Friday, February 29, 2008

February 29, 2008

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer

And I was yong and ful of ragerye,

Stibourne and strong and joly as a pie:
How coude I daunce to an harpe smale,
And singe, ywis, as any nightingale,
Whan I hadde dronke a draughte of sweete win.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

February 28, 2008

The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt

p. 27: … she would not even speak to Edie and Tat, and coldly ignored the conciliatory cakes and pies they brought to her porch, leaving them out for the neighborhood dogs to eat.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

February 27, 2008

Drunk History, YouTube

Ben Franklin (to his friend’s wife): Hey, we lit a fire together, we made some chicken pot pie, we made a couple of drinks together. Maybe I can fuck you.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

February 26, 2008

Hairspray

Motormouth Maybelle:


Bring on that pecan
pie
Pour some sugar on it, sugar
Don’t be shy
Scoop me up a mess o’ that
Chocolate swirl
Don’t be stingy;
I’m a growing girl

Monday, February 25, 2008

February 25, 2008

Waitress

Joe: … it could solve all the problems of the world, that pie.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

February 24, 2008

Cambridge Spies

Melinda MacLean: So how’s married life? I bet she knows the difference between cottage pie and shepherd’s pie, and she can quote down to and including the second line of all England’s best-loved poems. Am I right? Have you married someone who’ll iron your underpants?

Saturday, February 23, 2008

February 23, 2008

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Giles: The phases of the moon do seem to exert a great deal of psychological influence, and the full moon seems to bring out our darkest qualities.

Xander: And ironically led to the invention of the moon pie.

Giles (giggling) : oh … yes … moon pie.

February 22, 2008

The Simpsons

Immigrant worker: Mr. Krusty came to my village. He said he would marry me. No ring. Just fill apple pies all day.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

February 21, 2008

Chicken Run

Babs: I don’t want to be a pie. I don’t like gravy.

Friday, February 15, 2008

February 20, 2008

P.S.

Louise (after finding her mother has baked her brother a pie.): You always complain we never see each other, but maybe if you baked me a pie I’d be magically compelled to visit.

Mom: You don’t eat pie.

February 19, 2008

Will and Grace

Karen: How’d you know I was here?


Grace: Rosario … I waved a Hostess berry pie in front of her face and she sang like a bird.

February 18, 2008

Grounded for Life

Eddie: Good news and good news: He won’t be bothering you anymore, and I’ve got pie.

February 17, 2008

Pushing Daisies


Chuck: I thought we’d try it, and combine pie happiness with the happiness of chlorine.

February 16, 2008

Georgy Girl, by Margaret Forster

Georgy: God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.

February 15, 2008

Melanie Glover: If anyone wants a martini, I've got pie.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy International Quirkyalone Day!

Jack Brooks, That's Amore!

When the moon
hits your eye
like a big
pizza pie -
that's amore!

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

February 13, 2008

Kelly Millner: Oh, my pie!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

February 12, 2008

The Simpsons

Ned: This town is sweeter than a cake made o’pie.

Monday, February 11, 2008

February 11, 2008

Waitress

Dr. Pomatter: Wow ... sounds like a veritable factory of pies.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

February 10, 2008

The Autobiography of a Businesswoman, by Alice Foote MacDougall

You learn to hate the small and the little. Life is a pie which you cut in large slices, not grudgingly, not sparingly. ... You are free.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

February 9, 2008

Quentin Tarantino, in The New Yorker

When you go out and have pie afterward, you’ve got some shit to talk about! You went to the movies that night!

February 8, 2008

Dan Kleckner, Q6 News promo

What do you get when you cross a mayonnaise truck with a pie truck?

Thursday, February 7, 2008

February 7, 2008

How I Met Your Mother

Ted: Pies are things that friends make together.
Robin: Yeah, they do.
Ted: Yeah.
Robin: Yeah.
Ted: Great.
Robin: Great.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

February 6, 2008

The Simpsons

Ralph: Hi Lisa! We’re going to be in a pie!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

February 5, 2008

Veronica Mars

Aaron Echolls: Well, I guess Big Dick’s still got his fingers in a few pies, huh?

Monday, February 4, 2008

February 4, 2008

Alex Pappademas, in GQ (article on Ryan Gosling entitled, "The Loner")

Somebody in this coffee shop has decided to celebrate the lizard while enjoying some pie.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

February 3, 2008

Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee, by Irving Berlin

Just around the corner
There’s a rainbow in the sky
So let’s have another cup of coffee
And let’s have another piece of pie.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

February 2, 2008

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

Jane: "What are you going to do with these gooseberries?" I inquired, as she brought out a basket of the fruit.

"Mak' 'em into pies."

Friday, February 1, 2008

February 1, 2008

Pushing Daisies

Ned: It’s the Pie Hole, not the Cupcake Hole.
Chuck: But it’s not a cupcake; it’s a cup-pie.