# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=247 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 248 --- ## [Fantasy Island -Are Republicans losing their grip on reality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-island-are-republicans-losing-their-grip-on-reality/582841)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-island-are-republicans-losing-their-grip-on-reality/582841 "2011-05-26T01:03:30Z")
Fantasy Island - Are Republicans losing their grip on reality? Not really a GD, but more apropos here for discussion than elsewhere. This article is a near perfect encapsulation of my concerns about the Republican Party… --- ## [Requiring kindergardeners to share things is now apparently a "socialist" idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requiring-kindergardeners-to-share-things-is-now-apparently-a-socialist-idea/579372)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requiring-kindergardeners-to-share-things-is-now-apparently-a-socialist-idea/579372 "2011-05-26T00:13:29Z")
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry about this, but either way this is completely crazy. Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) of Minnesota set up an education committee which clearly wanted to advance a conservative agenda. Among … --- ## [Some of you can be really fucking irritating (thread shitters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615)
**Author:** [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-you-can-be-really-fucking-irritating-thread-shitters/582615 "2011-05-25T17:22:22Z")
This thread isn’t about people who are unnecessarily snarky, just in case anyone has that idea in their head. Even when it’s out of place for the forum, snarky comments can be funny. It’s more about the dolts who pop i… --- ## [the useless Do Not Call List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-useless-do-not-call-list/582461)
**Author:** [@keno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keno)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-useless-do-not-call-list/582461 "2011-05-25T12:16:10Z")
A while back we started receiving calls from ‘419’ (apparently all telemarketers cold-callers all know how to conceal their real number from caller-ID). Turned out to be a taped message – audio equivalent of a form lett… --- ## [Did the world end yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-world-end-yet/582652 "2011-05-25T03:37:29Z")
It’s just past midnight on the east coast of the US. Did the world end yet? Because I thought the Earth was destroyed on 10 September 2008 (at 7:35:05am UTC) already. --- ## [PROOF Camping is a fraud!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882 "2011-05-25T02:05:03Z")
Well, waddaya know. The charlatan has a brand spanking new website up with lots of fancy flash menus and graphics! The doomsday countdown is gone, no mention of the rapture (at least not on the home page) but you betcha … --- ## [lindsaybluth, please provide a cite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsaybluth-please-provide-a-cite/576575)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 625\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsaybluth-please-provide-a-cite/576575 "2011-05-24T21:17:10Z")
It was brought to my attention via PM that in my responseto this post, I am hijacking the thread (about trashy behavior, go figure). I don’t have time for an actual Pitting, what with having to waddle my fat self throug… --- ## [I pit the County Park commission](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-county-park-commission/582920)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-county-park-commission/582920 "2011-05-24T17:36:53Z")
I walk my beagles in the park every day, summer, winter no matter. Last week, the park workers finally opened the bathrooms . They have huge brick buildings that sit locked until they get around to opening the doors and … --- ## [BigThanks to BigT!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigthanks-to-bigt/566482 "2011-05-24T09:05:19Z")
Hi there, BigT! I have to thank you for pointing out to me the error of my ways. In this post of the Friend Talking \*\*\* About My Daughter thread, you call me out on posting something irrelevant to the thread. For thos… --- ## [Republican Senators dishonor themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-senators-dishonor-themselves/582605)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-senators-dishonor-themselves/582605 "2011-05-23T15:18:49Z")
Some history: George W. Bush insisted on packing the Federal Judiciary with right-wing judges. Many of these appointees were so blatantly incompetent (their only “virtue” being extremely reactionary views) that Democra… --- ## [Toaster Manufacturers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toaster-manufacturers/582438)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toaster-manufacturers/582438 "2011-05-22T22:32:14Z")
Fuck you, toaster manufacturers and fuck you warburton bread. What idiot decided to make a loaf of bread with “Toastie” written on it which doesn’t fit into a toaster? I hate nothing more than that little soft bit of br… --- ## [PSXer, you're a troll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psxer-youre-a-troll/578111)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psxer-youre-a-troll/578111 "2011-05-22T19:53:46Z")
Since no one’s been willing you actually call you out on it, I will. Stop cluttering up the boards with nonsense threads. You ask for advice, yet you have absolutely no intention of following any of the advice Dopers g… --- ## [Sometimes we are just jerks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-we-are-just-jerks/582743)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-we-are-just-jerks/582743 "2011-05-22T17:29:12Z")
Oh, yeah, like we need more politicians’ wives getting nose jobs to fit some socially constructed standard of beauty. Add to this the people who think Mike Huckabee’s name makes him sound like an idiot. (Which is ethni… --- ## [No apology necessary for code name "Geronimo"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-apology-necessary-for-code-name-geronimo/580738)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-apology-necessary-for-code-name-geronimo/580738 "2011-05-22T13:08:56Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_BIN\_LADEN\_GERONIMO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-05-04-15-12-20) Tough crap, I say. Get over it. Pussy. --- ## [McDonald's replacing cashiers with touch screens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-replacing-cashiers-with-touch-screens/582180)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-replacing-cashiers-with-touch-screens/582180 "2011-05-22T13:05:09Z")
Does anyone else worry about these jobs being gradually replaced by technology? I know this isn’t a new phenomenon but where will it end? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43050933/ns/technology\_and\_science-innovation/ --- ## [New logical fallacy I'm sick of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-logical-fallacy-im-sick-of/581800)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-logical-fallacy-im-sick-of/581800 "2011-05-21T23:23:55Z")
There’s a type of argument that seems generally fallacious that I’ve seen a bunch recently, and I’m sick of it. It goes like this: A: I think that when people do X, there’s a tendency for Y to happen B: Wait but can y… --- ## [Demjanjuk gets 94 minutes per Jew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demjanjuk-gets-94-minutes-per-jew/581812)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demjanjuk-gets-94-minutes-per-jew/581812 "2011-05-21T22:36:11Z")
Not really enough recreational outrage to entertain you, but I wanted to pit the sentencing of frail, elderly John Demjanjuk, who has been pursued for decades by various government busybodies all because of allegations h… --- ## [Secret Service questions 13-year-old without his parent being present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-questions-13-year-old-without-his-parent-being-present/582481)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-service-questions-13-year-old-without-his-parent-being-present/582481 "2011-05-21T21:11:43Z")
Take your choice of links (each describing how a 13-year-old boy was “interrogated” by the Secret Service after making “threatening” remarks on Facebook about President Obama). The remarks? Believe me, I really do und… --- ## [I pit the Michigan $2M lottery winner who continues to use food stamps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-michigan-2m-lottery-winner-who-continues-to-use-food-stamps/582503)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-michigan-2m-lottery-winner-who-continues-to-use-food-stamps/582503 "2011-05-21T20:40:21Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog\_localdtw/20110518/ts\_yblog\_localdtw/2m-michigan-lottery-winner-defends-use-of-food-stamps The state has applied to the federal government for a waiver to cut off this jerks food stamps. J… --- ## [Code\_Grey, quit spamming GQ with Bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code_grey-quit-spamming-gq-with-bullshit/521936)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code_grey-quit-spamming-gq-with-bullshit/521936 "2011-05-21T16:01:22Z")
As I type this, you have an even dozen threads on the first page of GQ. Nobody needs that many threads in such a short time. Most of those threads seem deliberately provocative. I’d suggest you participate in other th… --- ## [Here's a shiny new thread for pitting ZPG Zealot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shiny-new-thread-for-pitting-zpg-zealot/581868)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-shiny-new-thread-for-pitting-zpg-zealot/581868 "2011-05-21T01:37:42Z")
Can a mod please close the Annie-Xmas one? She and I resolved the issue at hand, and it’s not fair to her to keep it alive because ZPG is a nutjob. Here are a few quotes from ZPG in that thread, to get the ball rolling… --- ## [What the hell is with USB cables?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-with-usb-cables/581997)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-with-usb-cables/581997 "2011-05-20T21:44:50Z")
What idiot’s bright idea was it to have a million different kinds of USB plugs? I have to keep a grocery bag full of different USB cables next to my computer desk. Every time I plug in a different device, I have to searc… --- ## [Clearly security clearances and OPSEC mean nothing in the US today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-security-clearances-and-opsec-mean-nothing-in-the-us-today/581932)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearly-security-clearances-and-opsec-mean-nothing-in-the-us-today/581932 "2011-05-19T22:34:24Z")
And a million other articles of the last month. Look, whether you believe Secret, Top Secret, Classified, Sensitive or FOUO information should be broadcast publicly or not doesn’t matter. You don’t decide. I don’t … --- ## [Seriously, Annie-Xmas, shut up about adoption and serial killers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annie-xmas-shut-up-about-adoption-and-serial-killers/581652)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 366\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-annie-xmas-shut-up-about-adoption-and-serial-killers/581652 "2011-05-19T19:58:11Z")
You don’t know what you’re talking about. You have been trying to draw a link between adoption and serial killers for years on this board. Here, for instance, and here, and also here. That last time, I and others… --- ## [Neo-Nazi leader in southwest killed by 10-year-old son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neo-nazi-leader-in-southwest-killed-by-10-year-old-son/580717)
**Author:** [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neo-nazi-leader-in-southwest-killed-by-10-year-old-son/580717 "2011-05-19T01:50:30Z")
Story here. If the father had gotten killed doing something stupid, I’d laugh it off. But he was murdered in his sleep by his own 10-year-old son. What kind of sick things do you have to do to your own kid to make him … --- ## [Y’know what? Why don’t you take that fifty dollar bill and shove it up your ass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y-know-what-why-don-t-you-take-that-fifty-dollar-bill-and-shove-it-up-your-ass/581974)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y-know-what-why-don-t-you-take-that-fifty-dollar-bill-and-shove-it-up-your-ass/581974 "2011-05-18T23:25:05Z")
Let me explain something to your dumb ass - when you walk into a busy restaurant on a Saturday night without a reservation and ask for a table, if I tell you there is a wait it isn’t because I’m waiting for you to wave m… --- ## [Men are inherent escape artists, yes? no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-inherent-escape-artists-yes-no/582235)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Reid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert_Reid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-are-inherent-escape-artists-yes-no/582235 "2011-05-18T18:42:39Z")
He has always been the nicest guy. “Sometimes I behave badly.” Posited: most men are apt to behave badly for a reason. What is that reason for? The eternal conflict of the sexes, yes? Cure (I think there is no cur… --- ## [Argent Towers, Oh Rodhesiaaaa...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-oh-rodhesiaaaa/582066)
**Author:** [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-oh-rodhesiaaaa/582066 "2011-05-17T23:18:16Z")
Argent Towers, I have to say I find your obsessions more than weird (to be frank, it’s not so much the topics themselves that your unrelentness in bringing them up). But, one thing that keeps coming up and I really cant… --- ## [Things you find just too precious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-just-too-precious/581627)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-find-just-too-precious/581627 "2011-05-17T20:09:45Z")
Not sure if this will be as successful as the companion thread, but here goes. By “precious” I guess I mean personal habits, monikers, speech patterns or what not that are just too cutsily self-aware, either in practice… --- ## [You need a motor on that thing... why??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482)
**Author:** [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482 "2011-05-17T16:24:29Z")
Today I was out buying a new shirt when I heard a buzzing motor sound behind me. At first I thought it was a motorized chair stores offer for their less mobile customers. The sound just zipped through my mind and I didn’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=246) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=248)