The first year was spontaneous.
They next year they came prepared.
For a really good pie fight, you need:
1. Pie filling- whipped cream is best, although you can use shaving cream in a pinch. Just make sure that your choice is uniform: no one likes an unexpected mouthful of Barbasol.
2. Reenforcements- Make sure you get a lot of pre-made crusts, and hide them where they can be accessed and filled quickly. (Remember: whipped cream in an aluminum pan is just whipped cream in an aluminum pan. A pie has a crust.)
3. Goggles- this should be obvious, but many novice pie-fighters forget to bring goggles. A real pro can take one to the kisser, wipe down their lenses and return fire immediately.
4. A Haz-Mat suit- or painter's coveralls. November is chilly in most areas, so hosing down in the backyard is less fun than it sounds. Your suit allows you to strip off and immediately go inside for more Pinot Noir.
The rules to a pie fight are simple: keep it outdoors and fight till the pies are gone. No fair spraying Reddi Whip directly on someone's head. A pie to the face, Stooge-like, is best. Style points awarded for surprise attacks. Onlookers are fair game. Out-of-bounds should be pre-negotiated. Teaming up against another fighter is encouraged, as is turning on those same allies.
For the Scriptic.org prompt exchange this week, Tara Roberts at http://thinspiralnotebook.wordpress.com gave me this prompt: Thanksgiving is here, what person and/or event in your life are you most thankful for and why?
I gave kgwaite at http://writinginthemarginsburstingattheseams.blogspot.comthis prompt: Without even breathing, he opened his eye just enough to peer through the veil of his eyelashes. The silence was terrible.
