# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=264 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 265 --- ## [A Cornucopia of MiniRants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cornucopia-of-minirants/560788)
**Author:** [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cornucopia-of-minirants/560788 "2010-11-24T17:04:40Z")
NinjaChick’s rant here inspired me to start a new thread as we countdown to America’s annual celebration of gluttony, overeating, and setting fire to the patio with the deep fryer. Dear SIL: showing up at 4:00, then le… --- ## [New GOP Congressman wins @-hole of the year award at orientation. Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gop-congressman-wins-hole-of-the-year-award-at-orientation-newslink/560924)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gop-congressman-wins-hole-of-the-year-award-at-orientation-newslink/560924 "2010-11-24T16:02:55Z")
This anti-Obamacare Tea Party wants his…government-sponsered health insurance. RIGHT NOW! http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45181.html Bloated sense of entitlement, much? --- ## [Can lonesome polecats' charges be debunked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-lonesome-polecats-charges-be-debunked/561486)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-lonesome-polecats-charges-be-debunked/561486 "2010-11-24T15:50:02Z")
In this thread, Why do teabaggers think liberals are fearful? lonesome polecat answered thusly: Let’s analyze these one by one. Nobody punished Prejean. She wasn’t even in the Miss America pageant - It was the Miss … --- ## [Damn TV delays - mild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-tv-delays-mild/561510)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-tv-delays-mild/561510 "2010-11-24T01:43:48Z")
I don’t watch commercial TV all that much. Mostly we DVR it and watch it later. But the goddam networks won’t stick to their schedules because of the stupid football games that run over. I wish that the network execs … --- ## [Put down the goddamned phone, Red Cross.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-the-goddamned-phone-red-cross/561128)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-down-the-goddamned-phone-red-cross/561128 "2010-11-23T21:26:06Z")
Seriously. Twice a week, sometimes! Sometimes Atlanta calls me twice and New York calls once! What the fucking hell, people? Do you not realize that this is my blood? I made it, it belongs to me, it is one of my mos… --- ## [Matt Barber needs to just shut the hell up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-barber-needs-to-just-shut-the-hell-up/561292)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-barber-needs-to-just-shut-the-hell-up/561292 "2010-11-22T03:05:28Z")
Matt Barber, an attorney with the Liberty Council has said a lot of disgusting things in the past but this one just really pisses me off. His recent comments concern the new rules handed down by the department of Health… --- ## [I am not your tech support! (Also, this is a small library you moron!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-your-tech-support-also-this-is-a-small-library-you-moron/561012)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-your-tech-support-also-this-is-a-small-library-you-moron/561012 "2010-11-22T01:58:24Z")
The morons have been out in full force today and they’re all visiting/calling the library. The day began when a guy called wanting to know “Who does the governor answer to?” He didn’t like my answer of “No one” and then… --- ## [Abort or Keep? Let the intertubes decide!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abort-or-keep-let-the-intertubes-decide/561126)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abort-or-keep-let-the-intertubes-decide/561126 "2010-11-21T17:41:16Z")
There is this couple, you see who are pregnant (technically just the female of the pair is pregnant), but gee, y’know they simply don’t know if they are ready for childbirth, what with the careers and such. What to do? … --- ## [Well, fuck you..yes you may try and shoot me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-fuck-you-yes-you-may-try-and-shoot-me/561183)
**Author:** [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-fuck-you-yes-you-may-try-and-shoot-me/561183 "2010-11-21T14:19:36Z")
So one of my sons is a tea party member. It’s his right and his privilege. However, he recently posted on Facebook a ‘commercial’ that was just so out there I had to respond. While I did, I started reading some of the… --- ## [Getting really tired of the Westboro Baptists fuckers...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-really-tired-of-the-westboro-baptists-fuckers/561339)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-really-tired-of-the-westboro-baptists-fuckers/561339 "2010-11-21T04:54:33Z")
I try to be big minded about our freedoms and understand that my freedoms must allow others I disagree with to say their thing. But seriously. This bunch takes asshole to a new level. As someone noted on Reddit (wher… --- ## [The whiny impotent sychophant little impotent bitches in Beijing and the Noble prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiny-impotent-sychophant-little-impotent-bitches-in-beijing-and-the-noble-prize/559660)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whiny-impotent-sychophant-little-impotent-bitches-in-beijing-and-the-noble-prize/559660 "2010-11-20T00:26:01Z")
If the Chinese government thinks they’re so great. Why are they so threatened by free speech? I’m going to warn you now, if you’re in that incompetently ran cowardly country. This thread is subversive speech. You can’t … --- ## [Leave your berets at home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-your-berets-at-home/560630)
**Author:** [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-your-berets-at-home/560630 "2010-11-19T21:32:21Z")
Make sure you leave your berets and blue helmets at home folks if you don’t want crazy people mowing you down in the grocery store. And a big Fuck You to Jesse Ventura like we needed someone else to stir up the nutters… --- ## [The web is public domain? Thanks for the info, Cooks Source magazine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-web-is-public-domain-thanks-for-the-info-cooks-source-magazine/559487 "2010-11-19T20:10:14Z")
People steal other people’s work all the time, but you rarely get a plagiarist writing to her victim and saying that she should pay the thief for the privilege of being stolen from. In 2005 a writer named Monica Gaudino… --- ## [Thanks "Team"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-team/560967)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-team/560967 "2010-11-19T20:02:00Z")
Thanks “Team” Every member of my office team gets a card and a cake or some savoury nibbles on their birthday. We usually take a little time-out from work in the afternoons to say “Happy Birthday” whilst people wander o… --- ## ["I was speeding, hit your kid and killed him. So I'll sue you."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-speeding-hit-your-kid-and-killed-him-so-ill-sue-you/560745)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-speeding-hit-your-kid-and-killed-him-so-ill-sue-you/560745 "2010-11-19T14:55:49Z")
Story here Since the dead child was riding a bicycle without wearing a helmet, the speeder who killed him is suing the parents for $15K, claiming contriubtory negligence and pain and suffering. --- ## [AFA Douchebag strikes again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afa-douchebag-strikes-again/561022)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afa-douchebag-strikes-again/561022 "2010-11-18T01:30:06Z")
Bryan Fischer, the crazy blogger at the American Family Association, has a new post up, and his panties are in a wad over President Obama’s awarding of the Medal of Honor to someone who saved lives instead of taking them… --- ## [Wtf is the point of having dogs that you don't interact with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-point-of-having-dogs-that-you-dont-interact-with/560820)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-point-of-having-dogs-that-you-dont-interact-with/560820 "2010-11-17T22:44:19Z")
I had a co-worker a few years ago who had 3 big dogs. I can’t remember what they were, but she showed me pictures of them, and they were huge. They stayed sectioned off in the kitchen during the day when she, her husband… --- ## [Kill the Fox NFL robot now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-fox-nfl-robot-now/560665)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-fox-nfl-robot-now/560665 "2010-11-17T15:59:07Z")
I fucking hate you! Die motherfucker! Die 5 years ago! The taco bell dog is dead. He where’s the beef ladies are dead. Spuds Mckenzie is dead. Why are you still ruining football ever Sunday with your dancing and fucking … --- ## [Party gets out of hand, kills stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-gets-out-of-hand-kills-stranger/560016)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-gets-out-of-hand-kills-stranger/560016 "2010-11-16T02:05:52Z")
A party in GA got out of hand, and the parents of the high school girl who’s house was overrun by more than 80 people asked everyone to leave. A fight between 2 girls broke out. Another fight between 2 guys broke out. … --- ## [The Democrat Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democrat-party/560521 "2010-11-16T02:05:21Z")
I hate it when people refer to the Democratic Party as the Democrat Party. It is a childish, petty thing to do. From these boards: emphasis added. Hendrik Hertzberg on the “Ic” factor: --- ## [Diogenes the Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic/560062)
**Author:** [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-the-cynic/560062 "2010-11-15T22:17:39Z")
What happened to you man? You used to be cool. Now it seems like you are some weird caricature of a crotchety old man. You speak in these absolutes that completely lack any sort of nuance of understanding of the world. Y… --- ## [Want to close down a school system? Just find a WiFi hotspot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-close-down-a-school-system-just-find-a-wifi-hotspot/560314)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-close-down-a-school-system-just-find-a-wifi-hotspot/560314 "2010-11-15T19:39:10Z")
So now if you want to have some yuks, just head on down to your local Mickey D’s with a laptop, glom onto their WiFi, and have at it! link You don’t even have to be Al Queda! Just some kid with a test you didn’t study … --- ## [Resolved: Shot From Guns is a whiner. Here's a pit thread to argue the question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-shot-from-guns-is-a-whiner-heres-a-pit-thread-to-argue-the-question/560244)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-shot-from-guns-is-a-whiner-heres-a-pit-thread-to-argue-the-question/560244 "2010-11-15T16:40:42Z")
Throughout this thread, Tuba Diva, why did you lock this thread?, Shot From Guns has been claiming that the rabble has been accusing her of being a whiner. The rabble in question have been saying that she is, in fact, a … --- ## [This is how they're teaching fractions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-theyre-teaching-fractions/560264)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-how-theyre-teaching-fractions/560264 "2010-11-15T15:31:04Z")
I just subbed for a 7\[sup\]th\[/sup\] grade math teacher today. All her classes took tests, on fractions. Although most of the answers were multiple-choice :rolleyes: , a few answers were ones they actually had to figure … --- ## [I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'm done with Craig's List.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-im-saying-it-but-im-done-with-craigs-list/560482)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-im-saying-it-but-im-done-with-craigs-list/560482 "2010-11-14T20:30:46Z")
Last week I replied to a very legit-sounding, well-worded job opportunity post on Craig’s List, and started getting spam like crazy for stupid bullshit thanks-for-applying-to-this-very-prestigious-position-that-sounds-no… --- ## [New Forum Suggest (or at least a sticky)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-suggest-or-at-least-a-sticky/560080)
**Author:** [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-suggest-or-at-least-a-sticky/560080 "2010-11-13T21:52:39Z")
Can we get a dedicated place just to bash Texas. With all the wacky new legislation being proposed by the newly elected, I’m thinking it may be more efficient just have one place to do it. To the rest of the country. … --- ## [worthless piece of shit excuse for a father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthless-piece-of-shit-excuse-for-a-father/64234)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthless-piece-of-shit-excuse-for-a-father/64234 "2010-11-13T03:10:02Z")
Ok. I know I don’t like my ex-husband. Hence the term “ex”. I expect to not appreciate a good portion of what he does/says, etc. Hence the term ex. However. When he does shit to our son, it becomes unfuckinfathomable. W… --- ## [Obama announces plan to dismantle social security, federal government & US Military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announces-plan-to-dismantle-social-security-federal-government-us-military/560232)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announces-plan-to-dismantle-social-security-federal-government-us-military/560232 "2010-11-13T00:45:36Z")
Story here. Masked as a colossal deficit-slashing proposal to take effect, naturally, in election year 2012 the plan is expected to save $4 trillion—more than the entire 2010 federal budget! He plans on increasing the … --- ## [If you're going to offer us lunch, can you please at least follow through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-offer-us-lunch-can-you-please-at-least-follow-through/560200)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-going-to-offer-us-lunch-can-you-please-at-least-follow-through/560200 "2010-11-12T19:20:48Z")
My programmers work hard. I work hard right there with them, sharing the load. Boss (VP) comes in around 11am, see’s we’re busy as hell trying to make his laughable project completion date, and probably are going to ha… --- ## [The stupidhate - it burns! MI Asst Atty Gen's Gay Derangement Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidhate-it-burns-mi-asst-atty-gens-gay-derangement-syndrome/555588)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidhate-it-burns-mi-asst-atty-gens-gay-derangement-syndrome/555588 "2010-11-12T18:05:38Z")
I’m too gobsmacked to do anything but report the basic facts: Michigan assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvel is so batshit deranged about gays that he spends his off time focusing all his likely lust-fueled HATE on j… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=265)