Ambrose Bierce
Pie, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.
Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains.—The Rev. Dr. Mucker, in a Funeral Sermon Over a British Nobleman.
Cold pie is a detestable
American comestible.
That's why I'm done—or undone—
So far from that dear London.
—From the Headstone of a British Nobleman, in Kalamazoo.
(Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, c. 1911)
Posted at 6:13 PM CT on Friday, 30 June 2006