# I pit controversial things.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523 "2008-02-06T15:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/1 "2008-02-06T15:42:18Z")
Puppies are not cute… Ice cream is overrated… I can haz cheezburger is not funny… Saying something controversial, followed by the mighty dots of punctuation-based teasing, seems to be getting common lately… I am not sure what it means, but I find it annoying. This is not at all petty of me… ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/2 "2008-02-06T15:44:39Z")
Ice cream? You bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/3 "2008-02-06T15:51:49Z")
I can has gud rant? ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/4 "2008-02-06T15:57:25Z")
Dead baby jokes are not macabre humour, they are just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/5 "2008-02-06T16:14:36Z")
Your punctuation skills are lacking… ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/6 "2008-02-06T16:34:44Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] Dead baby jokes are not macabre humour, they are just stupid. [/QUOTE] Even this one? Q: What’s the difference between a pile of dead babies and a pile of old newspapers? A: I don’t have a pile of old newspapers in my garage. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/7 "2008-02-06T16:47:44Z")
Q: How do you make a dead baby float? A: Put it in water of course. What do I look like, some kinda sicko? (Don’t answer that). ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/8 "2008-02-06T17:03:19Z")
Hi Opal ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/9 "2008-02-06T17:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] Dead baby jokes are not macabre humour, they are just stupid. [/QUOTE] What about necrophelic-paedophilic dead baby jokes? A: I didn’t cum in the apple before I ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/10 "2008-02-06T17:07:51Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] I can haz cheezburger is not funny… [/QUOTE] It was, once, back in the sixties, for about twenty minutes. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/11 "2008-02-06T17:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Q: How do you make a dead baby float? A: Put it in water of course. What do I look like, some kinda sicko? (Don’t answer that). [/QUOTE] Two scoops of ice cream, one scoop of dead baby. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/12 "2008-02-06T17:29:54Z")
Q: What’s the difference between a dead baby and a trampoline? A: You take your shoes off before you jump on the trampoline. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-controversial-things/436523/13 "2008-02-06T17:41:26Z")
This OP is a bit too vague and the initial posts a bit too wacky for a Pit thread. If the OP wants to try again with specific examples and links, go for it.