# Missing period in BBQ Pit forum description. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704 "2007-02-03T22:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/1 "2007-02-03T22:34:03Z")
I never noticed this until just now, but now that I have, I find it mildly annoying. The forum description for the BBQ Pit is the only one which doesn’t have a period (full stop, for our UK friends) at the end of it. Has it always been like that, or did something get lost on the way to the new server? A nice box of (virtual) chocolates to whoever gets around to fixing it. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/2 "2007-02-03T22:58:12Z")
Mine shows a period. I presume you are talking about the description after the clickable link to the forum, found on the main forum page? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/3 "2007-02-03T22:58:51Z")
Sheeeeesh, give some guys the ability to edit, and lo and behold, they start picking on every little speck of dust. Anyhow, I don’t see what you’re talking about, **Q.E.D.** [sub]OK, thanks for pointing it out, I guess. I’ve fixed it. Does anyone care?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/4 "2007-02-03T23:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Mine shows a period. I presume you are talking about the description after the clickable link to the forum, found on the main forum page? [/QUOTE] No. Apparently **Dex** is faster than you. 😛 Thanks, **Dex**. It wasn’t really a big deal at all, but once you notice something like that, you tend to keep on noticing it, y’know? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/5 "2007-02-03T23:35:55Z")
What the BBQ Pit lacks in a period, though, it more than makes up for in PMS. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/6 "2007-02-03T23:54:16Z")
I think the Pit is not the official name on the periodic table. That honor goes to Flamium Without the period. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/7 "2007-02-04T00:05:49Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] No. Apparently **Dex** is faster than you. 😛 Thanks, **Dex**. It wasn’t really a big deal at all, but once you notice something like that, you tend to keep on noticing it, y’know? :smack: [/QUOTE] That makes twice today. I watched thread disappear before my very eyes this morning in About This Message Board. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/8 "2007-02-04T01:03:23Z")
I swear I noticed (and promptly forgot) that missing period like six months ago… but I could just be remembering things. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/9 "2007-02-04T02:54:13Z")
Well, it **had** been pregnant. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/10 "2007-02-04T02:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Well, it **had** been pregnant. . . . [/QUOTE] DAMNIT! I was just going to post this! Grr, edit it out right now so I can claim it as my own - you have 2 minutes remaining. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/11 "2007-02-04T02:58:29Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] DAMNIT! I was just going to post this! Grr, edit it out right now so I can claim it as my own! [/QUOTE] You a COBOL programmer, too? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/12 "2007-02-04T03:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] You a COBOL programmer, too? [/QUOTE] Well, I had to wikipedia the term… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-period-in-bbq-pit-forum-description/390704/13 "2007-02-04T19:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > DAMNIT! I was just going to post this! Grr, edit it out right now so I can claim it as my own - you have 2 minutes remaining. Actually, he has all the time in the world. It’s only we mortals who have the time limit.