# Hello! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242 "2012-10-29T18:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/21 "2012-10-29T19:20:50Z")
by the way I don’t think this is spam, this is just someone who’s google bbq board or something. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/22 "2012-10-29T19:22:51Z")
What is this tripe? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/23 "2012-10-29T19:23:17Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > by the way I don’t think this is spam, this is just someone who’s google bbq board or something. Hitting diferent boards and signing up just to drop an ad for her company _is_ spam. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/24 "2012-10-29T19:24:40Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > by the way I don’t think this is spam, this is just someone who’s google bbq board or something. It’s not spam. Spam is made from pork. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/25 "2012-10-29T19:25:59Z")
Apparently you can [BBQ Spam.](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/barbecued-spam-sandwiches/) Sounds yummy. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/26 "2012-10-29T19:27:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Was that from _Beat The Meatles_? They are hard to beat! ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/27 "2012-10-29T19:27:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Apparently you can [BBQ Spam.](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/barbecued-spam-sandwiches/) I believe that _is_ what we are currently doing, is it not? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/28 "2012-10-29T19:28:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Hitting diferent boards and signing up just to drop an ad for her company _is_ spam. I suppose that’s true but I tend to associate spam with scams and stuff where as at least this seems like a legit company, and given it’s a family firm this could be a 12/75 year old or something trying hard so I am inclined to give some slack. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/29 "2012-10-29T19:28:58Z")
Greetings Kate, The Straight Dope Message Board has a “beef” with random advertising links. A thread like this will meat with pun-ishments. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/30 "2012-10-29T19:29:01Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > It’s not spam. Spam is made from pork. Allegedly ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/31 "2012-10-29T19:32:46Z")
Ha! I get to post on this before it’s closed and the OP banned! ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/32 "2012-10-29T19:33:59Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I suppose that’s true but I tend to associate spam with scams and stuff where as at least this seems like a legit company, and given it’s a family firm this could be a 12/75 year old or something trying hard so **I am inclined to give some slack**. You may be, and if it were a board you were sole admin of, you could do just that. However, this board isn’t yours to administrate. :dubious: ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/33 "2012-10-29T19:36:10Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > You may be, and if it were a board you were sole admin of, you could do just that. However, this board isn’t yours to administrate. :dubious: Oh, snap! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/34 "2012-10-29T19:36:55Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > You may be, and if it were a board you were sole admin of, you could do just that. However, this board isn’t yours to administrate. :dubious: I can still give my opinion, especially when it’s pointing out stuff that an overworked mod might miss or be reluctant to look for. I see it as being helpful 😃 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/35 "2012-10-29T19:38:05Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I can still give my opinion, especially when it’s pointing out stuff that an overworked mod might miss or be reluctant to look for. I see it as being helpful 😃 Not until you admit that this is not your board. Say it! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/36 "2012-10-29T19:38:30Z")
Did you know Simple Linctus is an anagram of Cecil Adams? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/37 "2012-10-29T19:43:26Z")
> [@KatePS](#): > > share our amazing beef with you guys. In your end-o ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/38 "2012-10-29T19:50:19Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > In your end-o “You can guess what happens next.” “He fixes the cable?” ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/39 "2012-10-29T19:50:48Z")
Does it come with it’s own key? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242/40 "2012-10-29T19:56:37Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I’m very annoyed by your website. > > It clearly states: > > Well, I’m up for 175lbs of beef for $6.15. > > However when I add it to my cart we’re talking over seven hundred of your american dollars. > > Why do you lie? Shipping and handling. You just can’t send a part of a cow through the post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/639242.md?page=3)