# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 251 --- ## [Grow up, Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-colibri/579429)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-colibri/579429 "2011-04-25T17:40:45Z")
Hey, Colibri, I know you once got butthurt (put away the knives pal, it’s only the internet) that I was snarky in some thread a long time ago and now you’ve sanctified your life to nipping at my ankles whenever you can. … --- ## [Do scientists believe they are better than the rest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-scientists-believe-they-are-better-than-the-rest/579303)
**Author:** [@pinguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinguin)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-scientists-believe-they-are-better-than-the-rest/579303 "2011-04-25T15:26:20Z")
What do you think? Do scientists believe they are smarter than the rest of humans? --- ## [Drudge reports "racial" beating at mcdonalds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-reports-racial-beating-at-mcdonalds/579406)
**Author:** [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-reports-racial-beating-at-mcdonalds/579406 "2011-04-23T22:08:49Z")
Now they have changed the headline, but it DID say Another “RACIAL” beat down at McDonalds. And then when you went to the video on Live Leak.com they identified the races of everyone involved. What the fuck? Do they th… --- ## [You don't like it, you be the Brownie leader!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-it-you-be-the-brownie-leader/578148)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-like-it-you-be-the-brownie-leader/578148 "2011-04-23T20:59:08Z")
I’m a leader for my daughter’s Brownie troop. Other than my co-leader and I, the other parents do pretty much NOTHING for the troop. We plan all the meetings, outings, etc. That’s OK – even though it’s more work than … --- ## [Kindergarten too young to join the N.R.A. ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindergarten-too-young-to-join-the-n-r-a/579010)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindergarten-too-young-to-join-the-n-r-a/579010 "2011-04-23T06:24:01Z")
\[Stunned Sarcasm\] Not in Texas !!! God bless that child for flexing the full muscles of his Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to bear arms against all playground bullies, foreign and domestic. Who will pay the diminut… --- ## [Iranian lawmakers want to ban dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-lawmakers-want-to-ban-dogs/579000)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-lawmakers-want-to-ban-dogs/579000 "2011-04-23T03:54:21Z")
They view dog ownership as a “Western” custom. (To Muslims dogs are unclean, meaning that if you wash your hands and face for prayers (which Muslims do) and happen to touch one, you have to wash up again before you pray… --- ## [Gary Busey endorses Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-busey-endorses-donald-trump/578940)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-busey-endorses-donald-trump/578940 "2011-04-22T21:32:51Z")
(I honestly had no idea where to put this. It’s political-ish, so MPSIMS and Cafe Society are likely out. It isn’t a debate as such, so GD is out. Given that The BBQ Pit isn’t strictly for raging against the heavens, I f… --- ## [I fucking hate AT&T.....Classaction anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-hate-at-t-classaction-anyone/578374)
**Author:** [@jlspeed29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlspeed29)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-hate-at-t-classaction-anyone/578374 "2011-04-22T19:52:39Z")
Their service in my area is shit…in fact. their service in most areas is probably shit as well… and all of their commercials claiming how fast they are, how they cover 97% of americans What the fuck does that even mean? … --- ## [Dear Chase, Citibank, et al....STOP IT!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chase-citibank-et-al-stop-it/579029)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chase-citibank-et-al-stop-it/579029 "2011-04-21T12:55:28Z")
Back in the day, many moons ago, I held their credit cards. I cancelled these cards. It was nothing against their services. I just felt I had too many credit cards and I wasn’t using their’s. It was nothing personal. Fl… --- ## [My car dealer wants to know how my service appointment went - over and over and over again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-dealer-wants-to-know-how-my-service-appointment-went-over-and-over-and-over-again/578842)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-dealer-wants-to-know-how-my-service-appointment-went-over-and-over-and-over-again/578842 "2011-04-21T08:34:20Z")
I bought a new car back in February (a Kia Forte, if you’re interested). Last week, I took it to the dealer’s service department for the first oil change and a minor warranty issue. Everything went normally. Starting … --- ## [Online poker fucked by puritain DOJ retards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-poker-fucked-by-puritain-doj-retards/578612)
**Author:** [@smellsofgummybears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smellsofgummybears)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-poker-fucked-by-puritain-doj-retards/578612 "2011-04-20T13:57:49Z")
aka another day in the Land of the Free But 48 hours ago, any American could point their browser at www.pokerstars.com (amongst other websites) and within minutes be playing poker at stakes from pennies to porsches Not… --- ## [conservatives4palin.com: "CNN Poll Shows that Governor Palin Probably Leads..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives4palin-com-cnn-poll-shows-that-governor-palin-probably-leads/578787)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives4palin-com-cnn-poll-shows-that-governor-palin-probably-leads/578787 "2011-04-20T02:43:03Z")
…If You Take Huckabee, Trump, and Bachmann Out of the Poll" http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/04/cnn-poll-shows-that-governor-palin-probably-leads-if-you-take-huckabee-trump-and-bachmann-out-of-the-poll.html Well, yo… --- ## [Catch-All Dio Pitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997)
**Author:** [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Replies:** 537\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-all-dio-pitting/577997 "2011-04-19T21:07:05Z")
All quotes are from this thread unless otherwise stated. \[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher\] \[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry\] please remember that the BBQ Pit was created partially to alleviate these situations. If you need to unburden yours… --- ## [Fuck you, Stockton, CA, University of the Pacific and your lame-ass rapist basketball team!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-stockton-ca-university-of-the-pacific-and-your-lame-ass-rapist-basketball-team/578789)
**Author:** [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-stockton-ca-university-of-the-pacific-and-your-lame-ass-rapist-basketball-team/578789 "2011-04-19T18:36:29Z")
(I should carefully note, this post refers to University of the Pacific, in Stockton, CA and NOT Pacific University in Oregon!) Just saw a profile on 60-minutes that made my blood boil: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/… --- ## [Fucking meters in DC cabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-meters-in-dc-cabs/423260)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-meters-in-dc-cabs/423260 "2011-04-19T18:05:31Z")
It’s been a long time since I’ve lived there, but DC cabs and the zone system were one of the best things about the city – so long as you understood the system. Even the working poor like me could afford to practically … --- ## [Senator Boxer (D-CA) Lies and doesn't even admit it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boxer-d-ca-lies-and-doesnt-even-admit-it/578116 "2011-04-19T14:28:00Z")
During the run-up to the potential government shutdown, Boxer claimed that Republicans targeting Planned Parenthood would cut off vital non-abortion services that they offer, including mammograms. This was an oft-repeate… --- ## [Another Africa thread hijacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-africa-thread-hijacked/576767)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 587\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-africa-thread-hijacked/576767 "2011-04-19T03:38:09Z")
Congrats. It took three pages, but you racist gang of assholes finally did it. --- ## [Half the country (U.S.) doesn't pay taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-the-country-u-s-doesnt-pay-taxes/577775)
**Author:** [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-the-country-u-s-doesnt-pay-taxes/577775 "2011-04-19T02:53:36Z")
I see this over and over “Half the people in this country don’t pay any taxes at all!” Then someone throws up the graph of federal spending dominated by social security and medicare and says “and look how much money we’… --- ## [Is there something I'm missing about this Fox News article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-im-missing-about-this-fox-news-article/578345)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-im-missing-about-this-fox-news-article/578345 "2011-04-18T13:59:11Z")
…or are Fox News insane? A student described as “solitary”, and who never left his dorm room commits suicide at George Washington University at around the same time that Obama delivered a speech, and somehow the two are… --- ## [Huckabee, Palin, Trump...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabee-palin-trump/578472)
**Author:** [@heavyarms553](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heavyarms553)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabee-palin-trump/578472 "2011-04-18T13:58:34Z")
I just saw a news cast which listed Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump as front runners in the selection of republican party 2012 presidential candidates. I might really end up missing Obama… --- ## [House Budget Committee Chairman has unsound crackpot ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-budget-committee-chairman-has-unsound-crackpot-ideas/578662)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-budget-committee-chairman-has-unsound-crackpot-ideas/578662 "2011-04-18T06:22:26Z")
Paul Ryan’s “ideas” on tax and spending come from corrupt think tanks with a track record of poor analysis. HTH. --- ## [Once Republicans have killed off all the wimmens, who do we target next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-republicans-have-killed-off-all-the-wimmens-who-do-we-target-next/577755)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-republicans-have-killed-off-all-the-wimmens-who-do-we-target-next/577755 "2011-04-18T03:21:31Z")
Harry Reid says nothing is as important to Republicans as making sure women can’t get cancer screenings… and Representative Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, compares Republican efforts to defund abortion to Nazis… --- ## [Live Fish and Reptiles Sold as Keychains in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-fish-and-reptiles-sold-as-keychains-in-china/578202)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-fish-and-reptiles-sold-as-keychains-in-china/578202 "2011-04-18T03:09:00Z")
Ok…so this will not be the best rant or the most indignant post the Pit has seen. Admittedly I am an animal lover. I even like the ugly ones. That said I an no PETA freak. Still unnecessary cruelty is…well…unnecessar… --- ## [I Hate the Word "Veggies"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986 "2011-04-18T00:15:23Z")
It’s fucking baby talk, and I suspect it’s used by people who can’t pronounce the word “vegetables”. All the people who can’t pronounce nuclear might as well get on board with nukie while they’re at it. “Veggies” pegs … --- ## [I don't think you understand how much I hate the Grand Old Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-you-understand-how-much-i-hate-the-grand-old-party/578648)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-you-understand-how-much-i-hate-the-grand-old-party/578648 "2011-04-17T23:46:39Z")
I don’t really hate individual Republicans as a rule. I don’t hate Bricker, I don’t hate Richard Lugar. I hate what the sadly misnamed “conservative movement” has done to people who are trying to be rational and law-abid… --- ## [When will people realize that Obama is not a die-hard liberal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-people-realize-that-obama-is-not-a-die-hard-liberal/578550)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-people-realize-that-obama-is-not-a-die-hard-liberal/578550 "2011-04-17T22:39:36Z")
I mean, seriously. Obama is a status-quo centrist. Anyone who doesn’t realize this is an idiot. That applies to the morons who think he’s a Marxist who hates America and also to the morons who can’t understand why he … --- ## [More wikipedia wackiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-wikipedia-wackiness/578297)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-wikipedia-wackiness/578297 "2011-04-16T19:02:48Z")
From a friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile\_Galle An article on a French artist in 1904 mentions that he “publicly condemned the Armenian Genocide”. Of course the Armenian Holocaust(which may have constituted a … --- ## [In which I wish death on humanity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-wish-death-on-humanity/578247)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-wish-death-on-humanity/578247 "2011-04-16T18:44:18Z")
Predatory, selfish, self-serving, lying, manipulative pieces of shit! All of em? No. Just enough so that you never know whom to believe—best to shut out all than to contribute to the unnatural demon spawn that slither… --- ## [What the fuck is Obama thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-obama-thinking/578443)
**Author:** [@Sully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sully)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-obama-thinking/578443 "2011-04-16T03:30:29Z")
Between putting Jeffrey Immelt in charge of jobs creation and Stanley McChrystal co-chairing a White House commission on military families, Obama shows that he has no common sense or decency. I am a die hard liberal, but… --- ## [I'm at the limit of my ability to process this shit (Really horrid, don't bother if you like dogs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-the-limit-of-my-ability-to-process-this-shit-really-horrid-dont-bother-if-you-like-dogs/578336)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-the-limit-of-my-ability-to-process-this-shit-really-horrid-dont-bother-if-you-like-dogs/578336 "2011-04-16T02:10:56Z")
I found a page that does NOT include a picture. I’ve been introduced to the fact that dogs are, apparently, raped, on a regular basis, in Turkey. Happens all the time. But it’s becoming more well known because someone … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=251)