A Plague of Pies

[Quasimodem]

A Plague of Pies


Provincial Premiere Ralph Klein was pied this morning [ Monday, July 7, 2003 ] as he began his speech at the annual Stampede breakfast, in Calgary.

Several breakfast-goers screamed, the man was tackled by provincial security officers and taken into police custardy . . . custody.

Klein tried to wipe away the pie remnants with his fingers before being handed a towel. He did not finish addressing the crowd before going inside to take a shower, nor did Klein finish his breakfast.

Politically, he emerged later to talk to reporters. His first reaction, he reported, was one of anger.

"It tastes not bad," said Klein, who plans to prosecute.



PREVIOUSLY PIED CANADIANS INCLUDE:

Jean Charest, pied two days before being elected premier of Quebec, in April. Charest was again struck in the face and head with cream pies before he was to address supporters north of Montreal. He blocked a second pie, but it splattered on his wife Michele Dionne.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Stephane Dion, Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay and former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau have all been pied.

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was hit in the face with a cream pie in Charlottetown in August 2000. Evan Wade Brown served eight days in jail for that assault.

Now, who says Canadian Politics is boring?

 

[Svenskaflicka]

A similar thing happened in Sweden, when the then leader of the conservative party, Carl Bildt, had a plate of hotdogs, mashed potatoes and cucumber mayo, turned upside-down over his head.

Disgusting as all conservative politicians are, the greaseball simply wiped it off with a napkin and went on with his business...

 

[Guest]

Gee whiz, Quas, had no idea re. this aspect of the international situation. And so close to home, yikes.

Do you and your fellow Canu, uh, Canadians blame the states? Didn't pie-in-the-face begin w/the slapstick silent film era?

Do you think their will be a call for reparation from the apple pie nation?

your neighbor, Perdita

p.s. I ate cake, pies are too messy.

 

[MathGirl]

3.14159

Dear Quaz,
That's frequently done to ML baseball players, especially rookies, when they're on TV doing a post game interview. They use shaving cream instead of custard, though.

The greatest pie fight ever filmed was in one of the old Three Stooges movies. Every time you thought it was over, here came some more pies. Must have lasted ten minutes.
MG
Ps. Perdita, what happened to your nice AVs?

 

[cookiejar]

ROFL...the best part is the look on the girl's face in the background.

 

[Quasimodem]

Re: 3.14159

. . . The greatest pie fight ever filmed was in one of the old Three Stooges movies. Every time you thought it was over, here came some more pies. Must have lasted ten minutes. . . .

I believe The Three Stooge opus was designed to win the title away from an early Mack Sennet "Laurel & Hardy" silent film.

In about 10 minutes they got a street crowd totally embattled.

This is the one where a hefty lady walking by slipped and sat down "plop" on a pie, then walked away, occasionally stopping to shake her leg.

You may have seen it on a highlight reel.

 

[Quasimodem]

ROFL...the best part is the look on the girl's face in the background.

At least she wasn't part of the conspiracy!

 

[wildsweetone]

A Plague of Pies

Now, who says Canadian Politics is boring?

Especially when you consider just how much fun it could be to clean up afterwards.

 

[Quasimodem]

Especially when you consider just how much fun it could be to clean up afterwards.

Unfortunately, in this case, Ralph Klein lives in a galaxy far, far away from fun!

 

[Chicklet]

oh my god

although it probably wasn't the best experience for the guy, it sure made my day!

 

[MathGirl]

Dear Quaz,
In the picture, Ralph doesn't look like a really fun kind of guy.
MG

 

[wildsweetone]

I seriously want to know if these pies that are being thrown around are edible.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Re: Re: 3.14159

I believe The Three Stooge opus was designed to win the title away from an early Mack Sennet "Laurel & Hardy" silent film.

In about 10 minutes they got a street crowd totally embattled.

This is the one where a hefty lady walking by slipped and sat down "plop" on a pie, then walked away, occasionally stopping to shake her leg.

You may have seen it on a highlight reel.

Quasimodem's right. I know my Stooge canon, and I know the Laurel Hardy pie fight whereof Quasi speaks. The Stooges' fights were all skirmishes; this particular Laurel & Hardy pie fight was a civil war.


Speaking of the Stooges: did anyone ever appreciate the extent to which the effectiveness of Stooge slapstick humor depends on sound effects? Someone really needs to write a paper...

---dr.M.

 

[MathGirl]

Larry, Curly, and Moe

Dear Dr M,
I recently read an article by Curly's daughter. "Smithsonian" I think. She said the sounds of Moe slapping Curly were real. The skin on the left side of his face was like leather.

The scenes wouldn't have been the same without the sound effects.

The Stooges' pie fight was held in a formal dining room. I think the Laurel and Hardy was outside. The Stooges did a pretty good job for inside.
MG

 

[Quasimodem]

WSO:

The pie (according to the CBC report) was of a Banana Cream variety.

Of course, that may have been one of the apocryphal details that journalists like to add in, to lard their report. Certainly, I have not, to this moment, heard that Ralph Klein included this nugget in his brief afterword with reporters following the Pieing.

Possibly one reporter tasted a bit of the splatter. Reporters are such LOW creatures.


MathGirl:

(Ralph doesn't look like a really fun kind of guy.)

You are SO right!


Et Al:

The entrance into this thread about Provincial Premiere Ralph Klein’s Pieing, of the Three Stooges, seems somehow singularly appropriate.

 

[Quasimodem]

UPDATE

Students questioned in Klein pie incident
Last Updated Mon, 07 Jul 2003

Calgary police are questioning three students in connection with an incident that left Alberta Premier Ralph Klein wiping banana cream pie off his face Monday.

The students ( including Pieman who appeared to be in his 20s) could face mischief and assault charges.

Klein recovered quickly, remarking that the banana cream pie tasted "not bad."



PIE DRAGNET WIDENS

Police say they may execute search warrants on some television stations that recorded the attack.

Klein holds a flapjack breakfast every year during, the Calgary Stampede and Rodeo which started Friday, and runs for 10 days.

PETA to send representatives, to ensure no rodeo animals are Pied.




FOLLOW-UP STORIES

LEADERSHIP's HANDS-ON ENTERTAINMENT:

Name the last time your leader got to personally choke a taxpayer?

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/news/2000/08/16/pie_000816

 

[MathGirl]

Numberology

[PIE DRAGNET WIDENS

Dear Quaz,
Re your reference to Dragnet, I believe I've uncovered a scary, possibly apocalyptic set of facts:

Joe Friday's badge number was 714.
Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs.
Babe Ruth's uniform number was 3.
3 is both the number of fingers possessed by Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown and toes customarily sported by the three toed sloth.

Scary, isn't it?
MG
Sorry I interrupted this thread with these unpleasant facts, but they needed to be said.

 

[Gabriel_Lee]

I never knew the three toed sloth did anything sporty, especially customarily. Is this a specially trained one?

GL

P.S. Why is it called the three toed sloth?

 

[oggbashan]

The Three Toed Sloth

The Three Toed Sloth comes second to the Tortoises of the Galapagos Islands for incredibily slow lovemaking.

"In."

Wait 6 minutes counting toes.

"Out."

Wait 6 minutes counting toes.

Repeat for a day or so.

Og

 

[wildsweetone]

Question?

Is a 'flapjack' an uncircumcised heterosexual man? And you say Klein has one for breakfast for 10 days each year? Gosh.


I'm glad he thought the banana cream pie was not bad.

 

[MathGirl]

Why is it called the three toed sloth?

Dear GL,
Because of a facial resemblence to Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.
MG
Ps. How would the above mentioned Mr Brown give a high five?

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Klein holds a flapjack breakfast every year during, the Calgary Stampede and Rodeo which started Friday, and runs for 10 days.

Wait: the Calgary Stampede runs for 10 days? Or the flapjack breakfast? Can a breakfast run all day without turning into a brunch, then a lunch, or maybe just a feast or a bachannal?

And why does "pancake" breakfast sound okay, but "flapjack" breakfast sounds like they scrape these things off lumberjacks' shoes?


---dr.M.

 

[MathGirl]

Piiiii yiiii yiiiii yiiiiiii

Did anyone ever see the one of Bill Gates getting pied? I think I have an .mpg of it around somewhere. Big Bill was pretty pissed.
MG

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Cream pie, I know. Banana - the shape reminds me of something... Now, does that mean that a banana cream pie is the gay versionof a cream pie?

If so, the whole throwing-a-banana cream pie-in-someone's-face takes a whole new meaning!

 

[Quasimodem]

WSO,

A flapjack is a pancake which has been tossed into the air, to turn it over, during its preparation. Whether it is caught cleanly in the pan, on its return to ‘skillet firma,’ determines whether its circumference is, or is not, circumcised.


dr_mabeuse,

The Calgary Stampede runs for ten days, Ralph Klein runs every time there is an election, and flapjacks - when consumed too exclusively - will give you the runs.

Flapjacks may be something scrapped off a lumberjack’s boot in the proper terrain, but Calgary is in the midst of Alberta, a Prairie Province. If it is of any help to you, I could mentation that Alberta is a large centre for the cattle industry.


MathGirl,

I have seen Master Gates Pie presentation. I found it both entertaining and satisfying. Two thumbs up!


Svenskaflicka,

I know nothing about banana connotations in the Midwestern Provinces, but feel certain that Ralph Klein could not be considered “gay,” no matter what your definition, or connotation.

Some politicians represent big business, others champion certain ethnic communities, and still others try to adhere to the “upper crust.” None of these examples quite identifies the Pie-ee in this case.

It was appropriate that Klein was Pied at a “Flapjack Breakfast,” as he tends to represent the “sour dough community.”


Et Al,

Finally, I apologies for my absence during the critical time while this story was breaking. Unfortunately, I was tied up with activities directly relating to my earning a living.

“Into everyone’s holiday a little workday must fall.”

Quasi.