The Price of Pork Pies.

[Shelagh]

Now I know where I've gone wrong - I hate pork pies!!!!!!!

[Joyce George]

Hmmm- not had a pork pie for ages!
Just had an idea that Brian and I could possibly munch on a couple of snack size ones while we are in the Safety Car this year
Any comments????

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by joyceswan

Any comments????

Would this be when you are out on track? Hmm. . . too late for them to have any effect - if you're on track the incident's already happened!

Snack size pork pies are a waste of time - all you'll get with them is, at best, a spun & continued. For best effect you need genuine Melton Mowbray pies of at least 100g.

[Joyce George]

No Dave, we would not be eating them while out on track - Brian needs both hands on the wheel to get Daisy round some of the circuits - imagine taking Paddock Hill while consuming said commestibule! They would more likely to be eaten whilst sat in the Pit lane cos we were BORED!!

[LandieLad]

Originally Posted by Dave Brand

Would this be when you are out on track? Hmm. . . too late for them to have any effect - if you're on track the incident's already happened!

Perhaps the safety car will now end up in the gravel

[snoz wanger]

My Misses bought me four Pork pies for the Masters at Oulton......Asda Smart Price!!!!!!!!....When i read the contents it said ,,,,Pork {21%}!! i just thought ewww! whats the rest then? gums ,ears and eyelashes?....was gonna bring them for the Badgers but Jonathan would probably sue me....and quite rightly so!. gave them to the wheely bin its looked a bit grey since.

[Bakersboy]

Originally Posted by snoz wanger

My Misses bought me four Pork pies for the Masters at Oulton......Asda Smart Price!!!!!!!!....When i read the contents it said ,,,,Pork {21%}!! i just thought ewww! whats the rest then? gums ,ears and eyelashes?....was gonna bring them for the Badgers but Jonathan would probably sue me....and quite rightly so!. gave them to the wheely bin its looked a bit grey since.

That'll teach you to read ingredients lists! Sadly gums, ears and eyelashes are pork! The only bit of a pig that doesn't find its way into a pork pie is the squeek. The rest of the ingredients relate to things like pastry, typically 50% of finished weight, preservatives etc. If you continue to read ingredients of processed foods and ate accordingly you would become very slim very quickly! Enjoy!

[snoz wanger]

Originally Posted by Bakersboy

That'll teach you to read ingredients lists! Sadly gums, ears and eyelashes are pork! The only bit of a pig that doesn't find its way into a pork pie is the squeek. The rest of the ingredients relate to things like pastry, typically 50% of finished weight, preservatives etc. If you continue to read ingredients of processed foods and ate accordingly you would become very slim very quickly! Enjoy!

Wow.......take it easy now! i was just saying.........pass me some celery..and a grape someone!.......

[aland]

Originally Posted by Cynic

Looking at the poll results so far, it's interesting to see that no-one has gone for the veggie option. Is there any such thing as a vegetarian marshal or have they all been scared off / converted / killed and turned into pies?

i was veggie for the 1st 2 seasons marshalling and the 18 years before that, bout of knockhill hypothermia converted me, was a case of eat a steak peh or get even colder

[bouncyclare]

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[chrisjt1985]

Ah, so that's where I'm going wrong! No pork pies in my box before!!! As a new marshal, I have to test this fable! Watch out Oulton Park, I will be munching on one this Saturday!!! 11 Races to choose from... I think I shall dig in during the Porsche race!

[nate93]

Having consumed a couple of said pies on saturday nothing occured!
However straight after a scotch egg sunday the afternoon went crazy...pork pirs dont seem to work anymore...

[KayBee]

Originally Posted by chrisjt1985

Ah, so that's where I'm going wrong! No pork pies in my box before!!! As a new marshal, I have to test this fable! Watch out Oulton Park, I will be munching on one this Saturday!!! 11 Races to choose from... I think I shall dig in during the Porsche race!

No! No! You're missing the point. It has to be as part of your eating regime not a deliberate move.

If you leave pork pies and other food products e.g. doughnuts lying around it doesn't work.

I remember enjoying some doughnuts at lunchtime and getting knowing looks when I told the other marshals on post and then we were knee deep in Formula Vs.

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by chrisjt1985

I think I shall dig in during the Porsche race!

Before or after, but not during the race!

[chrisjt1985]

Originally Posted by Dave Brand

Before or after, but not during the race!

Fair cop! I obviously wouldn't during anyway. Food handled by leather gloves don't taste that good anyway. Plus not sure I want to experiance the million pound crash first hand!

[chrisjt1985]

Well as Dave will attest to, I ate my pie before the first post-89 formula ford race. I was on post at Lodge corner, and we must have been the only post without an incident!!! It looks like I have a repelling effect with pork pies!!! So what race over the next weekend should I retest this with?!?!

[Matthews Dad]

Originally Posted by chrisjt1985

Well as Dave will attest to, I ate my pie before the first post-89 formula ford race. I was on post at Lodge corner, and we must have been the only post without an incident!!! It looks like I have a repelling effect with pork pies!!! So what race over the next weekend should I retest this with?!?!

I think it proves the myth, but just that it doesnt have to be on your post,

The 1st post 89 race was incident packed , I had 2 off with 1 upside down at Shell


Maybe we just need to prove it by a pork pie eating on schedule around the circuit then waiting for the outcome,


MAybe at some point over the easter weekend at Oulton it can be arranged


Having watched one of the Clio races from Brands today i wonder if pork pies had been issued to all posts, ist lap at least 7 of the Clios with serious damage, including 5 at Graham Hill Bend

[Shelagh]

PieLady reckons it is all down to stuff.

As PieLady is not out and about this year (for the moment) she believes Pies will not have any effect in her absence.

Prove me wrong!

[chrisjt1985]

Originally Posted by Matthews Dad

Maybe we just need to prove it by a pork pie eating on schedule around the circuit then waiting for the outcome,

That sounds way too organised! I picked the Formula Fords post 89 at random! (I was hungry...) though as eating it I knew the significance of this post. Maybe though we do all need to get some report back as to who ate pies when and at what post.

[Greem]

Does it count if an off duty marshal is carrying pork pies round a race meeting in a rucksack? It certainly seemed to today...

[janeybobs]

What if you don't like pie??

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by janeybobs

What if you don't like pie??

You'd better learn to like 'em. . . and fast!

I've heard a rumour that as from next year pork pie eating will be included inupgrade assessments!

Now why didn't I think of that yesterday?

[pauln]

Originally Posted by Dave Brand

I've heard a rumour that as from next year pork pie eating will be included inupgrade assessments!

Eating?

Or supplying to X-Obs?

[Woolley]

Originally Posted by pauln

Eating?

Or supplying to X-Obs?

Now you're getting confused with doughnuts. Please try to keep up.

[bauble]

Despite the well documented danger posed by pork pies, some can't resist tempting fate.
This blatant attempt to provoke an incident makes one wonder about the motivation of some marshals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!