# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=265 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 266 --- ## [Fuck You, Voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 352\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-voters/559326 "2010-11-12T14:28:26Z")
“Go die in a fire.” It’s become such a trite little phrase. We even have an initialism for it: GDIAF. It’s cute and hyperbolic. But when I say it to you, right now, I mean it from the very depths of my being. I am filled… --- ## [Damn E-Bay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-e-bay/559485)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-e-bay/559485 "2010-11-12T05:45:49Z")
I bought an item. I really wanted it, and needed it fairly quickly, so I did “Buy It Now”. I could probably have bought it cheaper by bidding, but the price was fair. I paid with PayPal, so the seller got his money right… --- ## [Let's spend almost a million remodeling a DMV office, then close it down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-spend-almost-a-million-remodeling-a-dmv-office-then-close-it-down/559683)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-spend-almost-a-million-remodeling-a-dmv-office-then-close-it-down/559683 "2010-11-11T23:49:29Z")
At a time when the state is supposedly broke, we spend $900,000 to remodel the local DMV office, and then close it down. link Why don’t you just take our tax money, put it in a big pile and burn it? Oh, I forgot, the r… --- ## [Quote sniping is fucking annoying to read and respond to.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298 "2010-11-11T19:16:03Z")
To preface: I came here recently from another intelligent forum in which quote-sniping is heavily discouraged. It’s not a bannable offense unless it’s done repeatedly and obtusely (afaik nobody has actually been perma-ba… --- ## [If you're wealthy apparently the law does not apply to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-wealthy-apparently-the-law-does-not-apply-to-you/559752)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-wealthy-apparently-the-law-does-not-apply-to-you/559752 "2010-11-11T09:08:08Z")
I am sure we can all think of cases where a rich person manages to get treated differently and rather well by the legal system where most of us would be screwed. This, however, seems to really take the cake. So much so… --- ## [Dear Ted Rall: Sure, YOU'RE Just the Man to Lead a Revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-ted-rall-sure-youre-just-the-man-to-lead-a-revolution/560159)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-ted-rall-sure-youre-just-the-man-to-lead-a-revolution/560159 "2010-11-10T22:41:14Z")
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40076926#40076926 Ted, have you looked in the mirror lately? Or listened to your own pipsqueak voice? I’m a flabby 49 year old nerd who hasn’t been in a fight since I was 11 or s… --- ## ["What are you wearing for Hallowe'en?" "KKK robes accessorised with a guy in black face on a rope"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-wearing-for-halloween-kkk-robes-accessorised-with-a-guy-in-black-face-on-a-rope/559305)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-wearing-for-halloween-kkk-robes-accessorised-with-a-guy-in-black-face-on-a-rope/559305 "2010-11-10T15:16:31Z")
Forget the doofus in the States who’s been trying to distance himself from being part of an SS re-enactment group. In Ontario, two guys went to a Hallowe’en party sponsored by the local Royal Canadian Legion: one wear… --- ## [FU2, Russian MILF porn viruses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu2-russian-milf-porn-viruses/559810)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu2-russian-milf-porn-viruses/559810 "2010-11-10T13:58:29Z")
So I go to Russia, (not really, more like a Russian MILF porn site.) and HOLY SHIT! It took me almost a week to get all the shit off my computer. Browser redirecting off any search screen, impossible to surf, additiona… --- ## [OK John Boehner, What's It Going to Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-john-boehner-whats-it-going-to-be/559478)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-john-boehner-whats-it-going-to-be/559478 "2010-11-09T22:07:57Z")
I am sure John Boehner recognizes a simple fact, if, by the next Presidential election folks are working, the economy is back on track, folks are not losing their homes, etc. then Obama will be re-elected, it really is … --- ## [Bullies and Psychological Projection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullies-and-psychological-projection/560018)
**Author:** [@jorolat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jorolat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullies-and-psychological-projection/560018 "2010-11-09T18:41:33Z")
After some 9 years or so, I came across a thread in which a chap had called me a “jerk”. I had forgotten all about it, but in an almost whimsical moment I posted a reply in which I called him a jerk, too. I say “almost… --- ## [So when the fuck is this Jesus dude coming back, already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-the-fuck-is-this-jesus-dude-coming-back-already/556361)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-the-fuck-is-this-jesus-dude-coming-back-already/556361 "2010-11-09T14:58:26Z")
Happened again this morning–someone handed me a tract and talked about Jesus “coming back.” I’ve been hearing about Jesus “coming back” for the past fifty years. WTF is he getting here? --- ## [MS Word 2007](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-2007/560011)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-2007/560011 "2010-11-09T08:32:55Z")
WHAT THE MOTHERFUCKING FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS PIECE OF SHIT PROGRAM? Why the fuck does it freeze all the goddamn time? I am so sick of this shit. Every cocksucking time I am trying to write another worthless fucking es… --- ## [Redpill, you are a loathsome Neanderthal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redpill-you-are-a-loathsome-neanderthal/559517)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redpill-you-are-a-loathsome-neanderthal/559517 "2010-11-09T04:47:14Z")
Your opinions are boorish, despicable and incorrect. You are a troglodyte posing as a modern man. Your douchebaggery is palpable. No-one wants to hear you spew your sexist vomit–not women, who are directly offended, nor … --- ## [Bush: Being Called a Racist was the Worst Moment of my Presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-being-called-a-racist-was-the-worst-moment-of-my-presidency/559441)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-being-called-a-racist-was-the-worst-moment-of-my-presidency/559441 "2010-11-08T19:29:25Z")
Link to article on HuffPo here That headline overportrays it - Bush says he “was most disgusted” by this accusation of racism by Kanye West - it was the lowest blow he received: Lots to comment on - Really? Being c… --- ## [New House Judiciary Chairman to Obama: Prepare for Investigations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-house-judiciary-chairman-to-obama-prepare-for-investigations/559511)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-house-judiciary-chairman-to-obama-prepare-for-investigations/559511 "2010-11-08T15:54:47Z")
How much time and money is the new House Judiciary Assclown going to waste on this shit. Mr. Lamar Smith, if you’re a true conservative then don’t throw away our tax dollars on this nonsense. How did we manage to gi… --- ## [House worth less than I paid for it? Why, I might just stop paying my loan!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-worth-less-than-i-paid-for-it-why-i-might-just-stop-paying-my-loan/558649)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-worth-less-than-i-paid-for-it-why-i-might-just-stop-paying-my-loan/558649 "2010-11-05T18:26:00Z")
This morning there was an interview on NPR’s Morning Edition (Story Here) with a woman in California. Sadly this whole mortgage/loan crisis has hit her quite hard, and she is “upside-down” on a home loan three years aft… --- ## [Narcissistic parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcissistic-parents/558178)
**Author:** [@Morella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morella)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcissistic-parents/558178 "2010-11-05T06:02:28Z")
Here’s my rant de, umm…du jour. Why do people take their children to Vegas? I always took my children to places like Six Flags, or the beach, on vacation. There is nothing for children to do in Vegas, the atmosphere … --- ## [Hey, Larry (AKA father-in-law) You're a LOSER.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-larry-aka-father-in-law-youre-a-loser/559278)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-larry-aka-father-in-law-youre-a-loser/559278 "2010-11-05T03:09:14Z")
Hey, Larry (AKA father-in-law) You’re a LOSER. In the foureen years I’ve known your daughter/my wife, you’ve been a loser. I don’t care what education you’ve had or how talented you are, you’re a leech on my ass. I’ve … --- ## [Senator Rand Paul..........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-rand-paul/559344)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-rand-paul/559344 "2010-11-05T01:00:25Z")
Liberals, suck it. At least there will be one decent Senator out of 100. One. Senator Paul. What a beautiful sound. Too bad his dad couldn’t have been a Senator. Oh well. Thank you, Kentucky. Rand will not let you down… --- ## [I dunno what's saddest... (AR school board member and really anti-gay commentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630 "2010-11-04T22:18:08Z")
(From CNN.) That he thought these comments would go unnoticed? That they would be noticed, but no one would care, or everyone would agree with him? That not long ago, he would’ve been right, on possibly both counts? Th… --- ## [Memo to Rick Sanchez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-rick-sanchez/555807)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-to-rick-sanchez/555807 "2010-11-04T21:30:03Z")
You can find the Cafe Society thread on what was said here. As a Jewish person who has personally experienced antisemitism, please let me extend to you a hearty Go Fuck Yourself. Next time, please let them taser your n… --- ## [I Pit the pit that is Breezewood PA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pit-that-is-breezewood-pa/559307)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pit-that-is-breezewood-pa/559307 "2010-11-04T21:20:46Z")
Can someone get me 500 feet of highway ramp? Cause then we can send Godzilla in to toddle around Breezewood and make it not exist anymore. I can’t believe such a boondoggle still exists. I have this mental picture of … --- ## [A board of such delicate little flowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-board-of-such-delicate-little-flowers/559363)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-board-of-such-delicate-little-flowers/559363 "2010-11-04T18:18:50Z")
I think it was your president Obama that once said, “Just give it a rest you whiney bunch of fucknuggets”. Its become obvious that when he said that, he was actually talking about the Calander girls currently hanging o… --- ## [Can we please ban saggy pants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-ban-saggy-pants/559038)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-ban-saggy-pants/559038 "2010-11-04T02:04:52Z")
Nothing makes you look more like an idiot than wearing size 40 jeans on a 28 waist. These guys even have belts and they still walk around holding up their pants with their hands. I don’t want to see your underwear. The … --- ## [Steophan, throwing cigarette butts on the ground IS littering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-throwing-cigarette-butts-on-the-ground-is-littering/558078)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-throwing-cigarette-butts-on-the-ground-is-littering/558078 "2010-11-03T20:38:14Z")
In this thread about public behavior that annoys (but isn’t Pit-worthy), Steophan keeps asserting the absolutely indefensible position that discarding cigarette butts on the ground, whether lit or extinguished, is “not r… --- ## [Just buy the fucking radio, already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-buy-the-fucking-radio-already/559203)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-buy-the-fucking-radio-already/559203 "2010-11-03T16:53:19Z")
I put my Grundig YB400 shortwave on Craigslist for $50. Some guy calls and yes, he’s interested and will come over in an hour to buy it. Great. Easy peasy sale and I don’t have to fuck with eBay and their fees. So th… --- ## [Don't crap on me with your crazy political ideology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-crap-on-me-with-your-crazy-political-ideology/559143)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-crap-on-me-with-your-crazy-political-ideology/559143 "2010-11-03T00:24:03Z")
I’m just doing my job. I volunteered to be the coordinator for charitable donations for my division. Every year, the state agencies work themselves in a frenzy (well, not really) trying to raise money for charity. Eve… --- ## [McDonald's franchise urges employees to vote Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-franchise-urges-employees-to-vote-republican/558817)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-franchise-urges-employees-to-vote-republican/558817 "2010-11-02T23:07:32Z")
Well, I guess we all know now that Mayor McCheese belongs to the party of Lincoln. Anyway, here is the story: --- ## [Why Cops Hate You (If You Have To Ask, Get Out Of The Way)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cops-hate-you-if-you-have-to-ask-get-out-of-the-way/557433)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cops-hate-you-if-you-have-to-ask-get-out-of-the-way/557433 "2010-11-02T20:15:26Z")
Former California police officer Jim Young explains it here. You’ll appreciate his tips. --- ## [Tips for turning into a driveway from a busy street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-turning-into-a-driveway-from-a-busy-street/558880)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-turning-into-a-driveway-from-a-busy-street/558880 "2010-11-02T20:06:06Z")
I drive a bobtail delivery truck every weekday, and every day someone pulls this dumb-ass maneuver in front of me: I’ll be a few seconds behind the car/suv(status utility vehicle) and they’ll slow down to an almost-stop… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=266)