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Anyone been to a BBQ yet? (lazysoci.al)
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If not, how long till they start? Place your bets!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I enjoy smaller BBQs (5/6 people) but really dislike larger "extended family friend" ones.

You know, the ones where the related host will invite everyone and there neighbour's cousins cat to sit around in a circle of sweaty plastic chairs, sunburned, all facing each other like some waiting room while we all melt away. Slowly the tinnies get opened faster, noise rises and after like an hour all the decent conversations have all ended, replaced by bad karaoke chorus of kings of leon.

Okay that escalated into PTSD, maybe its a me problem..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There was a video of a person with a disposable BBQ on a car seat a few days ago (whilst driving?). Your post made me recall that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh fucking hell how stupid do you have to be???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't find the damn thing! I'm screaming!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you sure it wasn't a nightmare? I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to put a lit bbq in a car

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate you rn (jk). 😁

I can't honestly remember if it was on Lemmy or "the other place".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We do not speak of the other place 😆

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Damnit I can't find it. Tried everything I can thing of. Think it was a German car with the disposable BBQ on the passenger seat on his RHS. You can guess the rest.

I'm going to drown my sorrows now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It's okay it was really nice of you to look for it 😊

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nope, but I've grilled plenty this year.

If you like barbecuing, some and join us on [email protected] - it's a small community and we need all the content we can get!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That's a really cool place! Have you tried boosting numbers by posting in [email protected] and the new community spaces?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That community seems more about communities than boosting specific communities. Maybe I should check out the 'new community' communities. Now I've written the word 'communities' too often and it just looks like nonsense to me!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Haha it's fine theres not another word for it. You can post about reviving and growing quiet ones there people often do it and it says so in the info page

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do you guys across the pond BBQ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Sausages, burgers, chicken bits and sometimes chunks of meat. Less often, fish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’ve been bbq-ing since mid January for various events we’ve hosted, but I’d say the first proper British BBQ day was yesterday for where we are.

Now that I’ve invited people over for this proper first-bbq-of-the-year shindig, the sun has decided to go all shy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Standard

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I need to complete the deck first…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Good luck with that this weekend

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Mmmmmmmmm bbq

Starting tonight!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I did one yesterday and might do one again tonight.

Edit: it rained. I did not do one tonight. I had burritos.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeap was invited to one today but it was with relatives I despise and I know we will be starving until 5ish when the BBQ is finally ready. Ain't going

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Canada here. BBQ is a year round activity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yep two weeks ago. Was pretty nice weather, all in all.

Saw a family doing it in the park, grill on the grass, not raised or anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We had prazonki last weekend, and I did burgers on the grill last night because the kids were after it.

It's 21 degrees around here, what are you waiting for?

Next weekend is going to be a smoked side of lamb for Easter.