VSB Guide: The Do's and Don'ts of BBQ Etiquette

Posted on 11 June, 2009 by Panama Jackson

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heavy load movie This past weekend, 2/3 of the VSB family, VSB P and Liz, threw a birthday BBQ in Washington, DC to commemorate our ascendance into wisdom and sagacity. You weren’t invited, unless you were, in which case you were probably there since quite a few people I actually didn’t know were there. At my house. That’s okay, this BBQ was practice of Iversonian levels. For what you ask?

The VSB BBQ. You heard it here first. Coming soon.

Anyway.

It’s summertime in your city. The advent of summertime means that every weekend, save for the weather, somebody you know is having a BBQ. Now you might not KNOW that a BBQ is going on, but perhaps you just weren’t invited.

Maybe it’s because you suck and don’t know BBQ etiquette. Lucky for you, I was born.

Allons-y.

VSB Guide: The Do’s and Don’ts of BBQ Etiquette

Do show up with something unless it is specifically stated by the host that you are not to bring a thing. Nothing is worse than the mothertrucker who just shows up to the BBQ, eats all the food, drinks all the drinks, doesn’t help clean up and leaves. If this is you, go kill yourself.

On the other hand, don’t show up with some twist-ties for some trash bags that you did not bring, talking about “I’m contributing to the cause.” I’m not saying somebody did this this past weekend, I’m just saying don’t ever do that again motherf*cker or I’ll run you over with my Magnum with two boxes of Kit-Kats in my trunk.

Do make sure to dress appropriately for a BBQ, which is by most accounts, an outdoor event. At this past BBQ, this chick I know (bless her heart) ACTUALLY showed up with a sweater on because it was “cool” this morning.

By the way, that morning, it was 69 degrees outside. The forecast predicted 80. I don’t care if you’re from the 7th ring of Hell where its usually 2000 degrees, if the forecast is 80, wear some loose fitting and non-wool clothes, duckface.

If you choose not to wear the appropriate clothing, don’t complain to anybody that it’s hot as it will give Panama them free reign to douse your dumas with the water hose. Not that this happened or anything.

Do make sure that if you are going to drink alcohol in the sweltering sun and heat that you pace yourself so that you don’t end up being the dude trying to go to sleep on my somebody’s deck because you mixed too much light and dark liquor together and got sick. It just doesn’t make you look good — you look like the guy who can’t handle his liquor.

Do enjoy whatever food that the hosts provide assuming it tastes good, but don’t complain about what they didn’t cook if you didn’t bring a single thing to the table in the first place. There’s nothing worse than somebody who finds a reason to complain because you didn’t have steak at your BBQ when they showed up with a bottle of $2.99 wine. Seriously, who in the flying black squirrel f*ck drinks wine at a BBQ anyway?? That’s new to me. Perhaps I’m uncultured because at every BBQ I’ve been to its beer and hard liquor.

Apparently as you acquire degrees, folks start bringing Pinot Noir to the soiree. Hey ho. Hey hey.

Do make sure to be social. It’s a BBQ: God’s Social Hour. Seriously, that’s how you can tell whether or not you have a keeper boyfriend or girlfriend. If you take them to a BBQ, a social event by design, and they retreat into themselves and don’t speak to anybody except you, throw the b*tch back.

By the way, in that last sentence, b*tch is non-gender specific.

Speaking of speaking, if you do happen to decide to go to a BBQ being thrown by somebody you don’t know, don’t traipse your happy little arse into the person’s abode or pavilion and not speak to a single person except the person you know. For one, a person like me will call you straight the f*ck out for coming into my establishment on some f*ck sh*t. But also, it’s just rude. And nobody likes rude people. People like nice people who smile and speak.

Maybe it’s the southerner in me, but seriously, that’s like coming in my house and not wiping your feet on the rug. Disrespect.

Well, I think that’s enough out of VSB P for now. What are some other do’s and don’ts that people need to be aware of when attending a BBQ and specifically the upcoming VSB BBQ?

Sharing is caring people. We’re indirectly healing the world.

-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST aka TANGLE JIG P aka GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL, HE A 3

http://lizburr.com Liz

Stop talkin bout my friends!!!

LOL.
- Officer Ricky
  
  @Liz,
  
  LMAO!!!!!!
- http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
  
  @Liz, I’m not talking about your friends. But just in case I am, how’s about you forward this joint to them anyway…
  - http://lizburr.com Liz
    
    @Panama Jackson, I can’t cuz then they’ll think/know you’re talkin about em
    - Gem…BeThatAsItMay
      
      @Liz,
      
      i think that’s the point LOL
    - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
      
      @Liz, you win some, you lose some.
http://blackwomanlost.blogspot.com Naturally Alise

#9 shoulda been #1 to me

If you bring Aristocrat, Milwaukee’s Best, or Natural Ice then do not lock your lips around the Heineken, Grey Goose, or Red Stripe. Stay in your lane. Don’t be THAT guy.
- http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits
  
  @Naturally Alise,
  
  I am with you. I have a friend who brings Miller Lights – something no one drinks – but will drank, yes drank, all the Stella Artois.
- http://www.itssaulewright.blogspot.com Saule Wright
  
  @Naturally Alise,
  
  Natty Ice comes with a baby t and candy necklace. Is there even likka in there? Iono, but if you come in with it, expect to leave with it.
  - Blacklaw
    
    @Saule Wright,That’s real talk
  - Intellectual Hedonist
    
    @Saule Wright, Speaking of leaving with it, if you brought something and nobody drank it, or it didnt get cracked open, unless the host gives it back to you. Consider it your gift to the host, DO NOT TAKE IT BACK!
Ms. Hall

I agree.

They came to your house and didn’t speak? Oh H33333333LL no!

I usually don’t bring things to family BBQs, but I always ask if we need anything. What ever happened to making a good first impression?

LOL at the wine. I suspect they were the ones feeling sick by the end of the afternoon.

Another rule I’d like to add: You know your body. Don’t eat something or eat so much that you’ll have everyone waiting for you to finish in the bathroom. As a hostess I am forgiving and when you have to go you have to go. But I’m just saying, if you can avoid the scenario….
- superwoman
  
  @Ms. Hall, & Panama Jackson…
  
  sweeties, in SA, it’s acceptable to bring wine to the braai (i even sipped someone’s port at the last one i attended)
  
  it was held on voting day, april 22nd, and summer had begun to creep out, but we’d resolved to hold that braai on voting day come hell or high water, so after ‘making our mark’, off we traipsed to zoo lake, all bundled up in our jerseys, fired up about 3 braai stands and got to roasting and eating a lot of meat, drinking lots of booze, (including wine and port, hee hee), and celebrating south africa’s 15 year old democracy – and it was all good!
  
  besides that, i agree with every item on your braai etiquette guide, peejay dearest…
  
  (you see me slooshing up to you after incorrectly attributing yesterdays article to champie…)
  - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
    
    @superwoman, try harder. lol. like i said, perhaps i’m just uncultured. i’m okay with that.
- Me fail english?
  
  @Ms. Hall,
  
  Shetting in my bathroom=disrespect!
  
  I won’t call you out or talk behind your back, but I will be seething. Esp. if your shetty antics are a result of you eating up all my gd food!
  
  I generally don’t ask ppl to bring anything or even expect it, but I never show up to somebody’s house without at least a big bottle of liquor.
  - Lil’T
    
    @Me fail english?,
    
    Why are y’all so hard on the sheeters? I bring my own wet ones, and wipe down the seat before and after. Dang IBS can get a sista down, no need to pile on!
    - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
      
      @Lil’T, we’ve all seen House Party. it’s almost a given that somebody is gonna clog the toilet. its going down like a yung joc song.
      - http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
        
        @Panama Jackson,
        like pops on Friday ‘aint nobody droppin a stinky load but me” yall betta hold it I hate when people do #2 at my spot I feel hella violated gotta lysol the seat a shiiii 5x.
        
        Me fail english?
        
        @BLUNTBLAZER,
        
        Word! Unless you pay the bills in this mothaeffa…There’s an Exxon two blocks up.
        
        http://carverthegreat.wordpress.com Carver The Great!
        
        @BLUNTBLAZER,
        
        i’m sayin though…if i’m welcome enough to eat your food, then i should be welcome enough to drop a deuce. it’s biology
- http://www.sistersoundoff.blogspot.com Cheekie
  
  @Ms. Hall,
  
  “They came to your house and didn’t speak? Oh H33333333LL no! ”
  
  Yeah that is the ultimate diss. Oh, you being silent in my house. IN MY ISH? You better silence your way back off my property.
  - Laneianna
    
    This is why you build that lil 1/2 bath close to where you do the most entertaining. EVERYONE has been in a situation where we have been forced to-do-a-numba-2 in a place in which we didnt prefer. Lets be realistic. I don’t even use my own guest WC in my own house… and i clean it! The last thing i want to do is try to hover/squat over your toilet in my summer bbq dress, with my 4 in wedges, after 1 or 4 henn-n-redbulls…. I don’t think ppl save up their shyt all week, just to have the pleasure of sqweezin one out on your turlit (<thats my New Orleans accent coming out).. Nature Calls Folks!
    - http://www.sistersoundoff.blogspot.com Cheekie
      
      @Laneianna,
      
      “This is why you build that lil 1/2 bath close to where you do the most entertaining.”
      
      Yeah, folks at my sister’s place actually specifically point out that this is where number 2 is to be done. The boo-boo bathroom, if you will.
      - http://naturallyalise.blogspot.com Naturally Alise
        
        @Cheekie,
        
        *Deader than MC Hammer in the 90′s on a minefield* @ the “boo-boo” bathroom… I don’t know why that tickles me.
    - http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
      
      @Laneianna,
      lol my cuzzins still call it camode
      - iloV.E.G.rits
        
        @BLUNTBLAZER,
        
        It’s that too. I prefer camode; my moms and maw maw say turlit. lol.
        
        http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
        
        @iloV.E.G.rits,
        maw maw dam i miss my maw maw RIP she was hella country “beeeeeebe”
    - iloV.E.G.rits
      
      @Laneianna,
      
      “turlit”
      
      LOVES IT.
      
      Ya homegirl
      - Laneianna
        
        @iloV.E.G.rits,
        
        Well you just gonna have to come to one of my shindigs since you so close…. and you can come back to VSB and tell em’ all about it.. As a matter of fact, I am giving my father a party on the 20th @ Gabby’s in the old Kenilworth shopping center (New Orleans East Ya Heard!)on the 20th!!
        
        http://www.firstdatefrenzy.wordpress.com GiGi
        
        @Laneianna,
        
        I live in New Orleans. Can I come? Huh? Can I? Can I? Please…?
        
        http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com Big Man
        
        @Laneianna,
        Party at Gabby’s? The pool hall?
        
        Laneianna
        
        @Laneianna,
        Yes Gabby’s right off of the Morrison Exit on the service rd. June 20 9pm.. C-yall there.. No funny akkin people round these parts!
http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits

Don’t come through late – very late – into the evening expecting there to be food and drink left.

And if you notice EVERYONE is leaving but you still want to chill…find some place else to go chill. GET OUT.

Don’t tease the owner’s cat. Or mistake it for a puppy. Or chase it around the room.
- Imperfect
  
  @iloVEGrits,
  
  Don’t tease the owner’s cat. Or mistake it for a puppy. Or chase it around the room.
  
  Lol. Just lol
  - http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits
    
    @Imperfect,
    
    Chile. The cat (R.I.P) has been dead a year but I am still BOTHERED that folks harassed him so at a bbq I had about 2 1/2 years ago. At 12, nearly 13, he was too old for all their foolishness!
    
    One fool actually said “that’s a different looking kind of puppy.”
    
    Me: “it’s a cat.”
    
    still lol’ing at that one.
    - Blacklaw
      
      @iloVEGrits, made me think of that Martin episode when he and Gina went on vacation and that cat/dog attacked Martin thru the window
      
      one of the funniest damn episodes
      - Me fail english?
        
        @Blacklaw,
        
        THAT AINT NO DAMN PUPPY!!!
        
        Blacklaw
        
        @Me fail english?,
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXrJH8VgOgs&feature=related
- http://www.itssaulewright.blogspot.com Saule Wright
  
  @iloVEGrits,
  
  “And if you notice EVERYONE is leaving but you still want to chill…find some place else to go chill. GET OUT.”
  
  Or help clean up.
  - http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
    
    @Saule Wright,
    exactly never be the last one to leave or I will never invite you back unless you look like Rosie Perez then you can stay lol
- http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
  
  @iloVEGrits, you know, i’ve always wondered why people thought it was okay to show up to a BBQ that started at 4pm…at 11pm at night.
  
  you’re running a real risk that folks are even still there, but that’s a wee bit disrespectful too. like, it took you 7 hours to decide to roll thru…FOR 10 MINUTES??
  
  next time, don’t come. in fact, you won’t come cuz you just got disinvited to further Panama functions.
  - luvtheshoes
    
    @Panama Jackson,
    
    Oh better yet, those folks who are supposed to bring the paper products (plates, napkins) are the fools who show up 4 hours late. Um…yeah…we needed that stuff when the party started, jagoff.
http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits

Also…don’t start touching the music selection trying to find some ‘dance’ music. It’s a BBQ, not a club. lol.
- http://www.itssaulewright.blogspot.com Saule Wright
  
  @iloVEGrits,
  
  CHUUUUCH. Everybody is a DJ….and when they put in that ONE song that kills all the conversation, they look around like “who did that”. turrble
  - JamaicanGirl
    
    @Saule Wright, Yes yes, don’t come to my barbecue with a CD talking about play this. Ninja please, not only will this get you cussed out but you will also be place on the ninjas that are not invited anymore list.
    - Dante_Alexander
      
      @JamaicanGirl,
      
      True life.
      
      And truthfully, you can tell the type of crowd its SUPPOSED to be by the musical selection most of the time.
      
      I say “supposed” because of some people allowing special guest DJ’s to toss any and everything in the Player. Don’t do that.
- http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
  
  @iloVEGrits, true story. my iPod probably doesn’t have a single song it from the past 3 years. and i have 15K songs on my iPod. let’s just say, the swag surfers were not happy about that as they wanted to hear the day’s latest concoctions.
  
  i told them that if they can’t rock out to michael jackson on a warm June day…then they need to go kill themselves.
  - Intellectual Hedonist
    
    @Panama Jackson, PJ, for this statement alone I am now your number one fan
    
    “my iPod probably doesn’t have a single song it from the past 3 years.”
    - ChocolateGirlWonder
      
      @Intellectual Hedonist,
      
      Where do I sign?
    - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
      
      @Intellectual Hedonist, lol. yeah folks were looking at my iPod like it had SARS.
      
      who the f*ck is Blue Oyster Cult??? is that something Rick Ross started?? where is Soulja Boy!?!
      
      f*ckouttahere.
      - Intellectual Hedonist
        
        @Panama Jackson, can I tell you my girl in Jamaica asked me to cop her some new music cause they dont get it for a while so she started listing some folk like Rick Ross and Jim Jones, and I told her sorry I cant I would rather cop you some hard core drugs then spend hard earned American money on that ish….
      - luvtheshoes
        
        @Panama Jackson,
        
        True talk there. I hate the BBQ where we only gotta listen to hard core gangster ish cuz there are some muthaf@ckers trying to be hard. Can’t we just sit back and groove and listen to the old school joints.
        
        All apologies to Katt Williams but “Why are you angry…”at a BBQ?
  - http://www.blackcynic.com/blog T. Troy Stewart
    
    @Panama Jackson, if you don’t have ANY EWF on your Ipod and you trying to DJ, go away.
    - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
      
      @T. Troy Stewart, word.life.
  - A Plus
    
    @Panama Jackson, yeah, there’s a time and a place for everything. and a summer bbq at my crib is neither the time nor place to start booty poppin or swag surfin
    - Me fail english?
      
      @A Plus,
      
      lol. They can stop by my BBQ for that
Imperfect

very important…not just for a BBQ, but anny event in general.

If you say that you’re comin…come!!! It’s that simple

I too hosted a BBQ this past weekend for my B-Day. Invited oh about 50 people, includin kids. 30 said they’d show up. I bought/prepared food/drinks for 30 people. 10 people showed up! Yes 10. And we had a ball…we did. But I’da had a lot more fun if my money did not go to waste. What the hayell am I supposed to do wih 10 packs of hotdog/hamburger buns?? I’ll tell you…throw it away cause we don’t eat burgers and hotdogs at home and there’s only 3 of us. And one of us ain’t got no teeth!

WooSah…

If you’re not sure, say “I’m not sure”
- Imperfect
  
  And to add…
  
  It’s a BBQ. There’s gonna be butter and sauce and probably even some red Kool-Aid. So don’t go gettin your knickers in a knot if somebody’s kid runs by and accidentally smears ketchup…yup on your white T/white linen pants/brand new white 1s. If you don’t want it dirty keep it at home in your closet where the red stuff is not
  
  If you ain’t playin or waitin for your turn, stay away from the spades table! It ain’t a game! You will get shanked
  
  And if there aren’t enough seats and you ain’t eatin, get up!!! I cannot balance a plate full and a drink standing, but you sure can socialize standing up.
  - http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits
    
    @Imperfect,
    
    “If you ain’t playin or waitin for your turn, stay away from the spades table! It ain’t a game! You will get shanked”
    
    No truer statement has ever been spoken.
    - Numbah 5
      
      @iloVEGrits,
      
      ..and the church says “Amen”
      - Intellectual Hedonist
        
        @Numbah 5, and say it again
        
        “AMEN”
    - http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
      
      @iloVEGrits,
      dominoes too we be serious think eryone tryna look at our hands dont sit/stand behind me lol
      - Me fail english?
        
        @BLUNTBLAZER,
        
        And about dominoes…if it looks like I brought out the kiddie table last used on Thanksgiving ’88 for yall to play that ish on, DONT SMACK THE EFFIN TABLE!
        
        Who made y’all ninjas MC Eiht?
        
        http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
        
        @Me fail english?,
        its hella unconcious (dam i need a spell check at all times) reaction my homie dominoed tha table so hard he fell thru tha mutha lol
  - http://www.itssaulewright.blogspot.com Saule Wright
    
    @Imperfect,
    
    *pours out a little likka* I ain’t mean to bury him like that. But renigin’ on wheels/boston/stand up/rock a bye/etc. is punishable by death where I’m from….sorry.
  - Blacklaw
    
    @Imperfect, that whole post is nothin but the truuff
- http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits
  
  @Imperfect,
  
  “one of us ain’t got no teeth”
  
  I am hoping this is your baby or an elder parent you are caring for and NOT your man.
- http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
  
  @Imperfect, how about the inverse…if you say you’re not coming when you were invited, don’t show up. lol. or if you do, you have to wait until everybody’s eaten twice before you can eat once for throwing off my count
SouthernGirl in San Antonio

Rude people who don’t speak are a perplexing, evil, waste of lifespace that upset my delicate, side eyeing, straight asking who you are sensibilities. ijustcant.

And since I had the day from h3ll complete with an in-office crisis while I was surrounded by rude @ss people at this conference (lets move the bbq to coming into your booth trying to grab 4 or 5 of your items to put into their already overflowing bag of crap non-speaking triflin’ @sses), I have nothing else to add at this point.

except rude people suck straws. kick rocks. and just get on my f^cking nerves.

*sigh* ok. i’m done now.
- http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits
  
  @SouthernGirl in San Antonio,
  
  lolol. Relax. Relate. Release.
  
  Get home safely!
- http://blackwomanlost.blogspot.com Naturally Alise
  
  @SouthernGirl in San Antonio,
  
  yes, the not speaking at any sort of social event always perplexed me… like, ain’t that the point?… the same people who don’t speak at social gatherings are the same folks who say “Where can I go to meet good guys/girls?” At a BBQ as opposed to a club you might meet a quality specimen, and you can screen them bc a BBQ isn’t loud and is usually well lit at some point.
  - http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits
    
    @Naturally Alise,
    
    “the same people who don’t speak at social gatherings are the same folks who say “Where can I go to meet good guys/girls?” ”
    
    This is the second truest statement ever spoken.
    
    Y’all some VSPeeps.
- An Island
  
  @SouthernGirl in San Antonio
  
  There’s a name for rude people who don’t speak even though they know d@mn well you are standing right next to them at a social event, or alone with them in the elevator . . . “New Yorkers.”
  - Gem…BeThatAsItMay
    
    @An Island,
    
    lmao
  - Dante_Alexander
    
    @An Island,
    
    Winner.
  - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
    
    @An Island, LOL. that is very funny.
  - http://www.sistersoundoff.blogspot.com Cheekie
    
    @An Island,
    
    HAHA! Yeah, that’s in the dictionary.
  - http://lostwomanchild.blogspot.com blackberry molasses
    
    @An Island,
    
    BWAHHH!
- Me fail english?
  
  @SouthernGirl in San Antonio,
  
  I don’t mind shy people, but rude people can really change my mood. Especially at a networking event.
  
  I aint mad at ppl who just wanna touch base with who they know and dont really care about meeting new people at a BBQ or smthg (esp. if you already know most of the people there). But the ppl that get cute when you start speaking at an effing Meet -n- Greet?! Like wtf did you think was gonna happen here?
http://stickwithyocat.blogspot.com/ iloVEGrits

On a completely unrelated note (sorry), I am watching Imitation of Life for the umpteempth time (1934 version). You can tell the woman who wrote the original story was white. Had Terry McMillan told this story, Peola’s ‘mammie’ would have beaten that whole “I’m white” ish outta her real early.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
- Selah
  
  @iloVEGrits,
  
  LOL
  
  that was actually the 3rd thing u’ve said tonight that made me giggle. so i decided hey. why not let her know.
- http://www.singlesisterspeak.wordpress.com Nicki Sunshine
  
  @iloVEGrits, Love that movie. I haven’t seen it in years though.
maria

1. don’t go fixin yourself a take-home plate early on b/c you a greedy phat-a$$ and no you can’t take a plate home for *insert name*, if they didn’t come they ain’t getting none of my bbq goodies.

–Don’t say you gonna bring some food and show up with enuff for 2 pple, or just yourself? wtf!!—

2. don’t go tryin to hook up with someone (especially my man) just cause you get s-l-u-t-t-y after a few cocktails and the atmosphere is chill & laid back.

3. don’t go startin no $hit that’s gonna get the cops called to my spot and/or get me involved in some ol’ foolish $hit that’s gonna make me have to whoooop that @ss.

4. don’t be invitin some ignant folks to my house when you know d@m! good and well i wouldn’t want them fools in my crib

___
All the aforementioned don’ts DID happen at my 28th bbq bash…it was all fun and games until my “friend” got all touchy-feely on my man and we ended up scrapin…and the cops (3 squad cars)was called to my house at 3am…smh. Luckily, I knew one of officer(s) so I was told to get in the crib…and I guess luckily for her, she was boning one of the other officers…so she didn’t get locked up…

**has anyone in DC ever been to the Safeway BBQ? Is it worth checkin out? June 27-28? **
- Blacklaw
  
  @maria, damn, just damn
- http://jameskphoto.blogspot.com Mr. Mister
  
  @maria, just wow
  - http://www.blackcynic.com/blog T. Troy Stewart
    
    @maria, when’s your 30th birthday BBQ?
    - maria
      
      @T. Troy Stewart,
      
      yea right…my 30th came and went…I bought my self a ticket to Chicago and hung out with my friends-family from home..bunk that…everyone that didn’t caught up in the foolishness of my 28th was talkin bout i coulda sold tickets to that join cause that’s how entertaining the whole night turned out…smh
- http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
  
  @maria, i’ve never even heard of the Safeway BBQ but i’m guessing its gonna be a hood event if ive ever seen one. unless its in Georgetown.
  - maria
    
    @Panama Jackson,
    
    this is the link, it’s on the mall…what can i say I’m missing the good ol’ days of going to the Taste of Chicago…
    
    http://www.bbqdc.com/
- http://lostwomanchild.blogspot.com blackberry molasses
  
  @maria,
  
  wow… you had some TRIFLIN guests
- ChocolateGirlWonder
  
  @maria,
  
  Safeway BBQ???
  
  Something about this just sound wrong.
  - http://verysmartbrothas.com Panama Jackson
    
    @ChocolateGirlWonder, don’t it? i dont imagine anybody that reads showing up.
  - Me fail english?
    
    @ChocolateGirlWonder,
    
    lol! It sounds like a BBQ full of obese and toofless people
  - maria
    
    @ChocolateGirlWonder,
    
    http://www.bbqdc.com/
    
    yea here’s the link…i dunno I was just tryin to see if anyone had gone to it…lol guess that’s a big old NO..lol
- http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
  
  @maria,
  I co-sign this whole message
I was wondering….

Don’t be the lush who turns into the BBQ h* after a little liquor. It’s cool to “be social” and meet prospects, but no lap dances to strangers just because you’ve had one too many margaritas. It’s still daylight and children are present!!!

Sorry, I had a BBQ two weeks ago and some people take “Blame it on the Alcohol” a little too far.

Speaking of which, don’t turn my BBQ into divorce court just because you’ve had a couple of drinks. Everyone knows that you all are having problems but the BBQ is happy time…leave that sh*t at home!
- http://www.itssaulewright.blogspot.com Saule Wright
  
  @I was wondering….,
  
  I was hoping to score at LEAST 1 lap dance from her.
  - Blacklaw
    
    @Saule Wright, for some reason that line in “blame it on the alcohol” “…she spilled some ‘drank’ on me”
    is so funny to me
- Dante_Alexander
  
  @I was wondering….,
  
  “Speaking of which, don’t turn my BBQ into divorce court just because you’ve had a couple of drinks. Everyone knows that you all are having problems but the BBQ is happy time…leave that sh*t at home!”
  
  I never understood this, either, and I think I’ve seen it at almost every barbecue I’ve ever been to.
  
  However the BBQ Gardening tool has had a LOT to do with that argument the couple has… It’s like they go hand in hand… attracted like magnets.
  
  Just don’t let Chauncey drink. He’s GOING to make you want to pistol whip him. It’s just who he is. You’ve been warned.
  - http://www.blackcynic.com/blog T. Troy Stewart
    
    @Dante_Alexander, LOL hard at “Just don’t let Chauncey drink. He’s GOING to make you want to pistol whip him.”
    - http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
      
      @T. Troy Stewart,
      eryone got a family member like that the bar closes early for them we gotta find activities n shiiii for them to partake in
      - http://www.blackcynic.com/blog T. Troy Stewart
        
        @BLUNTBLAZER, LOL “find activities”
        
        http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic BLUNTBLAZER
        
        @T. Troy Stewart,
        u kno to take they mind off drinkin and shiii lol like ninja go watch a disney movie a chill out always tryna fight somebody but they fam
  - http://www.sistersoundoff.blogspot.com Cheekie
    
    @Dante_Alexander,
    
    “Just don’t let Chauncey drink. He’s GOING to make you want to pistol whip him. It’s just who he is. You’ve been warned.”
    
    *snort* I can’t survive here, for real. Ya’ll are clownin’ today.
    
    And Chauncey? STOP now. Ol’ suss name.