# Folks really think non-sequitur replies are clever or funny? ("Bring Pie") **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 8, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035 "2004-04-08T21:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/61 "2004-04-09T18:37:02Z")
The 1920’s style Death Ray phrase comes from **Dogface’s** accidental triple post in this [this inexplicably hilarious thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225), which spawned this thread: [1920’s death ray DEBUNKED](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209654); And this thread: [I have solved the death ray problem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209831); And this: [ENOUGH with the 1920’s death rays!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209870) In my memory, this phrase spread the furthest and fastest of any SDMB catch-phrase. An uncontrolled wildfire of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/62 "2004-04-09T18:54:29Z")
Thank you, **Algernon**. I will bring you pie when I come back! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/63 "2004-04-09T19:11:45Z")
[Don’t forget this!](http://death-ray.com/) I just wish I could remember who did it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/64 "2004-04-09T19:16:14Z")
Hey, **Dung Beetle** , if it’s pecan, save me a big slice, please! Or crumble-crust apple. Or wild blueberry. Or rhubarb, as long as there’s no damned strawberries polluting the pure sour-sweet ZING of that pie. Then there’s [lemon meringue and Key lime pie](http://community.webshots.com/photo/100996478/100996731ohnYZX). And now for something completely different: [Boston cream pie](http://community.webshots.com/photo/109347055/113873307rawoqU). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/65 "2004-04-09T19:23:45Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of cow pie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/66 "2004-04-09T19:24:48Z")
As long as it’s not Kiwi Limey pie. I’m allergic to foreign navies ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/67 "2004-04-09T19:37:44Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > My second thread ever had some moron (won’t mention his name) saying the stupid death ray shit. Gee, I felt like someone actually read what I wrote and considered it thoughtfully before being an ASS – no, in fact I thought he was just an ass all the way through. > > I’m not attacking your ability to be an ass, mind you. How can I stop you? But if you want me to think kindly of you and your ability to reason logically and perhaps say something glowingly witty, then don’t be an ass. > > I’m never going to like the poster who did that to me. Ever. And I plan to be around here for a while. That was me. I didn’t even remember that until somebody linked it and I read it. It was stupid. I had been here for only a few months and the joke was new. I apologize. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/68 "2004-04-09T23:20:00Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > That was me. I didn’t even remember that until somebody linked it and I read it. > > It was stupid. I had been here for only a few months and the joke was new. I apologize. ☹ Apology accepted. And I should apologize for bearing a grudge for so long. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/69 "2004-04-09T23:30:36Z")
{{{{Group HUG!!}}}} can we hold hands and sing “_Kumbaya_”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/70 "2004-04-09T23:38:29Z")
Ah…no…_edges carefully away from **verbenabeast** _ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/71 "2004-04-10T00:03:46Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > They don’t have an evil smiley so I had to put one together. You’re referring to this?? \>: ) I thought it was the Easter bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/72 "2004-04-10T00:10:14Z")
> [@lainaf](#): > > You’re referring to this?? \>: ) > I thought it was the Easter bunny. Close. That’d be \_ \_: )= or something…that actually looks a bit like a vampire bat, maybe a blood bunny :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/73 "2004-04-10T00:12:02Z")
My moustache says it all. ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/74 "2004-04-10T00:14:41Z")
I would like to say this thread has been VERY informative - thank you to all (well, most!). I finally learned the origin of the “death ray” inside joke; what “YMMV” means; and, saw the “pie” video. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/75 "2004-04-10T00:35:23Z")
I suspect that anyone posting non-sequiturs in an attempt to discredit a thread is really trying to get the glory days of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49621) back. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/76 "2004-04-10T05:17:13Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but I read the pit because it often contains beautifully-crafted rants that amuse me and make me in awe of the author. Many of these rants are just priceless. Some make me feel ire at the target of the rant. Others have tears streaming down my cheeks, I’m laughing so hard. They make me feel something! Yours, **Revtim** , just blows. When come back, bring rant. Max. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/77 "2004-04-11T00:59:12Z")
The most annoying thing is that despite being repeatedly asked to bring pie… no one ever does. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/78 "2004-04-11T05:19:18Z")
**vl\_mungo** , that’s a vicious fallacy. I have been to Dopefests and there was pie. Unfortunately, as I have not given the necessary funds to my dark lord, I am not able to search the forums and provide a cite for pie. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/79 "2004-04-11T05:26:05Z")
…in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236020) and, if you squint and look to the very back of the table, in [this photo](http://fff.fathom.org/photorama/index.cgi?mode=image&album=/Parties%20and%20Gatherings/2004%2d0207%20%2d%20MAD%20Birthdays%20%28Anita%20and%20Opal%29&image=DSC00364.JPG). And this, my dears, is why “bring pie” persists. Because sometimes we do bring pie. And it is tasty. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035/80 "2004-04-11T13:23:48Z")
Since this thread has received so many replies from people who dislike the non-sequiturs, I felt compelled to jump in and say I love them. Some of my favorite posters and pun-masters and I love those, too. I get a kick out of them every time I see them. Whenever I see one, I feel vastly superior to those pitiful earthlings who have yet to find and embrace our incredible community. I like Opal and I like pie, and I’ll shoot anyone who doesn’t with my 1920’s style deathray (and burn their dog). If I don’t, may the Mods eat my cheese. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-really-think-non-sequitur-replies-are-clever-or-funny-bring-pie/239035.md?page=5)