# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 78
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1545 "2023-10-26T14:05:44Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Well, that pun went over like a > …like a… Lead baboon with a basoon! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1546 "2023-10-26T14:09:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Someone uploaded naked pictures of a child to the Internet, the hosting service reported it, the owners were investigated and cleared of wrongdoing. > > This sounds like a “working as intended” situation. yeah. That all sounded so reasonable. Photos of naked children that weren’t sexual in nature were found to be innocent. I’m sure it was disconcerting. I think I mentioned in another thread that I have a friend who: - Lost a child to an unexpected siezure - Had CPS come in, guns blaring, to take their other child into protective care while they were investigated - Were found to be innocent after the autopsy showed the cause of death - Were reunited with their remaining child. The separation was scary and painful for the grieving parents, and probably for the kid, too. But no injustice took place. The system worked. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1547 "2023-10-26T14:50:26Z")
With guns blaring? Like drawn weapons and police officers? How is that the system working? They could have walked in and explained themselves. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1548 "2023-10-26T15:13:13Z")
Armed police officers were present, but they explained themselves, is my understanding. The parents were pretty freaked out. At this point, the parents didn’t know why their son had dropped dead; they, too, learned that from the autopsy. They just knew that he said, “it’s happening again”, went to bed, and never got up. (He’d had minor seizures before.) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1549 "2023-10-26T15:16:43Z")
That makes much more sense than “guns blaring”. I was picturing a near shootout. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1550 "2023-10-26T15:31:18Z")
Since we already nitpicked “lead,” it’s “guns blazing” not blaring. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1551 "2023-10-26T15:37:50Z")
That’s the idiom, sure, but guns are pretty loud so if they’re being fired, they’re definitely blaring. Though “blazing” often just means that the guns are being brandished, not fired, so regardless of idiom the term “blazing” is probably more correct. Unless the police knocked by shooting holes in the front door. I hope not, that kind of behavior is sternly frowned upon in most jurisdictions. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1552 "2023-10-26T15:44:47Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > [@Johanna](#): > > > > The pun is that a dirigible is literally a _led_ zeppelin. > > Well, that pun went over like a > …like a… > > I dunno, something that doesn’t go over very well. Like the Hindenburg? (((too soon?))) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1553 "2023-10-26T16:04:01Z")
Fair enough. And i don’t think any guns were drawn. Just having them in the room was threat enough. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1554 "2023-10-26T16:16:59Z")
So, they were neither blazing nor blaring (though that word is not typically used for something short and percussive like gunshots) but _glaring_? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1555 "2023-10-26T16:20:17Z")
Maybe they were slow cooking their guns in a sealed pot? They came in guns braising. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1556 "2023-10-26T16:29:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Maybe they were slow cooking their guns in a sealed pot? That’s got to be contraindicated by the manufacturers of both the gun and the pot. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1557 "2023-10-26T16:54:37Z")
They could’ve been preparing a sweet translucent sauce for their firearms. You know, guns glazing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1558 "2023-10-26T16:55:11Z")
Boooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1559 "2023-10-26T16:56:04Z")
It sounds like cops arrived in their normal uniforms with social workers who calmly explained the situation. Guns were blasé? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1560 "2023-10-26T16:59:20Z")
You got a problem with all this gun phrasing? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1561 "2023-10-26T16:59:42Z")
I think it’s amazing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1562 "2023-10-26T17:00:08Z")
Well, I have some issues with guns, but in this thread it is the puns getting me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1563 "2023-10-26T17:04:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > the puns getting me. I guess this thread could do with less hazing. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/1564 "2023-10-26T17:04:56Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > But why are you then yelling about diodes? LOL, that was perfect. No wonder they call you the Comeback King. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=79)