# Is "The BBQ Pit" a Harbinger of the End Times? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 10, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840 "2012-07-10T22:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/41 "2012-07-11T17:11:36Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Forget which account you were logged into, Curtis? +1 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/42 "2012-07-11T17:34:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **NojNoj** , wink wink, say no more… Hanging’s too good for you. [QUOTE=Anne Neville] It’s a place in Norway. I think it is where telemarketers come from. (of course, I’m part Swedish, so I might be a wee bit biased) [/QUOTE] It’s also a [kind of skiing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemark_skiing). I can see sports fanatics being a belligerent lot, but Norwegians? Well, unless you’re a whale… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/43 "2012-07-11T17:38:29Z")
> [@NojNoj](#): > > When did sadism become cool? When it was invented. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/44 "2012-07-11T18:37:53Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > It’s [a place in Norway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemark). I think it is where telemarketers come from. (of course, I’m part Swedish, so I might be a wee bit biased) I’m part Swedish and part Norwegian, and tried telemarketing … for about 10 days. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/45 "2012-07-11T18:38:54Z")
> [@NojNoj](#): > > When you insist I come to the Hall of Audiences, I’ll know it’s time to scadaddle… Please I must insist that you come to the Hall of Audiences. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/46 "2012-07-11T18:39:41Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > pretend to be from Belgium. i thought CERTAIN words were forbidden EVEN in the PIT :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/47 "2012-07-11T19:07:34Z")
> [@NojNoj](#): > > If that’s truly the case, happy to erase this thread… (I can’t see an option for that though.. if a Mod wants to do it, OK by me.) The general rule is that threads and posts don’t get deleted. Think twice before you post. The only time I’ve seen deletions is when something is spam or by a sockpuppet of a banned poster. And except when a thread is very personal, the OP usually isn’t recognized as having some particular authority over the fate of a thread, so don’t bother stating whether you would be happy if a thread is locked or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/48 "2012-07-11T19:09:16Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Yes, It keeps the unpleasantness in one well defined area, so that other areas can be nice and tidy. Kind of like how you have a toilet so you don’t have to piss in your kitchen sink. That’s the line given, but the millions of forums that don’t have such a feature show it isn’t necessary. And, in fact, making this my home forum has made it much harder for me to handle those other forums. If only I had the self-restraint to stay out. Oh, and to answer the OP: Yes. But so is pretty much everything else. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/49 "2012-07-11T19:13:46Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That’s the line given, but the millions of forums that don’t have such a feature show it isn’t necessary. And, in fact, making this my home forum has made it much harder for me to handle those other forums. So it’s not necessary, but you have trouble doing without it? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/50 "2012-07-11T20:19:15Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > So it’s not necessary, but you have trouble doing without it? The BBQ Pit is exactly like heroin to BigT. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/51 "2012-07-11T20:26:24Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The BBQ Pit is exactly like heroin to BigT. Except he spells it with an e at the end and dreams of him and the Pit making sweet sweet love after he rescues her from the meanies. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/52 "2012-07-11T20:36:39Z")
I just wish we didn’t have to disrespect barbacue, which is a summer favorite and undeserving of guilt by association. Why not _The Snake Pit_ or _The Moldy Peach Pit_ or even _The Apoco-Pit_? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/53 "2012-07-11T20:40:33Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The BBQ Pit is exactly like heroin to BigT. Which means that every time someone posts to the Pit, they are literally killing him. _Literally._ ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/54 "2012-07-11T20:42:51Z")
That’s ---
**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:** [July 11, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/55 "2012-07-11T20:43:08Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Which means that every time someone posts to the Pit, they are literally killing him. > > _Literally._ I’m trying to figure out how to respond to this post without breaking the “no wishing death on other posters” rule. You’ve created quite the conundrum, Mr. Miller. I hope you’re happy. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/56 "2012-07-11T20:43:53Z")
terrible ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/57 "2012-07-11T20:45:38Z")
. Fucking flood control. We hates it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/58 "2012-07-11T23:08:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > That’s Dude! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/59 "2012-07-11T23:09:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > terrible Stop ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840/60 "2012-07-11T23:10:02Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > . > Fucking flood control. We hates it. that! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bbq-pit-a-harbinger-of-the-end-times/627840.md?page=4)