The following question was presented:
Now that we've moved and I have a brand new TV system, I signed up for the sports package which means I can stay in touch with the Premier Football from back in the UK. So this week's question is going to be one about football (or soccer as it's known over here in the States). With this being such a high brow website, I thought we'd better go for something philosophical and thought provoking (not just a simple question of who do you think will win the league or something boring like that). So what should it be? Well, I'll leave it up to the fans of football who pose this question on almost a weekly basis. We need to know - who ate all the pies?
Results:
Kes my baby girl cat and Mr. O. tied with 29% of the votes each from the following selection:
- Me (Rag) (14%)
- Kes my baby girl cat (29%)
- Mr. O. (29%)
- Kirstie Alley (0%)
- Simple Simon (0%)
- A Dog (14%)
- Roseanne Barr (0%)
- Hurley (from Lost) (14%)
Graphic of Results:
Pre-Result Discussion
04:21:03
22nd September 2008
Analysis:
An interesting spread of voting. I think technically, the votes for “a dog” can be considered correct. Apparently in the 2007 World pie eating championships (held in Wigan), a dog manged to get into the fridge the night before and eat all the pies. This isn't a competition about volume, apparently, it's a sprint race to see who can eat a pie the fastest and the pie has to be made to exact specifications. Don't believe me, check out this BBC article.
So to those that aren't quite sure about the question, this is a football chant. Typically, when the opposing team has a player who's piled on the pounds, the fans chant (to the theme of knees up mother brown):
Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
You fat bastard!
You fat bastard!
You ate all the pies.
A very high brow song, but generally one that even the most intellectually challenged football fan can remember.
So, back to the results - it appears to be a tie between Mr. O. and my cat Kes. Interestingly, my cat Kes has been rather exuberant with her eating since we've moved house and I've definitely noticed her growing larger. That said, I don't recall her actually eating any pies, whereas I'm pretty sure our very own Mr. O. has enjoyed many a pie.
21:09:52
21st September 2008