# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=5 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [Franchisers, the lowest of the low. (Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franchisers-the-lowest-of-the-low-long/959839)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 340\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franchisers-the-lowest-of-the-low-long/959839 "2026-04-30T15:05:39Z")
Definition of Terms: Franchise - A business model which you purchase for an initial lump sum and then a split of your revenues. Franchisor/Franchiser - The company selling this business model. Franchisee - The person … --- ## [Demanding cites for things that would take you 2 second to look up is lazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281 "2026-04-28T12:59:17Z")
Please sir, I can’t be bothered to highlight a word in your post, search Google for it, and then click the Wikipedia link. Even though that entire process takes 2 seconds, it’s a better use of my time to post a snarky re… --- ## [Smapti is Pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907)
**Author:** [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Replies:** 2025\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907 "2026-04-27T10:58:13Z")
The rules of the pit forbid me from truly expressing my hatred for this sniveling, spineless piece of shit, so I shall attempt to work around that. Smapti has never met a war crime he didn’t like. He is a coward who wou… --- ## [Posts that aged well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-well/1029532 "2026-04-26T19:10:57Z")
I don’t have an actual example to kick things off, but I thought we could use a counterpoint to the ‘Posts that aged poorly’ thread. I know I’ve seen several posts over time where someone said “I totally called \[X\] in my… --- ## [Posts that aged poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503 "2026-04-25T18:33:23Z")
Here’s a thread for SDMB posts proven wrong by history. I’ll start with one of mine that I noticed today when I was looking for something else Oops… --- ## [Donald Trump on Truth Social](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-on-truth-social/1029203)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-on-truth-social/1029203 "2026-04-16T18:00:56Z")
I was going to post this in one of the many ongoing Donald Trump threads, but I finally figured…”this is something that happens with so much regular frequency, that it probably deserves its own thread finally”. Every ti… --- ## [Back-in Parkers - You Bastards!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858)
**Author:** [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858 "2026-04-15T16:49:26Z")
So if you’ve been backing in to parking spaces prior to the 2015 U.S.reverse camera mandate read no further, as I assume you’re a competent person whose head swivels on their neck and who can accomplish this feat in unde… --- ## [Anniversary of Reagan's "Star Wars" speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-reagans-star-wars-speech/1028706)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-of-reagans-star-wars-speech/1028706 "2026-04-15T00:53:11Z")
The date of Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” speech is burned in my memory – March 23, 1983. I looked at today’s date on my computer and couldn’t help but think of it. It’s the date that I sat up in my chair while watching … --- ## [The Poetry of Donald Trump - Special Victory in Iran edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-victory-in-iran-edition/1029080)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-victory-in-iran-edition/1029080 "2026-04-11T18:18:30Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered this series on his war with Iran. We won the war. We defeated Iran. We must attack Iran. The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully. You never like to say too ⁠early you… --- ## [The Trump Easter Kid's Party needed a rabbit...but got the Mad Hatter instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-easter-kids-party-needed-a-rabbit-but-got-the-mad-hatter-instead/1029098)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-easter-kids-party-needed-a-rabbit-but-got-the-mad-hatter-instead/1029098 "2026-04-08T02:22:57Z")
So Trump hosted the Annual Easter Party for kids this year, and it was a very confusing nightmare all around. Of all the places he could have picked to blather on and on about previous administrations… ‘Holy Crap’: Trum… --- ## [Another pitting of the US health ”care” system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pitting-of-the-us-health-care-system/968581)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 452\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pitting-of-the-us-health-care-system/968581 "2026-04-06T19:44:38Z")
Kid suffers a sports injury. Badly sprained ankle. Go to regular Pediatrician’s office. Sent for X rays. Nothing broken. Is told to use a brace. Asks if she wants the brace put on or will get it from the med-surg supply… --- ## [Big Daddy Warbucks' address to the nation about his war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-daddy-warbucks-address-to-the-nation-about-his-war/1028946)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-daddy-warbucks-address-to-the-nation-about-his-war/1028946 "2026-04-02T17:55:25Z")
In just under an hour, the convicted fraudster is to regale the nation, if not the world, about his war in Iran. This thread is for your unfettered responses to whatever it is that exretes exudes from his mouth. I have t… --- ## [March Nemesis (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100 "2026-04-01T00:39:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Mini-Month Mini-Rants (Feb 2026): Been dealing with an annoying cold all week and it kicked my butt today. I slept in until noon and I’ve been coughing and sneezing all day. What really … --- ## [Should Plato Be Banned from University Courses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-plato-be-banned-from-university-courses/1026460)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-plato-be-banned-from-university-courses/1026460 "2026-03-31T22:39:22Z")
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That’s a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M Univer… --- ## [Geography is apparently a lost art, sorry, skill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-is-apparently-a-lost-art-sorry-skill/1028118)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-is-apparently-a-lost-art-sorry-skill/1028118 "2026-03-28T17:34:23Z")
I recently read a blog on Microsoft Edge, where poster stated “In & Out opening in the East Coast” exact headline. Turns out they were referring to new location in Tennessee–when did they become “East Coast”? East of Mis… --- ## [About that torpedoed Iranian warship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-torpedoed-iranian-warship/1028255)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-that-torpedoed-iranian-warship/1028255 "2026-03-26T20:23:50Z")
The IRIS Dena was sunk 2000 miles away from Iran, was not involved in any military actions, and had been involved in an international naval exercise, of which the US had originally been a part. This outs a very differ… --- ## [Here's one coin that I will not be adding to my collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-one-coin-that-i-will-not-be-adding-to-my-collection/1028596)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-one-coin-that-i-will-not-be-adding-to-my-collection/1028596 "2026-03-25T20:41:53Z")
I’ve got to boast for a second–I’ve got a pretty impressive challenge coin collection (90+ IIRC). But I will not be adding this one! Tripler Nope. :enraged\_face: --- ## [Pitting Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-der-trihs/1028214)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-der-trihs/1028214 "2026-03-25T11:59:57Z")
For the longest time I was willing to dismiss @Der\_Trihs’s extreme statements as hyperbole, exaggeration for rhetorical effect. But with his latest post as quoted: it’s just that the anti-abortion side only cares about… --- ## [A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-2/946549)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-2/946549 "2026-03-22T17:11:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) - #12240 by JohnT. Previous discussions: A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) --- ## [CBS News : What The Hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-news-what-the-hell/1028638)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-news-what-the-hell/1028638 "2026-03-21T02:11:15Z")
CBS News seems to be tanking faster than if there is dried cement on their feet and they’ve been dumped into the East River. Down more than 15% in a week? Ooopsies… --- ## [The poetry of Donald Trump - Special Racism edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-racism-edition/1028557)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-racism-edition/1028557 "2026-03-19T22:37:57Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered us another glimpse of his special genius. This time he has chosen genetics as his theme. They’re sick people And a lot of them were let in here They shouldn’t have been let in Others the… --- ## [Driving Thread {Posts pulled from What were you thinking thread}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-thread-posts-pulled-from-what-were-you-thinking-thread/1028444)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-thread-posts-pulled-from-what-were-you-thinking-thread/1028444 "2026-03-19T00:23:39Z")
This long conversation got going about driving, cars and other vehicles. Open Container laws also in here. --- ## [The\_Librarian has trouble reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-librarian-has-trouble-reading/1028394)
**Author:** [@Humbagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humbagger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-librarian-has-trouble-reading/1028394 "2026-03-12T17:29:32Z")
@the\_librarian Yes. Those are the rules of the message board you are currently using and that you should have read. Or maybe the trouble isn’t with the reading, but the next part after that? --- ## [The Union's in a state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unions-in-a-state/1027923 "2026-03-11T15:59:22Z")
In less than 24 hours, the State of the Union address should begin. Feel free to vent here about anything connected with it. For non-BBQ PIT-esque commentary, feel free to make them in 2026 State of the Union thread in … --- ## [OK, USPS. Consider buying a map? Compass? Divining rod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-usps-consider-buying-a-map-compass-divining-rod/1028067)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-usps-consider-buying-a-map-compass-divining-rod/1028067 "2026-03-10T19:57:38Z")
The item in question is an elderly laptop computer. The destination is Long Island, New York. It was shipped USPS with tracking. They should have issued this package a tourist visa and then it could at least be collec… --- ## [Fuck the Chicago Cubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-chicago-cubs/1023142)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-chicago-cubs/1023142 "2026-03-10T19:42:01Z")
I have been a huge Cubs fan since moving to Chicago over twenty years ago, but last Friday the team informed me that it no longer desires my support. It did so by holding a moment of silence and lowering the flags to hal… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- "Walking around with no legs" edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-walking-around-with-no-legs-edition/1028334)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-walking-around-with-no-legs-edition/1028334 "2026-03-10T15:19:33Z")
I couldn’t believe that he actually said that, so I had to check out the actual transcript (link at bottom). He did. There are clearly no limits on what he will say. Trump news conference at Trump National Doral, March… --- ## [Trump admin spews ridiculous offensive libel about.. the anti-christ!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-admin-spews-ridiculous-offensive-libel-about-the-anti-christ/1028196)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-admin-spews-ridiculous-offensive-libel-about-the-anti-christ/1028196 "2026-03-04T17:43:12Z")
So this is a thing that happened as we are in the dumbest possible timeline, and this is our life now…. But hang on a goddamned minute. You are fulfilling the millennial prophecies of Revelation (as interpreted by th… --- ## [DrDeth: Your Invitation to Tell Me Everything You Don’t Know About the Military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-your-invitation-to-tell-me-everything-you-don-t-know-about-the-military/1028176)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-your-invitation-to-tell-me-everything-you-don-t-know-about-the-military/1028176 "2026-03-04T05:40:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on: Rather than let @DrDeth draw me into a hijack and possibly a warning, I figured I’d start a new thread and take this c… --- ## [CNN's gotten more Trumpy now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-gotten-more-trumpy-now/1028079)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-gotten-more-trumpy-now/1028079 "2026-03-02T20:34:18Z")
CNN now acquired by Trump friend. Was the never the biggest CNN fan anyway, with their occasional bothsidesism, but now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=6)