# Ron DeSantis - The Pit Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601 "2023-05-25T23:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/41 "2023-05-28T15:26:13Z")
Non Sequitur: In Greek Mythology, what did they call a beast with the head of a human but the arms, legs, and talons of a hawk? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/42 "2023-05-28T15:42:35Z")
> **[Harpy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy)** > > In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, pronounced \[hárpyːa\]; Latin: harpȳia\[citation needed\]) is a half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems. > Harpies were generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands. Roman and Byzantine writers detailed their ugliness. Pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Ovid des... ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/43 "2023-05-28T17:22:07Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > In Greek Mythology, what did they call a beast with the head of a human but the arms, legs, and talons of a hawk? In Egyptian mythology, a person’s “Ba”, or personality, is sometimes depicted as a human-headed bird. > **[Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul | Ba (personality)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_conception_of_the_soul#Ba_(personality))** > > The bꜣ (Egyptological pronunciation: ba) 𓅽 was everything that makes an individual unique, similar to the notion of 'personality'. In this sense, inanimate objects could also have a bꜣ, a unique character, and indeed Old Kingdom pyramids often were called the bꜣ of their owner. The bꜣ is an aspect of a person that the Egyptians believed would live after the body died, and it is sometimes depicted as a human-headed bird flying out of the tomb to join with the kꜣ in the afterlife. > In the Coffin Te... ---
**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:** [May 28, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/44 "2023-05-28T17:43:30Z")
In Greek mythology, a harpy was a bird with a human head. A sphinx was a lion with a human head. A griffin was a bird mixed with a lion. But what would a hybrid between a sphinx and a harpy?! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/45 "2023-05-28T18:04:24Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > But what would a hybrid between a sphinx and a harpy?! [https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/N2JDyK7bNGeFApNTPSQyGrYW3Lc=/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost/public/AEG4AUTIJ4I6TCMFJTZQCR55ZI.jpg](https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/N2JDyK7bNGeFApNTPSQyGrYW3Lc=/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost/public/AEG4AUTIJ4I6TCMFJTZQCR55ZI.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 28, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/46 "2023-05-28T18:06:17Z")
Shrill and spouting nonsense? Okay, that works. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/47 "2023-05-28T19:53:33Z")
Heh, a Sharpie wielding monster. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/48 "2023-05-29T02:10:51Z")
> [@Ferris](#): > > Ronald DeSantis is an anagram of ‘sordid anal nest’, if anyone’s interested. That is good. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/49 "2023-05-29T07:44:54Z")
Thank you. I may have a slight improvement, with the addition of Ron’s middle name, Dion - if you are asking “What’s that stick up his ass?”: ROD IS DILDO’S ANTENNA ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/50 "2023-05-29T08:16:59Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Man, that dude laughs weird. I think he even out-weirds Tucker Carlson in the “look at me fake a laugh” category. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/51 "2023-05-29T08:31:07Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Man, that dude laughs weird. “Behold! I too am capable of processing this phenomenon which Earthlings refer to as hugh-more!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/52 "2023-06-23T11:15:39Z")
[And now he wants accredidation agencies to get their mitts off of his remodel of higher education in Florida.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-sues-biden-administration-claims-160635916.html) Tha’s okay, Guv’. You’ve already trashed the value of a high school diploma from Florida. Why should colleges and universities not suffer too? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/53 "2023-06-23T12:36:17Z")
"Effective Immediately: HR is to update the resume key word filter to reject the word ‘Florida’. " ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/54 "2023-06-28T16:39:15Z")
Doing wonderful things in New Hampshire. > **[Ron DeSantis Is Having Some Hilarious New Hampshire Problems](https://jezebel.com/ron-desantis-new-hampshire-problems-1850581918)** > > He's pissing off conservative women's groups and trying to have it both ways on abortion. Florida man falters fabulously. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/55 "2023-06-28T17:24:33Z")
The photo says it all. [![](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_645/4c86a6618e586c46b1dba955c844c553.jpg) ](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_645/4c86a6618e586c46b1dba955c844c553.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/56 "2023-06-28T22:33:20Z")
Southern fried Florida “conservative” (“reactionary” actually) is rather different from New Hampshire conservative. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/57 "2023-06-30T06:45:37Z")
Saw this online, it amused me. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fz1if_nWAAEjyqn?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fz1if_nWAAEjyqn?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/58 "2023-07-06T06:07:43Z")
[Undocumented aliens with US driver licenses will be treated as driving without a license in Florida](https://www.flgov.com/2023/07/05/governor-ron-desantis-announces-list-of-invalid-out-of-state-driver-licenses-issued-to-undocumented-immigrants/). I’m not going to quote the stuff, but I’m genuinely curious how this jackass plans to enforce this nonsense. How is he going to know how someone got the driver’s license in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/59 "2023-07-06T06:14:31Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Undocumented aliens with US driver licenses will be treated as driving without a license in Florida](https://www.flgov.com/2023/07/05/governor-ron-desantis-announces-list-of-invalid-out-of-state-driver-licenses-issued-to-undocumented-immigrants/). Full Faith and Credit clause? What’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/60 "2023-07-06T06:41:15Z")
That’s the very thing I was thinking of when I saw the report. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=4)