# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=98 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 99 --- ## [Prison executions : Who knew they were so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-executions-who-knew-they-were-so-expensive/783987)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-executions-who-knew-they-were-so-expensive/783987 "2017-04-20T11:08:44Z")
This has to be among the most outrageous reasons to speed up or carry out an execution. \[INDENT\] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arkansas-execution-idUSKBN1782NR\[/INDENT\] I wonder if this stuff really expires, and … --- ## [Adolf Hitler didn't use chemical weapons?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolf-hitler-didnt-use-chemical-weapons/784254)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolf-hitler-didnt-use-chemical-weapons/784254 "2017-04-20T07:20:54Z")
What the Hell do you call Zyklon B Mr Spicer? Fuck you and channeling Bannon. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk --- ## [Mesothelioma is a Mother\*ucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mesothelioma-is-a-mother-ucker/784301)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mesothelioma-is-a-mother-ucker/784301 "2017-04-20T03:37:10Z")
Well- Hey, a Pit thread about something other than Trump. Yay? My uncle Greg is about to die. As in, any moment now. He’s 70. He was always that hale and hearty fellow, about 6’3" with the handshake that would crush y… --- ## [Stupid Things Liberals Have Said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-liberals-have-said/784748)
**Author:** [@saturncomet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saturncomet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-liberals-have-said/784748 "2017-04-19T02:14:23Z")
"I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don’t want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enoug… --- ## [To some of the assholes at the local dog park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-some-of-the-assholes-at-the-local-dog-park/582499)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-some-of-the-assholes-at-the-local-dog-park/582499 "2017-04-16T12:22:55Z")
You, you fucking cocksuck, why the fuck are you bringing your aggressive, un-neutered dog to an off-leash park? Was it a total lack of common sense? Or did you miss the large sign posted at the front gate warning that it… --- ## [That Goofball Secretary of State is going to get us into a war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goofball-secretary-of-state-is-going-to-get-us-into-a-war/783979)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-goofball-secretary-of-state-is-going-to-get-us-into-a-war/783979 "2017-04-14T18:01:59Z")
Tillerson essentially gave Assad the go ahead for the gas attack when he said the Syrian people would decide Assad’s fate. Goofball has also given China the go aheadin Asia. He obviously lacks any understanding of the … --- ## [TSO: real music, fake performances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tso-real-music-fake-performances/784056)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tso-real-music-fake-performances/784056 "2017-04-14T16:56:33Z")
Okay, so in this CS thread I was smacked for bringing up Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s peculiarly lackluster concerts, and while I don’t think I was threadshitting, I will concede that an RIP thread is not the place to deba… --- ## [Passwords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords/784078)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords/784078 "2017-04-14T16:25:30Z")
I just want to order a fucking pizza online. I want to use a simple easy password consists of only numbers. WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU MAKING ME COME UP WITH AN 8 CHARACTER PASSWORD THAT HAS AN UPPERCASE LETTER, A LOWER CASE… --- ## [The Cosmopolitan "weight loss plan"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmopolitan-weight-loss-plan/784377)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmopolitan-weight-loss-plan/784377 "2017-04-14T14:03:13Z")
Cosmopolitan magazine presents a cancer-survivor’s story as an article about weight loss. fail^∞ --- ## [Fuck you April, the giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-april-the-giraffe/784273)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-april-the-giraffe/784273 "2017-04-13T01:43:21Z")
Your unknown gestation cycle is consuming massive amounts of bandwidth in my house, as my wife and children have become obsessed on not missing out on the birth of your offspring. Hope your baby comes soon! I’m sure th… --- ## [The SMACKDOWN!!! Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smackdown-thread/783807)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-smackdown-thread/783807 "2017-04-11T17:48:23Z")
Have you ever been reading a thread and seen a poster smacked down another so hard that startled birds rose from the trees for miles around? If so, this is the thread for you. To kick it off, I provide the following exc… --- ## [Stupid Islam News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-islam-news-of-the-day/784030)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-islam-news-of-the-day/784030 "2017-04-11T14:51:51Z")
people made fun of our Donald for pointing out the problems in Sweden. What do y’all think of what DID just happen there? --- ## [I pit myself for being dumb enough to buy another Samsung brickphone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself-for-being-dumb-enough-to-buy-another-samsung-brickphone/781684 "2017-04-11T05:28:26Z")
OK, so I semi-reluctantly bought my first smartphone 2 1/2 years ago, a Samsung Galaxy 4. In the 30 months or so that I had it, it : crashed within a few days of purchase after an unsollicited upgrade. was sent back TW… --- ## [Driving to work and I just heard that America is turning into Orwell’s 1984](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-to-work-and-i-just-heard-that-america-is-turning-into-orwell-s-1984/784174)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-to-work-and-i-just-heard-that-america-is-turning-into-orwell-s-1984/784174 "2017-04-10T22:10:49Z")
So just on the radio on NPR there was an interview with a congress critter. Telling us that the missile strike on Syria was about peace in the region. Yes, “War is Peace”. Then locally a “Freedom” caucus Republican con… --- ## [Chinese sellers on Ebay and Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-sellers-on-ebay-and-amazon/784116)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-sellers-on-ebay-and-amazon/784116 "2017-04-09T21:13:12Z")
WTFity fuck fuck!?!?!?! So I buy some baseball equipment. Its very well priced, it has free shipping and it supposed to arrive in a week. I get the confirmation email and its arriving in a month and a half. Apparentl… --- ## [I pit uteri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-uteri/783676)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-uteri/783676 "2017-04-09T15:34:24Z")
If, as Genesis says, humanity was created in God’s image, than the female reproductive system was clearly designed by Satan. I mean, if you built a roof that leaked every month, you wouldn’t get much more business, would… --- ## [Pudd’nhead Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pudd-nhead-trump-nominates-neil-gorsuch-for-supreme-court-jester/778719)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pudd-nhead-trump-nominates-neil-gorsuch-for-supreme-court-jester/778719 "2017-04-08T02:45:27Z")
And here I had my money on Roland Freisler. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? --- ## [When will idiots learn not to text and drive? (Texas bus accident)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-idiots-learn-not-to-text-and-drive-texas-bus-accident/783483)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-idiots-learn-not-to-text-and-drive-texas-bus-accident/783483 "2017-04-07T16:16:13Z")
So apparently the jackass who hit a busand killed 13 people in Texas was texting and driving. Just another one who probably though that he was a good enough driver and it wouldn’t be a problem to shoot off a few texts. … --- ## [These ISIS fuckers are spoiling for a fight and Trump will take the bait.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-isis-fuckers-are-spoiling-for-a-fight-and-trump-will-take-the-bait/783765)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-isis-fuckers-are-spoiling-for-a-fight-and-trump-will-take-the-bait/783765 "2017-04-07T05:00:10Z")
https://www.yahoo.com/news/islamic-state-says-u-being-run-idiot-162745864.html They are right that we have an idiot as President. ISIS just wants to suck him in. It will be Vietnam 10x over. These guys cannot be rooted … --- ## ["Sure I text while driving. \*#@% you if you don't like it!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-i-text-while-driving-you-if-you-dont-like-it/745271)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-i-text-while-driving-you-if-you-dont-like-it/745271 "2017-04-07T02:55:34Z")
That attitude seems common among people currently driving on the freeways of California. It is not my attitude. I would consider it irresponsibly dangerous. Even if it were legal I would not do it. I have several times… --- ## [Pitting the DME who are to blame for the health costs in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-dme-who-are-to-blame-for-the-health-costs-in-the-us/783484)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-dme-who-are-to-blame-for-the-health-costs-in-the-us/783484 "2017-04-05T15:17:22Z")
Yes, you. You know who you are. You are the durable medical equipment providers whose apparent only goal is to scam Medicare. It started withe the commercials. “If you have Medicare, you may be eligible for a pain-re… --- ## [The Chechen government recognizes gays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chechen-government-recognizes-gays/783652)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chechen-government-recognizes-gays/783652 "2017-04-04T16:34:39Z")
That is it recognizes them, kidnaps them and kills them. There’s a photo of a the grinning Chechen leader Kadyrov with his dumb beard on the page and I have never felt more like punching someone in my life. This fucki… --- ## [When will Donald Trump publish his first Tarzan novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-donald-trump-publish-his-first-tarzan-novel/782632)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-donald-trump-publish-his-first-tarzan-novel/782632 "2017-04-04T14:40:36Z")
I have been following the Can you please critique this letter to the estate of Tarzan’s creator? thread and can’t help reading it as if the OP is Donald Trump and he is planning to write a novel and stiff the heirs of Ed… --- ## [I think it's an appropriate time for some "Trump FACTS"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-an-appropriate-time-for-some-trump-facts/783449)
**Author:** [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-an-appropriate-time-for-some-trump-facts/783449 "2017-04-04T04:30:16Z")
For far too long the “facts” about Chuck Norris have echoed from the countryside while the “facts” about our president have gone unheralded. Well, the time has finally come to give the man his due. Just like the facts … --- ## [Three Swedish female cops vs one criminal refugee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-swedish-female-cops-vs-one-criminal-refugee/783691)
**Author:** [@negono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/negono)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-swedish-female-cops-vs-one-criminal-refugee/783691 "2017-04-04T02:05:40Z")
Goes about as well as one would expect. Probably started off like this: Yes, 911? I’m being attacked. Please only send female officers as I am a progressive and I know that they can do anything men can do! Make sure th… --- ## [Forward, March (minirants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forward-march-minirants/781131 "2017-04-01T17:46:48Z")
Sorry, couldn’t come up with anything more clever than that. Fuck you, Bank of America. Three times my card has been compromised, and all three times it takes an act of fucking god for you to get it straightened out. At… --- ## [ADA leads to death of UC Berkeley free online courses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ada-leads-to-death-of-uc-berkeley-free-online-courses/782118)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ada-leads-to-death-of-uc-berkeley-free-online-courses/782118 "2017-04-01T05:47:26Z")
http://www.weeklystandard.com/berkeley-goes-offline/article/2007153 A lawsuit against UC Berkeley for discrimination against the disabled in their free online offering has resulted in all of the content being removed. T… --- ## [Bricker, You're a Jackass Extraordinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734)
**Author:** [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Replies:** 419\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734 "2017-04-01T01:02:48Z")
Seriously, just who in the bloody hell do you think you are? You prance around here with your holier-than-thou attitude as if you are so above the fray, when in fact you are one of the dirtiest motherfuckers that I’ve e… --- ## [Stolen Valour: Another Scumbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-valour-another-scumbag/704531)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-valour-another-scumbag/704531 "2017-03-31T22:20:09Z")
This asshole really needs to be taught a lesson. http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2014/11/13/anger-grows-over-phoney-soldier-at-remembrance-day/ After the events on Oct. 22, on the very site where a young man was executed for s… --- ## [Trump hands Merkel a bullshit bill for $374B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-hands-merkel-a-bullshit-bill-for-374b/783089)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-hands-merkel-a-bullshit-bill-for-374b/783089 "2017-03-31T03:07:54Z")
I’m just cringing in embarrassment at the thought that the President of the United States actually printed up a bullshit invoice for Germany’s shortfall below 2% of GDP on defense, plus interest. And handed it to Merkel… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=99)