# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=259 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 260 --- ## [fuckers who don't have a clue about common courtesy in snowy regions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckers-who-dont-have-a-clue-about-common-courtesy-in-snowy-regions/567403)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuckers-who-dont-have-a-clue-about-common-courtesy-in-snowy-regions/567403 "2011-01-15T18:29:09Z")
seriously? motherfucker. it’s not that hard. i live in a development that has shared, open parking for the residents. no assigned spots. don’t fucking shovel (or broom your snow off your car) your fucking snow back i… --- ## [Looting in Brisbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looting-in-brisbane/567559)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looting-in-brisbane/567559 "2011-01-14T13:02:57Z")
Sort of a recreational outrage really. I live in Brisbane, Australia and in case it hasn’t been reported much OS, we are in the tail end of the worst flooding we’ve seen in 37 years. Brisbane itself has had 1 fatality, … --- ## [Is Diogenes a pretentious bombast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diogenes-a-pretentious-bombast/566549)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diogenes-a-pretentious-bombast/566549 "2011-01-13T20:28:33Z")
Surely I’m not the only one to find Diogenes the Cynic insufferably pretentious. He certainly has a very high opinion of his own knowledge. Many of his posts have precious phrases like “Modern scholars agree …” but I d… --- ## [New Chick Tract- Uninvited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract-uninvited/566794)
**Author:** [@baronsabato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baronsabato)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract-uninvited/566794 "2011-01-13T19:13:24Z")
…and it’s a good one that takes me back to the good ol’ days! It even makes up for his previous disappointing, lackluster attempt at a tract. Hell, it’s so offensive that I don’t even think the very fundamentalist South… --- ## [Eat shit google!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-shit-google/567296)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-shit-google/567296 "2011-01-13T11:28:50Z")
No, I do no fucking want to link my YouTube and Google accounts! Apparently, Google has decided they wish to be evil. I tried logging into one of my many YouTube channels and I got the following message: Motherfucke… --- ## [Ha ha ha ha ha HA HA HA ha ha! \[Michele Bachman for President\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558 "2011-01-12T20:41:45Z")
Michele Bachman pondering a run for President. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110106/ap\_on\_go\_pr\_wh/us\_bachmann2012 --- ## [I pit Christina Taylor Green For Not Packing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-christina-taylor-green-for-not-packing/567352)
**Author:** [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-christina-taylor-green-for-not-packing/567352 "2011-01-12T19:32:28Z")
It is clear that the trajedy in Tuscon could have been averted if Christina Taylor Green had been packing. She was born on 9/11, you think she would have known better. --- ## [Shut up and apologize, you kid-killers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-and-apologize-you-kid-killers/567349)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-and-apologize-you-kid-killers/567349 "2011-01-12T18:02:01Z")
I’m sick of hearing of you cocksuckers whine and deepthroat the pro-terrorists polluting the halls of our government and airwaves. On the offhand chance that you wish a dialog, you must cease your murderous equivocation… --- ## [Der Trihs, our resident fanatic, tries to incite left wing violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-our-resident-fanatic-tries-to-incite-left-wing-violence/566929)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-our-resident-fanatic-tries-to-incite-left-wing-violence/566929 "2011-01-12T06:51:09Z")
Over in this thread, Der Trihs declares the following: While reasonable people on both sides have condemned today’s violent incident (which at this stage we still have not confirmed was motivated by politics or even an… --- ## [Komen Foundation Bullying Mom & Pop Charities over "For the Cure" and the color pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komen-foundation-bullying-mom-pop-charities-over-for-the-cure-and-the-color-pink/566419)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komen-foundation-bullying-mom-pop-charities-over-for-the-cure-and-the-color-pink/566419 "2011-01-11T21:33:04Z")
Komen Foundation Bullying Mom & Pop Charities over “For the Cure” and the color pink Komen states it is trying to prevent potential confusion and that when people see “for the cure” they know their money is going to Kom… --- ## [Westboro Baptists to Picket Christina Greene's Funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westboro-baptists-to-picket-christina-greenes-funeral/567243)
**Author:** [@Nadir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadir)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westboro-baptists-to-picket-christina-greenes-funeral/567243 "2011-01-11T19:12:37Z")
So not only the political extremists, but now also the lunatic religious fringe jumps on the free PR bandwagon to take advantage of this tragedy: Now if ever there was a call to arms for putting a stop to some politic… --- ## [Doctor, please don't tell me how I feel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-please-dont-tell-me-how-i-feel/565913)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-please-dont-tell-me-how-i-feel/565913 "2011-01-11T08:59:04Z")
You diagnose me with OCD, an anxiety disorder. You say this explains everything I’ve come to see you about. The racing thoughts, the movements I’ve always assumed were tics, and the more recent gait problems. The thou… --- ## [You should frankly drop your "jobs" section rather than use a crappy one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-frankly-drop-your-jobs-section-rather-than-use-a-crappy-one/566568)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-frankly-drop-your-jobs-section-rather-than-use-a-crappy-one/566568 "2011-01-11T05:25:07Z")
Seriously, I am sick of the number of times I’ve seen god-awful online applications. First, people have and apply to a lot of jobs these days. If your website says insipid crap like, “Please list all jobs you have held.,… --- ## [Annoying person at Eagles' Game - Move the mic Fox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-person-at-eagles-game-move-the-mic-fox/567037)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-person-at-eagles-game-move-the-mic-fox/567037 "2011-01-10T20:09:57Z")
“Come on defense. Let’s go.” Somebody go to the game and shut this idiot up. I cannot tell if it a kid or a woman, but the person has the most annoying high-pitch voice. Fox must have a mic right next to this person. --- ## [Let's all Pit septimus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-pit-septimus/567017)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-pit-septimus/567017 "2011-01-10T18:56:05Z")
I started a thread in GD about “tort reform”, proposing in particular that medical malpractice litigation be eliminated entirely. The first response startled me: eliminating such litigation and malpractice awards entire… --- ## [They should be nailed themselves (animal cruelty case)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-be-nailed-themselves-animal-cruelty-case/566712)
**Author:** [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-should-be-nailed-themselves-animal-cruelty-case/566712 "2011-01-10T18:35:44Z")
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110106/police-investigate-puppies-shot-with-nail-gun-110106/ In the Montérégie, a black lab female and her puppies where left for dead after being shot by a nail gun, two of the ei… --- ## [I pit my petty, passive-aggressive, occasionally confrontational, bigoted satanspawn of a roommate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-petty-passive-aggressive-occasionally-confrontational-bigoted-satanspawn-of-a-roommate/565741)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-petty-passive-aggressive-occasionally-confrontational-bigoted-satanspawn-of-a-roommate/565741 "2011-01-10T17:38:07Z")
I have gone out of my way to be easygoing and do basically anything necessary to keep the peace. But that’s all over now, bitch. I am sticking exactly to the letter of our lease from now on and if you don’t like it, ther… --- ## [Brazen telephone scammer spoofing District Court caller ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazen-telephone-scammer-spoofing-district-court-caller-id/564833)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brazen-telephone-scammer-spoofing-district-court-caller-id/564833 "2011-01-10T12:22:10Z")
Saturday I got a call, and the caller ID says PLAISTOW TOWN, and a local number. Plaistow is a nearby community, but nobody calls it Plaistow Town, so my spidey sense immediately goes off. But my curiosity overcame my wa… --- ## [Claude Remains - A Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claude-remains-a-word/566734)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claude-remains-a-word/566734 "2011-01-10T07:11:41Z")
I was going to type out a long, detailed and annotated post, illuminating your idiocy, ignorance, lack of empathy and general rottenness. Then I realized that would be a waste of time and effort. Instead I will simply … --- ## [I Pit people who use the word "retarded"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-use-the-word-retarded/566091)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-use-the-word-retarded/566091 "2011-01-09T23:54:15Z")
I posted a thread about my sadness at seeing Dick Clark’s failing health. After we got back on track after being derailed by a discussion disabled people’s right to be in public, someone said Dick looked “retarded”, cau… --- ## [hey anti-vaxers...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-anti-vaxers-hahahahahahahahahahahahaha/566800)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-anti-vaxers-hahahahahahahahahahahahaha/566800 "2011-01-09T22:12:23Z")
hehehe, vindication! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010505105.html --- ## [More Republican brilliance: body parts are like tires.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-republican-brilliance-body-parts-are-like-tires/566622)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-republican-brilliance-body-parts-are-like-tires/566622 "2011-01-09T11:28:53Z")
Really. According to Mitch Daniels. Um, okay then. He continues: Speaking as a young person, I just hope my new pancreas doesn’t go like those Firestone tires on Ford Explorers ten years ago. --- ## [112th Congress already wasting time and money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/112th-congress-already-wasting-time-and-money/566745)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/112th-congress-already-wasting-time-and-money/566745 "2011-01-09T05:27:00Z")
The 112th Congress opened its session by the reading of the US Constitution (redacted version). Sounds nice and patriotic, to remind them of their grand purpose for being in Washington, DC. But they managed to make a m… --- ## [tomndebb, Scalia is an orginialist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-scalia-is-an-orginialist/566581)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-scalia-is-an-orginialist/566581 "2011-01-08T03:23:26Z")
Scalia is an originalist and a textualist. You should try reading Scalia’s A Matter of Interpretation. If that book is too difficult for you, Scalia makes his position very clear in this quote: I await your retractio… --- ## [Crazy n00b psychic on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-n00b-psychic-on-youtube/566621)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-n00b-psychic-on-youtube/566621 "2011-01-07T22:11:48Z")
Normally I’m pretty forgiving when it comes to “woo” stuff (please don’t flame me for admitting that) but this particular idiot goes beyond the pale. In short, there’s a guy on YouTube who’s obsessed with Jeremy Wade De… --- ## [Fried Dough Ho Needs to Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-dough-ho-needs-to-go/566066)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-dough-ho-needs-to-go/566066 "2011-01-07T15:50:27Z")
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, allow me to let you know that Fried Dough Ho is a raging bitch that should have been banned long ago. And believe it or not, I don’t really give a shit about he… --- ## [Hey Huerta, you're 88 is showing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-huerta-youre-88-is-showing/566122)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-huerta-youre-88-is-showing/566122 "2011-01-07T15:21:52Z")
Dude, I know you like to claim you’re just a regular guy, but if you want to post racist commentary, you’re on the wrong Message Board. WTF did you think posting this in GQ: Wacky “little” guys? Hardee har har. Then… --- ## [Abele derer, are you fucking stupid or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abele-derer-are-you-fucking-stupid-or-what/566266)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abele-derer-are-you-fucking-stupid-or-what/566266 "2011-01-06T21:47:46Z")
(…redirect from here.) Hey abele, listen closely. In response to this: It ain’t about currying favor, you moron. It’s about respect. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, you thick-skulled fundy jackass. And I can say that about you now… --- ## [I pit people who think living outside a big city is 'torture'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-think-living-outside-a-big-city-is-torture/565757)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-think-living-outside-a-big-city-is-torture/565757 "2011-01-06T19:22:11Z")
Damnit, title field, why can’t you be longer? There’s a popular opinion that if you’re living in the Midwest or the Canadian Prairies or somewhere that isn’t bloody fucking New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Toronto or V… --- ## [Tea Partiers pissed at GOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-pissed-at-gop/566152)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-pissed-at-gop/566152 "2011-01-06T17:40:35Z")
I’m loving it. These assholes manage to win some elections, which amount to less than 10 percent of the seats in Congress, and they think that automatically gives them a mandate. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/us/pol… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=260)