# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=262 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 263 --- ## [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 … --- ## [US taxpayers funding the pimping of eight year old boys as sex slaves in Afghanistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-taxpayers-funding-the-pimping-of-eight-year-old-boys-as-sex-slaves-in-afghanistan/563401)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-taxpayers-funding-the-pimping-of-eight-year-old-boys-as-sex-slaves-in-afghanistan/563401 "2010-12-11T06:49:41Z")
Putting this in the Pit because the content is so horrific. Story one (Houston Press). Story two (Guardian). Read the source: Wikileak’d diplomatic cable. The company involved, DynCorp, has also had a prior brush wit… --- ## [Who are we, fucking CHINA!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-we-fucking-china/563146)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-we-fucking-china/563146 "2010-12-11T02:59:53Z")
Apparently the federal government has given federal employees and students an ‘or else’ warning to avert their eyes to information on the Net. I cannot be more succinct than this: Fuck that shit --- ## [Sarah Palin goes camping with Kate Gosselin (+ 8)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-goes-camping-with-kate-gosselin-8/563267)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-goes-camping-with-kate-gosselin-8/563267 "2010-12-11T00:52:10Z")
Jesus Christ. Now it’s reality crossovers. Fuck it. Any person who thinks Palin is a reasonable choice for president should be sent to a labor camp. --- ## [I (particularly) Pit the Wikileaks denial-of-service tantrums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-particularly-pit-the-wikileaks-denial-of-service-tantrums/563227)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-particularly-pit-the-wikileaks-denial-of-service-tantrums/563227 "2010-12-10T20:15:33Z")
Wherever you stand on the whole Wikileaks tangle-of-issues, you would probably agree that the denial-of-service attacks were silly tantrums of the impotent and frustrated, at best. If whoever did this thought they could… --- ## [Luke Scott = moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-scott-moron/563468)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-scott-moron/563468 "2010-12-10T19:16:05Z")
I don’t know wether to laugh at this or be scared by it: Luke Scott interview. My first instinct is to laugh since it’s so completely moronic and respond with a “whatever… you’re an idiot.” But on the other hand it’s … --- ## [The Noble Prize and fucking China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-noble-prize-and-fucking-china/557658)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-noble-prize-and-fucking-china/557658 "2010-12-10T18:31:26Z")
The Nobel Peace Prize is a fucking joke. But instead of just ignoring the silly Norwegian fools like the rest of the world, the Chinese has shown themselves to be even more of a fucking joke. China Sets Murderer Free :… --- ## [May you get sodomized by rabid grizzlies, you sub-human bastard(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-you-get-sodomized-by-rabid-grizzlies-you-sub-human-bastard-s/562456)
**Author:** [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-you-get-sodomized-by-rabid-grizzlies-you-sub-human-bastard-s/562456 "2010-12-10T17:22:26Z")
Former NHL coach Pat Burns died earlier in the month after battling various forms of cancer for about six years. Yesterday (Monday), Burns’ funeral was held at a church in Montreal. Some inbred son of a bitch (or more … --- ## [How do we square Obama's chronic compromising with his radical socialism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-square-obamas-chronic-compromising-with-his-radical-socialism/563584)
**Author:** [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-square-obamas-chronic-compromising-with-his-radical-socialism/563584 "2010-12-10T16:40:31Z")
Or are they not mutually exclusive? --- ## [fucking amateurs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-amateurs/563513)
**Author:** [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-amateurs/563513 "2010-12-10T04:49:36Z")
due to the dearth of work available to me I have taken to processing other people’s photo jobs…specifically wedding photos. this wouldn’t be bad, except for one thing: the only people shooting weddings these days have n… --- ## [I'll text if I want at the chain restaurant, lady. So piss off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-text-if-i-want-at-the-chain-restaurant-lady-so-piss-off/563234)
**Author:** [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-text-if-i-want-at-the-chain-restaurant-lady-so-piss-off/563234 "2010-12-10T04:10:00Z")
In Carraba’s tonight, grabbing a quick meal with the missus, in a booth in the bar section. While waiting for our meals, I happened to pull out my Blackberry to answer a few emails, while my wife was on her iPhone textin… --- ## [My brother insulted my brother's pick for his baby's name, RUINED mood!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-insulted-my-brothers-pick-for-his-babys-name-ruined-mood/561944)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-insulted-my-brothers-pick-for-his-babys-name-ruined-mood/561944 "2010-12-10T02:02:23Z")
My older brother will become a dad for the second time around Xmass. They know it’s a boy, and have picked out the name Sebastian. My younger brother went on an (appearantly druken) spiel mocking the pick, say we should … --- ## [About losing it (very long.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-losing-it-very-long/563248)
**Author:** [@Cammacdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cammacdon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-losing-it-very-long/563248 "2010-12-10T01:06:07Z")
You have to be careful living in this world or you’ll lose it, believe me, I know. You’ll work a shitty job for a year screwing caps onto bottles and get a glorious promotion to cleaning the place. The job is dirty and i… --- ## [GOP Obstructionism reaches new heights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-obstructionism-reaches-new-heights/562550)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-obstructionism-reaches-new-heights/562550 "2010-12-10T00:06:18Z")
Wow! They literally intend to block everything that Democrats want to do, regardless of the merits.This is the kind of petulant behavior I’d expect from a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, not from our democratically e… --- ## [Sampiro, stop being a supercilious asshole, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sampiro-stop-being-a-supercilious-asshole-please/562877)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sampiro-stop-being-a-supercilious-asshole-please/562877 "2010-12-09T20:08:25Z")
Obligatory link. --- ## [I pit (some) dog owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-some-dog-owners/558848)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-some-dog-owners/558848 "2010-12-09T19:34:10Z")
Not all of them of course. Look, I know your love your dog, it is part of the family. I get it. I come from a family of pet owners. I understand, but just because you love your dog doesn’t mean I have to like it. My da… --- ## [UK drug policy to be decided on three things...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-drug-policy-to-be-decided-on-three-things/563276)
**Author:** [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-drug-policy-to-be-decided-on-three-things/563276 "2010-12-09T13:07:01Z")
Ignorance, stupidity and, nothing else… And we thought New Labour were stupid and arrogant when all they did was ignore the scientists’ advice. The Tories don’t want them advising them AT ALL. Report in the Independant … --- ## [Conservatives want to dictate art in Smithsonian gallery; Jesus plus ants not ok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-dictate-art-in-smithsonian-gallery-jesus-plus-ants-not-ok/562492)
**Author:** [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-want-to-dictate-art-in-smithsonian-gallery-jesus-plus-ants-not-ok/562492 "2010-12-09T09:56:50Z")
The exhibit sits inside a gallery bearing a plaque that says how the gallery shows “how a major theme in American history has been the struggle for justice so that people and groups can claim their full inheritance in Am… --- ## [Nobody beaten in Toronto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-beaten-in-toronto/563430)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-beaten-in-toronto/563430 "2010-12-09T04:58:16Z")
Link Yes, another RO thread about violent police tactics. This one seems to have wrapped up all the elements of bad policing in one neat package. Here are what seem to be the facts of the case: -Mr. Adam Nobody (real… --- ## [Mark Arbib: his downfall at last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-arbib-his-downfall-at-last/563472)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-arbib-his-downfall-at-last/563472 "2010-12-09T03:13:19Z")
I met Mark Arbib for the first and only time about 20 years ago, when he was an up-and-coming activist in the Australian Labor Party, and I was the returning officer conducting a pre-selection ballot for a federal seat w… --- ## [Free Heart Scans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-heart-scans/563040)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-heart-scans/563040 "2010-12-08T22:57:20Z")
Yesterday I got a call from an “unknown number.” Normally I wouldn’t answer those, but as my wife has a relative in prison, whose calls always show as “unknown,” and as my best friend had a death in his family last week… --- ## [Nitpicking the BBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpicking-the-bbc/562889)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpicking-the-bbc/562889 "2010-12-08T20:51:48Z")
Dick Cheney was not “vice-president to George W. Bush.” He was Vice President of the United States. An office that is constitutionally independent from the presidency. The vice president does not report to the president… --- ## [(RO) 8 years in prison for prank call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-8-years-in-prison-for-prank-call/452190)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-8-years-in-prison-for-prank-call/452190 "2010-12-08T20:49:08Z")
link --- ## [The Straight Dope on HDMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-hdmi/563204)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-hdmi/563204 "2010-12-08T16:45:59Z")
After a disastrous visit to Best Buy tonight to pick up some accessories for my new media center, I’ve had enough with this mis-information being passed around, mostly by sales reps. Rather than BBQ Best Buy (although th… --- ## [Arrogant clueless store owner meets brick wall of reality with face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-clueless-store-owner-meets-brick-wall-of-reality-with-face/560527)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrogant-clueless-store-owner-meets-brick-wall-of-reality-with-face/560527 "2010-12-08T03:42:09Z")
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1295744 I found this hilarious, and this one will very rapidly descend into Pitdom, so I just went with it. The short verison is that the shop owners start… --- ## [Dear indie coffee shops: please fix your wifi. Thanks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-indie-coffee-shops-please-fix-your-wifi-thanks/562123)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-indie-coffee-shops-please-fix-your-wifi-thanks/562123 "2010-12-08T03:37:52Z")
Oh, independent coffee shops, enticing me with your locally roasted organic, fair-trade, free range coffee, thrift store furnishings, heavily tattooed baristas, piles of weekly alternative newspapers, and offers of free … --- ## [I Pit the Spanish Air Traffic Controllers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-spanish-air-traffic-controllers/562943)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-spanish-air-traffic-controllers/562943 "2010-12-07T21:38:35Z")
OK… Let’s see… I understand, guys and gals, that you have a stressing and very important job to do. I understand that, therefore, you have reasonably short working hours (the last thing you want to have is a tired, worn… --- ## [Jimmy Wales, I Am Sick Of Your Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-wales-i-am-sick-of-your-face/560933)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-wales-i-am-sick-of-your-face/560933 "2010-12-07T18:23:25Z")
I love Wikipedia and think everything should toss a few bucks at it. But Jimmy Wales, please. I know Wikipedia needs money, but there’s an old advertising slogan: don’t put the client in the ad. I am sick of seeing yo… --- ## [The search delay on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-delay-on-sdmb/563252)
**Author:** [@GiantRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GiantRat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-delay-on-sdmb/563252 "2010-12-07T13:03:46Z")
Dammit - I always try to search for prior threads before I post, but a 120 second delay is a real PITA. CAPACITY MANAGEMENT - dammit, if you can’t figure out how much indexing availability you need, fix it or say “fuck i… --- ## [TSA is a part of the "Homosexual Agenda", says (r) Eugene Delguadio.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-is-a-part-of-the-homosexual-agenda-says-r-eugene-delguadio/562719)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-is-a-part-of-the-homosexual-agenda-says-r-eugene-delguadio/562719 "2010-12-06T21:06:53Z")
Eugene Delguadio. I’ll just quietly leave this here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=263)