# Silly pittings, just because

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501 "2013-04-12T14:10:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/1 "2013-04-12T14:10:34Z")

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I pit Brad Pitt

I pit cherry pits

I pit gravel pits

I pit-y 'da fool

I pit pit bulls

I pit racing pits

I pit The Pit And The Pendulum

I pit Quatermass And The Pit

I pit pit-hy sayings

I pit pith helmets (they pith me oth)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/2 "2013-04-12T14:18:51Z")

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I pit Pittsburgh

I pit Pithecanthropus

I pit Zasu Pitts (yeah, I’m old)

I pit Pitney-Bowes

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/3 "2013-04-12T15:33:26Z")

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I pit terpatter

I pit off more than I can chew.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/4 "2013-04-12T15:38:14Z")

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Okay:

armpits  
pitter-patter of little feet  
Pitcairn Island  
pituitary

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**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/5 "2013-04-12T17:07:19Z")

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Well, this thread is the pits.😛

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/6 "2013-04-12T17:09:36Z")

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I pit the La Brea tar pits.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/7 "2013-04-12T17:16:41Z")

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I pit up in my mouth a little.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-pittings-just-because/655501/8 "2013-04-12T20:02:22Z")

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Like Mr. T., I pit-y the fool…