# Thread in BBQ Pit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000 "2014-06-17T18:10:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000/1 "2014-06-17T18:10:15Z")

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So, someone starts a thread complaining about an E-Bay buyer. The first reply could not have been more accurate.

> **[In which my friends stop me from putting poop in a purse](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=725166)**
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> So. I have an ebay buyer whom a mate has christened “Ebay Whore”. Ebay Whore bought a bag from me and I forgot to send it. I should have sent it by last Wednesday but didn’t. My fault, but it’s been one of those times when your husband breaks his leg...

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**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000/2 "2014-06-17T18:18:08Z")

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We should have a thread nominating other threads as “Best Nailed it in the first reply” or something equally, or hopefully more, clever.

I’m thinking that thread did not go the direction **Bathsheba** wanted it to, but it was a fun ride.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000/3 "2014-06-17T18:18:43Z")

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Yep.

So what is the point of THIS thread, then?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-in-bbq-pit/691000/4 "2014-06-17T20:22:21Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> So what is the point of THIS thread, then?

Not much of one, that I can tell. MPSIMS isn’t a place to drop signposts to Pit threads. Closing.

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**Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator