# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=271 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 272 --- ## [Fuck you, Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-facebook/552886)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-facebook/552886 "2010-09-07T17:53:41Z")
Just, ffuck. Can I just have my photos without you demanding a tag when you sense a face? Just leave my crap alone. Fuck you. --- ## [So when is Palin giving back all the clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-palin-giving-back-all-the-clothes/471457)
**Author:** [@Dripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dripping)\ **Replies:** 661\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-palin-giving-back-all-the-clothes/471457 "2010-09-07T16:49:12Z")
OK, so when the Palin clothing flap hit, McCain said this: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705257653,00.html "McCain was asked several times Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered more or less th… --- ## [TV ads that annoy...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-that-annoy/19603)
**Author:** [@Needs2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Needs2know)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-that-annoy/19603 "2010-09-07T08:48:37Z")
This is so I wouldn’t get off topic on the “Do the new anti-smoking ads piss you off” thread. Naw! I haven’t seen any of the “blow up” ads, just the PC police roaming an affluent neighborhood with the bull horn… My favo… --- ## [Fallujah children's 'genetic damage'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallujah-childrens-genetic-damage/547784)
**Author:** [@Zanthor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanthor)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallujah-childrens-genetic-damage/547784 "2010-09-06T15:58:13Z")
O.P. BBC News – Fallujah children’s ‘genetic damage’ 21 Jul 2010 … Cancer, leukaemia and infant mortality are all increasing in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, which saw fierce fighting between US forces and … Fallujah ch… --- ## [Thanks for turning the lights out in the parking garage!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-turning-the-lights-out-in-the-parking-garage/552765)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-turning-the-lights-out-in-the-parking-garage/552765 "2010-09-06T13:10:25Z")
Sunday evening/afternoon; a quarter after 7pm. I’m parked in the underground portion of the parking structute. The mall does close at 7pm on Sundays. The attached movie theatre does not. The movie ends and I… --- ## [Redundancy is driving me crazy and insane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382)
**Author:** [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redundancy-is-driving-me-crazy-and-insane/552382 "2010-09-06T11:49:36Z")
This may be too lame for the Pit, but it’s bugging the shit out of me. Once again, I just came across the infuriating redundancy of a dollar sign and the word “dollars”. I’ve seen it many times on these boards, and on T… --- ## [Sam Stone - Why do you hate America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-why-do-you-hate-america/552037)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-why-do-you-hate-america/552037 "2010-09-06T02:25:40Z")
Seriously - Why do you hate America? You’re a Canadian with no dog in the fight yet rant like you fear Hussein’s secret muslim storm troopers are going to kick in your door, hyperinflate your savings and start waterboard… --- ## [Want to save the economy, make being in debt easier!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-save-the-economy-make-being-in-debt-easier/551443)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-save-the-economy-make-being-in-debt-easier/551443 "2010-09-05T21:27:44Z")
Or so says some fucknut named Bill Gross who just happens to be the head of the world’s largest bond fund (story here). Look at this quote: That’s right, consumers don’t have the cash because, wait for it, wait for … --- ## [Fucking God I Hate This Crap, Make It Stop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-god-i-hate-this-crap-make-it-stop/552094)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-god-i-hate-this-crap-make-it-stop/552094 "2010-09-05T01:12:27Z")
The wife of a really good guy I game with includes me on some crazy chain emails. Today’s thrill a minute loon ride; Subject: Word of the Day: Dhimmitude Need something to get your blood boiling??? Has anyone heard o… --- ## [Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally will not be political (& other Tea Party nonsense)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally-will-not-be-political-other-tea-party-nonsense/551517 "2010-09-04T17:03:24Z")
At least, that’s what the AP is reporting. It seems that there’s some people who may take issue with Mr. Beck’s choice of place and time for his rally: the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have A Dr… --- ## [Clueless Car Salesmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-car-salesmen/552234)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-car-salesmen/552234 "2010-09-04T10:43:25Z")
“What would it take to get you into this car today? … Now, I’m going to write down a number…” Just when I thought I was in the 21st century, I stepped back into the attitudes of the 70s by making the mistake of trying t… --- ## [Stop trying to convince me to buy a house!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-trying-to-convince-me-to-buy-a-house/550686)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-trying-to-convince-me-to-buy-a-house/550686 "2010-09-04T08:09:19Z")
I know this has been done before, but still… There’s a guy at work who will Just. Not. Shut The Fuck UP ABOUT HOW I SHOULD BUY A HOUSE! Not a couple of years down the line, when I’ve built up my savings and feel mor… --- ## [Stop hacking my Google!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-hacking-my-google/552450)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-hacking-my-google/552450 "2010-09-04T04:25:51Z")
So, somehow, when I search for something (I’m using Google Chrome & the standard Google function of its universal bar) I get a nice normal-looking Google page, then if I click on, oh almost anything in the page, I get a … --- ## [Justice Dept. Removes Stars and Stripes from Website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-dept-removes-stars-and-stripes-from-website/552241)
**Author:** [@Don123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don123)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-dept-removes-stars-and-stripes-from-website/552241 "2010-09-04T04:21:38Z")
Justice Dept. Removes Stars and Stripes from Website Well, how interesting! It seems the U.S. Department of Justice has changed its website. Gone are the colorful red, white and blue U.S. flag decorations on the page,… --- ## [Oh shit! Another gulf rig explodes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-gulf-rig-explodes/552395)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-another-gulf-rig-explodes/552395 "2010-09-03T21:38:22Z")
\[ \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GULF\_RIG\_EXPLOSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-09-02-11-53-45) Placed this in the Pit since no telling whats gonna happen and I think people are gonna… --- ## [Girl throws puppies in river (WARNING: Video of animal cruelty)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-throws-puppies-in-river-warning-video-of-animal-cruelty/552195)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-throws-puppies-in-river-warning-video-of-animal-cruelty/552195 "2010-09-03T20:04:07Z")
This link may make some of you cry. I want to post this in a effort to get it out there in order to see if this asswipe can be located and dealt with. This girl is pure evil. (WARNING: Extreme animal abuse, young girl … --- ## [Dear AAA, I sure as hell didn't get a 15% pay increase last year, so neither do you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-aaa-i-sure-as-hell-didnt-get-a-15-pay-increase-last-year-so-neither-do-you/551577)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-aaa-i-sure-as-hell-didnt-get-a-15-pay-increase-last-year-so-neither-do-you/551577 "2010-09-03T19:52:43Z")
My coverage has not changed. I have not filed a claim. My credit score is the same as last year. Yet for some reason you see fit to raise my rate by over a hundred bucks a year. Michigan is not a disaster area (well,… --- ## [I pit modern electronics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-modern-electronics/551921)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-modern-electronics/551921 "2010-09-02T23:34:03Z")
To the idiots that design all the modern TVs, digital cable boxes, DVD players, etc: Have you motherfuckers completely lost the concept of redundancy? My TV works fine. Great even, but the damn remote control has devel… --- ## [I Pit the Entire BBQ Pit Community](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-entire-bbq-pit-community/552161)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-entire-bbq-pit-community/552161 "2010-09-02T16:17:05Z")
That’s right. All of you MFers! Why? For engaging and debating Rand Rover as if anything rational can come from his other side. It is a complete waste of time. I suggest when Rand Rover posts something infuriatingly … --- ## [Senator Boehner’s “prebuttal” speech.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boehner-s-prebuttal-speech/552185)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-boehner-s-prebuttal-speech/552185 "2010-09-02T14:27:40Z")
Who has done this? Is he actually expecting President Obama to flick on the microphone and claim victory in Iraq as a result of his own deft leadership? And so what if he did think that and was wrong? I find it tell… --- ## [I pit the f\*\*k out of you, Cousin Eddie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-f-k-out-of-you-cousin-eddie/552199)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-f-k-out-of-you-cousin-eddie/552199 "2010-09-02T03:33:54Z")
No, unfortunately not the Cousin Eddie from Family Vacation. My own personal cousin Eddie, my mom’s cousin. I always liked Eddie. He drove me and my sister to our grandfather’s funeral when we were little girls, and he … --- ## [Goddammit Catholic Church, you just won't learn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-catholic-church-you-just-wont-learn/551934)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-catholic-church-you-just-wont-learn/551934 "2010-09-02T02:28:33Z")
Finally one of the sex abuse victims of a priest (actually a bishop, but WTF) had the gumption to record meetings with a church official about his abuse. And it is not pretty. This was in Belgium, and the rapist was Be… --- ## [Thanks for the great app, ebay (assholes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-great-app-ebay-assholes/552201)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-the-great-app-ebay-assholes/552201 "2010-09-01T23:10:56Z")
I got this new app from eBay for my iphone, so I could watch stuff I was trying to buy when I’m not sitting at my computer. I had a bid out for a CD today, an album I’ve been trying to get ahold of for about 10 years no… --- ## [Help Me Demonstrate Sarah Palin Is a Moron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-demonstrate-sarah-palin-is-a-moron/551551)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-demonstrate-sarah-palin-is-a-moron/551551 "2010-09-01T20:44:11Z")
Anyone who, by this point, doesn’t realize that Sarah Palin is a complete fucking moron who has no business in any elected office, down to and including County Dogcatcher, is probably not going to be swayed by reason or … --- ## [Ideas as wise as ground zero mosque](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-as-wise-as-ground-zero-mosque/551349 "2010-09-01T14:35:14Z")
I vote for Kent State National Guard Marksmanship Range. Or “A celebration of American Technology-The Manhatten Project” in Hiroshima --- ## [Next time just take a taxi, Mr. President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-just-take-a-taxi-mr-president/550552)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-just-take-a-taxi-mr-president/550552 "2010-09-01T12:44:06Z")
Circulation throughout Hancock Park was a disaster yesterday, because of a motorcade taking the President to some kind of fundraiser. It was impossible to get across Wilshire, and I finally just gave up and had to cancel… --- ## [Whack-a-Mole did something really stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whack-a-mole-did-something-really-stupid/551862)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whack-a-mole-did-something-really-stupid/551862 "2010-09-01T04:51:02Z")
…and I felt the urgent need to call him an idiot, which GD isn’t suited for. So, Whack-a-Mole, here, you’re an idiot. The thread is in GD and is about whether Tom DeLay is “scum.” Now, I realize that the ‘con’ side of… --- ## [Oh, no, please save me from myself! (Term Limits)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-save-me-from-myself-term-limits/551770)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-please-save-me-from-myself-term-limits/551770 "2010-08-31T18:35:04Z")
It’s that time, I suppose. Elections are coming up, and as they approach, term limits are a big topic in good ol’ central Pennsylvania. If I may be so bold, I’m sure it’s a big topic elsewhere as well. So let’s get right… --- ## [The RCC takes a break from playing 'pass the paedophile'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rcc-takes-a-break-from-playing-pass-the-paedophile/551272)
**Author:** [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rcc-takes-a-break-from-playing-pass-the-paedophile/551272 "2010-08-31T03:41:45Z")
To try a quick hand of Hide The Terrorist And a big ‘Frack You’ to the Thatcher Govt for their leading role in the conspiracy. --- ## [Ken Mehlman- GOP Leader during Bush2- comes out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-mehlman-gop-leader-during-bush2-comes-out/551491)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-mehlman-gop-leader-during-bush2-comes-out/551491 "2010-08-30T22:41:47Z")
Ken Mehlman, former wunderkind power lawyer, campaign manager for Bush-Cheney 2004, and GOP chairman from 2005-2007, has come out as gay. In 2006 when Bill Maher referred to him as a closeted gay man in a Larry King int… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=272)