# I miss the Lost Weekend Pit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682 "2008-09-02T14:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/21 "2008-09-02T18:10:01Z")
Twas the bestest fun ever. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/22 "2008-09-02T18:12:22Z")
It was definitely a good time, even if it wasn’t all that wild and crazy. I don’t recall exactly what the rules are here anymore regarding parody threads, but it sure seemed like there was a greater degree of biting satire here over the weekend. Some of that stuff should be allowed all the time imho. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/23 "2008-09-02T18:12:45Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I still maintain the nude photo of Cecil Adams was photoshopped. Well, the extra eye was a bit suspicious, I’ll admit that. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/24 "2008-09-02T18:14:00Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, the extra eye was a bit suspicious, I’ll admit that. “Extra eye?” Is that what we’re calling it now? ETA: It was special for Cecil himself to show up and hang out with us all weekend, I’ll admit that. He was much cooler than I expected - and so friendly! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/25 "2008-09-02T18:23:11Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Not the same thing…“Quick Reply” was a box under the last post where you could type in something without going to a new page. Oh noes, an extra mouse click! I hope your metacarpals don’t crumble under the stress. > [@featherlou](#): > > “Extra eye?” Is that what we’re calling it now? What are you talking about? People have been calling it the “little brown eyeball” forever! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/26 "2008-09-02T18:36:51Z")
What “Lost Weekend?” Did something go on this weekend? I can’t seem to remember. And there’s no evidence of anything out of the ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/27 "2008-09-02T18:46:13Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Oh noes, an extra mouse click! I hope your metacarpals don’t crumble under the stress. What’s your problem? I pointed out that a button that takes you to a new page (which had been there before the upgrade, btw) is not the same thing on the same page as a box where you can type in a response directly. Did I complain that an extra mouse click was too much trouble? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/28 "2008-09-02T18:55:50Z")
Yeah, fun at first, but it quickly became obvious that rules exist for good reason. In the end it was becoming undistinguishable from the Snarkpit in its content, ie piles of unreadable rubbish in which the occasional amusing nugget could be found, if one had the time and patience. Chaos may be exhilirating at first but it quickly palls. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/29 "2008-09-02T19:07:22Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > What’s your problem? I pointed out that a button that takes you to a new page (which had been there before the upgrade, btw) is not the same thing on the same page as a box where you can type in a response directly. Did I complain that an extra mouse click was too much trouble? Sorry, I thought you were a) being petulant and b) meant “Not the same thing” to be read as snide. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/30 "2008-09-02T19:50:12Z")
That was kickass. Too bad my guest pass expired last month. Are we allowed to talk about who said what to who, or is there a whole ‘stays in Vegas’ dealie in place? ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/31 "2008-09-02T23:43:50Z")
I think that’s a good way of putting it, Nicolas (“what happens on amnesia weekend…”) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/32 "2008-09-02T23:45:09Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Sorry, I thought you were a) being petulant and b) meant “Not the same thing” to be read as snide. No problem, then. And I’m usually a bit more obvious when I’m being snide. ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/33 "2008-09-03T02:46:48Z")
I miss it too. And I kept trying to poke my head in the other forums and read, but after a quick skimming of the threads I was all [homer simpson]BO-ring[/homer]. Back to the pit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/34 "2008-09-03T02:52:02Z")
I definitely learned some “interesting” facts about certain posters while lurking in it. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/35 "2008-09-03T03:51:28Z")
I was out of town all weekend but glanced at it last night. I dunno, it looked pretty sweet. Having no rules would be kinda fun in the pit maybe. I didn’t have the stamina to read much of the threads but it looked like it got pretty interesting. The pit gets pretty boring sometimes, which sucks because it has the potential to be very interesting, hilarious, and awesome. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/36 "2008-09-03T04:29:50Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > I definitely learned some “interesting” facts about certain posters while lurking in it. I thought the most revealing aspect of the whole thing was seeing which posters couldn’t even make it a couple of days without throwing a hissy fit over how everyone else was behaving. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/37 "2008-09-03T04:59:40Z")
> [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](#): > > That was kickass. Too bad my guest pass expired last month. Are we allowed to talk about who said what to who, or is there a whole ‘stays in Vegas’ dealie in place? I’d put my vote in for say whatever you like about whomever you like - just remember that you can’t prove anything. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682/38 "2008-09-03T06:02:17Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > I think that’s a good way of putting it, Nicolas (“what happens on amnesia weekend…”) Hey man, I would hella have posted in your thread, if I was able. Can’t start a conversation with a woman that’s not explicitly related to schoolwork without getting an “Oh look at the time I really have to be running along bye now!” in reply. ☹ [QUOTE=featherlou] I’d put my vote in for say whatever you like about whomever you like - just remember that you can’t prove anything. [/QUOTE] **Kar.ol S.treem** makes frequent vanity searches. You heard it here first, folks. Type her name thrice and she shall appear! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-lost-weekend-pit/461682.md?page=1)