know in two sentences: He just got a 71% pay rise. He just shut down the company. An international airline, shut down with no forewarning during an international meeting of heads of state, becau… --- ## [Gun question in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-question-in-gq/596173)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-question-in-gq/596173 "2011-11-01T22:31:33Z")
Not so much a pitting, but I didn’t want to continue a hijack of this thread: Well, I can name message boards where the first 10 responses would ignore the question and be about how Glocks totally suck, NYC sucks, L… --- ## [Hey, it's October SOMEWHERE. Bitchtoberfesterama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 554\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-october-somewhere-bitchtoberfesterama/598224 "2011-11-01T21:40:12Z")
OG-forsaken Los Angeles ADA Access paratransit jerks! You’ve been picking my wife up at our home for the past five years (nearly). Now, all of a sudden, you won’t admit to venturing any further into OC than Knott’s Berry… --- ## [Bank of America to Charge for Debit Cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-to-charge-for-debit-cards/598034)
**Author:** [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-to-charge-for-debit-cards/598034 "2011-11-01T20:34:57Z")
First, a hearty “fuck you!” to Bank of America. Second, will the banks actually force the U.S. to move back to a cash-based society with this kind of thing? --- ## [BoA CEO "Incensed" About Public Hostility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boa-ceo-incensed-about-public-hostility/600896)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boa-ceo-incensed-about-public-hostility/600896 "2011-11-01T20:32:03Z")
Look up “self-absorbed” in the dictionary, find Bryan Moynihan’s picture: (I figure I might as well just post this direct to the Pit, since it’s going to end up there anyway.) --- ## [Worst Customers Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-customers-ever/600491)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-customers-ever/600491 "2011-11-01T18:07:58Z")
Free reign to name the worst customers you experience in your particular line of Customer Service. Warning to observers: Naming a racial group is NOT racism, it is generally a fact of customer service, although to be c… --- ## [I do not share your racism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-share-your-racism/599588)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-share-your-racism/599588 "2011-11-01T16:43:04Z")
Today I was walking down the street, blithely feeding my iPhone addiction when I get called over by a pedestrian. For some background, I live in a gentrifying area of DC. Five years ago, this would have been a rough plac… --- ## [Dear AT&T U-verse: I fucking hate you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-at-t-u-verse-i-fucking-hate-you/601135)
**Author:** [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-at-t-u-verse-i-fucking-hate-you/601135 "2011-11-01T03:21:27Z")
When I moved in June, I made the mistake of signing up for AT&T U-verse at my new place. I love the service itself, but trying to get my bill correct has been an exercise in futility. I got my June bill, and none of the… --- ## [BEEP BEEP BEEP - Trucks backing up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beep-beep-beep-trucks-backing-up/600756)
**Author:** [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beep-beep-beep-trucks-backing-up/600756 "2011-10-30T15:57:02Z")
or anything on four wheels for that matter, really. I understand that someone right behind a large truck might benefit from a subtle reminder that said truck is about to run him or her over. But such a reminder only has … --- ## [Dr. Pepper: "We don't serve your kind here."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-we-dont-serve-your-kind-here/600364 "2011-10-30T15:46:13Z")
Perhaps you’ve seen the ads for Dr. Pepper TEN\*? Apparently they think my wife is too weak to handle a ten-calorie drink. It’s just got so much flavor potential that the fairer sex just can’t take it. They only want m… --- ## [I pit the Irish Presidential election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-irish-presidential-election/597573)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-irish-presidential-election/597573 "2011-10-29T06:44:37Z")
There are currently 7 candidates, the highest ever, yet I find myself faced with the choice of: a geriatric who writes bad poetry, an apologist for child abuse, a terrorist, a religious fundamentalist, a woman who ran … --- ## ["How's that hopey-changey thing workin' out for ya?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-that-hopey-changey-thing-workin-out-for-ya/534563)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-that-hopey-changey-thing-workin-out-for-ya/534563 "2011-10-29T04:27:05Z")
“Fantastic, Sarah.” \[insert pointer-finger/thumb circle with three other fingers raised, plus wink, here\] “How’s the cocky-sucky move going for you?” What’s the best response to Palin’s ill-conceived rhetorical question… --- ## [To Emacknight: calm down in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468 "2011-10-29T04:23:58Z")
Relevant discussion here beginning at post 51, and getting juicy at post 61 Emacknight, your argument style is too confrontational and unproductive. In fact, during every one of your posts in that thread it’s impossible… --- ## ["I'm not a racist! I voted for Herman Cain!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-i-voted-for-herman-cain/600999)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-i-voted-for-herman-cain/600999 "2011-10-28T14:34:35Z")
I can see it now. The old defense against being accused a racist was once, “I’m not a racist, I have a black friend!” Soon it will be, “I’m not a racist, I voted for Herman Cain!” Here’s a newsflash for you, you ignora… --- ## [Popup ads that you have to wait to close? WTF!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024 "2011-10-28T11:15:43Z")
Just had my first one, for Domino’s Pizza, when I opened the SDMB. In tiny little words an attached box graciously informed me, “You may close this ad in 7 seconds,” and then counted down from there. Grrrr! How long u… --- ## [GovernmentMan, you're creeping everybody out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governmentman-youre-creeping-everybody-out/600599)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/governmentman-youre-creeping-everybody-out/600599 "2011-10-28T04:32:14Z")
You haven’t done anything specifically Pittable, but your thread-starting obsession and guileless statements about hipsters and/or young women are just fucking weird. Starts uncontroversially enough: Do you guys enjoy … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=232)