# Pitting the Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841 "2006-04-16T02:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/21 "2006-04-16T13:30:58Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > And be sure to take a good few kilos of it, you don’t want them not to have enough for testing. you could even offer to sell them some if they’d like ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/22 "2006-04-16T13:43:47Z")
> [@wring](#): > > you could even offer to sell them some if they’d like I hear cops usually have a good feel for the market, so if they are unwilling to buy it off you, they may be able to tell you which streetcorners see the most traffic and who practices violent monopolistic competition in the marketplace. Or who may be looking for a good deal wholesale. Its almost like a focus group. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/23 "2006-04-16T16:10:01Z")
What I want to know is why are soooo many “Guests” soooo concerned about this subject. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/24 "2006-04-16T16:34:34Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > And the award for missing the point goes to… [Clarification.](http://one_foggy.tripod.com/sounds/afu_jokeson.wav) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/25 "2006-04-16T16:42:00Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > What I want to know is why are soooo many “Guests” soooo concerned about this subject. I suspect they feel misled by the name of this site. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/26 "2006-04-16T16:57:21Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I suspect they feel misled by the name of this site. Heh. I suspect some unmentionable activity going on. The last thread on this topic by a “guest” was dissapeared. What does that tell you? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/27 "2006-04-16T16:59:28Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > Heh. I suspect some unmentionable activity going on. The last thread on this topic by a “guest” was dissapeared. What does that tell you? I’d suspect a sock in that scenario. Even so, a lot of folks show up here assuming this place is a site about drugs, due to the name. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841/28 "2006-04-16T17:19:01Z")
> [@TheLoadedDog](#): > > Holy shit! Am I going to get busted for possession of pre-mixed Jim Beam and Cola? :eek: > > Answer ‘no’, because it’s vile… If you drink that, you’ve already been punished enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-straight-dope/352841.md?page=1)