Pregame prayer

[Martin]

oh... just because there are some evil cakes out there, then all cake must be evil... stereotype much? ever heard of angelfood cake?

but, i digress... it's pie that is evil. cake knows its place. pie is a scourge that is creeping onto our dinner plate... chicken pot pie? shepherd's pie? where will it stop? soon pie will try to get it's filthy mitts on all three meals.

besides that... you know who else liked pie?

-M

[MadMonk]

Pfft, you baked-goods-eaters are funny. Baked-goods-eaters of all types - pies, cakes or even those cookie-eaters (who killed the pie messiah), are just kidding yourselves. Baked goods are the crutch for those who can't control their sweet tooth. Baked goods have been the root cause of most of the evil in the world. Remember the Sweet-N-Low crusades? Even in modern times IEPs (Improvised Expansive Pastries) are bloating up hundreds a day, all brought about by the baked goods mentality. If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a proud fruit-eater. Let the sugar-induced hatred begin.

[El Gato Pollo Loco!!!]

damn you and your prosthetic pies!!! get off my lawn! let me eat cake IN PEACE!

-M

Woah there buddy....I like cake too, just not as much....

Is that red velvet?

[El Gato Pollo Loco!!!]

.... If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a proud fruit-eater. Let the sugar-induced hatred begin.

Hey...I eat fruit too. Hello...apple pie?

[jbrown84]

i just can't stand it anymore. i've had it up to HERE with you pie-lovers.

it's like four times every weekday, i'll be sitting around enjoying a nice slice of cake and some apple pie-lover comes banging on my door trying to push their loser agenda. if that wasn't bad enough, the coconut cream witnesses cram their leaflets into my storm door no less than twenty-seven times each day of the weekend. i've woken up to marie callendar's coupons under my pillow. ummm.... creepy! don't even get me started on those WHACKOS who are into boston cream. what the HELL is boston cream, anyways? here's a hint, try to get some REASON.

don't get the wrong idea... i don't *just* hate the pie-loving knuckle-draggers who come to my door. it's as if ALL people who are into pie are given the LEEWAY to do whatever THEY want. you can't just go around eating pie WHEREVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT.

you wouldn't believe the sanctimonious stares i get when i tell these pie-proselytizers that maybe i don't care for pie so much and politely flip them the bird. and kick them down the stairs. and chase them down the street. if you enjoy pie, good for you but have the common decency to enjoy it in the privacy of your own home and NOT IN FRONT OF ME. QUIT TRYING TO SHOVE PIE DOWN MY THROAT, PEOPLE!!!!1111ONE!!1 really... i don't walk into pioneer pies and tell YOU to do the reasonable thing and eat cake. jerks.

-M

And you know what's worse? These pie lovers are bringing pie into the schools! Bake sales, holiday parties, even the CAFETERIA!! They know that no God-fearing person would ever eat pie, so they have to recruit our children. It's disgusting.

[El Gato Pollo Loco!!!]

I think it's safe to say that this is the most successful thread hijack in the history of threads....

Don't mess with the pie and cross churros.....

[Richard at Remax]

This whole situation reminds me back when I was in the geology school at OU and we were throwing a christmas party and 2 people out of the 100 +/- people who were invited didn't have the same beliefs and protested that we changed the title of it to a "Holliday Party" so they could feel comfortable.

If it offends you THAT MUCH, then just wait outside your repsective section until its over. its what the owners want to do. just let it go.

I don't see any protestors outside chick-fil-a every sunday because it closed because the owners think Sunday should be a day of rest. its what the owners want to do.

In my short 24 years of being alive, one of the big things I have learned that you can't please everyone.

* side note *

This is coming from someone who isnt even that religious. I used to go to church all the time when I was a child but when I left for college I stopped going and only go on hollidays.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

This whole situation reminds me back when I was in the geology school at OU and we were throwing a christmas party and 2 people out of the 100 +/- people who were invited didn't have the same beliefs and protested that we changed the title of it to a "Holliday Party" so they could feel comfortable.

If it offends you THAT MUCH, then just wait outside your repsective section until its over. its what the owners want to do. just let it go.

I don't see any protestors outside chick-fil-a every sunday because it closed because the owners think Sunday should be a day of rest. its what the owners want to do.

In my short 24 years of being alive, one of the big things I have learned that you can't please everyone.

* side note *

This is coming from someone who isnt even that religious. I used to go to church all the time when I was a child but when I left for college I stopped going and only go on hollidays.

Those two out of a hundred probably just thought you didn't bring enough pie.

If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a proud fruit-eater. Let the sugar-induced hatred begin.

Whoah buddy... Do you have any idea how much sugar fruit has in it? I guess that just because it's "naturally occurring" it makes it okay?

[Dave Cook]

There's nothing offensive about prayer, in my honest opinion. It's just sort of a bizarre aspect of human behavior. Stop and separate yourself from it for a moment and consider it's nothing more than self-theraputic, at best.

Praying always reminded me of people that go to the cemetery and 'chat' with deceased relatives. Is the person on the other end actually listening.....or are we doing it to feel better?

If one wants to pray in their home, church or funeral....super. I'm all for it. But praying at an athletic event is VERY strange, IMO.

Why don't we all just hold hands and have a group chat with Vince Lombardi while we're at it. Would make about as much sense.

[PennyQuilts]

If it bothers you, don't pray. I, personally, hate all the long drawn out introductions that people have to engage in before they get on with a speaking program. I don't walk out simply because I don't understand why they are necessary. I just endure them and wait for the main course.

And while you don't believe the dead hear you, it brings an enormous amount of comfort for many. I am surprised anyone would even "go" there. Seems darned uncharitable to ridicule some old widow lady who misses her husband and gets some comfort from talking to him while she tends his grave. For many people, the idea is that god is all around them - not just in church or their home or some place "approved" by nonbelievers.

[El Gato Pollo Loco!!!]

Those two out of a hundred probably just thought you didn't bring enough pie....

Or maybe they were pie elitist...farging elitist....

[Joe Kimball]

Also, isn't putting stuff in a mailbox a federal crime (unless you're a mailman?)??

Yes.

Leave your pie on top of the mailbox, and, if you like, pray nothing happens to it. Or, maybe raise your hand for a prayer request at the next Thunder game.

[southernskye]

[kevinpate]

pie diver looks like he has some bad pcp ...
pumpkin creme pie, the killer dessert!