# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=234 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 235 --- ## [Republicans boo gay serviceman at Florida debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391 "2011-10-03T03:26:55Z")
An active duty gay serviceman was booed after his video question was playedat the Florida Debate Thursday night, then Rick Santorum’s anwer saying gays have no place in the military was cheered by the crowd. So on three… --- ## [Let's hear it for dead puppies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-dead-puppies/597802)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-it-for-dead-puppies/597802 "2011-10-03T00:29:54Z")
On the surface, the headline seems absurd. Even non-dog people would cringe at the slaughter of a puppy, even if it wasn’t as adorable as the ones used in internet images. I personally prefer cats but even I see a puppy … --- ## [Lawrence Russell Brewer Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-russell-brewer-dead/597158)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-russell-brewer-dead/597158 "2011-10-02T23:10:25Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/09/21/us/AP-US-Texas-Execution-Dragging-Death.html?hp There is fortunately no controversy surrounding Brewer and the other two’s guilt and thus justice has been dispensed cleanly, fl… --- ## [Vindication for 9/11 Truthers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vindication-for-9-11-truthers/597328)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vindication-for-9-11-truthers/597328 "2011-10-02T10:42:14Z")
Yes! Finally a reputable source that vindicates 9/11 Truthers. See Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More. With a guy as well respected and obviously knowledgeable…he IS an engineer af… --- ## [Venting...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting/591484)
**Author:** [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting/591484 "2011-10-02T04:19:13Z")
Where to start? Fuck the universe, how’s that? I don’t believe in god, but if I were suddenly proven wrong, were I to die and be confronted with my maker, I’d do my very best to kick him in the balls, as hard and as of… --- ## [The \*REAL\* start of the year! September mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 673\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-start-of-the-year-september-mini-rants/594847 "2011-10-01T12:36:18Z")
The year starts in September, every knows that. My mini-rant: There is a new building under construction right out my work window. A window that, miracle of miracles, I can open to enjoy the lovely September cool weath… --- ## [$30 for a pizza..are you frackin serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-for-a-pizza-are-you-frackin-serious/597389)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-for-a-pizza-are-you-frackin-serious/597389 "2011-10-01T10:00:15Z")
Haven’t order pizza for delivery in some time. However, was in the mood. Log into a a local pizza places website and one…1…as in single…as in not 2 but 1 pizza to be delivered…$30. Not including tip. Really? Serious… --- ## [Fuck you ESPN on the Bartman doc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-espn-on-the-bartman-doc/597837)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-espn-on-the-bartman-doc/597837 "2011-10-01T09:00:26Z")
ESPN ran a heavily-advertised documentary tonight called “Catching Hell,” about the captioned event. It included really impressive videography (subtracting and adding visual elements during replays) and background inter… --- ## [The human body needs a major redesign (stupid wisdom tooth...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-body-needs-a-major-redesign-stupid-wisdom-tooth/598074)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-human-body-needs-a-major-redesign-stupid-wisdom-tooth/598074 "2011-10-01T06:09:05Z")
On Monday at about 2:00 AM (I had insomnia), I experienced an unpleasant sensation, the back of my third molar (right hand side, upper jaw, about 1/4 of the back right corner of the tooth) fractured away, leaving a very … --- ## [Venting: How the fuck could permanent freelancing ever be a good deal for an employee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting-how-the-fuck-could-permanent-freelancing-ever-be-a-good-deal-for-an-employee/597667)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting-how-the-fuck-could-permanent-freelancing-ever-be-a-good-deal-for-an-employee/597667 "2011-09-29T19:51:51Z")
I’m not talking about real freelancers - 1099 contractors who presumably see some tax-and-flexibility benefits to doing actual contract work. I’m talking about the fucking dipshit organizations such as my wife’s employe… --- ## [Verizon Fios deceptive advertising is bullshit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-fios-deceptive-advertising-is-bullshit/597920)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-fios-deceptive-advertising-is-bullshit/597920 "2011-09-29T14:46:24Z")
So according to Verizons website I can get Fios internet and TV for $89/mo. Wow what a deal right? WRONG. They don’t tell you until you check out that you MUST at a MINIMUM rent a set top box for each TV for $10/mo in o… --- ## [I pit CVS price gouging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cvs-price-gouging/596424)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-cvs-price-gouging/596424 "2011-09-29T14:32:07Z")
So my mother in law is uninsured and takes several drugs to deal with her high blood pressure. She had been buying them at CVS for at least 10 years. Last week I went to pick them up for her and commented to the pharma… --- ## [Pitting Neil Everett, the most insufferable ESPN Sportscenter anchor ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-neil-everett-the-most-insufferable-espn-sportscenter-anchor-ever/597979)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-neil-everett-the-most-insufferable-espn-sportscenter-anchor-ever/597979 "2011-09-29T06:08:48Z")
After watching the most exciting night of “regular season” baseball in my lifetime, and some great ESPN post-game analysis, I’m heading to bed. As much as I would love to wake up tomorrow and get some great “morning aft… --- ## [The Weather Channel has remarkably thin skin, can't take honest criticisim of their iPhone app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725 "2011-09-28T22:15:59Z")
If you’re an iPhone user like me, you’ve probably experienced the steady decline of the Weather Channel iPhone app, ever since the version 4.0 update, it has been getting steadily worse Basically, 4.0 broke the radar ma… --- ## [Help me choose my next vacation spot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-next-vacation-spot/597650)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-my-next-vacation-spot/597650 "2011-09-28T05:22:29Z")
I’m thinking of taking a vacation where I can get some real scenic hiking. There’s a lot of places available to me - so here are my choices My back yard - the good ol’ \*\*U S \*\*of A Europe - explore the rich history a… --- ## [Dumbasses, tragedies don't "have to happen" mmmkay? (lame)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-tragedies-dont-have-to-happen-mmmkay-lame/595519)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbasses-tragedies-dont-have-to-happen-mmmkay-lame/595519 "2011-09-27T19:25:57Z")
WTF is with people who say “so sorry this had to happen”?? “Had to”? Accidents don’t have to happen, people. That’s all. Lame. --- ## [Why the fuck do I read mommy boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-i-read-mommy-boards/596847)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-i-read-mommy-boards/596847 "2011-09-27T14:30:59Z")
Fuck. After about a three month hiatus, I checked in on the pregnancy and motherhood message board that I used to read. My due date club was awesome. It was totally helpful, and still is, to be in contact with a few mom… --- ## [Most idiotic example of self-censorship I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-idiotic-example-of-self-censorship-ive-ever-seen/597559)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-idiotic-example-of-self-censorship-ive-ever-seen/597559 "2011-09-26T23:08:40Z")
I was absentmindedly reading a thread in a motorcycle forum. A guy was having fuel related problems, and everytime “petcock” came up, it was either “petc o c k” or “pet\*\*\*\*”! I think the first example was from a poster w… --- ## [News from the Fullerton Police Department!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-from-the-fullerton-police-department/597190)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-from-the-fullerton-police-department/597190 "2011-09-26T18:36:07Z")
Well, I was over at the Fullerton (California) Police Department web site and am proud to announce that the FPD has a new member, “Mueller,” a black and brown Malanois. In other news, not on the web site, Two FPD office… --- ## [Unconvinced that mainstream conservatives (Tea Partiers) are evil and stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconvinced-that-mainstream-conservatives-tea-partiers-are-evil-and-stupid/596248)
**Author:** [@spazurek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spazurek)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconvinced-that-mainstream-conservatives-tea-partiers-are-evil-and-stupid/596248 "2011-09-26T16:45:15Z")
(1) Favoring a heath care policy that lets a 30-year-old die for lack of insurance. First of all, evil, plain and simple. Second, and just as important, pathetically stupid – not a SINGLE one of them would actually go … --- ## [Fuck you Ann, hell has a special place for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ann-hell-has-a-special-place-for-you/597175)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-ann-hell-has-a-special-place-for-you/597175 "2011-09-26T15:46:38Z")
'Nuff said. --- ## [Damn murderers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-murderers/597186)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-murderers/597186 "2011-09-26T14:43:29Z")
Troy Davis was executed on September 21st despite international pressure. Even if one were to accept the death penalty for certain crimes (something I definitely don’t) when the question of guilt is beyond any doubt, th… --- ## [I pit thin-skinned moderators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thin-skinned-moderators/597047)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thin-skinned-moderators/597047 "2011-09-26T14:36:50Z")
I just got permanently banned at one of my favorite sites. Kinda came a shock to me too, because I was pretty sure I had been on my best behavior. So I look to see what I got banned for… …THAT is banworthy? I’m sorry, … --- ## [Charity that spends 80% on Administrative Costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-that-spends-80-on-administrative-costs/597152)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-that-spends-80-on-administrative-costs/597152 "2011-09-26T10:45:55Z")
I still get calls all the time from random charities – tonight from one supporting “The Armed Forces”. When I asked how much goes to the charity vs. admin & fundraising, they proudly told that 20% goes to the charity! A… --- ## [Cecil ~ Dumbest Man Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-dumbest-man-alive/597529)
**Author:** [@Vahid\_Tarzan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vahid_Tarzan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-dumbest-man-alive/597529 "2011-09-25T15:16:44Z")
How did Cecil become the smartest man alive surrounded by close-minded fire retarded idiots? --- ## [Sarah Palin, Sportscaster - Young, cute, no grating accent!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-sportscaster-young-cute-no-grating-accent/597174)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-sportscaster-young-cute-no-grating-accent/597174 "2011-09-25T04:29:34Z")
At the end of this hatchet job describing the National Enquirer hatchet job which describes the recent Joe McGinness hatchet job on Sarah Palin, is a video clip of Palin in her younger TV sportscaster days. Scroll down t… --- ## [No, I don't eat popcorn. That's not the point.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-eat-popcorn-thats-not-the-point/596689)
**Author:** [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-eat-popcorn-thats-not-the-point/596689 "2011-09-25T03:36:10Z")
Three times in the last six months the fire department has been called to my workplace to extinguish fires in microwave ovens. All three fires were caused by people putting popcorn packages into the microwave oven, and w… --- ## [Random Trashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-trashing/597423)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-trashing/597423 "2011-09-25T00:28:09Z")
…just because I can. Jeesh adhay, you’re a fucking asshole. but that’s OK because I have no dog in this fight. By the way, every one of your posts make no sense. Are you drunk or something? Do you even contribute anyth… --- ## [Hit and run driver, you suck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-and-run-driver-you-suck/596883)
**Author:** [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-and-run-driver-you-suck/596883 "2011-09-25T00:25:48Z")
Fortunately, nobody was hurt when you slammed into the back of our new (new to us, anyway) car this morning. Unfortunately, you are apparently unhurt. That’s what I’d assume, anyway, since you somehow managed to drive of… --- ## [This is a fucking library. SHUT UP. TURN OFF YOUR DAMN PHONE.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-fucking-library-shut-up-turn-off-your-damn-phone/353210)
**Author:** [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-fucking-library-shut-up-turn-off-your-damn-phone/353210 "2011-09-24T13:59:49Z")
I sit here in the library of my college–where almost everyone is not only above 18 but supposedly of sufficient intelligence to attend an institute of higher learning–and it is clearly evident that somewhere in each of t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=235)