# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=267 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 268 --- ## [Christine O'Donnell has replaced Palin in my heart of hearts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499)
**Author:** [@Satyagrahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyagrahi)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499 "2010-10-21T15:32:02Z")
Hey guys, I’ve waited patiently for most of a week for the obligatory RO thread in re: the GOP’s nominee for the U.S. Senate from Delaware. Nothing has surfaced but a couple by-the-way mentions in the Stupid Republican … --- ## [Computing has become too overwhelming (updates)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computing-has-become-too-overwhelming-updates/557334)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computing-has-become-too-overwhelming-updates/557334 "2010-10-21T04:03:38Z")
Every time I turn around, there is another fucking update. Windows has updates. Fucking Flash has seemingly daily updates. Firefox has updates. iTunes has updates. Every time I turn on the god damn computer I have t… --- ## [Mechanics and used car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanics-and-used-car/557464)
**Author:** [@Westrogothia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Westrogothia)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanics-and-used-car/557464 "2010-10-20T17:26:04Z")
Not the most original subject I fear but here goes. I have this 10 year old German manufactured GM brand car (rather narrows it down doesn’t it) Its basic spec without AC or electric windows with what might be the small… --- ## [Carly Fiorina is just as full of shit as any other politician. News at 11.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carly-fiorina-is-just-as-full-of-shit-as-any-other-politician-news-at-11/557469)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carly-fiorina-is-just-as-full-of-shit-as-any-other-politician-news-at-11/557469 "2010-10-20T02:05:02Z")
I just watched Chris Wallace interview Carly Fiorina. She’s running against Barbara Boxer and her 28 years in Washington. She claims to be different. Of course she talked about cutting spending and waste, which is all fi… --- ## [I pit the bastards who tagged Mulholland Fountain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bastards-who-tagged-mulholland-fountain/557542)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-bastards-who-tagged-mulholland-fountain/557542 "2010-10-20T01:47:13Z")
We don’t have many fountains in Los Angeles, and our biggest one is not at all ostentatious, but it is an art deco gem. Riding back from Hollywood last night, I went to sit there for a few moments in the soft drizzle, an… --- ## [Avatards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 472\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161 "2010-10-19T11:14:58Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12991450#post12991450 There are two threads going right now about the use of Avatars here, one in ATMB and the other in IMHO. Why am I starting a third? Well, lets … --- ## [Cheney - what a son of a bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-what-a-son-of-a-bitch/557141)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-what-a-son-of-a-bitch/557141 "2010-10-18T20:03:23Z")
Remember back when Cheney accidentally shot his friend? Turns out they weren’t really friends at all. But remember how Cheney apologized to his… acquaintance? Yeah, nobody else does, either. I understand it was a hu… --- ## [Why are you idiots clapping when the plane lands? (mild)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-idiots-clapping-when-the-plane-lands-mild/556975)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-idiots-clapping-when-the-plane-lands-mild/556975 "2010-10-17T10:31:14Z")
Did you think not turning the plane into a fireball and crashing into a mountain was a special treat? Do you think we are Lindburg, making the dangerous crossing to Newark for the first time? And it’s not like the pilo… --- ## [Presumptuous Cashier at 7 Eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumptuous-cashier-at-7-eleven/556302)
**Author:** [@Aswan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aswan)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumptuous-cashier-at-7-eleven/556302 "2010-10-16T11:25:36Z")
When the weekend looms on the calendar, that means one thing: an overdose of football. And beer, chips and salsa, and pizza. Absolute Heaven. We all usually get together at somebody’s place because a) it’s cheaper and 2… --- ## [Enough with the fucking "Hey, Soul Sister" goddamn fucking shit already!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fucking-hey-soul-sister-goddamn-fucking-shit-already/556945 "2010-10-16T04:32:45Z")
Holy Teri, mother of Todd, is there anyone in the advertising community whose motherfucking job it is to actually watch all the other fucking ads being put out there and say, “Hey, you know, 9,472 other people are using … --- ## [Yet another anti-gay Pastor outed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-anti-gay-pastor-outed/554629)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-anti-gay-pastor-outed/554629 "2010-10-15T23:56:01Z")
Atlanta Pastor Rev. Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is being sued by 2 young men for coercive sexual contact. It seems Pastor Long, described by a 2007 article in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s maga… --- ## [Jorolat: Objections to calling him a jerk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jorolat-objections-to-calling-him-a-jerk/82630)
**Author:** [@DaveW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveW)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jorolat-objections-to-calling-him-a-jerk/82630 "2010-10-15T18:29:30Z")
Jorolat, I overlooked your previous mentions of geocentrism in this GQ thread mostly because they weren’t directed at me. But now, with you’ve said it to me, and I am appropriately isulted. For one thing, it shows how… --- ## [Lies about Tea-Partiers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-about-tea-partiers/557036)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-about-tea-partiers/557036 "2010-10-15T17:27:34Z")
Recent threads focus on whether Tea Party bigwigs are crazy, or whether it’s all about liberals smearing them. I found the following quotations at a rather left-wing website. There seems to be widespread agreement that… --- ## [Fuck you, Judge Littlejohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-judge-littlejohn/556326 "2010-10-15T13:33:49Z")
This asshat had a guy jailed for almost 5 hours because he did not say the Pledge of Allegiance out loud. story here I have no idea why Mr. Lampley didn’t want to say the pledge, but AFAIK it’s his right to keep his fu… --- ## [Jukebox: $1.00 per song? Are you fucking HIGH??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jukebox-1-00-per-song-are-you-fucking-high/557021)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jukebox-1-00-per-song-are-you-fucking-high/557021 "2010-10-15T12:14:55Z")
Last night I went out to dinner with my father, and the bar had one of those new-fangled jukeboxes with a touchscreen display that allows you to browse through a vast library of artists & songs. Someone had left 7 credi… --- ## [md2000, stop bringing disinformation and political grudges to GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md2000-stop-bringing-disinformation-and-political-grudges-to-gq/555851)
**Author:** [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md2000-stop-bringing-disinformation-and-political-grudges-to-gq/555851 "2010-10-14T09:36:06Z")
md2000 is a very opinionated poster, which I’m not going to complain about since I am the same way, but he’s got an annoying tendency to bring his political frustrations out in the open in GQ, where we cannot respond to … --- ## [If you don't want to do "team-building" exercises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-to-do-team-building-exercises/555148)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-to-do-team-building-exercises/555148 "2010-10-13T20:09:34Z")
Quit, and start your own company where people don’t have to do these things. It called PLAYING THE GAME! I’m refering to the “team building” thread in MPSIMS in which people are BITCHING about doing things that they act… --- ## [I hope the fire marshal puts you out of business, moron.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-fire-marshal-puts-you-out-of-business-moron/556863)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-fire-marshal-puts-you-out-of-business-moron/556863 "2010-10-13T18:56:42Z")
Okay, so Columbia went a little balls-up nuts Saturday. Evidently our football team failed to humiliate us as expected and several thousand drunk morons were released on the town drinking and fucking and running each ot… --- ## [Why aren't incompetents held accountable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-incompetents-held-accountable/556375)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-incompetents-held-accountable/556375 "2010-10-13T07:43:27Z")
My transportation FUCKED up! (full disclosure, I assumed they had gotten it right, so I didn’t check up on them) I usually go to the “Y” from 1-2:30, and get picked up about 11:30, so when they were late, I called, and … --- ## [The ultimate irony--Gay bashing attack at the Stonewall Inn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-irony-gay-bashing-attack-at-the-stonewall-inn/556112)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-irony-gay-bashing-attack-at-the-stonewall-inn/556112 "2010-10-12T21:44:17Z")
For all you youngsters, NYC’s Stonerwall Inn is the bar where the Gay Liberation movement began. Last night, Stonrwall was the site of a homophobic attack. News story here. You’ve come a long way, baby, but you’ve stil… --- ## [Hol-eeee Crap!! School Suspends Student...After Spying on Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hol-eeee-crap-school-suspends-student-after-spying-on-him/529510)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 410\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hol-eeee-crap-school-suspends-student-after-spying-on-him/529510 "2010-10-12T21:26:56Z")
So this Pennsylvania school susepnded a studen for inappropriate behaviour…in his home…by spying on him with a webcam on a school owned laptop…that was remotely activated to spy on the kids at home. Yes, you read that … --- ## [Fuck You Conservative Stupid-Making Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-conservative-stupid-making-machine/555977)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 404\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-conservative-stupid-making-machine/555977 "2010-10-12T16:51:39Z")
My father-in-law is not a stupid man. He is a highly placed engineer and aside from being a little too Catholic (he refuses to divorce even though they utterly detest each other) he has no real cognitive problems I know … --- ## [I am pissed off at failure of S.3816 (the anti-outsourcing bill)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-pissed-off-at-failure-of-s-3816-the-anti-outsourcing-bill/556167)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-pissed-off-at-failure-of-s-3816-the-anti-outsourcing-bill/556167 "2010-10-12T00:54:50Z")
I can’t believe that the entire country is not up in arms because this anti-outsourcing bill failed to pass. Here is a brief article and here is a more in-depth description. I’m recovering from surgery and don’t have t… --- ## [NY gubertorial candidate Carl Paladino--you sir are an idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gubertorial-candidate-carl-paladino-you-sir-are-an-idiot/556785)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-gubertorial-candidate-carl-paladino-you-sir-are-an-idiot/556785 "2010-10-11T21:09:53Z")
CNN story. He said some extremely stupid things about gays. Now he’s saying “I’m only against gay marriage.” I would love the chance to ask him his feelings on gay adoption. --- ## [Hey bicycle riders..Traffic laws DO APPLY to you too..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bicycle-riders-traffic-laws-do-apply-to-you-too/556441)
**Author:** [@NOLA\_Cajun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NOLA_Cajun)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bicycle-riders-traffic-laws-do-apply-to-you-too/556441 "2010-10-11T02:35:04Z")
I recently moved to Fort Collins, CO. I love it here. I’ve lived in the south all my life and always hated it there (details and reasons available upon request). I’m much more at peace in the mountains. Fort Collins is … --- ## [My wife's company tried to screw its employees, so they torpedoed the company right back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-company-tried-to-screw-its-employees-so-they-torpedoed-the-company-right-back/545765)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-company-tried-to-screw-its-employees-so-they-torpedoed-the-company-right-back/545765 "2010-10-10T21:44:34Z")
My wife’s company used to be a small mom-n-pop outfit with a great corporate culture, and employees that considered each other to be family. Great bunch of people, and the managers and VPs were no different. Over 30 or… --- ## [Advice on dealing with teenager's professed religious belief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dealing-with-teenagers-professed-religious-belief/556048)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dealing-with-teenagers-professed-religious-belief/556048 "2010-10-10T02:04:43Z")
My 13-year old son announced this weekend that he is fairly sure that he “believes in God.” I am an atheist, and am appalled. What can I do to compell this teenaged smart-aleck to abandon his religious beliefs and be an… --- ## [Office 2010 - No Upgrade SKU - WTF??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2010-no-upgrade-sku-wtf/556280)
**Author:** [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2010-no-upgrade-sku-wtf/556280 "2010-10-09T13:58:08Z")
I’ve been wondering where the Office 2010 upgrades were when shopping in Staples, Best Buy, etc… Finally got on a live chat with Microsoft and they said there is \*\*NOT ANY UPGRADE SKU AVAILABLE!!! \*\*WTF is up with this… --- ## [Pitting Second Stone and Stranger On A Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-second-stone-and-stranger-on-a-train/556541)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-second-stone-and-stranger-on-a-train/556541 "2010-10-09T00:24:04Z")
Where are you? One last time.:dubious: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13005563#post13005563 --- ## [Miles Obrien](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miles-obrien/556204)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miles-obrien/556204 "2010-10-08T23:01:26Z")
Looks like Miles O’Brien scored a new job as Science Editor for PBS. So today, on his first time at bat on the Newshour he reports on the Nobel Prizes for the scientists who experimented with graphene. Given the fact t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=268)