# This..this thing you say - Bring Pie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836 "2004-10-29T13:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/1 "2004-10-29T13:09:00Z")
I’ve seen the phrase, ‘bring pie’ sprinkled in various threads. Please notice that I am fairly new to the boards so I really don’t know the origin of this remark. Well, this morning I used it. It’s raining today and I have my umbrella opened sitting on top of the walls in the corner of my cube to dry. A fellow came by, indicated the umbrella, and said, “I’ll join you in the veranda later”. My first response was (together now), “Bring pie.” Did I use it correctly? He seemed to enjoy my doperism. He even walked away smiling and muttering, “bring pie.” It was so cool that I’m just going to have to find ways to work it into more conversations. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/2 "2004-10-29T13:16:48Z")
Alas, no. The fullness of the phrase is “When come back, bring pie.” It’s generally used as a snark at someone who loudly insists (to gerneral disbelief or indifference) that he is leaving, or as a funny to someone who announces the same. There are other uses, but they’re too numerous to list. [Watch and learn, young one.](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm) (oooh! Does this make me an official real-live-boy Doper now that I’ve answered one of these first??) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/3 "2004-10-29T13:17:08Z")
Uh, no. The phrase “When come back, bring pie” comes from the [Weebl and Bob](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm) cartoon. We at the SDMB use it as a dismissal. “When you come back, bring [coherence, argument, whatever] with you.” Robin ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/4 "2004-10-29T13:21:25Z")
It’s a lot easier than thinking of something new or clever when padding the post count. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/5 "2004-10-29T13:26:10Z")
wanker. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/6 "2004-10-29T13:31:04Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > wanker. :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕 **Carmen**? Is that really you? Or has somebody Jacked your account? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/7 "2004-10-29T13:44:24Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > wanker. Blindly regurgitating “bring pie” or “my cat’s breath smells like cat food” is pretty much the message board equivalent of wanking, now that you mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/8 "2004-10-29T13:46:19Z")
That’s patently untrue. I’ve never had to clean up after saying “bring pie.” ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/9 "2004-10-29T13:49:50Z")
So it’s a 1920’s style catch phrase fnord ---
**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:** [October 29, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/10 "2004-10-29T13:54:25Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > wanker. That’s the way I always read the ‘bring pie’ thing (confused persons should watch the Weeble & Bob animation _right_ to the end) - ‘bring pie’ has (to me) just become a convenient way of saying “Oh dear, you’re leaving, are you? wanker” ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/11 "2004-10-29T13:54:32Z")
Color me wanker. Do I have egg on my face? Thanks for enlightening me. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/12 "2004-10-29T14:00:12Z")
It also serves as a disincentive to post about that great apple pie your mom made for Thanksgiving, because some putz will toss in an inappropriate “when come back, bring pie.” Guaranteed. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/13 "2004-10-29T14:14:34Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕 > > **Carmen**? > Is that really you? Or has somebody Jacked your account? _snicker__Chortle_ **Bosda!** It’s been too long since you’ve seen it! Watch the link again! At the very end, after he say’s the famous line, he says one word. In small type. After a long pause. I’ll let you guess what that word is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/14 "2004-10-29T15:17:26Z")
> [@Rock n Roach](#): > > Color me wanker. Okay. Rock n Roach ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/15 "2004-10-29T15:23:00Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Uh, no. > > The phrase “When come back, bring pie” comes from the [Weebl and Bob](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm) cartoon. > > We at the SDMB use it as a dismissal. **"When you come back, bring [coherence, argument, whatever] with you."** > Robin This, of course, is optional when calling for a sweep of the NL over the AL in the World Series. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/16 "2004-10-29T15:44:28Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > [Watch and learn, young one.](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm) Thank you. I _knew_ the entreaty “When come back, bring pie” was hauntingly familiar. I just couldn’t figure out why. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/17 "2004-10-29T21:10:18Z")
That was oddly soothing. But now the word “pie” has lost all meaning for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/18 "2004-10-29T21:42:00Z")
Wanker! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/19 "2004-10-29T21:48:39Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Wanker! Hah! See! I’m not the only one! That part always makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836/20 "2004-10-29T21:50:33Z")
> [@Rock n Roach](#): > > Color me wanker. Do I have egg on my face? That’s not egg. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-this-thing-you-say-bring-pie/271836.md?page=2)