# Bring Pie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422 "2002-12-13T04:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/21 "2002-12-13T08:36:01Z")
All your pie are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Blunty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/22 "2002-12-13T11:41:12Z")
PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE PIE! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/23 "2002-12-13T13:14:44Z")
There be no law upon the seas! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/24 "2002-12-13T13:27:59Z")
Piegry ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/25 "2002-12-13T13:28:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*There be no law upon the seas! \*\* There be no law upon the seas. By Nature or Pirate you may die. But if instead your quest succeeds… Then when come back bring pie. **Garius** _The Young Man and the Sea_ (2002) ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/26 "2002-12-13T13:35:49Z")
Hello I`m back, hairs pie. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/27 "2002-12-13T13:37:33Z")
For lo! I have become Death, the Eater of Pies… You are never too old to have a sophomoric sense of humour. Redoing the first cartoon in French almost gave me apoplexy. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/28 "2002-12-13T14:24:31Z")
Wow…I’ve been wooshed for a while apparently. I always thought that “When come back bring pie” was said by Homer lying on the couch, to Bart who was walking past. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/29 "2002-12-13T14:38:31Z")
A guy goes into a restaurant and orders 30 pies, the 3 chefs cook 10 pies each - the waiter serves the guy, who says “on second thoughts, I’ll only be able to eat 25 pies”. The waiter takes the remaining 5 pies back to the serving hatch and gives one pie back to each of the chefs. They tell the waiter to keep 2 pies for himself. The chefs are deciding what to charge the cutomer; they each sent out 10 pies and got one back , so that’s 3 x 9 pies = 27 pies, plus the two that the waiter kept, makes 29 pies. What happened to the missing pie? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/30 "2002-12-13T14:56:32Z")
or… there are only three words in the english language which end with pie… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/31 "2002-12-13T15:04:53Z")
Me want [this](http://www.cowpieclocks.com/cowpieclocks.html) pie 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/32 "2002-12-13T15:08:35Z")
If you tie a buttered pie to the back of a cat and drop it on some toast, what happens? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/33 "2002-12-13T15:52:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BioHazard \* > **I’ve seen people post this in several threads that were created by possible trolls. I don’t get it, it seems to be an inside joke.** Apologies, guys, but I’m actually going to answer the OP. Yes, it is an inside joke. I’m not sure where and when it originated, but has become a standard reply here to troll posts, along with “My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=95345) in Great Debates made Threadspotting. As I’m sure you realize, most of the other replies on this thread refer to other inside jokes on this message board. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/34 "2002-12-13T15:54:10Z")
To clarify, the standard reply is “I like pie.” ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/35 "2002-12-13T16:04:10Z")
Actually, I do belive that Homer did say “When come back bring pie” in one of the early, Tracy Ulman show shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/36 "2002-12-13T16:20:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Colibri \* > **Yes, it is an inside joke. I’m not sure where and when it originated, but has become a standard reply here to troll posts, along with "My cat’s breath smells like cat food."** It seemed to start off being used a troll flounced; “im outta here cuz u r all mean 2 me an u dont lisen 2 teh truth!” The reply “When come back bring pie!” carries with it an implied [sub]“Wanker”[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/37 "2002-12-13T16:20:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*If you tie a buttered pie to the back of a cat and drop it on some toast, what happens? \*\* Are you allowed to drink (alcohol) at work? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/38 "2002-12-13T16:31:58Z")
I watched that animation again. It is pretty funny. I have a very weird sense of humor. I’m one of those people that thinks that Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Monte Python’s Flying Circus is rolling-on-the-floor hillarious. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/39 "2002-12-13T16:48:39Z")
Kinda weak. It’s never even made me so much as chuckle. And that was before hundreds of people drove it into the ground. I can’t listen to the song “Don’t worry, be happy!” for the same reasons. To be fair, unlike the pie joke, I liked the song the first time. But by the 100th time I had heard it (later that day), I was sick of it. Bad jokes repeated over and over as if a clever insult. Insults and excludes as an “in-joke” all in one fell swoop. “Wink-wink aren’t we special!”. Blah. Not impressed. Next time, instead of writing a tired standby in response to a troll how about coming up with something original or, better yet, just ignoring them? It’ll be alot more fun for me that way. . . DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-pie/142422/40 "2002-12-13T17:00:01Z")
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