# Pie? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 17, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280 "2003-01-17T19:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/1 "2003-01-17T19:33:59Z")
I don’t know wherre else to ask this without looking like a complete tool, so I guess I’ll try here. I’ve been around long enough to either experience the origin of popular SDMB catchphrases or suss them out on my own, but I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where “When come back, bring pie” comes from. Any chance someone might take pity on me and let me in on the joke? Thanx in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/2 "2003-01-17T19:41:26Z")
[http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm) (Site has sound – open at your own risk at work!) ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/3 "2003-01-20T13:29:49Z")
Thank you! I’ve gotta wait till I get home to hear it (no sound at work-drat!). There’s no way I could’ve ever figured that one out-now I am complete. Thanks again! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/4 "2003-01-20T15:07:21Z")
When come back, all your 9 yards of pie are belong to us! ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/5 "2003-01-21T18:29:28Z")
mmmmmmmmmmmmm, 9 yards. lo **Mangetout**! ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/6 "2003-01-23T05:04:05Z")
Shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/7 "2003-01-23T09:09:17Z")
Quand vous returnez, apportez les tartes. Would it be a ridiculous/pointless idea to post a sticky thread either here in ATMB, or possibly in MPSIMS, detailing the highlights of “SDMB pop culture” references? Sort of an MPS FAQ. There aren’t a **huge** number of these, but weebl’s pie, Hi Opal, and the hamsters seem to come up with stunning regularity. Would this save enough bandwidth or storage space on the server to be worthwhile? Maybe, if this _is_ considered worth the bandwidth/effort, use one of the threads **Algernon** links to in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158002) thread as the jumping off point? Or, it could all be added as a few more posts to the “posting guidelines” FAQ. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/8 "2003-01-30T01:50:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skeezix \* > \*\*Would it be a ridiculous/pointless idea to post a sticky thread either here in ATMB, or possibly in MPSIMS, detailing the highlights of “SDMB pop culture” references? \*\* That would take all the fun out of it. People would search that thread and use the “SDMB pop culture references” as often as possible. And you wouldn’t get the subtle hints that tell you how well informed a person is on what is going on here at the boards. I know I’m talking to someone at least somewhat literate in SDMB history (and therefore probably more mature in their overall posting habits [this is a streach on PROBABLY]). ---
**Author:** ![Tradnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@Tradnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tradnor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/9 "2003-01-30T02:16:46Z")
In other words, one couldn’t tell who is in the clique and who isn’t. _There is no clique._ ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/10 "2003-01-30T02:17:42Z")
Besides, some people would then misuse certain cultural elements. For example, “Hi Opal.” Many people just chuck it onto the third item of their list, no matter how long it was. But see, that doesn’t make any sense because it came about due to **Opal’s** claim that a list must have at least three items to be a list. So if someone didn’t have a third item, they would throw “Hi Opal” on the end to bring the list up to three. That’s been bugging me for a while now, and I’m glad I got a chance to get that off my chest. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie/149280/11 "2003-01-31T12:30:15Z")
Yes, but _things change_; God never intended us to grind up his beautiful wheat to make bread. Putting ‘Hi Opal’ as the third item of any list is _an extension_ of the popular joke, just the same as “my cat’s breath smells of pie”.