In the course of the average year at OB, the beach that the Eighties forgot, a stalwart band of brethren and sistren gather to pay homage to the coolness that lies within each of us, in that seed of Keystone and Keaton, Chaplin and Bugs, Costello and Abbot we call soul, in a Zen frenzy known only as...Le Challenge. |
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The Rules of Engagement:
1. You must bring at least one real pie. Additional sweet, slimy, pie-like materials for ammunition and projectile platforms (pie pans or paper plates) optional.
2. The tourney is broken into two heats:
- "The Duel" Mano-y-mano silliness.
- "The Grand Melee" Zen frenzy.
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The General recognizes a pair of duelists and invites them into the circle. Two forms of approach are typically used during "The Duel".
Here we have the "En Passant" or "Cream Clothesline" maneuver. |
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Here we have the classic "Modified Roundhouse" or "Slimy Sloop-Sloop" maneuver. You will note that the unmodified classic "Roundhouse" cannot prevent the duellisto in the blond ponytail from wearing pie down his neck. |
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The General is pleased to offer extensive coaching in method and form to the less experienced pie fight afficionado. However, they seldom need it. |
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The Grand Melee is not for the fleet of heart and faint of foot. Here speed, craft, savoir faire are...sorta fun to watch, but who cares? Say..."PIE!?!" |
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Ah, the sweet smell of coconut cream...and banana cream...and chocolate cream... We forgive, and watch the sunset as the gulls eat the beach clean, resolving to bring more ammunition... next year. |
  
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 lawsamussymsagnes, 1997
Last revised 11/01/00 |
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