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Cool, first comment. WOW!!
Anyway, when they say BBQ, it's not so much that they are having Steak or whatever. It's refers to the process that it was cooked outdoors. Going back to man's primal urge to cook on an open flame and then dance in their lion cloth to appease to god who gave them FIRE!!
That's why insecure men get annoyed when women BBQ.
OGGA OGGA GRUNT!!!!
Whenever I hear that someone is having BBQ (and I hate that, too. It is barbecue) I assume that they are going to chew on a charcoal briquette. What? Okay, I'll shut up.
Superman undies? Watermelon-shaped purse? I want too!
I'm so not in any kind of mood to even think about Christmas. YIKES!
In my family we use BBQ as a verb, "We are BBQing tonight. Wanna come over?" It's equally stupid but it works easier than saying, "We are cooking outdoors this evening. We will prepare hot dogs, hamburgers, steaks and pork chops. Care to join us?" LOL!
Lois Lane
I don't have BBQ, though I live in the land of famous por BBQ which is practically a Southern Religion. I do not think dunking fatty pork in vinegar and calling it dinner is anything to celebrate.
As to the Wish Book...mine did not arrive yet, guess I will have to wait to make my Christmas List...
Well, to be fair, BBQ is a sauce. SO maybe people are just trying to say we're just having sauce for dinner tonight? Given the recent report on AMerican obesity, maybe they should just eat sauce.
Oh, and I'm feeling irrationally irritated today too. Just thought I's share. *sigh*
Besides Def Leppard, I LIVE for the Wishbook! 
However, I have noticed over the last several years that Christmas stuff is happening in the stores a lot sooner than it used to.....
I love hearing the differences between countries, and how we all describe things differently... however the "BBQ" thing got me too, and I also can't help but picture them eating their actual BBQ apparatus. 
An online American friend and I were having a chat online awhile ago:
Her: "We're having BBQ for supper tonight."
Me: "What are you eating?"
Her: "BBQ!"
Me: "Um, yes, but what are you actually BBQing?"
Her: "Steak."
Me: (kidding) "Hah, I thought you meant you were really going to eat your BBQ!"
Her: "Well, we ARE going to eat our BBQ!"
Me: "No, I meant....oh never mind. Hope you enjoy your steaks! Er, I mean, your BBQ!"
Oh and Jay I didn't get a chance to comment on your last post, so I hope your body is getting used to the new meds now. Geezlouise even when you're not feeling well you post funny sh*t!
I think it is acceptable to use it as a verb. But BBQ is only a sauce if you indicate it as a sauce. Jeepers.
So tell me "Jay". Who would win a BBQ contest? Kirk or Picard?
BBQ is a style, a Grill is an appliance... and as for Grills I am a Webber man myself, old school, ya dig?
perhaps you should try my famous BBQ'ed Meatloaf, I make it on the grill using hard wood and charcoal briquettes...
just a thought, my pretty~
JQP esq.
I want Scooby-Doo undies...
Here in the South, we call all sodas are "Cokes" so saying "BBQ" for grilled meats is actually quite descriptive Then again, the South is k nown for it's off the wall way with both language and food.
we say we're having a bbq here too, ontario, canada. my wishbook isn't here yet, i have to hide it from the kids or it will be dog eared before one day.
And in the south, does "off the wall" mean "lazy and wrong"?
This is why we think Christmas comes to early, it hits our doorsteps in August then stays like an embarrasing spot until New Year!
I don't have a BBQ. In fact, I'm not sure I'm allowed to have one. I think the people in the 10 floors above me might form an angry mob and rush my apartment.
Jeez, you got your Wishbook already?? And I thought it was bad that we already got the crap to make our halloween/thanksgiving drinks (the ever-yummy Pumpkin Spice Latte) at work.
I think you were the Chosen One for the Wishbook---no one I know has one yet. Damn good thing, too!
I'm sorry, Jay, I think you're wrong about the BBQ. Having BBQ is like having pizza. You don't have to say what kind of pizza you're having, just saying "pizza" is enough to make those around you (read: those on a perpetual diet) jealous. Same goes for BBQ, but with the added bonus of BBQ being a term that can encompass any number of other BBQ related foods, like coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, beans, hot dogs, or some other kind of meat.
See, it's more about the experience than the meat. 
Jesus, I want some BBQ.
I agree with Elisa on the BBQ thing, and I think living in the south makes me a person with Experience on the issue. Well, maybe not, but damn we BBQ a hell of a lot around here!
i used to love to play the you MUST choose one thing from each page game... but only one thing.. even on the good pages and even on the sucky pages you have to choose one thing.. it passed the time....
JQP nailed it on the head...barbecue is a style of cooking just like say, poaching or roasting...so the term can be applied to any food cooked on a grill and usually glazed - meats, fruits, veggies, etc. etc.
they still make the wishbook? has anyone told Sears about the Internet? or are they still operating under original ownership?
no, jay, speaking and living like a southerner is about being lazy and RIGHT!
we make our own truths down in these parts, and if the yankees don't like it, they can go back and freeze their nuts off.
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coin purse shaped like a watermelon? yipee!
Hey i wanna get my hands on them superman undies too!!! And as a salute to you i shall now refer supper as stove. lol!
When I say BBQ is stands for Beer-B-Que forget that barb shit. My friends don't fuck around with food we only concern ourselves with important booze issues.
It would probly not be the blonde, but the pills.
And we like it!
Christmas catalogues? In August???????
Sheesh.
"The must choose from one page game".. fantastic, we used to do that even in the UK, some things are universal... Thanks Fidget.
Jay, have a great weekend.
I just say having BBQ to mean to have a whole smorgasboard of barbecued items. I don't know about you, but when I have BBQ it usually means some chickens, ribs, and possibly a small steak. Oh, I have to at least bake one potato and if I can get some trout I throw that on the BBQ as well.
I take saying "have BBQ" in the same way someone says they're having "Italian" or "Seafood". It's more about the broad category of food rather than the appliance they're cooked on.
I had a dream that there were christmas decorations in shop windows last night I got very angry in my sleep which woke me up! It's too early for that lark!
You guys are cracking me up today. Jude, love ya. JQP, when are you not "on"? Actually, we may be "on" the same stuff right now....
Fidget, I play/ed the exact same game!! Seems as though several of us love you for reminding us of that favourite pastime.
Eric, your sense of humour is a pleasure at any time of the day...but particularly after having read the word MEAT over and over on a morning where I was feeling queasy to begin with.
QOA, Elisa, etc...of course I expected you to disagree; you're bloody Americans!
Perky, I would be honoured if you did.
Brando, I would be devastated if they stopped printing the wishbook...but i prefer it in october. My Nanny would always break it out in Oct, on Thanksgiving, and my sisters and mother would all select and circle the gifts we'd like for Christmas. It was our first viewing of the wishbook, and it was mahhhhhvelous. The next day, she would place the order, and then we had a month and a half of looking forward to one certain gift, and the possibility of many others!
MS, I suppose I just do not use categories like that at all. I want to know exactly what is being put in my mouth.
Winter clothes are in the stores now... We just started summer four days ago in Nova Scotia.... Must I see winter jackets....
Odd, some places in the Maritimes we use BBQ as a verb... I guess it depends on where ya be.
I'll blame Jason.
Speaking of BBQ...
I hate that acronym. I'd rather just use the whole word in print (or in not print).
Ah, poor Jason. Already being tossed away like yesterdays news. I hope he's squirelling away a fortune somewhere in unmarked bills that he can use to woo you back. It would be a single woo, but what a woo it would be!
I think you might want to get Dave that coin purse. He likes watermelons.
J
BBQ, Stove, Grill. Just make me some damn dinner, woman.
Oh, and Erasmus, Jean-Luc Picard would certainly with the BBQ contest. Kirk is a wuss.
---JASON---
The Wish Book always makes me feel nostalgic. I just can't throw it out. There are far too many childhood memories of pouring over the pages and writing down what I wanted. I was such a greedy kid.
You are so right about the whole BBQ thing. I never really thought about it that way before.
Yeah, it's really sad that they start cramming Christmas down our throats so early. However, having said that I should also say that I have already started my Christmas shopping. Oh, and I love the Sears Wish Book. When I was a kid I used to look through it every day. Sigh. Good memories.
Barbeque -- it's like ethnic Okie food, actually, except that Okies are a mix of lots of different ethnic groups so I suppose you can't really say that...Oh, I know! It's a cultural food (hey, it's late and I'm spacy). Do you know that you can go to the supermarket and there's half an aisle dedicated to barbeque sauce? It's amazing.
Zellers already had Christmas lights on the shelves in August. Last year, that had more than just lights...
my girlfriend always says barbecue when she means cooking out. it drives me crazy especially since she has actually eaten good southern barbecue which, by the way, is a method of cooking anything. most people barbecue hogs or chicken but I suppose you could just as easily barbecue an old shoe.
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