# Pi(e) Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172 "2017-03-14T16:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/21 "2017-03-15T17:49:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m not sure I get it now. I keep getting distracted by work. Maybe [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng) will help. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/22 "2017-03-15T17:53:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Maybe [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng) will help. Ah. Never heard the song. I was more into New Wave than hair bands. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/23 "2017-03-15T18:19:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Ah. Never heard the song. I was more into New Wave than hair bands. You’ve never heard the song? So then were you really trying an experiment about adding “if you know what I mean” and it just HAPPEN to coincide with such a good subject? That’s a hilarious bit of coincidence/serendipity if there ever was one! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/24 "2017-03-15T22:41:46Z")
Pecan’s my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/25 "2017-03-15T23:35:09Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Pizza is not pie. You’ve never had Chicago-style deep dish pizza, I take it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/26 "2017-03-15T23:45:46Z")
Australian meat pies are good too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/27 "2017-03-16T00:02:07Z")
Oh, and for the record, > [@](#): > > My office is having a Pi Day potluck (postponed to 3/16 due to weather). That’s sqrt(10) day. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/28 "2017-03-16T00:16:29Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Pecan’s my favorite. Mine too. And cherry, Warrent notwithstanding. And peach. And that terrible looking, bad for you 'Nilla wafer, Cool Whip, Jello Pudding and banana monstrosity. I’d eat the hell out of that. Shepard’s Pie? Love it! Rhubarb? fanfuckingtastic! I love pie. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/29 "2017-03-16T00:19:24Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Shepard’s Pie? Love it! Is that anything like a shepherd’s pie? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/30 "2017-03-16T02:16:23Z")
Regarding 3/16, > [@Chronos](#): > > That’s sqrt(10) day. Sometimes when the time is 3:16, I’ll say “It’s Christianity o’clock.” Then again, I call 7:47 “jumbo jet o’clock” and 1:41 “the square root of two o’clock”… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/31 "2017-03-16T02:18:07Z")
… as shown on my Facebook page, here: > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=808892455916642&set=a.357996604339565.1073741826.100003876863143&type=3&permPage=1)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/32 "2017-03-16T02:24:02Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Best cartoon yesterday was a pi symbol looking at Twitter, saying “Only 140 characters? I can’t express myself!” Of course, [39 digits](https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/3/16/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/) give you the circumference of the universe to an accuracy of less then the width of a hydrogen atom. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/33 "2017-03-16T02:35:54Z")
Coconut cream pie. Runner up: banana. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/34 "2017-03-16T02:45:27Z")
Oh, what a happy question. I made a triple berry pie for pi day. But if I had to pick one favorite, it would be cherry pie with vanilla ice cream. Tied for second runner up is pumpkin, butterscotch, lemon meringue, key lime, peanut butter, peach, blueberry, pecan, and chocolate banana cream. Also apple, but only if my sister made it. She makes the best apple pie in the world, it tastes like love. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/35 "2017-03-16T03:33:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, and for the record, > > That’s sqrt(10) day. The math folks in my office will love that, but I’m afraid I don’t have the faintest idea what sort of dessert goes with square roots. If anyone is curious, I have a lovely chocolate cream pie with meringue sitting in the fridge waiting to go to the office tomorrow. To my knowledge, I’ve never tried chocolate cream pie, so I’ll cross my fingers and hope that it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/36 "2017-03-16T06:33:55Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > You’ve never had Chicago-style deep dish pizza, I take it. No. And looking at it, I don’t think I want to. Looks like a quiche, actually. In my definition pies have lids. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/37 "2017-03-16T20:55:17Z")
> [@](#): > > The math folks in my office will love that, but I’m afraid I don’t have the faintest idea what sort of dessert goes with square roots. Typically, it’s milkshakes. Especially shamrock shakes, this time of year. And **GuanoLad** , do you not count pumpkin pie as a pie? ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/38 "2017-03-17T02:16:14Z")
P.S. Chocolate cream pie is delicious. I will have to make it again sometime when I can get more than a sliver. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/39 "2017-03-17T03:17:19Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > No. And looking at it, I don’t think I want to. Looks like a quiche, actually. > > In my definition pies have lids. I would commit numerous indecent acts right about now in exchange for a Chicago deep-dish pizza. Especially one with meatballs. Mmmmmmmmmmmm! :o Also: chocolate cream, banana cream, coconut cream, yum! Haven’t had any of those in ages. Damn! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172/40 "2017-03-17T07:11:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And **GuanoLad** , do you not count pumpkin pie as a pie? Americans are clearly very loose on what they call a pie. I may be playing a different game to everyone else here. As you were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-e-day/782172.md?page=3)