Your taxes at work
Behold: The 100,000 pound park bench in the shape of a pie.
Youngsters have suggested a "pork pie seat" be built in a Leicestershire town synonymous with the delicacy. An initial design has been drawn up for Melton Borough Council and will be considered by officials.
The idea was put forward by youngsters attending a local youth democracy event in Melton Mowbray.
It is unclear how much the pie-shaped seat would cost but the council said initial research suggested it could cost between 22,000 and 100,000 pounds.
Mmmmm... expensive pie seat...
Youngsters have suggested a "pork pie seat" be built in a Leicestershire town synonymous with the delicacy. An initial design has been drawn up for Melton Borough Council and will be considered by officials.
The idea was put forward by youngsters attending a local youth democracy event in Melton Mowbray.
It is unclear how much the pie-shaped seat would cost but the council said initial research suggested it could cost between 22,000 and 100,000 pounds.
Mmmmm... expensive pie seat...
posted by Alistair Coleman at 3/29/2006 03:16:00 pm
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You know, it's deliciously esoteric news like this that we here in the US need a lot more of. We have no Pork Pie Council...we have the How To Blow Them Up Better Council and the Cattle Prod To Your Privates Council, which frankly just aren't as fun or tasty.
Pies are important.This is a lie.
Recent reports that Clarkes pies 'the Nations finest pies'are contaminated are untrue. They are the staff of life and I recommend you all eat at least one a day. Clarkes pies have an interesting history, being created in 1215 by Dafydd Llewelyn ap Clarke of Pontyllanistwyth. The origonal pie was a monstrous affair measuring 2 feet across and designed to feed the whole village. Early pies were made entirely from Leeks (Even the pastry!) but as more 'English' tastes filtered in from over the border meat and pastry were added until the leek disappeared from the ingredients list. During the 'Great War' Albert Clarke developed a ballistic pie for deployment on the western front. It had only mediocre success and was sadly not developed to its full potential. During the derpression in the thirties, whole streets of cardiff relied on the production and consumption of pies to keep them from starving.At one point when coal from the valleys was not in full production and high prices had forced the poor to huddle together, they discovered the merits of the 'Combustible pie'(tm)....one pie could warm several people through a cold night if used in conjunction with the Clarkes patented pie burning stove. As the clouds of war again darkened the skies of Europe in 1939, a young George Clarke busied himself in the families pie kitchens intent on producing even more cunning war winning pies than his Grandad Albert.Young George developed the Depth pie, a device for destroying the notorious U-Boats that preyed on Merchant men in the Atlantic, and the bouncing pie , which sadly was over looked due to the very pushy Mr barnes Wallace who it must be pointed out was not a pie lover. Not until very recently could it be revealed that Winston Churchills 'Station X' at Bletchley park relied heavily on the Top secret Clarkes De-coder pie...truly the product of a genius. Through modern times the Clarkes pie has continued to be an inspiration to inventors and artists alike. Although the experiments in the sixties with hallucinogenic pies would probably be frowned upon today, they were the life blood of the pop/rock era.
I hope that helps! Clarkes pies are indiginous to the cardiff area.They do not travel well.
Tarquin F Smythe QJM
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