# Broomstick - Does His Ass Say rebeW or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343 "2015-03-19T00:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/101 "2015-03-19T21:57:48Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That is a training grill, for children. What are grown men doing with a childrens toy? :dubious: Tailgating? Or should I say, tailgrilling? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/102 "2015-03-19T22:20:14Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Tailgating? Or should I say, tailgrilling? When I want to grill some tail… ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/103 "2015-03-19T22:34:51Z")
I too have a brand just above my ass. It says _Levi_, and that’s a fine ass brand if you asked me. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/104 "2015-03-19T22:56:22Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Pleasant? From the examples I’ve seen, the embellishments are nothing that can be considered pleasant. Femur-breaking, shovel wielding, crossbow shooting, 3rd degree burns, suicide by bb gun, and the list goes on. Yep. They’re all heckuva good stories. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/105 "2015-03-19T23:10:09Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Weber charcoal grills have the name on the handle and on the metal vent. Also, a few posters have mentioned the height of your typical Weber grill as being too high to accidentally sit on, but apparently no one has heard of the Weber Smoky Joe. I’m not saying I believe all of Broomstick’s story, but it would be pretty easy to back into and fall on a portable grill. Don’t forget - the story is that he sat on it long enough for it to burn away his clothing and then brand “rebeW” into the skin. I’m not sure the portable grill can pull all that off. It has to get super hot and be moderately difficult to get off of. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/106 "2015-03-19T23:33:04Z")
Can everybody lie like a motherfucker, or just the pleasant people? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/107 "2015-03-20T00:13:46Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Don’t forget - the story is that he sat on it long enough for it to burn away his clothing and then brand “rebeW” into the skin. I’m not sure the portable grill can pull all that off. It has to get super hot and be moderately difficult to get off of. Well, if you only have the use of one hand/arm to help you get up, that might just account for the burn. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/108 "2015-03-20T00:32:12Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Well, if you only have the use of one hand/arm to help you get up, that might just account for the burn. Maybe, but the use of only one arm makes it less likely the that shovel and crossbow incidents actually happened as she described. She can’t seem to keep her stories straight, which is common when it comes to serial fibbers. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/109 "2015-03-20T00:44:44Z")
Pitting **Boomstick**? What are you, Evil Ash? ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/110 "2015-03-20T01:23:11Z")
Broomstick has a persecution complex that causes her to imagine scenarios in everyday life that do not actually happen. She then lectures everyone about how they should behave and relates these imaginary tales as experiences she has encountered. Or she relates stories of the experiences of her her “acquaintances” (read–other liars on other message boards) as honest to goodness fact if they get her some attention or further her lecturing narrative. No tale is too tall for our poor, put upon, yet still strong heroine forging on against all odds. It gets tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/111 "2015-03-20T02:08:59Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Well, if you only have the use of one hand/arm to help you get up, that might just account for the burn. A burn, maybe. A brand? No. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/112 "2015-03-20T02:12:52Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Jibe with. [“Jibe” and “jive” have been used interchangeably in the U.S. to indicate the concept “to agree or accord.”](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jibe) I think the language is changing on this one ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/113 "2015-03-20T02:14:42Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Can everybody lie like a motherfucker, or just the pleasant people? Lying like a motherfucker is fine, calling out the lie will get you warned for being a jerk. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18216933&postcount=58](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18216933&postcount=58) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/114 "2015-03-20T02:38:46Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I’d like to join the chorus of people who like Broomstick, don’t mind a little pleasant embellishment of reality if nothing is riding on it, and think it would be a shame if she stopped posting because of a thread like this. Sorta yeah, but sorta no. A completely pointless fib is one thing – “Hey, I won ten dollars in a scratch-off lottery ticket once” – but garish, memorable, extravagant anecdotes are kinda taboo, especially on a board that has, as a secondary goal, the exposure of Urban Legends as hooey. **Broomstick** ’s tall tales are too much “Paul Bunyan” and too little “everyday.” “My sister was bitten by a moose”…rather than just, “my sister was clawed by her cat.” (My sister was bitten on the breast by a horse. The bruise it left was quite astonishing!) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/115 "2015-03-20T03:10:24Z")
> [@keturah](#): > > Lying like a motherfucker is fine, calling out the lie will get you warned for being a jerk. > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18216933&postcount=58](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18216933&postcount=58) I swear it used to be that you COULD actually do so, as long as you didn’t call the person a liar, – you know, the whole, “attack the post, not the poster?” Like, “that’s totally NOT true”, or “that’s a lie”. Am I going nuts, or was this actually the case at one point? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/116 "2015-03-20T03:23:52Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I swear it used to be that you COULD actually do so, as long as you didn’t call the person a liar, – you know, the whole, “attack the post, not the poster?” Like, “that’s totally NOT true”, or “that’s a lie”. > > \*\*Am I going nuts, or was this actually the case at one point? > \*\* Both . ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/117 "2015-03-20T03:41:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I swear it used to be that you COULD actually do so, as long as you didn’t call the person a liar, – you know, the whole, “attack the post, not the poster?” Like, “that’s totally NOT true”, or “that’s a lie”. Am I going nuts, or was this actually the case at one point? Well, I guess depending on the level of rules lawyering that I want to get into, I never explicitly called her a liar. But the reality is that calling her a liar is exactly what I intended to convey. My phrasing falling juuuust within the line technically was unintentional and up for debate. The funniest thing for me is that she clearly reported my posts and had about 1 minute of feeling vindicated when I was warned , then got uppity and posted to the dead rebeW thread and earned her own pit thread. And a mod note. Warms the heart, it does:) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/118 "2015-03-20T03:47:34Z")
I think the Weber folks are missing a fantastic viral marketing opportunity here. They should have their logo on the grill backwards. That way, when you sit on it (or sear a steak) the logo will be the right way 'round, proudly displaying the Weber name and increasing brand awareness. It’s the sort of publicity money just can’t buy.[sup]\*[/sup] - At least, I really hope not. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/119 "2015-03-20T04:45:20Z")
I can see the lawsuits now “When Weber encouraged me to sit on the hot grill to brand myself with their logo, I assumed they would only do so if it was safe. Actually _I got burned!_” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/120 "2015-03-20T06:10:14Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I’d like to join the chorus of people who like Broomstick, don’t mind a little pleasant embellishment of reality if nothing is riding on it, and think it would be a shame if she stopped posting because of a thread like this. No real dog but I would like to fight a little ignorance here. From what little I’ve read of Broomstick’s posts, there is nothing pleasant about her embellishments. They are snarky and tend to be mean spirited - the rebeW story being a bit of an exception. And second, if when called out she admitted to a bit of hyperbole no one would notice but she does the opposite and doubles down. See a Brickers posts early in this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343.md?page=7)