# Not a pit! Didn't know where else to go!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 5, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112 "2005-03-05T19:01:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/61 "2005-03-08T19:33:05Z")

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Or were you making a joke on the work moderate, **tomndebb**?

Maybe I need more coffee. Or chocolate. or both.

Would you please pass a slice of that mocha truffle cake, **Kythereia**? Mmm… Now I just need a glass of milk to wsh it down.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/62 "2005-03-08T21:14:46Z")

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OK, that’s it! Can’t I open a single thread in here without it degenerating into an orgy of gluttony? {rave, rant, bluster, curse, howl…}

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/63 "2005-03-08T21:19:45Z")

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I suppose I could flirt with you, but Mrs. Magill wouldn’t approve. Besides, I’m not a flirting kind of guy.

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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/64 "2005-03-08T21:46:19Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> Yeeesh! They were making up, already. Don’t you think we’re sufficiently overworked that we have to come in and Moderate even peace gestures and reconciliations? “In all things, moderation, indeed.” We just can’t do enough to please some people.

Moderate your moderation, then. I’ve been waiting years for your drug-induced rampage. Quit being so level-headed!

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/65 "2005-03-09T17:35:04Z")

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> [@Maus Magill](#):
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> I suppose I could flirt with you, but Mrs. Magill wouldn’t approve. Besides, I’m not a flirting kind of guy.

Me, or **Case Sensitive**? 😛

_hands over a tall glass of milk_

**CS** , come on… give into your darker, sinful urges! _holds up plate of truffle_

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/66 "2005-03-09T19:09:27Z")

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Shouldn’t you offer some poutaine?

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/67 "2005-03-09T19:22:30Z")

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> [@Case Sensitive](#):
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> trailing lame “goat” jokes which should have been quietly shot a long time ago.

The only comment I have to make is I am \*not \* giving up on the “goat initiation” jokes.

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**Author:** ![drgnrdr07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@drgnrdr07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drgnrdr07)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/68 "2005-03-09T21:47:20Z")

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Hell no. This pit thread is much too civil. Fuck all of you. There. I think that evens it up a bit.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/69 "2005-03-10T10:14:15Z")

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> [@Kythereia](#):
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> come on… give into your darker, sinful urges! _holds up plate of truffle_

I fear that my darker, sinful urges are far stronger than mere truffles can satiate.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-pit-didnt-know-where-else-to-go/293112/70 "2005-03-10T16:21:40Z")

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> [@Case Sensitive](#):
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> I fear that my darker, sinful urges are far stronger than mere truffles can satiate.

Oh, really? Do tell… 😉

(Come on, it _had_ to be said!)

> [@vetbridge](#):
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> Shouldn’t you offer some poutaine?

Poutaine…? I should offer Case Sensitive a woman of, er, loose morals? :dubious:

OH! Poutine! No, no, that’s for special occasions…

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