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New Standard Operating Procedures released today. Please learn.
BBQ RULES We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to
refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity. When a man
volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
Routine...
(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables
and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary
cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three metre exclusion zone where the
exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the
interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
More routine...
(6) The woman goes inside to organise the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and
asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat.
Important again:
(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL
AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
More routine...
(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread,
utensils, napkins, sauce and brings them to the table.
(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and
does the dishes.
And most important of all:
(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM
for his cooking efforts.
(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed
her 'night off ', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction,
concludes that there's just no pleasing some women.







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How very true.
All my OH does is stand and cook it while I run about like a blue a**d flea. lol

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We have to put the meat on the grill WHY ?
Thats not our job lol

L:OL Hoff. All is well here.Hope you all ok.See you soon.X

It doesn't say who went shopping to buy the beer ? but we all know the answer, don't we ladies !

Ann...or who puts it in the fridge.

I thought men were just for decoration,and holding beer cans
lol

lol Mo.
Its usually my idea to have one in the first place and even at that i get...'oh,it's a lot of work ' How hard is it to stand with beer in hand and fork in other ? lol

Well not sure I would say decoration Mo, but certainly not much use for anything else Lol

Exactly Marion !

Maybe "decoration " was the wrong word
Most just stand about and make the place look untidy
(but dont tell them that )

rule number five should be .

man washes hands ..

well you know they pick there noses and as a scratch here and there ..

ladies please be careful of food poisening lol

I think I will just get a take-away !

Probably a "grumpy old woman" but barbeques seem more trouble than they are worth - they smell, and in the summer when neighbours have them, I have to shut all the windows.
When my husband "cooks" he goes to the fish and chip shop.
Liz

You forgot 8a .. Woman sneaks indoors & puts it in microwave for 5min to cook

Tomorrow's plan of action:'

Grandma (me) makes the potato salad, frankfurter salad and salad salads......

SiL.....mans the boys-toy super duper ginormous gas barbecue.....complete with apron and tongs.....

Grandad (OH) ....... stands to the left, giving tips and keeps the fire extinguisher in reach......

Great Grandma (Gertie) ...... sits and holds court and admires her Great Grandbabies......

Daughter folds napkins, sets out food......

Son.......controls his noisy brood and opens lager bottles.....

Kids just enjoy themselves.....

......and me.........yeay.......I don't have to do a Sunday roast.....


sally

I'm not that fussed on BBQ food anyway, I usually eat the salads and things or the odd bit of chicken.
It is nice to be outside though on a nice day.

Years ago we planned one and it poured with rain. So decided to put up tables chairs and parasols inside. Even made a sun out of baloons and put it on the wall. Cooked food under grill...and had a great time .

Some of them thought I was a bit 'cracked' at doing it though lol

Not at all Marion........we call that ...... an inside outside barbecue........I think it must be a British invention because of our changeable weather.......I think they are fun.....

sally

There was no point in wasting all the salads,and things out of the feezer ao it all worked well.

dont forget we have to drink the beer

yep thats all you do lol