# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=46 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 47 --- ## [DeadlyAccurate Won](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadlyaccurate-won/142472)
**Author:** [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadlyaccurate-won/142472 "2020-11-13T18:52:25Z")
I don’t know what made it pop back into my mind, but for some reason I was recently thinking of this thread: Hey Everyone Am Here !!!, and I won’t be able to forget it until I finish it. In it, a new poster named DR€@M W… --- ## [US-Americans, I Pit you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-americans-i-pit-you/924745)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-americans-i-pit-you/924745 "2020-11-12T21:45:57Z")
Today is the 4th of November and the result of the election is not clear cut. Trump might still win, some write this is even probable. When Trump was elected, many people, good people, thought it was a weird aberration … --- ## [Today I am officially fed up off the pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-officially-fed-up-off-the-pandemic/925337)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-officially-fed-up-off-the-pandemic/925337 "2020-11-12T15:39:55Z")
Staying in a hotel for the first time since Covid showed up. When I checked into this fine 5 star establishment instead of the usual complimentary drinks and hot towels, I got a COVID-19 care bag. :man\_facepalming:t2: … --- ## [Pitting Urbanredneck for making shit up and claiming it's facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-urbanredneck-for-making-shit-up-and-claiming-its-facts/851236)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-urbanredneck-for-making-shit-up-and-claiming-its-facts/851236 "2020-11-11T17:09:09Z")
In the When is a Covid-19 death NOT a Covid-19 death? thread, Urbanredneck says this about a Connecticut case: If you click through to the link, it says: As HMS Irruncible neatly summed up a couple posts downthread: … --- ## [Oh, 2020. How do I pit thee? Let me count the ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-2020-how-do-i-pit-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/924024 "2020-11-11T14:51:57Z")
How and why do you pit 2020? Covid, of course. Amy Coney Barrett. And next week we in the US have an election. On July 26, at the age of 104, actress Olivia de Havilland died. Repeats allowed. This isn’t a game. It’s a… --- ## [Cath9olic Church abuse (yet again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cath9olic-church-abuse-yet-again/925235)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cath9olic-church-abuse-yet-again/925235 "2020-11-10T17:28:59Z")
I’m at home sitting with the radio on and going through the ritual of checking out social media and Dope sites. In the background I’ve got BBC Radio2 playing away and not paying too much attention, and the news comes up… --- ## [I have to pit Rupert Murdoch, as if he hasn't always wallowed there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-pit-rupert-murdoch-as-if-he-hasnt-always-wallowed-there/588366)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-pit-rupert-murdoch-as-if-he-hasnt-always-wallowed-there/588366 "2020-11-08T15:31:39Z")
One of the major stories in the news these days is the criminal phone hacking activity that was the MO of News of the World. It’s a newsworthy story because it is a caution to all of us. Every media outlet in the countr… --- ## [I’m so sick of the different realities right wing media has set up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-so-sick-of-the-different-realities-right-wing-media-has-set-up/924968)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-so-sick-of-the-different-realities-right-wing-media-has-set-up/924968 "2020-11-08T13:03:22Z")
I almost put this in the mini rants thread, but it didn’t seem so mini compared to the other entries, so I decided to let this sink or swim as its own Pit, because I’m pissed off. So that libertarian acquaintance of min… --- ## [Antonio Brown v.s. Colin Kaepernick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-brown-v-s-colin-kaepernick/924606)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antonio-brown-v-s-colin-kaepernick/924606 "2020-11-07T05:00:14Z")
Watching MNF on ESPN. They’re falling all over each other to explain why Brown’s SUCH a quality man and asset to a team and how strongly he feels about giving his all to his team and blah blah fucking blah. As the ONE f… --- ## [Some people will vote for anything as long as it calls itself Republican](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-will-vote-for-anything-as-long-as-it-calls-itself-republican/924864)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-will-vote-for-anything-as-long-as-it-calls-itself-republican/924864 "2020-11-06T21:44:41Z")
Proof of this comes from North Carolina. Prepare to have your socks knocked off; I predict he won’t last very long in Congress. --- ## [A simple question for Trump supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-question-for-trump-supporters/841213)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 538\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-question-for-trump-supporters/841213 "2020-11-05T20:36:53Z")
Ignoring everything Trump has done in the past, he is now openly asking foreign countries to investigate his political opponents, so I have to ask those of you who support him: What in the holy fuck is wrong with you pe… --- ## [It's the Great Minirants, Charlie Brown! (October minirants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-minirants-charlie-brown-october-minirants/921997)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-minirants-charlie-brown-october-minirants/921997 "2020-11-02T17:00:34Z")
My current rant is about my elderly cat, who keeps screaming at me for food then turning his nose up at it after about 3 bites. I’m also having to restrain him to get his medication down his throat because he has suddenl… --- ## [Trump has Uncontrollable Fecal Incontinence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-uncontrollable-fecal-incontinence/924333)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-uncontrollable-fecal-incontinence/924333 "2020-11-02T11:24:49Z")
I got this one from a podcast I listened to at work. A guest on the show used to work on The Apprentice and other Trump media like the beauty pageants. The guest said that Trump wears Depends and has chronic fecal inco… --- ## ["If you elect Biden, he'll listen to the Scientists!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323 "2020-11-01T17:54:53Z")
Trump apparently sees this as a BAD thing. As a scientist, it’s a selling point to me “We’re like a rocket ship” Yeah – the Nostromo “Take a look at the numbers.” Just shy of 220,000 this morning. --- ## [Low level "Pit Response" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-level-pit-response-thread/922284)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-level-pit-response-thread/922284 "2020-11-01T15:41:25Z")
Here’s an idea. I don’t know if it’s been tried before, but the SDMB rules have a big flaw. If somebody makes a semi-innocuous but jackass post you can’t call them out in that thread, and there’s no point in making a Pit… --- ## [Blacks get lassoed by white men on horseback and paraded through Texas town...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-get-lassoed-by-white-men-on-horseback-and-paraded-through-texas-town/838278)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-get-lassoed-by-white-men-on-horseback-and-paraded-through-texas-town/838278 "2020-10-31T23:31:15Z")
Nah, that isn’t racist at all or even a little bit scary given the history of lynchings of Black in the South. Not only should those “officers” be fired, the police chief should be run out of town on a rail for his lame … --- ## [(ahem)...Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahem-donald-trump/924159)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahem-donald-trump/924159 "2020-10-30T16:32:17Z")
Donald Trump is like a Box of Poop… . . . . …without the Box. :poop: --- ## [Trump would like us all to stop talking so much about the pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-would-like-us-all-to-stop-talking-so-much-about-the-pandemic/923938)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-would-like-us-all-to-stop-talking-so-much-about-the-pandemic/923938 "2020-10-30T05:48:19Z")
Dateline, London 1349 – King Edward of Windsor, the Third of that name, declared yesterday that he was tired of people constantly talking about the black Death. He himself has returned from war in France with no ill e… --- ## [Pardoned War Criminal Wants to Become Lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardoned-war-criminal-wants-to-become-lawyer/923928)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardoned-war-criminal-wants-to-become-lawyer/923928 "2020-10-30T00:27:59Z")
This is some mighty, let’s call it interesting reading here: Former Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance has a new mission: To become a lawyer and press for reform of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, under which he was conv… --- ## [Amy Coney Barrett confirmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-coney-barrett-confirmed/923986)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-coney-barrett-confirmed/923986 "2020-10-27T21:43:02Z")
Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Hypocritical fuckers. Not that this was a surprise, but still. I am not feeling linguistically creative - maybe some of the rest of you can take over the mantle for… --- ## [How has Trump avoided the "Antichrist" label?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-trump-avoided-the-antichrist-label/923351)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-trump-avoided-the-antichrist-label/923351 "2020-10-27T08:12:00Z")
Aside from a seemingly self-published Amazon book with a similar title, I have to admit I’m a little mystified that this idea isn’t gaining traction. While he has support from the evangelical community, it’s becoming inc… --- ## [I've Fn had it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fn-had-it/923798)
**Author:** [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fn-had-it/923798 "2020-10-25T18:24:07Z")
The comments on this infuriate me. Biden walks from one side of the stage and back again. So, of course he has dementia. Fucking Trump supporters. --- ## [Trump probably committed voter fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-probably-committed-voter-fraud/923461)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-probably-committed-voter-fraud/923461 "2020-10-23T23:32:41Z")
I mean personally not just as part of a general pattern. Donald Trump submitted an absentee ballot as a Florida resident. Which is generally legal if you’re a Florida resident. But Trump probably isn’t legally a Florida… --- ## [Trump lies he’s the Devil, Biden lies , it oh that’s just old Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lies-he-s-the-devil-biden-lies-it-oh-that-s-just-old-joe/923404)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-lies-he-s-the-devil-biden-lies-it-oh-that-s-just-old-joe/923404 "2020-10-23T09:32:31Z")
Not a lick of difference between them, just how it’s handled. Now I know how this is going to go. --- ## [Who do you think is more of a wimp, Donald Trump or Joe Biden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-is-more-of-a-wimp-donald-trump-or-joe-biden/921453)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-is-more-of-a-wimp-donald-trump-or-joe-biden/921453 "2020-10-21T14:15:54Z")
Emerson College Polling polled this question. The results… When asked who voters thought was more of a wimp, 57% said Donald Trump and 43% said Joe Biden. Source This is a stupid question and the result doesn’t mat… --- ## [Are you a racist? Warning signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1544\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519 "2020-10-20T00:23:09Z")
Are you a racist? As many posts in this board have shown, some people are racists without knowing it. So here’s a handy list of warning signs. Do other people accuse you of being a racist? Do you start statements with … --- ## [Another infant cut from mother's womb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-infant-cut-from-mothers-womb/923294)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-infant-cut-from-mothers-womb/923294 "2020-10-19T20:22:50Z")
Bond set at $5M for suspect accused of murdering East Texas woman, cutting infant from womb Reagan Simmons-Hancock, 22, was approximately seven-and-a-half months pregnant when she was attacked the morning of Friday, Oc… --- ## [Millionaire and front line workers-no thanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millionaire-and-front-line-workers-no-thanks/923262)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/millionaire-and-front-line-workers-no-thanks/923262 "2020-10-19T15:34:52Z")
So, ABC is bringing back Who Wants to be a Millionaire with a very stupid twist. They’re going to feature front line heroes. Maybe I’m ice cold, but no, no and hell no. Yes, they’re heroes that worked 12 hours a day, 6… --- ## [Damuri Ajashi, you are a moronic troglodyte of a crackpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damuri-ajashi-you-are-a-moronic-troglodyte-of-a-crackpot/613099)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damuri-ajashi-you-are-a-moronic-troglodyte-of-a-crackpot/613099 "2020-10-18T05:21:36Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve so dearly wished I could send someone careening into the nearest dungheap, Biff-style. Your inability to put two and two together is sincerely baffling and I regret having wasted the time … --- ## [Hey so this aga whatever dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-so-this-aga-whatever-dude/919750)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-so-this-aga-whatever-dude/919750 "2020-10-18T03:59:23Z")
I said I was going to stop doing this, but sweet gods people, take it the fuck out of the omnibus thread. 132 posts about jack-off and bull penis recipes is a LOT. In so many ways. Commence sniping. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=47)