# I Pit "I Pit..." **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912 "2005-10-19T15:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/21 "2005-10-20T14:16:41Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > You are in the pit we know you are pitting something. That’s like going to MPSIMS and starting a thread, “I must share this mundane, pointless stuff about…” I have, in my humble opinion, a general question about this message board… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/22 "2005-10-20T14:31:45Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You have bagels? All we had were seedheads, and we had to grind them with our teeth! You had teeth? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/23 "2005-10-20T23:14:21Z")
I agree. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/24 "2005-10-20T23:58:10Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > I agree. Me [too](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=295744&highlight=forum) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/25 "2005-10-20T23:59:53Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I pet dogs. > I putt golf balls. > I put on the ritz. > I pot plants. > I peet moss. > I pit bulls. > I pat myself on the back. Biotop, meet [pravnik](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5692471&postcount=3) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/26 "2005-10-21T01:19:32Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > C’mon people!!! Think of something else, maybe “J’Pitte”. “J’Oubliette”? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/27 "2005-10-22T14:57:25Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Biotop, meet [pravnik](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5692471&postcount=3) Dang. And I bet someone has already posted a long “I pit…” pitting pits. Guess I’ll have to discard my entire witty anti- deep hole rant. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/28 "2005-10-22T15:06:28Z")
Um, well, there are different “Pits.” I pit “pits.” (as in plutonium implosion cores. nasty things. make big booms.) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/29 "2005-10-23T08:26:18Z")
I pit Descartes before de horse. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912/30 "2005-10-23T13:11:41Z")
Anybody who pits pits is a :wally [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-i-pit/326912.md?page=1)