# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=232 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 233 --- ## [Rajat Gupta: Not just a jackass, a dumbass too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rajat-gupta-not-just-a-jackass-a-dumbass-too/600864)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rajat-gupta-not-just-a-jackass-a-dumbass-too/600864 "2011-10-27T13:44:57Z")
Breaking new alright: Rajat Gupta is (was) a quite important man. He is (was) a bigshot at the McKinsey consulting company, and this man has friends. Lots of powerful, important friends and clients - Bill Gates, Warren … --- ## [The "complain about your life" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complain-about-your-life-thread/597945)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-complain-about-your-life-thread/597945 "2011-10-27T11:25:37Z")
I’d just like to complain about my life. No job, no life, no money. Most of my friends have gone on with their lives, but I can’t feel comfortable going out to do anything fun. And it’s harder to meet new people stuck a… --- ## [Burgler goes free because he's sorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgler-goes-free-because-hes-sorry/600848)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burgler-goes-free-because-hes-sorry/600848 "2011-10-27T04:53:50Z")
So the guy that robbed my house was released yesterday serving no time for serial burglary. I am still missing some items that he had pawned. The sherriff says that we can file for recompense but I have no clue how tha… --- ## [China is one f\*cked up society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-is-one-f-cked-up-society/599782)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-is-one-f-cked-up-society/599782 "2011-10-26T00:16:18Z")
warning extremely disturbing This is purported to be from mainland China. I can’t understand the reporter in the video, so maybe someone who speaks the language can confirm it, but if it is mainland China,… --- ## [Peace, love and understanding in Libya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-love-and-understanding-in-libya/600648)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-love-and-understanding-in-libya/600648 "2011-10-25T19:37:23Z")
I’m nonviolent to the point of being a total pussy, I understand that and I own it. But recent news stories about “My oh my! Gadaffi may have been executed by an angry mob!” and “Folks loyal to Gadaffi were found slaug… --- ## [So, just exactly how evil am I? Long story...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-exactly-how-evil-am-i-long-story/599909)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-exactly-how-evil-am-i-long-story/599909 "2011-10-25T13:33:51Z")
I use pot medicinally. State law allows it with a medical card. Federally, not legal as you all know. With or without a card, my employer would not have hired me had they known this, so I didn’t tell them. I really h… --- ## [the Straight Dope on those LOUD AS FUCK ADDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-those-loud-as-fuck-adds-at-the-bottom-of-the-page/600715)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-those-loud-as-fuck-adds-at-the-bottom-of-the-page/600715 "2011-10-25T06:01:24Z")
seriously SOUND on the dope? a message board that wont allow avatars because some people are still on dial up now allows god damned super loud flash adds? I about shit my pants. --- ## [I am so fucking sick of the way the left and the right talk to each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-fucking-sick-of-the-way-the-left-and-the-right-talk-to-each-other/600215)
**Author:** [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-fucking-sick-of-the-way-the-left-and-the-right-talk-to-each-other/600215 "2011-10-25T01:23:21Z")
Specifically, I have in mind words and phrases such as these: Republitard Tea Bagger moonbat Shrub Bushie Nobama Obamacare Messiah Annointed One crony capitalism “hope and change” used sarcastically fascist … --- ## [Hilarity from Daily Kos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarity-from-daily-kos/600424)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarity-from-daily-kos/600424 "2011-10-24T20:19:50Z")
Those scamps at Daily Kos, with the connivance of Sen Bernie Sanders, have pulled a good one! Check out the headline! Pentagon: Defense Contractors that defrauded the U.S. military recieved $1.1 Trillion How very dro… --- ## [Spelling, cover letters, and sheer mortification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-cover-letters-and-sheer-mortification/600142)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-cover-letters-and-sheer-mortification/600142 "2011-10-24T11:59:41Z")
Well, I foud out after reviewing something I wrote that I mispelled a word on a damn cover letter I sent in… for an editing job. :smack: The irritating thing is that I know how to spell the word. It’s that I can’t type.… --- ## [Is Gaddafi worth Pitting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gaddafi-worth-pitting/572237)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gaddafi-worth-pitting/572237 "2011-10-23T23:36:10Z")
If so, I hereby Pit Muammar al-Gaddafi for using foreign mercenaries and helicopter gunships to shoot down his own rebellious people in the streets. And, while I’m at it, for his whole history as a silly tin-pot dictato… --- ## [I pit AT&T customer service.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-at-t-customer-service/600148)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-at-t-customer-service/600148 "2011-10-23T20:00:24Z")
I got a new phone several weeks ago. I’m not sure of the exact date since I misplaced the paperwork and yes, that’s my fault. I’m having problems with the phone and I wanted to know where to take it. If I’ve had it 30 d… --- ## [Rush Limbaugh defends rapists and murderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946 "2011-10-21T01:27:31Z")
As you’ve probably heard, Obama recently decided to deploy 100 troops to central Africa in an effort to help take down the Lord’s Resistance Army, which has a well documented history of terrorizing “villagers in at least… --- ## [Romney a dog abuser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720)
**Author:** [@Beast\_Model](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beast_Model)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-a-dog-abuser/599720 "2011-10-20T15:31:23Z")
Did Mitt Romney really drive 300 miles with a dog tied to the roof of his car? --- ## [...content not available in your country.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/content-not-available-in-your-country/598709)
**Author:** [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/content-not-available-in-your-country/598709 "2011-10-20T06:32:13Z")
“your country” refers to Houston, Texas USA. CNN video Kim Jong Il’s son found on Facebook? “Not available” in my country? What the fuck - did the DEA discover it had recreational potential? I am so fucking angry. I… --- ## [get your dogs dirty ass off the restaurant table!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-dogs-dirty-ass-off-the-restaurant-table/599865)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-your-dogs-dirty-ass-off-the-restaurant-table/599865 "2011-10-19T17:12:11Z")
Yeah it’s me, the guy that pitted parents who put babies in dirty diapers on restaurant tables. Why do I go out to eat? Went out to lunch yesterday, sat inside by the windows. Looked outside, and 4 women were sitting at… --- ## [The whole "Zombie Apocalypse" thing has finally achieved patent absurdity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-zombie-apocalypse-thing-has-finally-achieved-patent-absurdity/600040 "2011-10-19T11:36:42Z")
For years there has been a meme, particularly among gun owners (but certainly not limited to them), where someone asks about what guns you would like to have in case of zombie attack, also known as “Zombie Apocalypse” or… --- ## [My GF is a commie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gf-is-a-commie/599743)
**Author:** [@raskolnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raskolnik)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gf-is-a-commie/599743 "2011-10-18T00:24:12Z")
Or worse, she defends them. -I’ve screwed up, I’m in love. -With a Chinese girl who has such great lines as 1 “Kruchev attacking Stalin destoryed the USSR, so modern Chinese must never complain about the CCP.” 2 “L… --- ## [Diaper Changing on a table ... in a lunch room.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diaper-changing-on-a-table-in-a-lunch-room/599698)
**Author:** [@franmachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/franmachine)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diaper-changing-on-a-table-in-a-lunch-room/599698 "2011-10-18T00:05:11Z")
Ok…I know I’ve seen something like this on here before but seriously, why would anyone with even a brain the size of a quark, think it’s ok to change a diaper on a lunch room table…FULL OF PEOPLE HAVING LUNCH!!! Here’s … --- ## [Pakistan - better check your spelling. And then check it again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistan-better-check-your-spelling-and-then-check-it-again/599281)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pakistan-better-check-your-spelling-and-then-check-it-again/599281 "2011-10-17T22:28:17Z")
To the seemingly unending series of incidents demonstrating that barbarism (in the guise of fundamentalist Islam) is alive and thriving in Pakistan, we can add the following: a 13-year-old Christian girl committed the ap… --- ## [Florida's modern-day executions are too humane...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-modern-day-executions-are-too-humane/599533)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-modern-day-executions-are-too-humane/599533 "2011-10-17T17:47:22Z")
…or so says one Florida state legistaor, who is introducing a bill in January to force death row inmates to choose between electrocution and the firing squad. He says letting them “go to sleep” with lethal injection allo… --- ## [Dear Friend: Where the Fuck Are You???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-friend-where-the-fuck-are-you/599730)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-friend-where-the-fuck-are-you/599730 "2011-10-17T16:04:56Z")
I made plans to drive with a friend to the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival. This is one of THE national-level events for yarn crafting in the US. I could have taken Metro-North but I thought it would be more fun… --- ## [Dear Parents of my Students: It's Your Fault. (F that 'sensitivy training'!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-parents-of-my-students-its-your-fault-f-that-sensitivy-training/599253)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-parents-of-my-students-its-your-fault-f-that-sensitivy-training/599253 "2011-10-17T15:59:20Z")
I’m not sure if I’m good at Pitting (well, I have bad manners on here half the time without even realizing it) but I am tired. I am so fucking tired of PARENTS. Because here’s the thing: I fully expect kids to act like m… --- ## [99? Rookies! I say 100%!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-rookies-i-say-100/599035)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-rookies-i-say-100/599035 "2011-10-16T20:13:05Z")
I’m getting more and more tickled by this 99% crowd. The more I see these people on TV, the web, the more I am amused. They attempt to imply a massive movement—99%—with people who are unhappy with…with…with…SOMETHING. Th… --- ## [Canadian Conservatives Want Big Government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-conservatives-want-big-government/599742)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-conservatives-want-big-government/599742 "2011-10-16T18:56:21Z")
Right now, our miniscule population compared to the US has 5 more senators than the US and 308 seats in the House of Commons compared to 435 seats in the House of Representatives. Not to mention that Harper has 39 membe… --- ## [Topeka City Council Decriminalizes Domestic Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topeka-city-council-decriminalizes-domestic-violence/599478)
**Author:** [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topeka-city-council-decriminalizes-domestic-violence/599478 "2011-10-15T23:38:42Z")
link Topeka city council moves to decriminalize domestic violence. The effect is to force prosecution of domestic violence as a criminal violation of Kansas state law, but still, pretty sad. Using victims of DV as prox… --- ## [A pair to draw to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pair-to-draw-to/599432)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pair-to-draw-to/599432 "2011-10-15T15:56:58Z")
A pair of sick fucks, that is. These two lovely people murdered four people (that we know of) in three states over the course of a few days. Two of them were the guy’s father and stepmother. He says the father moleste… --- ## [17 Days, 14 Hours Remaining on Download](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-days-14-hours-remaining-on-download/599532)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-days-14-hours-remaining-on-download/599532 "2011-10-15T14:01:00Z")
I am paying for the fastest internet connection over here. I really do not know where to look to tell you my connection speed. In any case, I am downloading the update to Civ V. The updater says I have 20 hours and 46 mi… --- ## [Maddow Names 2012 Republican GOP Opponent: Karl Rove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddow-names-2012-republican-gop-opponent-karl-rove/598723)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddow-names-2012-republican-gop-opponent-karl-rove/598723 "2011-10-15T02:43:45Z")
Karl Rove has raised a quarter of a billion dollars already for the 2012 elections. Much of that money has come from big-spending right wing donors who contributed six and seven figure checks. And the election is more t… --- ## ["Values" Voters Summit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/values-voters-summit/599112)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/values-voters-summit/599112 "2011-10-14T22:12:47Z")
Going on this weekend in Washington D.C. The fact that Newt Gingrich was an invited speaker, says volumes about how serious these ass clowns are about “values.” But they’ve been making news this week for a number of oth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=233)