# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/121 "2015-03-20T07:36:00Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > 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!_” Sam: Personal Injury Lawyers. Bunch of whinny little bitches. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/122 "2015-03-20T07:47:27Z")
Because I’m bored I googled what a 1975 Weber grill lid would have looked like; I don’t think [this would have branded anyone with rebeW](http://weberkettleclub.com/blog/2014/01/26/1970s-yellow-22-weber-kettle/#prettyPhoto) even if they had been able to sit on it. In case the “40 year old incident” is a little less than that, by 1979 it had evolved to [weber](http://weberkettleclub.com/blog/2013/12/18/1979-a-code-18-5/#prettyPhoto), but no capital letters. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/123 "2015-03-20T09:40:34Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > [“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 As per your link, most sources (i.e. all but one) consider your use an error. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/124 "2015-03-20T12:16:54Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > [“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 In my neck of the woods, “supposedly” and “supposably” have been used interchangeably for years. Yay descriptivism! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/125 "2015-03-20T15:39:38Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Well, if you only have the use of one hand/arm to help you get up, that might just account for the burn. No, this is make-believe thinking. If the grill is hot enough to burn through the pants and underwear and to make a permanent brand then one is not just going to sit there long enough for that to happen and think, “Hmmmm, this is hot. I should get up but how do I do so with just one hand? Hmmm.” No, if it’s that hot then one will think, “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!” and one will thrash around and throw oneself off to the side and knock the grill over and that will happen in no more than 5 seconds. To make the brand it had to burn through his pants and underwear and make a hole 2-3 inches by 4-5 inches. If it burnt a hole that big then the whole underside and sides of his pants were on fire and he would have burns all over his ass and the sides of his leg. Broomstick will not “lower” herself to show a cropped picture yet she’ll gladly tell a bunch of internet strangers about it? And she’ll remind everyone that he is disabled every single time she mentions him? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/126 "2015-03-20T15:47:25Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If the grill is hot enough to burn through the pants and underwear and to make a permanent brand then one is not just going to sit there long enough for that to happen and think, “Hmmmm, this is hot. I should get up but how do I do so with just one hand? Hmmm.” Now why does everyone assume he had on pants and underwear? Someone had a Weber grill going, there was beer present. ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/127 "2015-03-20T16:09:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Now why does everyone assume he had on pants and underwear? > Someone had a Weber grill going, there was beer present. Because she said as much: > [@Why Do Beautiful Men Deface Their Bodies With Tattoos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-beautiful-men-deface-their-bodies-with-tattoos/714058/85): > > I’ve been fairly free these past 14 years on this forum with saying my spouse is disabled, specifically, he has spina bifida. It takes him some time to get up without assistance, even if his ass is literally on fire. What was holding him down was gravity and legs that don’t work very well. By the time his drunk buddies realized he wasn’t kidding around the clothing over his ass was burned away and he had some third degree burns. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/128 "2015-03-20T16:15:06Z")
> [@Nauplius](#): > > Because she said as much: Missed that. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/129 "2015-03-20T16:38:47Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > No, this is make-believe thinking. If anybody has one of those little grills, I’d be interested to hear if it is possible to sit on it at all (no fire necessary) without everything just toppling over. Quite likely, the grill’s legs would buckle under a person’s weight. They aren’t designed to support more than a few pounds of charcoal and food. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/130 "2015-03-20T17:28:19Z")
**Broomstick** , I think it’s time to consider the possibility that your husband may have been into some kinky shit before you knew him. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/131 "2015-03-20T18:01:34Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Because I’m bored I googled what a 1975 Weber grill lid would have looked like; I don’t think [this would have branded anyone with rebeW](http://weberkettleclub.com/blog/2014/01/26/1970s-yellow-22-weber-kettle/#prettyPhoto) even if they had been able to sit on it. In case the “40 year old incident” is a little less than that, by 1979 it had evolved to [weber](http://weberkettleclub.com/blog/2013/12/18/1979-a-code-18-5/#prettyPhoto), but no capital letters. I’d hate to be branded with “ELTTEK Q-B-BRAB”. For one, it’s a lot more letters. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/132 "2015-03-20T18:11:17Z")
This story would make a lot more sense, logistically, if she would just say that the lid was on the ground, and it was just taken off the grill so it was still super hot. He coulda tripped backwards on to it (easy to do if you don’t expect it to be there) and been sitting square on the logo on the grill top, unable to get up due to his disability. But she’s not saying that. Not even working to make her story more plausible. So weird. Doesn’t give credence to how a hot piece of metal could “brand” through pants and skivvies, but still makes more logistical sense. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/133 "2015-03-20T19:41:11Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > So, **Broomstick** , does your husband have “rebeW” branded on his ass or not? Who the fuck cares, it was a funny story. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/134 "2015-03-20T19:42:22Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Because a moderator said so. > > The responses in that thread were explicitly accusing Broomstick of lying, and it can be assumed that further discussion would contain more of the same. That’s pit material, son. " If you feel the _need_ to continue that conversation"; So, you NEEDED to do this? :dubious::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/135 "2015-03-20T19:45:11Z")
I’d like to know more about the crossbow story. How did he cock and load it with one arm? Or does he keep a loaded crossbow in the car? And did the story make the paper? You would think that shooting someone might land you in hot water with the po-pos. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/136 "2015-03-20T19:48:15Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > " If you feel the _need_ to continue that conversation"; So, you NEEDED to do this? :dubious::rolleyes: “Hey, you know what this thread really needs? More **DrDeth**!” said no one ever. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/137 "2015-03-20T19:53:40Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Hey, you know what this thread really needs? More **DrDeth**!” said no one ever. Not true. His mom says that frequently on the discussion board at [wishihadthatabortion.com](http://wishihadthatabortion.com). ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/138 "2015-03-20T19:56:32Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Not true. His mom says that frequently on the discussion board at [wishihadthatabortion.com](http://wishihadthatabortion.com). Warning, if you’re a pedo, that link won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/139 "2015-03-20T19:58:46Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Not true. His mom says that frequently on the discussion board at [wishihadthatabortion.com](http://wishihadthatabortion.com). My mother’s dead, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/140 "2015-03-20T20:00:21Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Hey, you know what this thread really needs? More **DrDeth**!” said no one ever. “Hey, you know what this board really needs? More pointless & juvenile harassment of members!” said every asshole here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343.md?page=8)