# The pie was real **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005 "2011-09-12T01:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/1 "2011-09-12T01:00:10Z")
I’m feeling rather introspective right now, so I thought I’d share a story about Marines. Biker Marines who wear scarlet and gold back patches. About 5 years ago, a bunch of my friends stopped at my place for refuge from a storm. We get wicked monsoon storms out here, wind and lightning and pouring rain. We were all happily drinking beer and telling lies, err, stories when suddenly we were hit by a microburst (LOTS of wind in a very small area, like a mini tornado). All was good at Casa Flatlined, but an elderly neighbor’s shed got picked up and blown down the hill. We went out to look at the damage, yes, that was stupid, but beer and Marines… The microburst passed and we helped the elderly couple gather up their belongings. The elderly couple had very regular habits and I knew they would go to church in the morning. I told the guys this and phone calls were made. At 8 that morning, there were 17 cleverly disguised Marines at my place and one stationed at the church. Of course, nobody would notice a biker with Harley and Marine colors in a church parking lot… As soon as the elderly couple left, the guys went whooping up the hill, gathered up the shed, carried it back into their yard, banged it back into shape and used 2x4’s to reinforce it. There were buckets of concrete involved as well. When the scout called to report that the elderly couple was leaving church, they all ran back down the hill and into my house. There was much jubilation about a job well done. The elderly couple moved out a couple of years later and the house has been up for sale ever since. Several months ago, someone knocked on my front door. I don’t usually answer the door to strangers, but this was a lady who seemed to be in her 50’s holding what looked to be a pie box. When I opened the door I could smell berry pie and the lady smiled at me and said “I know who you are and I know what you did.” Of course, my first response was to slam the door in her face and go hide under the bed. Instead, I demonstrated my sharp wit by stammering “huh?” “This is for you.” as she held the box out. Not wanting to be churlish, I reached out and took the warm, good smelling box and invited her in. Yes, I was thinking about Thinner, but dang, that pie smelled good. As we were having black forest pie and coffee, she told her parents were the ones who had their shed blown over. She said that the neighbors had seen through the clever disguises the guys were wearing and told her parents who had fixed their shed. Her mom had wanted to come right over and say thank you, but her dad, a WW2 vet said that my friends thought they had gotten away with something and that they should let them have their fun. Dad had died and mom was now in poor health and wanted to clear up all of her debts, so the daughter came back to the empty house, baked a wonderful pie and delivered it to a stranger. How’s that for an AWWWWWW moment? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/2 "2011-09-12T01:04:55Z")
Awwwwwwww! Very nice. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/3 "2011-09-12T01:17:53Z")
_A pie is real! Not made of steel!_ Nice story. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/4 "2011-09-12T01:25:04Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Awwwwwwww! > > Very nice. QFT. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/5 "2011-09-12T01:25:15Z")
Awww - great story. Semper Fi! Now I need a tissue. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/6 "2011-09-12T01:35:11Z")
A very nice story indeed. Much appreciated today. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/7 "2011-09-12T01:48:09Z")
I like it. Well done. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![XRaeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f14d63/32.png) [@XRaeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XRaeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/8 "2011-09-12T01:59:10Z")
But the cake _was_ in fact, a lie. Sorry I couldn’t resist. That’s a great story though. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/9 "2011-09-12T02:08:17Z")
I think there’s some dust in the air. Great story! ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/10 "2011-09-12T02:08:46Z")
And I thought I was somewhat a tough guy. Why do I find a tear running down my cheek? Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/11 "2011-09-12T02:12:31Z")
Thank you all for enjoying it. For the record, I was not in the Marines. I was in the Air Force. I was air support for the ground pounders. I’ve told some of the guys and they were all mock outraged at the idea that their secret idenity was found out. To a man, they all agreed that the elderly man must have been a Marine because no Marine rats out another one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/12 "2011-09-12T03:50:23Z")
Aw! Thanks for sharing the story. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/13 "2011-09-12T15:29:01Z")
Great story! So the pie was not a lie :). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/14 "2011-09-12T21:11:18Z")
A good story indeed! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/15 "2011-09-12T21:22:43Z")
Awesome story. Kudos to you and your buds for being such generous people. The world could use a few more of you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pie-was-real/596005/16 "2011-09-12T21:42:06Z")
Wow I love it when a story ends with someone bringing pie! (when come back, bring pie) That’s very touching **flatlined** and totally made my day. Awwwwww! Bri2k