# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=272 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 273 --- ## [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… --- ## ["SETI will find extraterrestrial life in 25 years". Yeah right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-will-find-extraterrestrial-life-in-25-years-yeah-right/550919)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-will-find-extraterrestrial-life-in-25-years-yeah-right/550919 "2010-08-30T14:30:38Z")
Apparently, this statement is supported by nothing more than the conviction that a thorough enough search will find the extraterrestrial civilizations they’re certain are out there, without much justification of that c… --- ## [Let's Debate Afghanistan In The Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-afghanistan-in-the-pit/546812)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-afghanistan-in-the-pit/546812 "2010-08-29T01:18:52Z")
I say, fuck anyone who thinks we should be there. Let’s start here. \[my answer, with some editing\] Anyone who has the US military at their disposal to secure it. And if that were our only purpose, we could immediate… --- ## [Broken record - I hate FOX News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-record-i-hate-fox-news/551198)
**Author:** [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-record-i-hate-fox-news/551198 "2010-08-28T01:25:35Z")
Aside from the normal “fox news is a republican mouth piece” crap that pisses me off, and aside from the never printing a single thing on the train wreck that is the Palin family (and yet spend page after page on Lyndsy … --- ## [Waiter/waitress rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-waitress-rants/541357)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-waitress-rants/541357 "2010-08-27T05:34:59Z")
If you’re a waiter, waitress, or otherwise serve food at a restaurant or eatery, feel free to post here and let off some steam. I’ve been waitressing at a restaurant in a very wealthy area of NYC for a few weeks now. Th… --- ## [Michael "Heckuva Job" Brownie criticizes Obama's response to oil spill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-heckuva-job-brownie-criticizes-obamas-response-to-oil-spill/538465)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-heckuva-job-brownie-criticizes-obamas-response-to-oil-spill/538465 "2010-08-26T23:54:44Z")
Honestly, why the fuck does anyone still take this asshole seriously? And where the fuck does he got off criticizing anyone for their handling of a disaster or accusing anyone of politicizing said disaster? Frankly I… --- ## [Do you even know WTF FREE SPEECH®™ is? (lame)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-even-know-wtf-free-speech-is-lame/550788)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-even-know-wtf-free-speech-is-lame/550788 "2010-08-25T21:49:14Z")
An open letter to numerous media personalities, both left and right: FREE SPEECH®™ means you can say pretty much what you like and not go to jail. FREE SPEECH®™ does NOT mean you can say whatever you like and not catch… --- ## [Dear Virginia opossum: if your species went extinct tomorrow, I would not shed a single tear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-virginia-opossum-if-your-species-went-extinct-tomorrow-i-would-not-shed-a-single-tear/551136)
**Author:** [@Sven\_of\_the\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sven_of_the_Jungle)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-virginia-opossum-if-your-species-went-extinct-tomorrow-i-would-not-shed-a-single-tear/551136 "2010-08-25T19:21:07Z")
Fun fact about possums: they have thirteen nipples, arranged in a ring around a central nipple. That’s creepy. I’m trying to picture it, and get the shivers. They’re the only North American marsupial. I mean, I’d expect … --- ## [NEWS FLASH: Obama not Muslim!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-obama-not-muslim/550842)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-obama-not-muslim/550842 "2010-08-25T16:41:49Z")
Jumping Jesus on a fucking pogo stick, how did things get so bad around here that the White House has to do the Press Release thing to remind folks that our President doesn’t have to go swing a dead cat counterclockwise … --- ## [ARRGGHHH you fucking hijacking virus making SOBS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrgghhh-you-fucking-hijacking-virus-making-sobs/550802)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrgghhh-you-fucking-hijacking-virus-making-sobs/550802 "2010-08-25T15:09:23Z")
Just got that nifty security suite virus that masks itself as an antivirus and won’t let you open any dam thing while it warns you that everything is infected. It makes me want to find the creators and kick them square i… --- ## [Stop with the easily googled questions in GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-easily-googled-questions-in-gq/550750)
**Author:** [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-with-the-easily-googled-questions-in-gq/550750 "2010-08-25T10:32:46Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12812838 Doesn’t this seem like something that could be googled in 4 seconds? It’s not technically against the rules but it bugs me. So your kid did something cute. … --- ## [Shitty ass apartment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-ass-apartment/550991)
**Author:** [@ImNotPaulAvery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImNotPaulAvery)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitty-ass-apartment/550991 "2010-08-25T05:24:35Z")
There’s ants everywhere, the landlord won’t fix the leaking a/c, the carpet is nasty, there’s loud ass drunk/high college kids everywhere and the washers don’t clean my clothes. There should be a lemon law for apartment… --- ## [Chez adhay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chez-adhay/551331)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chez-adhay/551331 "2010-08-24T22:27:11Z")
The time for adhay’s reckoning has come. Mods, please bold my nom de plume in the title (do not capitalize). I don’t know how to do it. Maybe I’ll bring it up in GQ. Also, Mods, I am not sensitive to words. Now, tru… --- ## [More evidence that not all cops are decent people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-evidence-that-not-all-cops-are-decent-people/550440)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-evidence-that-not-all-cops-are-decent-people/550440 "2010-08-24T17:22:28Z")
I know what you’re thinking: “As if we needed more evidence…” The short: Guy gets kicked out of establishment for using the wrong bathroom (is that a crime? It might be, though that doesn’t excuse what happens next). C… --- ## [News from Ideocracy: Parents complain Wi-Fi is making students sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-from-ideocracy-parents-complain-wi-fi-is-making-students-sick/550854)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-from-ideocracy-parents-complain-wi-fi-is-making-students-sick/550854 "2010-08-24T09:04:45Z")
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2lDIGe/www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2215 And Canadians seemed like such nice, intelligent people. Is there a vaccine for whatever they have? --- ## [I got a blowjob!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blowjob/550903)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blowjob/550903 "2010-08-23T17:43:21Z")
It had been a while, I had made plenty of applications during that time, but nothing quite worked out. I got the same old excuses (“Sorry, we found a more qualified applicant,” “You weren’t the right fit in our organiza… --- ## [Roast in hell, Swell Season suicide jumper!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roast-in-hell-swell-season-suicide-jumper/550924)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roast-in-hell-swell-season-suicide-jumper/550924 "2010-08-23T04:38:33Z")
Ok, first, I don’t believe in hell, but if there is one, I hope he’s a low-level accounts clerk processing the same paperwork over and over again for eternity. Second, I understand all about depression, and have been in… --- ## [leedolee's thread in IMHO is not genuine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leedolees-thread-in-imho-is-not-genuine/551129)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leedolees-thread-in-imho-is-not-genuine/551129 "2010-08-23T03:34:47Z")
Link. leedolee think’s his girlfriend is spending too much time on the SDMB and wonders what to do about it. Some posters think it’s because leedolee is passive aggressive non-communicative jerk who would post about his… --- ## [Dancing School For Pigs. OPEN 24/7. (local sustainability)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-school-for-pigs-open-24-7-local-sustainability/547056)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-school-for-pigs-open-24-7-local-sustainability/547056 "2010-08-22T03:19:41Z")
In a previous thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567501&highlight=adhay, I said that teaching (here to Dopers but anywhere, The Dope has no corner on pigness, need I remake my point) that our glo… --- ## [Illegal Sunday Car Sales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-sunday-car-sales/549457)
**Author:** [@Bernieyeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernieyeball)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-sunday-car-sales/549457 "2010-08-21T16:58:20Z")
How long has it been illegal to sell vehicles at a dealership on Sunday in Illinois? I recall some larger dealers wanting a day off but did not want smaller dealers to remain open selling cars while they closed on Sunda… --- ## [Ask the person who hates Jews.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-hates-jews/550693)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-hates-jews/550693 "2010-08-21T03:25:03Z")
Hello. My name is MeanOldLady, and I am what most of the posters here would call an ‘anti-Semite’ (though that is not how I think of myself). This is not trolling. I was not sent here by the Gestapo. I am not here to (i… --- ## [Dear Media, Obama did not "walk back" his Mosque comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-media-obama-did-not-walk-back-his-mosque-comments/550448)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-media-obama-did-not-walk-back-his-mosque-comments/550448 "2010-08-19T18:17:53Z")
Dear Media, Obama did not “walk back” his Mosque comments. His original comments were tha he supported the consitutional right of them to build a Mosque. You folks mis-reresented that as saying he supported the Mosque… --- ## [Woman, your dog neither speaks nor understands English.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-your-dog-neither-speaks-nor-understands-english/550367)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-your-dog-neither-speaks-nor-understands-english/550367 "2010-08-19T14:40:56Z")
Allow me to introduce Daft Bitch (owner, not dog). Now, all dog owners project some human qualities on our dogs. It’s hard not too when they are full to the brim of doggie personality traits with clear parallels to human… --- ## [You're sick? Well, I'm a self-entitled bitch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sick-well-im-a-self-entitled-bitch/550374)
**Author:** [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sick-well-im-a-self-entitled-bitch/550374 "2010-08-19T14:21:29Z")
So we went out to dinner tonight, Zyada and me, her mother, and her brother and his wife. Zyada had started feeling queasy, headed to the bathroom, and didn’t make it. She almost made it to the wash-bucket by the kitchen… --- ## [Can someone explain this driving mentality to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-driving-mentality-to-me/549846)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-this-driving-mentality-to-me/549846 "2010-08-19T11:03:43Z")
So I recently moved out to the 'burbs, and honestly my commute is not as bad as I thought it would be, except for one thing. There’s a bit of construction on the freeway I take to work, which thankfully will be ending s… --- ## [Hey asshole! Clean up after your dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-asshole-clean-up-after-your-dog/537682)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-asshole-clean-up-after-your-dog/537682 "2010-08-19T02:18:05Z")
You’ve been here three days. Coincidentally, for three days I have had to tiptoe around dog shit on my way to work. I finally managed to spot you taking your dog to the exact spot, and asked you if you clean up after you… --- ## [For Don123 and his fuckwit brethren](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-don123-and-his-fuckwit-brethren/549263)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-don123-and-his-fuckwit-brethren/549263 "2010-08-18T21:28:55Z")
Thread opened by popular demand. Apparently one of the side effects of bullrun’s short stay here was the arrival of Don123, a self-avowed racist who finds people of dark skin color to be ugly and annoying. Don’s also a … --- ## [Malware purveyors need a bullet to the fucking head.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-purveyors-need-a-bullet-to-the-fucking-head/549677 "2010-08-18T20:56:30Z")
Now, I’m opposed to the death penalty, as I don’t think the state should be killing people in cold blood — it’s just wrong and impractical for a whole host of reasons. That said, if some enterprising vigilante decided to… --- ## [Don't respond to the entire list serve when replying to an email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-respond-to-the-entire-list-serve-when-replying-to-an-email/550256)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-respond-to-the-entire-list-serve-when-replying-to-an-email/550256 "2010-08-18T19:39:52Z")
is it really that hard? --- ## [suck it you hateful bigoted degenerate whore-mothered goat-fucking trash(gay marriage ban overturned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-you-hateful-bigoted-degenerate-whore-mothered-goat-fucking-trash-gay-marriage-ban-overturned/549214)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suck-it-you-hateful-bigoted-degenerate-whore-mothered-goat-fucking-trash-gay-marriage-ban-overturned/549214 "2010-08-18T04:06:34Z")
Because your mother raped a goat in sexual desperation to produce your mouth breathing, intolerant bigoted, herpes infected, Jesus horse, flat earth society, so dark aged you haven’t discovered fire, and down right just… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=273)