# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=252 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 253 --- ## [I hate April Fools' Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-april-fools-day/576820)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-april-fools-day/576820 "2011-04-05T19:35:01Z")
Fucking hate it. A friend of mine made a facebook announcement today that her longtime boyfriend had finally proposed. I don’t know whether to congratulate her or not, because it might just be a “joke”. :dubious: Humo… --- ## [Why I want to drop my class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-want-to-drop-my-class/576308)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-want-to-drop-my-class/576308 "2011-04-04T17:02:28Z")
GODDAMMIT ALL TO HELL WOMAN! YOU’RE A PROFESSOR, TEACH THE DAMN CLASS!!! I just emailed my adviser to see if I can withdraw from this class without talking to my professor (it could get ugly if she asks why I want to wi… --- ## [Fuck strip malls. Straight up the keister.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-strip-malls-straight-up-the-keister/576342)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-strip-malls-straight-up-the-keister/576342 "2011-04-04T02:33:19Z")
I’m in the military and have lived in 4 different places in the last 7 years and they all shared one thing in common. Excessive numbers of dilapidated strip malls. These fucking things are EVERYWHERE. They’ve spread li… --- ## [Louie Gohmert is a walking cliche.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie-gohmert-is-a-walking-cliche/576679)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie-gohmert-is-a-walking-cliche/576679 "2011-04-02T17:17:36Z")
Honestly the guy’s last name sounds like a knockoff of Gomer. And he shares his first name with the orangutan from the Jungle Book. If you were writing a novel and needed a name for a character who was a rube southern po… --- ## [Driving ranty-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-ranty-rants/576655)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-ranty-rants/576655 "2011-04-02T01:26:16Z")
Stay on your fucking side of the road! Who do you think you are, Jeremy Fucking Clarkson, trying to hit the apex of the corner. When you come over the double yellow line into my lane I have to practically put my car in… --- ## [Let's be Anti-Humanists!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-be-anti-humanists/576534)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-be-anti-humanists/576534 "2011-04-01T21:23:34Z")
This blog deserves some Doper-grade ridicule. Listen at this shit: Never mind the usual and widely endorsed definition of humanism: A secular ideology which espouses reason, ethics, and justice, whilst specifically rej… --- ## [Please give this man 9 years, please... (dad kills dog in front of kids)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-this-man-9-years-please-dad-kills-dog-in-front-of-kids/576568)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-give-this-man-9-years-please-dad-kills-dog-in-front-of-kids/576568 "2011-04-01T19:44:37Z")
Violent asshole kicks children’s dog to death. In front of them. Only two or three times? You didn’t think that would harm him? And what exactly DID you intend to do when you kicked him, if not hurt him? When you c… --- ## [US ranked #5 - not trying hard enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-ranked-5-not-trying-hard-enough/576526)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-ranked-5-not-trying-hard-enough/576526 "2011-04-01T19:10:37Z")
Anyone care to guess what the US is ranked at #5 in the world at? Here is the ranked list for a hint: \[ol\] \[li\]China\[/li\]\[li\]Iran\[/li\]\[li\]North Korea\[/li\]\[li\]Yemen\[/li\]\[li\]United States\[/li\]\[li\]Saudi Arabia\[/li\]\[li\]Li… --- ## [CSS resets (geek pitting ahead!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/css-resets-geek-pitting-ahead/576557)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/css-resets-geek-pitting-ahead/576557 "2011-04-01T13:50:24Z")
The next person I see using a \* {margin:0;padding:0} or even worse, html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, … --- ## [Libya and Obama; it's the last straw for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-and-obama-its-the-last-straw-for-me/575212)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 544\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-and-obama-its-the-last-straw-for-me/575212 "2011-03-31T04:19:31Z")
There’s no indication of genocide in Libya; it’s a simple civil war. It’s the civilians rising up against the Army. It’s a perfectly valid act of war for a government to attack the civilians that are taking military acti… --- ## [Re Susanann: Do Not Feed The Idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-susanann-do-not-feed-the-idiot/575346 "2011-03-31T00:39:53Z")
Susanann is not a troll; she holds her beliefs sincerely, and isn’t trying to get a fight going just for the fun of it. But she is an irrational, illogical, clueless idiot. Watching others take her on in the Parents of… --- ## [The Kill Team Photos (WARNING: EXTREMELY DISTURBING)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kill-team-photos-warning-extremely-disturbing/576328)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kill-team-photos-warning-extremely-disturbing/576328 "2011-03-30T20:01:30Z")
Hearts and minds, people. Hearts and minds. More specifically, if you shoot an innocent civilian through the heart AND the mind, chances are there won’t be enough left over for his relatives to identify. This is cold,… --- ## [Newt stares into crystal ball, sees atheist Islamists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-stares-into-crystal-ball-sees-atheist-islamists/576330)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newt-stares-into-crystal-ball-sees-atheist-islamists/576330 "2011-03-30T19:40:38Z")
Or maybe he’s staring into a tumbler of bourbon: (via) This… this just amazes me. I know he’s named Newt, but does that mean he only gets to think with the lizard part of his brain? Alternately, how stupid does he thi… --- ## [Franklin Graham: The Muslim Brotherhood, with Obama's complicity, has infiltrated U.S. gov't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklin-graham-the-muslim-brotherhood-with-obamas-complicity-has-infiltrated-u-s-govt/575737)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklin-graham-the-muslim-brotherhood-with-obamas-complicity-has-infiltrated-u-s-govt/575737 "2011-03-30T14:40:06Z")
Geeze, you’d think the International Jewish Conspiracy would be a good hedge against this happening. Oh my god, are the two groups conspiring together? --- ## [Welcome kdj997!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-kdj997/576404)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-kdj997/576404 "2011-03-30T06:32:23Z")
Welcome to the SDMB and The Pit for you first post! Please don’t drink and shit on Cecil! --- ## [€5/month to buy online (minor bank fees and guarantees rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-month-to-buy-online-minor-bank-fees-and-guarantees-rant/576049)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-month-to-buy-online-minor-bank-fees-and-guarantees-rant/576049 "2011-03-29T17:23:28Z")
My bank is concerned with security issue wrt online payments. So far, so good. The first step they implemented last year (along with most other French banks apparently) was to send me (after I failed to complete an onli… --- ## [The Congresswoman with the crazy eyes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471 "2011-03-28T23:12:26Z")
Surprisingly, a search of the Pit over the last month does not return one hit for Bachmann. True, her calling for a commie witch hunt on Capital Hill was a bit more than 4 months ago and her views on the effects of gay m… --- ## [New Deal Democrat and his views on race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-and-his-views-on-race/575492)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-and-his-views-on-race/575492 "2011-03-28T20:43:19Z")
In a recent thread, I was admonished that I shouldn’t say anything that implied that what another poster wrote might be indicative of racism. With that in mind, I will simply offer these quotes from New Deal Democrat wit… --- ## [so I kind of crossed a line today at work (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-kind-of-crossed-a-line-today-at-work-long/575579)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-kind-of-crossed-a-line-today-at-work-long/575579 "2011-03-28T14:14:23Z")
Background: I am a foreign aid worker in Afghanistan and several units working for me. Two of the units are working on a joint activity. One of the units is high maintenance and IMHO lazy; they are the type to take t… --- ## [John Mace Says: "Americans are too stupid to educate themselves..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-says-americans-are-too-stupid-to-educate-themselves/560703)
**Author:** [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-says-americans-are-too-stupid-to-educate-themselves/560703 "2011-03-28T05:44:53Z")
Oh dear God, this is comedy gold. The straight dope is that We the People are too stupid to educate ourselves in this or that. Therefore our viewpoints are cult-like and we’re “Economic Creationists”. Oh and good job d… --- ## [White America Has Lost Its Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196)
**Author:** [@poet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poet)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196 "2011-03-28T03:56:40Z")
http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2130170/ (full article at site) \[Moderator Note: Text of Article removed\] I thought this a great Op-Ed, seeing that some of you white people have no problem using the w… --- ## [Jersey Shore is trending now? Are you f'n kidding me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-shore-is-trending-now-are-you-fn-kidding-me/575890)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-shore-is-trending-now-are-you-fn-kidding-me/575890 "2011-03-27T01:21:30Z")
You know, I really don’t care if cable networks want to put on crappy reality shows. Doesn’t effect me one bit. Because all I have to do is NOT watch! Problem solved Right? Wrong! Now these stupid advertising companie… --- ## [Axis of Assholitude: An Evening with the Joe's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875 "2011-03-26T18:22:20Z")
Not really a pitting, but knowing the way these things usually go on the SDMB, it’d probably wind up here sooner or later. Still, if the mods want to move it, by all means, go ahead and do so. Anyway Joe Miller, Joe Arp… --- ## [If Bush had authorized the Libya no-fly ops, you liberals would have been screaming in protest...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bush-had-authorized-the-libya-no-fly-ops-you-liberals-would-have-been-screaming-in-protest/575548)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bush-had-authorized-the-libya-no-fly-ops-you-liberals-would-have-been-screaming-in-protest/575548 "2011-03-25T02:39:55Z")
… which I know because the tooth fairy just rode in on his unicorn from Bush’s third term and told me so. Take that, you hypocritical hypocrites. --- ## [pseudotriton ruber ruber is being a goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-is-being-a-goober/575851)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pseudotriton-ruber-ruber-is-being-a-goober/575851 "2011-03-24T20:19:29Z")
\*\*\*\*Yes, the thread title does make me feel all clever & giggly 'cause I’m so witty and special :rolleyes: Yes, I know I’m a newcomer taking on an established poster who could probably chew me up and spit me out intelle… --- ## [Letter about Hispanic students in Glendale spurs controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-about-hispanic-students-in-glendale-spurs-controversy/575817)
**Author:** [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-about-hispanic-students-in-glendale-spurs-controversy/575817 "2011-03-24T17:45:33Z")
Anyone here from Arizona? It is pretty worrying if the attitudes reported here by the teacher are prevalent. The comments section is interesting, ranging from suggestions the letter is made up, to “he’s a Nazi bigot”, to… --- ## [A big hand for Stoid, she ate a book.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-for-stoid-she-ate-a-book/574063)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-for-stoid-she-ate-a-book/574063 "2011-03-23T20:57:51Z")
I must be honest, I thought this would have ended up in the pit about a week ago. After reading Stoids slabbering in this thread I unhappily report that I am right about obesity and diet (Very long) - Miscellaneous and P… --- ## [Dope addict nurse steals patient's surgery meds, tells him to "man up".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-addict-nurse-steals-patients-surgery-meds-tells-him-to-man-up/570979)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-addict-nurse-steals-patients-surgery-meds-tells-him-to-man-up/570979 "2011-03-23T16:58:54Z")
And I thought I was selfish and self-pitying; I’m not even in this woman’s league. --- ## [Your relationship with your pests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-relationship-with-your-pests/575180)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-relationship-with-your-pests/575180 "2011-03-23T16:28:17Z")
We’ve all got people who are a pain in our butts, some of them posters here, but we have to co-exist with them as well. What is your favored technique for coping with irritating people? Do you ignore them? Respond to the… --- ## [I've made my purchase, now kindly fuck off. (Best Buy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-made-my-purchase-now-kindly-fuck-off-best-buy/347889)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-made-my-purchase-now-kindly-fuck-off-best-buy/347889 "2011-03-21T19:07:56Z")
I went to Best Buy today to purchase two phones: a cordless one for the downstairs and a cheap one for the loft. I pay for the merchandise and here’s what I get: \*Cashier: Is that all today? Me: Yes. Cashier: \[Ringin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=253)