# Why the Pit is necessary

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 7, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130 "2005-10-07T01:36:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130/61 "2005-10-08T13:58:00Z")

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Fuckin’ amen!

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130/62 "2005-10-08T16:41:23Z")

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> [@fluiddruid](#):
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> Let people express themselves, I say.

Hippie!!

Why do you hate freedom?

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**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130/63 "2005-10-08T19:09:53Z")

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Originally posted by \*\* Left Hand of Dorkness\*\*

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> and we eat lots of dishes like that, made from a sagging shelf of cookbooks and from our own weird ideas.

So…Do you remove the covers first? And the shelf? With or without mayo? 😃

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130/64 "2005-10-08T20:35:25Z")

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> [@gum](#):
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> Originally posted by \*\* Left Hand of Dorkness\*\* So…Do you remove the covers first? And the shelf? With or without mayo? 😃

Fuckin smartass! 😃 Naturally we eat our weird ideas with mayo!

Daniel

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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-pit-is-necessary/325130/65 "2005-10-09T00:23:09Z")

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> [@cricetus](#):
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> If it’s good enough for the bard, it’s good enough for the board.

“You taught me language; and my profit on’t Is, I know how to curse.”

_The Tempest_

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