# I pit myself...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/740019>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 10, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/740019 "2015-12-10T02:10:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/740019/21 "2015-12-11T01:09:05Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> “Oh, Mamie minded Mama till one day in Singapore  
> A Sailor Man from Turkestan came knockin’ at the door,  
> Well Mamie grabbed hammer and a bucketful of…” Hey?

Well done. Now do it again, this time with _feeling_!

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-myself/740019/22 "2015-12-11T03:14:57Z")

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“…And this knocker he said, ‘honey,  
roll this rocker out some money,  
or your daddy shoots a baddie to the floor.’”

Then I vamp and dance and shuffle and shoo-fly, and for an encore I set my beard on fire. Wows 'em in Pensacola!

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