# A Pit thread for Asahi **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944 "2019-02-04T14:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 98
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944/98 "2021-09-03T13:17:16Z")
Bump > [@Republicans Ban School Mask Mandates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-ban-school-mask-mandates/949789/65): > > > [@Republicans Ban School Mask Mandates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-ban-school-mask-mandates/949789/64): > > > > We are surrounded by reptiles. We need to break out the Bowie knife. We’re going to have a fight. There is no way around it.- > > Metaphors are all well and good. What does this look like in Real World terms? Such colorful, careless metaphors lead to this > **[12 Million Americans Believe Lizard People Run Our Country](https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/)** > > About 90 million Americans believe aliens exist. Some 66 million of us think aliens landed at Roswell in 1948. These are the things you learn when there's a lull in political news and pollsters get to ask whatever questions they want. and this > **[Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election](https://apnews.com/article/congress-confirm-joe-biden-78104aea082995bbd7412a6e6cd13818)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep... ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944)._