# Why is there pie by my name? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 13, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927 "2025-01-13T20:20:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/21 "2025-01-14T00:28:38Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > You gotta have something, . . . Don’t you remember I told ya I’m a soldier… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/22 "2025-01-14T01:36:04Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Why is there pie by my name? Because we told you to bring it when you came back! Twenty one posts and no one thought of that? We’re slipping, people! ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/23 "2025-01-14T07:56:25Z")
Well, I thought of it, but didn’t post. Does that count? It was putative pie. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/24 "2025-01-14T11:45:11Z")
Yay ! Pie has appeared ! Happy Dopeversary ! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/25 "2025-01-14T15:06:12Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Why is there pie by my name? What are you talking about? There’s nothing there. /gaslighting ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/26 "2025-01-14T19:21:37Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Yay ! Pie has appeared ! Happy Dopeversary ! Thank you kind sir! > [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > Well, I thought of it, but didn’t post. Does that count? It was **putative** pie. Wait, hold the phone, Chuck - who the heck has been hiding this word from me for the last 60 years!? I like it and, now, can’t wait to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927/27 "2025-01-14T19:23:49Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Well, the bright side is that at least it’s not on fire like some things… I live in the central part of the state and can smell them from here. Awful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-pie-by-my-name/1012927.md?page=1)