# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=236 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 237 --- ## [Might as well Pit Rick Perry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-as-well-pit-rick-perry/592392)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-as-well-pit-rick-perry/592392 "2011-09-15T04:37:02Z")
So the dipshit is going to run for President. Bachman needs tougher competition in the crazy pool. http://news.yahoo.com/texas-governor-perry-run-president-cnn-201057459.html When was the last time a Texas Governor ran… --- ## [When do we stop wallowing in 9/11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-we-stop-wallowing-in-9-11/595523)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-we-stop-wallowing-in-9-11/595523 "2011-09-14T22:25:21Z")
Do we really need a couple weeks of 9/11 reminiscences from the media? It’s been 10 years. When can we stop wallowing in this event? Dwelling on this attack does our nation no good, and in my opinion, a lot of harm. It … --- ## [Enzyte Commercials - why are they still being aired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enzyte-commercials-why-are-they-still-being-aired/596116)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enzyte-commercials-why-are-they-still-being-aired/596116 "2011-09-13T21:58:04Z")
Even though Steve Warshak has admitted (in vague terms) that enzyte is a scam, and has been sentenced to prison, this useless product is still advertised on later-night TV. Granted that most shows I watch are DVRed so t… --- ## [REPUBLICANS for the rich / DEMOCRATS for everyone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-for-the-rich-democrats-for-everyone-else/596078)
**Author:** [@commonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commonsense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-for-the-rich-democrats-for-everyone-else/596078 "2011-09-13T17:59:22Z")
Every time a leveling of the tax burden fro those that can afford it the most, the Republicans scream foul! It is well known that Republicans support the rich and want the tax burden to lie solely on everyone else. The… --- ## [American Capitalism at its finest (Hershey walkout)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-capitalism-at-its-finest-hershey-walkout/594727)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-capitalism-at-its-finest-hershey-walkout/594727 "2011-09-13T12:11:57Z")
Watch this video. Or read this article. WTF America? From the second link above: Wow Hershey! A WHOLE week off! A day of education? Really?? This is Third World shit. Near slave labor. Fuck you Hershey. You sh… --- ## [I Pit the new "frost brewed Coors Light" temperature indicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-frost-brewed-coors-light-temperature-indicator/595210)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-frost-brewed-coors-light-temperature-indicator/595210 "2011-09-13T03:57:36Z")
According to the new TV ad, the beer has two strips on the label, which turn blue at “cold” and “super cold”, respectively. Who the fuck can’t tell whether a fucking beer is cold by picking it up in their hand? The onl… --- ## [9/11: How We Shouldn't Have Responded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-how-we-shouldnt-have-responded/595476)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-how-we-shouldnt-have-responded/595476 "2011-09-13T02:14:44Z")
http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/war-peace/sept-11th/6557-our-post-9-11-world-a-ten-year-retrospective.html#disqus\_thread This “alternate world” is really an ode to gratuitous nuclear mass murder, and rabid, illogical … --- ## [I pit the laws that alienate fathers from their children through no fault of their own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-laws-that-alienate-fathers-from-their-children-through-no-fault-of-their-own/595497)
**Author:** [@Biffer\_Spice\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice_1)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-laws-that-alienate-fathers-from-their-children-through-no-fault-of-their-own/595497 "2011-09-12T03:30:45Z")
This is a hypothetical rant with regards my own situation at the moment, but I am appalled at the implications, should my child’s mother decide that I shouldn’t see him anymore. i’m in the UK, and have an 18 month old s… --- ## [My Neighbour from Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbour-from-hell/595920)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbour-from-hell/595920 "2011-09-11T15:29:52Z")
We became neighbours 15 years ago. We share a 280 foot property line. Up till several weeks a go I thought we were getting along adequately. Not like we were friends, but our conversations were friendly. Three years … --- ## [advnce auto parts sucksssss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advnce-auto-parts-sucksssss/595455)
**Author:** [@martinuhrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martinuhrich)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advnce-auto-parts-sucksssss/595455 "2011-09-10T14:22:25Z")
i work at advance in saginaw,mi i been at this crap job 3 years and have gotten a .32 cent raise and cannot get full time and i have an excellent attendance record and there is another employee working there that only ha… --- ## [Dancing With the Stars will make your daughters want to grow penises.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-will-make-your-daughters-want-to-grow-penises/595032)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-will-make-your-daughters-want-to-grow-penises/595032 "2011-09-10T08:09:24Z")
Yep, your daughters will want to grow penises and your sons will wish they had vaginas, or so says Psyciatrist Dr. Keith Ablow in an editorial for FoxNews.com (c’mon, you knew that was coming. Who else is going to publi… --- ## [I Pit jihadists everywhere, this time specifically in India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553 "2011-09-10T00:42:43Z")
When I heard on the radio about a bombing at the Indian High Court in New Delhi my first thought was “India – Maoists or Islamists?” Sure enough, it’s the Islamists. 11 dead, 45 wounded. :mad: And all for nothing. G… --- ## [Resolved: Whoever leaked news of the 9/11 anniversary plot should be charged with treason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-whoever-leaked-news-of-the-9-11-anniversary-plot-should-be-charged-with-treason/595678)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-whoever-leaked-news-of-the-9-11-anniversary-plot-should-be-charged-with-treason/595678 "2011-09-09T18:04:55Z")
Really, motherfuckers? The news organizations just happened to receive word of a plot involving some trucks possibly maybe in the Kansas City area that might possibly perhaps have something to do with a 10-year annivers… --- ## [Pay attention when you're driving in rush hour! Assholes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-attention-when-youre-driving-in-rush-hour-assholes/595670)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-attention-when-youre-driving-in-rush-hour-assholes/595670 "2011-09-09T01:13:34Z")
Look, it’s raining, it’s just barely beginning to get light, traffic is heavy. On the way from Dayton to Cincinnati this morning, from mile marker 22 through mile marker 13, rush-hour traffic was slowed, stopped, and de… --- ## [Shame On You Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-japan/595201)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-japan/595201 "2011-09-09T00:50:42Z")
Japan’s new PM is this fellow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiko\_Noda If of course in Europe a Nazi or a Stalinist apologist gained political office it would rightfully cause great indignition but apparently this… --- ## [I PIT Obama's Jobs Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499)
**Author:** [@Rekd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rekd)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obamas-jobs-speech/595499 "2011-09-08T20:42:25Z")
I’m gonna go ahead and get started early… :eek: The jobs speech will have 3 main components continue the payroll tax holiday extended unemployment benefits again to encourage people to continue not looking for a job $… --- ## [I Pit OPM (only of interest to DC area residents, probably)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opm-only-of-interest-to-dc-area-residents-probably/595642)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opm-only-of-interest-to-dc-area-residents-probably/595642 "2011-09-08T19:50:19Z")
OK, this has gone on long enough. I’ve been working for the Federal government, and living on the east side of the DC area, for 13 years now. And from the very beginning, it’s been clear that, in deciding whether to cl… --- ## [Sorry, folks! One more bed bug thread: Noah's Ark.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-folks-one-more-bed-bug-thread-noahs-ark/595101)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-folks-one-more-bed-bug-thread-noahs-ark/595101 "2011-09-08T03:48:46Z")
Okay , so were there bed bugs aboard Noah’s Ark? Huh? Huh? This is a serious question. No derails allowed. I’m serious. You are forbidden to derail this fine discussion theme. I don’t need to tel you what I’ll pray… --- ## [I pit 'racial realism' projectionism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-racial-realism-projectionism/595468)
**Author:** [@Lago\_Ys-Transform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lago_Ys-Transform)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-racial-realism-projectionism/595468 "2011-09-08T00:31:44Z")
Now right-wing abuse of science/humanities, especially in the late 20th century/this one isn’t anything remotely new so when stacked up against grievous errors like AGW denialism and anti-evolutionism and more piddling… --- ## [Republican Lawmakers in Texas are Murderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-lawmakers-in-texas-are-murderers/595408)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-lawmakers-in-texas-are-murderers/595408 "2011-09-07T20:11:56Z")
God is obviously not happy with Texas… Disastrous Texas Wildfire Now Worst in State’s History Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/06/disastrous-texas-wildfire-now-worst-in-states-history/#ixzz1XC4zkQLv Why won… --- ## [I pit the woman who threw her baby off a 4 story parking structure!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006)
**Author:** [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-woman-who-threw-her-baby-off-a-4-story-parking-structure/594006 "2011-09-07T16:26:07Z")
http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles\_n35/police-orange-baby.html The mother had post-partum depression, and the baby had to wear a helmet to fix his twisted neck and flat head. She was unhappy with this, and thre… --- ## [Fuck You, Advance Auto Parts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-advance-auto-parts/261356)
**Author:** [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-advance-auto-parts/261356 "2011-09-07T04:38:52Z")
I can’t with good conscience pit the poor saps who have sold their souls to such an evil company, nor can I blame the 3 year old in the nicaraguan sweat show who refurbishes automotive electrical parts for them. No, I m… --- ## [UTIs and other crap - August Minirants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020)
**Author:** [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Replies:** 563\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utis-and-other-crap-august-minirants/591020 "2011-09-07T04:28:06Z")
I woke up this morning with a UTI. At first it was just a little uncomfortable, but quickly progressed to the “peeing 3 drops ever 3 minutes” stage. I ended up going to a Doc-in-the-Box when I noticed blood in my urine… --- ## [Latest tract: "Walking dead" -- Will this become a ZOMBIE thread? (Heh.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-tract-walking-dead-will-this-become-a-zombie-thread-heh/595098)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-tract-walking-dead-will-this-become-a-zombie-thread-heh/595098 "2011-09-06T20:55:23Z")
Okay, at long last Jack de Shmuck uses a particular long-term pop-cultural favorite: ZOMBIES in one of his tracts. This should be right up the alley of many dopers here, judging from the spate of threads about zombies t… --- ## [Fuck you, Japanese Steakhouse!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-japanese-steakhouse/594676 "2011-09-06T19:53:52Z")
My first BBQ Pit thread. Neat. :slight\_smile: So, I wanted Teppenyaki for my birthday party with my friends. Made the reservation two weeks ago. About 45 minutes ago, at FOUR-THIRTY, two and a half hours before dinner, … --- ## [Beware of Doug, come on now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-doug-come-on-now/595122)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-of-doug-come-on-now/595122 "2011-09-06T15:22:47Z")
I just read this thread. Warning: it is pathetic and the OP admits as much. My plea to Beware of Doug: Find some self-awareness and inner strength. Some dignity. Gain some perspective and some clarity. Stop going to… --- ## [Were there fish in the Ark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-fish-in-the-ark/594754)
**Author:** [@strugglingChristian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strugglingChristian)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-fish-in-the-ark/594754 "2011-09-05T18:44:56Z")
Were there fish in the ark? This is actually a derail identification contest. The first person to identify the derail gets the point. your identification must quote the derail and must directly follow the derail. In … --- ## [Bank of America fascists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-fascists/594760)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-fascists/594760 "2011-09-05T01:49:20Z")
You wonder why your stock is taking a beating? Try “fucking with your customers” for a thousand. So we’re going along as happily consuming Americans, using our Alaska Airlines card for all our purchases, and paying off… --- ## [pseudotriton ruber ruber: ignorant and intellectually dishonest is no way to go through life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-ignorant-and-intellectually-dishonest-is-no-way-to-go-through-life/594768)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-ignorant-and-intellectually-dishonest-is-no-way-to-go-through-life/594768 "2011-09-04T23:50:40Z")
Just a few things, prr: If you’re going to title a thread, “Jesus Christ as your fantasy dinner guest,” you ought not to be upset when people stick with the example of Jesus in your little thought experiment. If yo… --- ## [John Boehner and Obama too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-and-obama-too/594852)
**Author:** [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-boehner-and-obama-too/594852 "2011-09-04T21:07:58Z")
So here we are again with the latest bout of these clowns kicking each others shins. Obama wants to address congress on the date of some long planned Republican candidate debates and Boehner rejects the request. It is my… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=237)