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AIBU to think heatwave barbecue reactions are starting to feel a bit Covid?

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PatioDwellers · 15/08/2026 08:53

To think the bbq/fires in the heatwave responses have the air of Covid about them …

’my neighbour is having a bbq what should I do’, Ring 101, call the fire brigade, take photos, people will die!

tinfoil bbqs in the countryside, tossers and rightly banned.

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madaboutpurple · 17/08/2026 18:11

I am actually pleased at BBQ' stopping. Not many people are good BBQ cooks and I much prefer a pizza event cooked in a proper oven with salad and garlic bread on offer. Anything basically instead of undercooked BBQ food. It makes no sense using one if the ground is dry. My view is other things can be cooked.

Almert · 17/08/2026 21:32

It's not a bit Covid, it's just like the Covid threads, I bet a lot of the more weird judgy posters were on them too, peering through their curtains, checking how many people were in the next door's garden.

Ladyfromthehill · 18/08/2026 17:19

WindsorGreatPark · 15/08/2026 11:23

The only one I know is married.
They regularly have barbecues.

Sorry but what does the fact he is married have to do with anything?

PatioDwellers · 18/08/2026 22:35

Ladyfromthehill · 18/08/2026 17:19

Sorry but what does the fact he is married have to do with anything?

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Bigreddog25 · 28/08/2026 06:38

MildlyMoist · 15/08/2026 20:24

What did they use to light them? A still-hot match, discarded on the ground, could easily cause a fire under current conditions. People just don’t think anything through properly.

A lighter.

Part of the party was supposed to include marshmallows on a campfire. They owners said it would have been fine but they didn't want to do it because people would moan

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