# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=246 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 247 --- ## [Insert Wotan's Spear and Rotate: AMC Movies Screws DIE WALKURE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-wotans-spear-and-rotate-amc-movies-screws-die-walkure/584065)
**Author:** [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-wotans-spear-and-rotate-amc-movies-screws-die-walkure/584065 "2011-06-03T04:11:26Z")
Imagine an umlaut over the U. :wink: And it’s a long post but hey, it was a five-and-a-half-hour broadcast. Or was supposed to be. I paid nineteen good American dollars to you, AMC Cinemas Bay Plaza in beautiful downtow… --- ## [It's your life, but what about the poor person who hits and kills you???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-life-but-what-about-the-poor-person-who-hits-and-kills-you/583459)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-life-but-what-about-the-poor-person-who-hits-and-kills-you/583459 "2011-06-03T01:52:28Z")
Or the person who wrecks his/her car trying to avoid hitting you? (hint to such a driver: Don’t. This person needs to be removed from the gene pool. You’ll be doing EVERYONE a favor. Really.). Scenario: semi major road … --- ## [cell phone drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-drivers/583522)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-drivers/583522 "2011-06-02T17:03:40Z")
There was a time when pedestrians had the right of way. Those days are gone. I walk my beagles in the park everyday. I cross a 4 lanes south, an island and then 4 lanes north road. It is heavily traveled. There is a lig… --- ## [Insert Wotan's Spear and Rotate: AMC Movies Screws DIE WALKURE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-wotans-spear-and-rotate-amc-movies-screws-die-walkure/584067)
**Author:** [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-wotans-spear-and-rotate-amc-movies-screws-die-walkure/584067 "2011-06-02T10:54:54Z")
Imagine an umlaut over the U. :wink: And it’s a long post but hey, it was a five-and-a-half-hour broadcast. Or was supposed to be. I paid nineteen good American dollars to you, AMC Cinemas Bay Plaza in beautiful downtow… --- ## [Insert Wotan's Spear and Rotate: AMC Movies Screws DIE WALKURE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-wotans-spear-and-rotate-amc-movies-screws-die-walkure/584066)
**Author:** [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insert-wotans-spear-and-rotate-amc-movies-screws-die-walkure/584066 "2011-06-02T10:18:05Z")
Imagine an umlaut over the U. :wink: And it’s a long post but hey, it was a five-and-a-half-hour broadcast. Or was supposed to be. I paid nineteen good American dollars to you, AMC Cinemas Bay Plaza in beautiful downtow… --- ## [I hope they hang you by your heels, Ratko Mladic...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-hang-you-by-your-heels-ratko-mladic/583307)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-they-hang-you-by-your-heels-ratko-mladic/583307 "2011-06-02T05:37:49Z")
…and gut you like a fucking pig. 8000 men and boys slaughtered under his direct command. The fucker’s been caught, goddamn his soul. “One soldier approached a woman in the middle of a crowd,” he said. “Her child was c… --- ## [I pit mindless, pointless stuff instead of posting it in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mindless-pointless-stuff-instead-of-posting-it-in-mpsims/584044)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-mindless-pointless-stuff-instead-of-posting-it-in-mpsims/584044 "2011-06-02T04:20:48Z")
You boring twats. --- ## [Naxos Is From An Alternate Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naxos-is-from-an-alternate-universe/583704 "2011-06-02T01:11:37Z")
Such insane, delusional, ignorant, bigoted statements come often from Naxos, who is (if it were even possible) a caricature of Der Trihs. At least the latter has a sense of humour occasionally but Naxos is just a prissy… --- ## [May 21st and STILL NO NEW CHICK TRACT. WAIT--](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-21st-and-still-no-new-chick-tract-wait/582687)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-21st-and-still-no-new-chick-tract-wait/582687 "2011-06-01T23:43:41Z")
I spoke too soon. “Why No Revival” was really the very first Chick tract, although he may have previously made cartoon placards for a prison presentation, and “This was your Life” was made from them. It was odd in that… --- ## [Matt Drudge: WATCH OUT, White America- OUT OF CONTROL NEGROS ON TEH LOOSE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-drudge-watch-out-white-america-out-of-control-negros-on-teh-loose/583932)
**Author:** [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-drudge-watch-out-white-america-out-of-control-negros-on-teh-loose/583932 "2011-06-01T20:44:35Z")
Check out the top portion of tonights Drudge Report: . . . . Now I have always enjoyed Matt Drudge’s website and his radio show when it was on, and while I rarely agree with his… --- ## [Now THIS is an example of where anti abortionists actually just hate women.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-an-example-of-where-anti-abortionists-actually-just-hate-women/583288)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-this-is-an-example-of-where-anti-abortionists-actually-just-hate-women/583288 "2011-06-01T16:30:21Z")
I am semi pro-life in that I don’t think a woman’s right to choose is inviolate after the first trimester and should be severely truncated in the third trimester. Sometimes people accuse me of hating women. THESE guys … --- ## [It's May! It's May! The merry month of mini-rants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-its-may-the-merry-month-of-mini-rants/580336)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 442\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-may-its-may-the-merry-month-of-mini-rants/580336 "2011-06-01T02:11:10Z")
Another month, another barrelful of whining. Look, bus drivers: it ain’t cute to take off from the bus stop while passengers are still making their ways to their seats. I’m sure you all got a big laugh back at the bus … --- ## [Houseplant Dopers: Do you tell your houseplants when you leave the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745 "2011-05-31T23:49:49Z")
My cactus always can sense when I’m about to leave on an errand. His spikes perk up, and he starts looking thirsty. I always tell him where I’m going (“I’m going to the store. I’m going to the bank.”) and that I’ll be h… --- ## [Mayor Jack Scott of Cordova, AL you are a poopyhead..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-jack-scott-of-cordova-al-you-are-a-poopyhead/583801)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-jack-scott-of-cordova-al-you-are-a-poopyhead/583801 "2011-05-31T20:41:43Z")
I don’t like pittings, so I’ll let the story speak for itself. Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers Bolding mine. Yeah, I would never let a disaster change anything. :mad: --- ## [Canuck Supreme Court/Do not fondle your sleeping wife's boobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuck-supreme-court-do-not-fondle-your-sleeping-wifes-boobs/583446)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuck-supreme-court-do-not-fondle-your-sleeping-wifes-boobs/583446 "2011-05-31T13:10:25Z")
If she can’t actively consent to any specific sexual activity because she’s not conscious, then you have committed sexual assault. Apparently this guy choked his SO into unconciousness, which was okay, but then he inse… --- ## [I pit Rick Scott, the FL GOP, and their blatant attempt to suppress voting rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rick-scott-the-fl-gop-and-their-blatant-attempt-to-suppress-voting-rights/582526)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rick-scott-the-fl-gop-and-their-blatant-attempt-to-suppress-voting-rights/582526 "2011-05-31T13:08:20Z")
St. Petersburg Times article :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I have a possible opportunity to move out of state sometime in the next year-I might just avail myself of the opportunity. This law does several rather despi… --- ## [Idiot wishing a happy Memorial Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-wishing-a-happy-memorial-day/583502)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-wishing-a-happy-memorial-day/583502 "2011-05-31T02:54:36Z")
At the grocery store today, an acquaintance of my wife told her to “Have a happy Memorial Day! Bye now!” Seriously? Do we have to make every holiday happy, especially one that is meant to remember military members who … --- ## [welcome to the pit you annoying venue patrons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-pit-you-annoying-venue-patrons/583450)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-pit-you-annoying-venue-patrons/583450 "2011-05-31T00:04:09Z")
Ok, as a professional photographer who makes a good segment of his income photographing bands at music venues, I have to pit women who make the duck face. Please, ladies (and I use that term quite liberally,) stop that … --- ## [Decorative soaps and sundries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-soaps-and-sundries/286896)
**Author:** [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decorative-soaps-and-sundries/286896 "2011-05-29T23:57:59Z")
In the name of all that is reasonable, sane, and good, can we please, at the earliest opportunity, eradicate decorative soap from the face of the Earth? For all time? A huge bonfire would be the most enjoyable method, … --- ## [Unintentional cruelty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863)
**Author:** [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863 "2011-05-28T23:32:51Z")
I just do not know where to put this. Mods, tear it up and put it where you think it should be, it is a rant but yet not. So today I’m watching CNN, as I do on the weekend, and comes on what should be a feel good story… --- ## [mr \[Paul McCartney is a curse on humanity\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039)
**Author:** [@jamesbanville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jamesbanville)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-paul-mccartney-is-a-curse-on-humanity/583039 "2011-05-28T16:18:12Z")
Am I the only one who thinks Paul McCartney is a a curse on humanity and should be banged up for the rest of his miserable life? Please tell me this is not so. --- ## [scammy, you're a fucking troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammy-youre-a-fucking-troll/583297)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scammy-youre-a-fucking-troll/583297 "2011-05-28T02:38:33Z")
I’m sure many of you have noticed this guy’s trolling OPs before, but this one takes the cake. blacks made the western world I don’t care if you posted that drunk (which it looks like from your incoherent sentence str… --- ## [Does the Gov't really want to watch me...you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-govt-really-want-to-watch-me-you-know/583396)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-govt-really-want-to-watch-me-you-know/583396 "2011-05-27T19:37:17Z")
I hear a lot about Gov’t surveillance, and how they can check your browsing history, and know what’s going on in your room and keep track of what you buy online and in stores, so here’s my hypothetical thing. I buy a bot… --- ## [FIFA crashing and burning - Hurrah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-crashing-and-burning-hurrah/583417)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-crashing-and-burning-hurrah/583417 "2011-05-27T16:08:41Z")
Hahahahahahahahahhhahahahahaha! I am extremely amused and happy that FIFA are having to wash their dirty laundry in public. We all know that it is corrupt from top to bottom so full marks to the english FA and the BBC f… --- ## [Wisconsin GOP passes union-stripping bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-passes-union-stripping-bill/574111)
**Author:** [@Sully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sully)\ **Replies:** 519\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-passes-union-stripping-bill/574111 "2011-05-27T08:03:12Z")
Is anyone surprised by these weasels? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41996994/ns/politics-more\_politics/ --- ## [Google is getting fucking annoying with its "art"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221 "2011-05-27T04:35:15Z")
I could juuust tolerate having every obscure 178th birthday of such and such visual artist “celebrated” with some fucked up version of the Google logo, because at least it changed once and then stayed that way all day. B… --- ## [California and Zimbabwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-and-zimbabwe/583385)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-and-zimbabwe/583385 "2011-05-27T04:10:21Z")
Mark Steyn on worrying signs described by Davis Hanson: --- ## [Donald Trump is now a birther](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-now-a-birther/575044)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 1016\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-now-a-birther/575044 "2011-05-27T01:43:43Z")
He must be wanting that presidential nomination pretty bad. Anyway here’s the story: I wonder if he’ll bankrupt the country like he did his corporate empire. --- ## [For those of you still harboring the illusion that Fox News is "fair and balanced"....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-still-harboring-the-illusion-that-fox-news-is-fair-and-balanced/583089)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-of-you-still-harboring-the-illusion-that-fox-news-is-fair-and-balanced/583089 "2011-05-26T22:43:09Z")
New York Magazine ran a pretty interesting profile on Fox New chief Roger Ailes this week. It’s been getting a lot of attention because of a quote from an unnamed source about how Roger Ailes apparently believes Sarah Pa… --- ## [Don’t lie to me; you are not on TV “for your kids”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-lie-to-me-you-are-not-on-tv-for-your-kids/582560)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-lie-to-me-you-are-not-on-tv-for-your-kids/582560 "2011-05-26T16:46:16Z")
I saw it again on America’s Next Best Greatest Chef/Dancer/Model/Designer/Whatever. They’re talking to one of the people behind the scenes and they’re saying, “The last sniff eight week have been really hard sniff being… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=245) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=247)