# The Pit in Print **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749 "2002-04-15T15:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/1 "2002-04-15T15:08:33Z")
I laughed aloud. But also wept. For it seems we are…a cliche. [This Says It All](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cx/uc/20020414/nq/?u) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/2 "2002-04-15T15:23:20Z")
Bah, she’s using an iBook. Off to the Pit with her. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/3 "2002-04-15T16:03:09Z")
The pit is just a weak impersonation of Usenet. Nicest SMDB thread:Meanest SMDB thread::Meanest SMDB thread:Meanest Usenet thread ---
**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:** [April 15, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/4 "2002-04-15T19:51:03Z")
> [@](#): > > The pit is just a weak impersonation of Usenet. I prefer “more refined.” As in, “You must try this delightful Chardonnay with the caviar, you fuck-wicket.” ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/5 "2002-04-15T20:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \* > Bah, she’s using an iBook. Don’t be petty just because Danae has more taste than you do. 😉 (She’s wirelessly surfing the net from her bed – that _proves_ she’s tech-savvy as well!) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/6 "2002-04-16T01:10:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*(She’s wirelessly surfing the net from her bed – that _proves_ she’s tech-savvy as well!) \*\* Tech-savvy enough to wrangle a mouse and avoid a command-line, perhaps. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/7 "2002-04-16T03:37:53Z")
> [@](#): > > You must try this delightful Chardonnay with the caviar, you fuck-wicket. Bwahahahahaha! I’m almost tempted to make that my sig. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/8 "2002-04-16T06:19:43Z")
Refined, yet somehow not refined, both at the same time. It reminds me of what a kid once said to me: “I like swimming, but I hate it!” Can’t have it both ways, you know! 😛 Well, maybe you can… it’s a free country, after all. Besides, I personally think it’s kind of cool! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pit-in-print/103749/9 "2002-04-17T07:07:45Z")
> [@](#): > > You must try this delightful Chardonnay with the caviar, you fuck-wicket. Picks self off floor and goes for the Windex to clean the pizza sauce off the monitor… **Definitely** a sig line…but for someone of more flamboyance than I. 🙂