# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=261 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 262 --- ## [WTF, TSA? Is it 3 oz or 3.4?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tsa-is-it-3-oz-or-3-4/565006)
**Author:** [@Fell\_through\_the\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fell_through_the_Ice)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tsa-is-it-3-oz-or-3-4/565006 "2010-12-24T01:20:45Z")
From your own website: Liquids Rule | Transportation Security Administration Which is it? 3 ounces of liquids permitted in carry-on or 3.4. Your stupid website says both. I just bought bunch of 3.2-oz plastic bottle… --- ## [I'm sorry about your loss but DON"T BLAME THE ROAD!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-about-your-loss-but-don-t-blame-the-road/107527)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-about-your-loss-but-don-t-blame-the-road/107527 "2010-12-23T13:35:27Z")
Ok I don’t normally post in the Pit, but this pisses me off. Comming back from New York on Saturday night (well Sunday morning at this point) we pass an accident scene. There is what used to be the body of a car wrapped … --- ## [My dog ate my fucking Keens! \[venting\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-ate-my-fucking-keens-venting/564323)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-ate-my-fucking-keens-venting/564323 "2010-12-22T06:01:49Z")
Mother Fucker!!! I know it’s my fucking fault, I know I left them for longer than usual … but son of a fucking bitch I come home after leaving them for 11 hours and our new puppy broke into our room during the day, took … --- ## [1,300 Temple Hit By Arson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-300-temple-hit-by-arson/564448)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-300-temple-hit-by-arson/564448 "2010-12-21T17:44:30Z")
Korea Times article here: Wiki article on the temple here. What the heck? There are people living there, and those people aren’t hurting anybody at all. Plus, the temple is a beautiful building. Why destroy that? A… --- ## [I pit guys who ask you to move 1500 miles for them and then dump you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-guys-who-ask-you-to-move-1500-miles-for-them-and-then-dump-you/563743)
**Author:** [@thegirlwholived](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegirlwholived)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-guys-who-ask-you-to-move-1500-miles-for-them-and-then-dump-you/563743 "2010-12-21T16:04:36Z")
Moved to NYC for a douchebag with my child only to have him, after a month, tell me he didn’t want to be a dad. Nice. Then comes back home for a visit and has the nerve to ask me to be his FWB while he’s in town. Grrrr. --- ## [I Pit the Empire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-empire/559559)
**Author:** [@Commissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commissar)\ **Replies:** 499\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-empire/559559 "2010-12-21T16:01:29Z")
Greetings, my brethren, As you may or may not have heard, there has been an election in the American Empire. All things considered, Christian fundamentalist idiocy has won. Congratulations; you are now an idiotic nati… --- ## [Liberals hate gays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-hate-gays/557849)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 475\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-hate-gays/557849 "2010-12-20T21:00:37Z")
So, don’t ask don’t tell was overturned by a judge and Obama is fighting for an emergency stay to keep it in place. I’m thinking if Bush were the prez, or if some Republican was doing this, there’d be about 40 outraged … --- ## [Iowa lawmakers go nuclear on state supremes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-lawmakers-go-nuclear-on-state-supremes/564632)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iowa-lawmakers-go-nuclear-on-state-supremes/564632 "2010-12-20T16:15:06Z")
You guys make a constitutional ruling that goes against our puritanical beliefs? We’ll show you. Quick background, if you’re not up on Iowa politics and court decisions: In 1998 the Iowa legislature passed a Defense… --- ## [Julian Assange and WikiLeaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-assange-and-wikileaks/562184)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-assange-and-wikileaks/562184 "2010-12-20T06:03:39Z")
The fiasco of waiting for the anticipated forced nudification of the American government and military by one citizen against the best interests of the 300,000,000+ strong collective is just too much to bear. What is the… --- ## [Kwame and Detroit again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwame-and-detroit-again/564665)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwame-and-detroit-again/564665 "2010-12-19T21:30:21Z")
Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor of Detroit . Now he is in jail. The feds just dropped indictments on him, his dad Bernard, Bobby Ferguson, Derrick Miller and Victor Mercado. I believe there are 97 charges in all, including ex… --- ## [New chair of House Banking Committee: Gov't exists to "serve the banks"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chair-of-house-banking-committee-govt-exists-to-serve-the-banks/564127)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chair-of-house-banking-committee-govt-exists-to-serve-the-banks/564127 "2010-12-19T06:58:08Z")
Not making this up. Tell me, Congressman, do you really think that’s what all the GOP voters this year really thought they were voting for? --- ## [Senate blocks repeal of DADT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-blocks-repeal-of-dadt/563585)
**Author:** [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-blocks-repeal-of-dadt/563585 "2010-12-19T04:09:21Z")
Disgraceful. At least MN’s senators got it right. --- ## [New chick tract!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract/563630 "2010-12-17T13:51:52Z")
Don’t think we’ve done this one (forgive (heh) me if we have). Love That Money! Evidently people who “love that money” have large, hooked noses. Interesting. --- ## [Why the hell even bother with internet tracking USPS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-even-bother-with-internet-tracking-usps/562878)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-even-bother-with-internet-tracking-usps/562878 "2010-12-17T04:50:36Z")
Why they hell are my tax dollars going to support this “process”? Has anybody in the history of time ever actually had anything show up on their website before it was delivered? If you are going to claim package tracking… --- ## [Jesus-merciful-fuck, Stoid is a freaking dipshit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-merciful-fuck-stoid-is-a-freaking-dipshit/563875)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-merciful-fuck-stoid-is-a-freaking-dipshit/563875 "2010-12-17T03:58:20Z")
Stoid, the woman, the legend. A logician of unassailable repute, she has taken it upon herself to school the impotent dregs of Great Debates in what means to wield logic like a Portuguese Sailor’s knife. And us, the low… --- ## [DMV needs to fire this f\*tard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dmv-needs-to-fire-this-f-tard/563891)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dmv-needs-to-fire-this-f-tard/563891 "2010-12-17T03:07:35Z")
Short story. Transgendered person wants license changed to reflect new gender. DMV clerk writes Fred Phelps like letter to the person. http://gaytheistagenda.lavenderliberal.com/2010/12/10/transgender-woman-harassed-b… --- ## [El Presidente... ¡de ignorancia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-presidente-de-ignorancia/563370)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-presidente-de-ignorancia/563370 "2010-12-16T18:45:55Z")
You really are just a simple creature, aren’t you? I submit the following relevant exhibit to the court of public opinion: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13218312&postcount=42 I don’t have a lot of … --- ## [My Omnibus Fox News Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-omnibus-fox-news-rant/564258)
**Author:** [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-omnibus-fox-news-rant/564258 "2010-12-16T01:42:23Z")
So, this morning I’m at a Ford dealership to have my car serviced because National Tire and Battery completely screwed up when putting snow tires on my car. I have those locking lug nuts that take a special key to remov… --- ## [Stop proposing no-government-marriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-proposing-no-government-marriages/563742)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-proposing-no-government-marriages/563742 "2010-12-15T23:36:20Z")
(I admit this is a pretty tangential and minor issue, yet I feel like ranting.) In nearly every SDMB thread about gay marriage, and there are a LOT of them, someone will propose “well, I think we should get the governme… --- ## [CC: This isn't really a pitting, but since it's personal...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-this-isnt-really-a-pitting-but-since-its-personal/562768)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-this-isnt-really-a-pitting-but-since-its-personal/562768 "2010-12-15T19:37:32Z")
This is a response to CC who threadshat in my GQ thread asking about Jewish belief in the afterlife. I didn’t care, but I’m not a mod. Anyway, CC, you popped in and said: You got a spanking for the remark, and replied… --- ## [Spanish and US governments conspired to squash prosecution of soldiers who killed Reuters journalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-and-us-governments-conspired-to-squash-prosecution-of-soldiers-who-killed-reuters-journalist/564099)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-and-us-governments-conspired-to-squash-prosecution-of-soldiers-who-killed-reuters-journalist/564099 "2010-12-15T16:05:20Z")
Link. Wikileak’d documents suggest that the Spanish government worked behind the scenes to squash the prosecution of three soldiers accused of shelling an Iraqi hotel where journalists were staying in 2003, killing a Sp… --- ## [Cookie-Cutter Report Card Generators Suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-cutter-report-card-generators-suck/563700)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-cutter-report-card-generators-suck/563700 "2010-12-13T19:13:39Z")
Here’s something that has bothered me for a long time: Software that speeds up report card generation through the use of templates and boilerplate phrases generated by simple forms filled out by teachers. Schools keep … --- ## [attitudes of cops.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attitudes-of-cops/551155)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attitudes-of-cops/551155 "2010-12-13T07:40:35Z")
I started a thread a week or so ago asking for advice and experiences with traffic court and fighting a ticket. 99% of them were helpful and kind about it. here One responder proceeded to respond most enthusiastically… --- ## [I like the new TSA pat downs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-the-new-tsa-pat-downs/561788)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-the-new-tsa-pat-downs/561788 "2010-12-13T00:10:34Z")
It’s the only action I’ve gotten all week! :wink: But seriously folks, it seems that there’s a huge population out there that just doesn’t get it. Really? Do you really get it? Because your last paragraph contradict… --- ## [Obama wants to raise my taxes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wants-to-raise-my-taxes/563792)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wants-to-raise-my-taxes/563792 "2010-12-12T23:44:04Z")
Here’s the scoop: It looks like the poor may end up getting even poorer, in a time when “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is an unrealistic option (there are 5 people looking for work for each job opening). Appa… --- ## [Charity stops at Christians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-stops-at-christians/563576)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-stops-at-christians/563576 "2010-12-12T11:55:17Z")
In a legitimate and timely appeal from Siam Sam for a children’s fund in Burma, Leon497 hauled down his pants and squeezed out a rejoinder for us to consider aid to Mexico instead, because: Burma, my learned friend, is… --- ## [I pit my stupid ass fucking self](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-stupid-ass-fucking-self/563871)
**Author:** [@mookieblaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mookieblaylock)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-stupid-ass-fucking-self/563871 "2010-12-12T08:06:15Z")
Hey, know why I’m single? Because women want what they can’t have. And since they know I’ll always be single, they don’t waste their fucking time with me. I may as well cut my dick off, it’s not like I’ll ever use it aga… --- ## [Enough with the shallacking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-shallacking/563667)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-shallacking/563667 "2010-12-11T23:58:23Z")
This is a little old but I just heard it again today and it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. This November the Democrats got beat, trounced, licked, stomped, pounded, routed, hammered, drubbed, humbled, conque… --- ## [With few exceptions, fuck most things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-few-exceptions-fuck-most-things/563199)
**Author:** [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-few-exceptions-fuck-most-things/563199 "2010-12-11T16:44:24Z")
…right up the cock with a dick. Every single modern convenience of mine is broken. Except my- but I’m not going to say what’s not broke because it’ll break. First of all, the windows on my crapshack don’t close properly… --- ## [I pitt he asshol;es who called me a racist while my back was turned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pitt-he-asshol-es-who-called-me-a-racist-while-my-back-was-turned/563622 "2010-12-11T16:01:45Z")
I have been absent for several months from this site, and while I was learning German in Germany, one particular asshole pretty much called me a racist. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=75231 Kobal 2, I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=262)