It *didn't* rain this year? Wow, I must have slept that day...

Barbecue is a noun, y'all! You don't 'barbecue'.' You 'grill out' and/or 'eat barbecue.' I am drafting a letter to the Enquirer explaining this oh so hard to understand concept. Hugh would know that and if he doesn't then Stephen should dedicating part of the 'eating' episode of QI to discussing this fact. Southern vernacular, FTW.

*memories of barbecues on a punt in student days* There's a list of rules for residents in my block of flats and one of them is something like 'Barbecues shall not be held on balconies to the detriment of the environment for other residents.' I've lived there a year and a half and can count the number of days good enough for barbecues on the fingers of one hand. </exaggeration mode>

In the Northeast we use barbecue as a verb. And we got all them fancy colleges up here so we must be right. :P Anyways, what's up with Hugh? Did he take a trip somewhere last weekend? 8)

According to Cambridge Advanced Learner's: barbecue verb Their traditional sausages are delicious grilled or barbecued. ETA: Yes, what about that Hugh? Blue eyes, yes?

Southern vernacular, FTW. I was born and raised in the deep south: we barbecue, we eat barbecue, we go to barbecues, we throw barbecues, we grill out, we throw food on the grill, etc., etc. And, of course, all the while we drink Coke. Insert BBQ, bar-b-que, barbeque, etc. in place of barbecue at any point if that's your preference.

Everybody loves a good "parts of speech" debate!! *g* You guys crack me up! Quote: Just one question cause I'm totally blanking...what's "The New Statesmen"? Every now and again someone mentions a project of Hugh's that I either totally forgot about or never knew about at all... It's the one where Rik Mayall (hey, relevant to Belgium talk, I guess...) plays the conservative MP. It's average. Funny, but not the best and possibly not all that entertaining to someone who doesn't already like Rik. I'm not sure. Hugh's episode is "The Haltemprice Bunker". Hugh plays a waiter that Rik and Stephen abuse on their lunch break. Oh ok! I can sorta picture it now...Hugh literally gets the crap beaten out of him at the end doesn't he? I'm seeing one of the other guys karate chopping him or something and then he just falls down. I think that's the only thing from that entire series that I've ever seen so I don't know if I'm a fan of it or not...but Hugh as a waiter who gets beaten up at lunch time is kinda funny I guess!

iamdaffodils, will your vigil for the Hugh via airmail package end today or do you have to keep it up on Monday, too? Bailey, my vigil has only just begun. He won't even be airmailed to me until this Monday, with an ETA of Thursday. Guess I started my vigil a tad early. Oh well, at least I'll make sure that he's not bent or folded. I was born and raised in the deep south: we barbecue, we eat barbecue, we go to barbecues, we throw barbecues, we grill out, we throw food on the grill, etc., etc. And, of course, all the while we drink Coke. Insert BBQ, bar-b-que, barbeque, etc. in place of barbecue at any point if that's your preference. Yep. And as a fellow Southerner, don't forget the house wine of the South -sweet tea. I'm pretty sure it's against the law to have a barbecue, BBQ, or bar-b-que without it.

I live in Texas where barbeque is the major food group, a huge point of contention is whether it comes wet or dry and with or without condiments (meaning beans). Grills are in use year round. The other food group is cobbler. As for the tea it is normally served sweet, however as a personal favor you can get it unsweet. I won't even get into a discussion of tex-mex.

You guys are making me hungry. And not for the healthy soup and salad in my fridge :) Hugh literally gets the crap beaten out of him at the end doesn't he? I'm seeing one of the other guys karate chopping him or something and then he just falls down. Yep, that's it. I've got a clip and some screencaps here. The most recent DVD release has a commentary track for the episode with Stephen and Hugh that talks about how the parts were written for them. It's a very 1980s show. I can only take it in small doses because of my dislike for power- & money-hungry yuppies.

And by sweet tea, we mean FRESHLY BREWED sweet tea. Tea does not come in cans, bottles, or plastic jugs. You make it. You drink it. If it's been processed and packaged, it's not fit for human consumption! Amen extra_cat! Glad to hear Hugh made People's sexiest 100 list. Is the Sexiest Man Alive issue in November?