# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=241 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 242 --- ## [I Hate My Bank SO Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-bank-so-much/589546)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-bank-so-much/589546 "2011-07-26T00:30:18Z")
I am pitting my bank, Citizens Bank, for their ridiculous, non-sensical, self-serving policies that left me stranded at the gas station today with no way of paying for the much-needed gas I was there for. Without even a… --- ## [Fuck Steve Jobs, fuck Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-steve-jobs-fuck-apple/589929)
**Author:** [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-steve-jobs-fuck-apple/589929 "2011-07-25T21:29:29Z")
So, about a month ago I bought an iphone4. Great phone. I started to get into itunes and downloaded about 7 albums. Well, the other day I downloaded an album and when I was done it showed up on my ipod, but 7 other album… --- ## [Parents who try to control their kids' lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-try-to-control-their-kids-lives/262237)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-try-to-control-their-kids-lives/262237 "2011-07-25T04:55:06Z")
in MPSIMS there is currently a thread on a girl who is with a Jewish boyfriend. His mother has humiliated her, and insulted her for not being Jewish. I just wanted to pit all parents like that, including my own: I’m tel… --- ## [Job hunt/application/interview bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunt-application-interview-bullshit/589303)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunt-application-interview-bullshit/589303 "2011-07-24T19:03:06Z")
Last summer, I went for an interview at a medical lab for a transcriptionist position. When I got there, they made me fill out the paper application all over again even though I had already submitted one online. Then … --- ## [Dear Geek Squad Home Theatre Installation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-geek-squad-home-theatre-installation/589281)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-geek-squad-home-theatre-installation/589281 "2011-07-23T18:34:23Z")
What the fuck are you thinking?!? I was out running this morning past a neighbour’s house and this van was parked in the drive way: Geek Squad Home Theatre Installation What better way is there to say, “if you stop by… --- ## [Damn you, cutlers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-cutlers/589613)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-cutlers/589613 "2011-07-23T06:51:56Z")
Why can’t I find a knife which can conveniently spread butter? Why must you serrate all of your household blades? Don’t you see how hard it is to remove margarine from serrations, for those of us unblessed with specialis… --- ## [Dear Jewelry Store With A Sign Out Front](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-jewelry-store-with-a-sign-out-front/589503)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-jewelry-store-with-a-sign-out-front/589503 "2011-07-23T02:50:42Z")
What the fuck are you thinking?!? I was out running this morning past a few small businesses and this store had this sign out front: McGilicutty’s Fine Jewelry What better way is there to say, “Jump me when I walk out… --- ## [Go Ahead And Bitch At Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-and-bitch-at-me/589759)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ahead-and-bitch-at-me/589759 "2011-07-23T02:06:14Z")
Bitch at me, or the world at large. I don’t care. No really, honestly, I don’t give a f\*\*k today. Bring it on. I might bitch back at you, then again I may not. Because, I just don’t care. --- ## [In Which A Monkey with a gun shoots the fish in a barrel known as Sarah Palin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-monkey-with-a-gun-shoots-the-fish-in-a-barrel-known-as-sarah-palin/589670)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-monkey-with-a-gun-shoots-the-fish-in-a-barrel-known-as-sarah-palin/589670 "2011-07-22T20:19:57Z")
I’m a bit more conservative than most on this board, but I have always thought that Mrs. Palin would be better suited to doing the weather on a local news station rather than being in politics. As some of you know, she … --- ## [GusNSpot, you are one sick fuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gusnspot-you-are-one-sick-fuck/589642)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gusnspot-you-are-one-sick-fuck/589642 "2011-07-22T02:59:32Z")
What the FUCK is wrong with you? Bolding mine. People like you scare the shit out of me. What do you mean, “unless I can get away with it?” Are you saying you’d actually assault someone if you saw them “desecrating”… --- ## [Dammit James Franco, you've spent your goodwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-james-franco-youve-spent-your-goodwill/589635)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-james-franco-youve-spent-your-goodwill/589635 "2011-07-22T01:49:49Z")
I don’t hate James Franco as an actor. I do, however, hate him for associating himself with (and thereby signal-boosting) this crap. I realize this is a few weeks old, but my ire was reignited when other blogs are repor… --- ## ["It's Just a ball", umm, no it isn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-ball-umm-no-it-isnt/588320)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-ball-umm-no-it-isnt/588320 "2011-07-22T00:21:02Z")
In the wake of the recent trgic death of a fan at a Rangers/A’s game I have heard by various commentators, “it’s just a ball”. No it isn’t. Now don’t get me wrong, it is not a winning lottery ticket or bag of gold, but… --- ## [Tea Party group skips out on $500,000 bill at Vegas hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-group-skips-out-on-500-000-bill-at-vegas-hotel/589743)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-group-skips-out-on-500-000-bill-at-vegas-hotel/589743 "2011-07-21T17:36:19Z")
I tried to resist, but the snark potential was just too great for me not to post this. Here’s the story: http://gawker.com/5823097/las-vegas-resort-sues-tea-party-group-for-unpaid-bills Some of the comments on that s… --- ## [Once again and for the upteenth time, "F" the Red Cross.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-and-for-the-upteenth-time-f-the-red-cross/587786)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-and-for-the-upteenth-time-f-the-red-cross/587786 "2011-07-21T15:37:20Z")
The organization can’t get control of itself. They are too large and too inefficient. It’s one scandal after another. Don’t give them a dime because your dime is too often wasted. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/world… --- ## [Orrin Hatch - pathetic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orrin-hatch-pathetic/589550)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orrin-hatch-pathetic/589550 "2011-07-21T03:51:07Z")
So I was caught in a place where the only thing playing was Fox Lose and they were interviewing Orrin Hatch. Orrin, you were a dweeb from the get-go but you got yourself elected to the Senate in a state that is only sec… --- ## [Murdoch Schadenfrude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdoch-schadenfrude/589353)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdoch-schadenfrude/589353 "2011-07-20T01:23:14Z")
So how much are you enjoying watching the Murdoch empire being rocked by the phone hacking scandal? If his employees did try to hack 9/11 victims’ phones will that be enough for conservatives to finally realize what a pi… --- ## [Planned Parenthood defunded in NH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-defunded-in-nh/588706)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-defunded-in-nh/588706 "2011-07-19T22:48:32Z")
In New Hampshire! Wow. The legislature voted to keep funding it, the state Dept of HHS wanted to keep it, but– Whence this anti-PP decision? So, good old-fashioned male dickery then. I was going to put this in the… --- ## [Recovering Republican, Please Step Into the Hallway for a Moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114 "2011-07-19T15:23:30Z")
Please be quiet a moment and don’t give me that look. Is that gum in your mouth? Did you swallow it? Don’t make me use the ruler, young man. Now, you’ve been very active in class and I appreciate it, but your behavior i… --- ## [Debaters my ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaters-my-ass/589394)
**Author:** [@rich2600](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rich2600)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaters-my-ass/589394 "2011-07-19T04:55:32Z")
This is directly referencing… Anyone ever try Reiki? Tried to be respectful, tried to be kind, and tried to address every comment posted. I went into the conversation with these “Skeptics” knowing that they would thin… --- ## [Crappy drivers--I pit this jackass on the freeway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-drivers-i-pit-this-jackass-on-the-freeway/589339)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-drivers-i-pit-this-jackass-on-the-freeway/589339 "2011-07-18T13:56:40Z")
So check it, I was driving along on the 1, I dunno, right after the 4th or so (I can’t remember, I was still pretty drunk) and this fucking guy comes up from the on ramp and totally tries to jack my fast lane. Cuts right… --- ## [Proof the Climate Scientists are greedy liars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-the-climate-scientists-are-greedy-liars/588903)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-the-climate-scientists-are-greedy-liars/588903 "2011-07-18T09:01:04Z")
I have said it many times: when it comes to climate “science,” just follow the money and you can evaluate how real it is. Well, now there is proof; it was found that a climate “scientist” accepted over 1 million dollars… --- ## [WTF is Ingenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-ingenix/589348)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-ingenix/589348 "2011-07-18T00:08:33Z")
I am a physician. I have never heard of Ingenix before Friday. I was applying for health insurance and the application asked for any drug I had ever been prescribed since approximately the age of 3. Not having total r… --- ## [Stupid concert goers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-concert-goers/588884)
**Author:** [@35\_U.S.C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35_U.S.C)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-concert-goers/588884 "2011-07-17T07:15:42Z")
I have some extra tickets to a big-name event happening tonight. I’ve listed them on the secondary market, and have been watching the sales over the past few hours. DESPITE listing my SEATS (which are located in the mi… --- ## [Greg House as a metaphor for governments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-house-as-a-metaphor-for-governments/588939)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-house-as-a-metaphor-for-governments/588939 "2011-07-16T22:06:22Z")
I read this, and I thought–sorry, Alessan–wow, that’s how I feel about the State of Israel! Or, really, the USA. Anyone else feel like there’s a point at which the authorities have become too immoral for you to care wh… --- ## [Wife chops off husband's penis and grinds it up in garbage disposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886 "2011-07-16T12:56:25Z")
Story here Let the comments commence. --- ## [Fucking COMCAST.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866 "2011-07-16T04:44:12Z")
First they impose a bandwidth limit, which even though they say the vast majority of users never come close to reaching, I come close every other month. Am I the only customer that watches HD streaming content from Netf… --- ## [Fuck Zahi Hawass sideways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-zahi-hawass-sideways/578980)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-zahi-hawass-sideways/578980 "2011-07-15T22:45:57Z")
Well, fuck Egypt and Greece both. If it hadn’t been for tomb raiders the Elgin Marbles would have been burned for lime to make mortar, and Lord Elgin bought them legally from the government. Fuck Hawass, previously the… --- ## [I pit easy Libertarian thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-easy-libertarian-thinking/586376)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-easy-libertarian-thinking/586376 "2011-07-15T07:05:56Z")
Eternalone, you get the scorn today: “No restrictions” is not “well-regulated.” There are reasonable limits on category of weapon to avoid collateral damage. Your argument implies an unfamiliarity with weapons of war. … --- ## [Iowa Family Policy Center's "Marriage Vow"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-family-policy-centers-marriage-vow/588340)
**Author:** [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-family-policy-centers-marriage-vow/588340 "2011-07-14T21:34:31Z")
So Michele Bachmann signed the “Marriage Vow”. Have you read this thing? It’s nuts! I couldn’t get past the first sentence without my jaw dropping: Where did the founding fathers discuss what marriage should be? Soc… --- ## [Phlosphr, you are a fucking idiot (re: home birth)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-you-are-a-fucking-idiot-re-home-birth/585786)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 602\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phlosphr-you-are-a-fucking-idiot-re-home-birth/585786 "2011-07-14T21:10:52Z")
Yeesh almighty. Relevant thread here: Birthing at home: Getting over the fear. - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board All you need to know is that Phlosphr (a father-to-be) is all jazzed on home birthing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=242)