# I pit the "I've seen fire and I've seen rain" thread!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 26, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360 "2017-12-26T23:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/1 "2017-12-26T23:56:49Z")
I don’t pit the person who started it, and I don’t pit the people having fun in that thread. I just pit the damn thread. Every time I see it, that damn ear worm gets stuck in my head!! It’s been going on for weeks now! It’s maddening!!:mad: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/2 "2017-12-26T23:59:14Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I don’t pit the person who started it, and I don’t pit the people having fun in that thread. I just pit the damn thread. Every time I see it, that damn ear worm gets stuck in my head!! > > It’s been going on for weeks now! It’s maddening!!:mad: > > 🙂 Awesome, now you can see it in two different forums. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/3 "2017-12-27T00:03:48Z")
…I seen sunny days that I though would never end… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/4 "2017-12-27T00:03:51Z")
Why would you pit fun? Fun shouldn’t be pitted. Because fun is fun. The pit is not a place fun should be. Don’t pit fun! It is just wrong and no fun. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/5 "2017-12-27T00:08:18Z")
I have no idea about the thread in question, and was going to ask for a link but then realised that’s probably the last thing the OP is looking for. Then again, if it has anything to do with badass motherfucker James Taylor, who I actually didn’t mind in _Two Lane Blacktop_… ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/6 "2017-12-27T01:57:39Z")
“Fire-To destroy all you’ve done.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/7 "2017-12-27T02:44:23Z")
“I’ve seen funny threads that I thought would never end” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/8 "2017-12-27T03:34:58Z")
I’ve seen lonely times when i could not find a pit ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/9 "2017-12-27T04:51:05Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > “Fire-To destroy all you’ve done.” Fire - to end all you’ve become. I’ll feel you burn! Da deetadoo doo… ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/10 "2017-12-27T04:52:53Z")
But I always thought I would Pit you, one more time again… I have the same problem with the Elections thread “Could Al Franken change his mind and stay?”. It triggers a Bob Dylan earworm everytime I see it. But it’s alright… ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/11 "2017-12-27T07:16:32Z")
As long as we’re talking about song threads here, are we no longer allowed to do song threads? I thought I’d revive the old SDMB tradition of posting lines from “Fairytale of New York” on Christmas Eve, but I gather, from the reception the thread got, that is is no longer a thing to do here. Please enlighten me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/12 "2017-12-27T10:10:12Z")
Even worse is the Foreigner earworm from the Thread Games forum. And that’s right there on the main page. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/13 "2017-12-27T10:17:47Z")
> [@Lucky\_13](#): > > As long as we’re talking about song threads here, are we no longer allowed to do song threads? I thought I’d revive the old SDMB tradition of posting lines from “Fairytale of New York” on Christmas Eve, but I gather, from the reception the thread got, that is is no longer a thing to do here. Please enlighten me. I was unaware of this [del]Internet[/del] SDMB tradition. But I couldn’t even tell you whether “Fairytale of New York” was a movie, a song, or what. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/14 "2017-12-27T17:02:22Z")
There’s an ATMB thread about it. I gather the problem was one poster spoiled the fun by posting all the lyrics (copyright violation), junior modded, altered text in a quote box, and insulted another poster, so **Chronos** closed it down. But, he commented that individual posters quoting just a line or two is acceptable under fair use copyright rules, even if the net result is that the whole song eventually gets posted seriatim. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/15 "2017-12-27T17:16:10Z")
It’s causing you earworms, huh? Do you have a song that you sing to derail earworms? My current one is Still Alive. The trick is to sing enough of it to destroy the earworm and not enough to cause another one. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/16 "2017-12-27T17:21:36Z")
I’m of mixed emotions regarding the issue. On the one hand, I wasn’t aware such a thread existed. On the other hand, despite the lack of a link to the thread in question, the mere mention in the OP of an earworm being generated by it is generating an earworm for me. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/17 "2017-12-27T17:24:22Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > There’s an ATMB thread about it. I gather the problem was one poster spoiled the fun by posting all the lyrics (copyright violation), junior modded, altered text in a quote box, and insulted another poster, so **Chronos** closed it down. But, he commented that individual posters quoting just a line or two is acceptable under fair use copyright rules, even if the net result is that the whole song eventually gets posted **seriatim**. Ooh! New word for my word-of-the-day calendar (look for it in the Marketplace sub-forum beginning Black Friday, 2018)! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/18 "2017-12-27T19:44:00Z")
_Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the Pit_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/19 "2017-12-27T20:39:06Z")
Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line, talking about things to pit… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360/20 "2017-12-27T22:34:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line, talking about things to pit… Sweet cremes and frying holsteins… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-thread/805360.md?page=2)