# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=270 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 271 --- ## [I'm no longer a Jew.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-jew/553727)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-no-longer-a-jew/553727 "2010-09-20T04:25:05Z")
This Is Not How Jews Behave. This is not what Jews do. We do not throw human beings away because their very presence will dilute the purity of the Jewishness of Israel. The video footage of the Israeli Parliment politi… --- ## [Fucking motorcycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-motorcycles/553012)
**Author:** [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-motorcycles/553012 "2010-09-20T03:13:10Z")
Over the past year, I’ve been hearing a radio ad paid for by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation pointing out that the front drivers windshield support makes a good view blocker, causing many ca… --- ## [The BP Oil Spill Has Negatively Impacted My Attitude Towards Brits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bp-oil-spill-has-negatively-impacted-my-attitude-towards-brits/553015)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bp-oil-spill-has-negatively-impacted-my-attitude-towards-brits/553015 "2010-09-19T04:18:42Z")
Fucking Brits! Don’t get me started! Shell CANNOT be allowed to drill in the waters north of Alaska. They will display the same bullshit Imperial attitude towards the project; I personally guarantee you Shell drilling … --- ## [The worst things in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849 "2010-09-18T23:03:55Z")
When somebody rides an escalator all the way to the top or bottom and steps off and just stops. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY. When comedians turn self-righteous. STFU and tell … --- ## [Pub Outrage Over Workplace Fairness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-outrage-over-workplace-fairness/554087)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-outrage-over-workplace-fairness/554087 "2010-09-17T21:39:10Z")
Well Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is taking a stand against unfairness in how senior workers are treated vs lower-level employees: Yes, the problem we have in America is that the rich and powerful are treated unfairly. --- ## [notfrommensa - a word please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfrommensa-a-word-please/554104)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfrommensa-a-word-please/554104 "2010-09-17T17:58:51Z")
In the following thread, \*\*notfrommensa \*\* Made the following post, The thread itself is about pet ageing, and how precious every moment is for them, and us too, however, given this post, I did ask what the poste… --- ## [to the fucktards that I call employers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-fucktards-that-i-call-employers/553806)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-fucktards-that-i-call-employers/553806 "2010-09-17T16:24:54Z")
when you ask for input from your employees to help the company out you are behaving like a nice employer, when you shut down every single one of those ideas day after day time after time year after fucking year you are … --- ## [Michael Moore. You Frickin Idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-you-frickin-idiot/553568)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-you-frickin-idiot/553568 "2010-09-17T14:27:08Z")
Look man, I’ve grown to like and agree with a lot of what you have to say even if you are a little over the top, but if you think you are advancing the cause of American Kumbaya with Muslims by proposing a mosque direc… --- ## [Seriously? The jrodefeld and aigonz retardothon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-the-jrodefeld-and-aigonz-retardothon/552721)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-the-jrodefeld-and-aigonz-retardothon/552721 "2010-09-17T00:26:15Z")
Jrodefeld and aigonz are currently babbling in Great Debates. Jro, is a crazy person who thinks that Ron Paul is a god walking among us, homeopathy is real, deflation is wonderful, and vaccines are evil. Aigthinks that… --- ## [UPS, or, Useless Package Shufflers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-or-useless-package-shufflers/553375)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-or-useless-package-shufflers/553375 "2010-09-16T16:45:37Z")
I’ve been waiting for a package from a mail order music service I deal with a lot. They normally ship by Priority Mail, and the packages usually arrive very quickly, even though they’re coming from the opposite coast. I … --- ## [Aigonz is a cowardly fucking moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aigonz-is-a-cowardly-fucking-moron/553685)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aigonz-is-a-cowardly-fucking-moron/553685 "2010-09-15T22:27:39Z")
I originally said that this poster wasn’t worth a pit thread so I included him in the bifid Jrod / Aigonz thread. I have changed my mind. In actually Aigonz might be the biggest moron on this board (even worse than Clot… --- ## [qpw3141, you are an idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qpw3141-you-are-an-idiot/553452)
**Author:** [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qpw3141-you-are-an-idiot/553452 "2010-09-15T17:50:20Z")
You are a flaming, shit-eating, moron who may very well be pissing himself and drooling onto his keyboard as he reads this. You claim to have read all of Richard Dawkins’ books and yet you lack the most basic grasp of ho… --- ## [Fuck You, Prop 8 Supporters! Also: Fuck You, Dishonest News Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-prop-8-supporters-also-fuck-you-dishonest-news-media/549433)
**Author:** [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-prop-8-supporters-also-fuck-you-dishonest-news-media/549433 "2010-09-15T04:56:32Z")
After the wave of elation I’ve felt following the Wednesday ruling by a federal judge that struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, I’m starting to feel a wee bit peeved. Proposition 8, for those of you that haven… --- ## [Steve Jobs is a plague upon humanity!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-is-a-plague-upon-humanity/553245)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-is-a-plague-upon-humanity/553245 "2010-09-15T02:53:43Z")
I’m not flaming Apple here. They make many fine products and employ many fine people. But all those products are perverted, and the leadership warped, by the will of a fucking madman. As those who have done so will doub… --- ## [Republicans have secret gay sex clubs for GOP congressmen and senators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-have-secret-gay-sex-clubs-for-gop-congressmen-and-senators/553543)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-have-secret-gay-sex-clubs-for-gop-congressmen-and-senators/553543 "2010-09-15T02:39:23Z")
Is it true that The Family and the C Street Frathouse are secret gay sex clubs for the likes of Diaper Dave Vitter, Craig Livingston, Mark Foley and other members of the GOP congressional delegation where they can go to … --- ## [Security system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-system/553665)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-system/553665 "2010-09-14T23:19:09Z")
Or whatever it’s called, infected my laptop. It was 7 minutes after norton updated, and the whole time I’m getting messages from the virus, norton is unaware that I’ve got a problem. I followed the directions on this sit… --- ## [RO: Converting a Hindu to Christianity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-converting-a-hindu-to-christianity/506406)
**Author:** [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-converting-a-hindu-to-christianity/506406 "2010-09-14T18:15:45Z")
First off, since I am an atheist it doesn’t offend me so much, hence the RO. But still the way these girls try browbeating the poor girl is pretty sickening. I think “Sara” carried herself pretty well and kept her cool… --- ## [Don't flush tampons you moron!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-tampons-you-moron/552180 "2010-09-14T14:33:46Z")
There is a thread in IMHO about so-called “flushable” tampons. On one side, we have plumbers and a city sewage Civil Engineer saying “do not flush tampons”. Tampons are specifically designed to do one thing and do it we… --- ## [No, you bloody well can't se my Green Card, you doddering old fool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-bloody-well-cant-se-my-green-card-you-doddering-old-fool/553134)
**Author:** [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-bloody-well-cant-se-my-green-card-you-doddering-old-fool/553134 "2010-09-13T00:40:28Z")
Typical LA stop-and-go traffic, inching North on La Cienaga, when my philosophical musings on the uselessness of the PMP certification is rudely interrupted by a Mercury making contact with my rear fender. Loose objects,… --- ## [Captain Midnight is a Fat-Ass!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-midnight-is-a-fat-ass/552787)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-midnight-is-a-fat-ass/552787 "2010-09-12T16:06:55Z")
In \[thread, Captain Midnight posts the following: \[QUOTE=Captain Midnight\] I am overweight in the Jackie Gleason/Chris Farley mode… Many people who eat with me think that I will eat hordes of food at one sitting which… --- ## [Yet another unjustified tasering by idiot cop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-unjustified-tasering-by-idiot-cop/552359)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-unjustified-tasering-by-idiot-cop/552359 "2010-09-12T06:01:37Z")
Here’s the story: in June 2009 a 64-year-old man injured himself falling down the steps outside his home. Paramedics came and treated him, then left. Shortly after that two sheriff’s deputies showed up. The injured man m… --- ## [Another innocent guy tasered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-innocent-guy-tasered/553084)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-innocent-guy-tasered/553084 "2010-09-11T18:32:11Z")
OMG. Another in a long line of innocent citizens tased. So, this guy’s house is burning. He chooses to put himself at risk, battling the fire himself. Cops decide that in order to prevent him from harming himself they w… --- ## [Aborted drunken rant:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborted-drunken-rant/553139)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aborted-drunken-rant/553139 "2010-09-11T15:47:07Z")
Here’s mine: Terry Jones. Not the renowned naked organist, pepperpot, and mouse abuser. I love him. The evil other one wants to become a huge real life troll. I bet Phelps is really pissed (god hates folks who , uh… --- ## [Idiots at CNN . . . as usual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-at-cnn-as-usual/553336)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-at-cnn-as-usual/553336 "2010-09-11T13:37:55Z")
CNN just aired what could have been a really interesting segment. It was about that gas explosion in San Bruno, California. Brooke Baldwin was interviewing a professional photographer who had taken some really riveting p… --- ## [Fuck you, Alec & Mike Sou (and a lot of other Hawaiians, too)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-alec-mike-sou-and-a-lot-of-other-hawaiians-too/552646)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-alec-mike-sou-and-a-lot-of-other-hawaiians-too/552646 "2010-09-09T20:37:32Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_HUMAN\_TRAFFICKING\_HAWAII?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-09-04-17-39-13) The brothers both pled guilty, so there’s no question that they did this. But lo… --- ## [Youuu!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youuu/551597)
**Author:** [@Genericuser234](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genericuser234)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youuu/551597 "2010-09-08T05:31:07Z")
That’s right! I’m pitting YOU. I’ve tried being patient but clearly all of you are too important to help me with my question. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575975 You’re all a bunch of pretentious… --- ## [Light vs Sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-vs-sound/552734)
**Author:** [@scorpio5169](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scorpio5169)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-vs-sound/552734 "2010-09-07T23:47:40Z")
Does light being faster than sound have any bearing on people appearing bright until they speak? --- ## [Smog Check in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smog-check-in-california/266075)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smog-check-in-california/266075 "2010-09-07T22:43:39Z")
Did you know that your car will fail a smog check in California even if all of its emissions are within state-prescribed limits, if the little “check engine” light on the dashboard happens to turn on during the test? I … --- ## [Speed Bumps: Seriously - 1 MPH?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-bumps-seriously-1-mph/552780)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-bumps-seriously-1-mph/552780 "2010-09-07T21:03:18Z")
I drive in and out of casino parking lots in Las Vegas and they have speed bumps. For those of you who don’t know, these are usually cement bumps, about 2-5 inches high, so people slow down when they drive over them. Th… --- ## [So what is the "final solution"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-final-solution/552095)
**Author:** [@The\_Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Facts)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-final-solution/552095 "2010-09-07T19:29:40Z")
Isreal was created with good intentions: to give the Jewish people a homeland, so that the holocaust wouldn’t happen again. But the problem was they put that homeland on a place someone else was already living in, and t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=271)