Are pie rules set in stone?

[Tink1717 2]

100, 500, 1000. Every 1000 after.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off.
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[Lindercles 0]

That looks suspiciously like pie on your rig.

Let's not forget pie rule #1. No pieing while wearing or carrying gear. Seriously people.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

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That looks suspiciously like pie on your rig.

Let's not forget pie rule #1. No pieing while wearing or carrying gear. Seriously people.

Yeah, I remember when Shawn Stahl was getting ready to leave the DZ and go away to college... we hit him with 2 Whipped Cream Pies, 2 Mayonayse pies and threw him in the pool TWICE... before he wised up and walked around the DZ with his dad's rig over his shoulders for the rest of the day...

[lisamariewillbe 1]

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pie rule #1. No pieing while wearing or carrying gear

I shall live in my gear at all moments at the dz

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[rehmwa 2]

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100, 500,

I bet you think kindergarten students and junior high kids should have graduation ceremonies and wear caps and gowns, too.

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[luckysideburns 0]

I guess they weren't lying about the "pie rules" thread....

last night i definately got post-pied for all my big number jumps up to this date... 4 whipped cream pies total... and it took roughly 15 q-tips to get all the hershey's syrup out of the ears.. I guess that's payback for the pie compilation video i put together at the end of the season haha

blue ones, all

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[DougH 270]

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
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[jkbernstein 1]

BWAAAHHHHHAAAAAHHHAAAAHHHAAAA!!!!

Yup, it was TOTALLY payback for the video. AND all the "No, you CAN'T pie me" comments.

The look on your face - underneath the whipped cream, I mean - was absolutely priceless. I must say - you were a good sport about it.

We love you, Nicky!

May the (relative) wind take your troubles away...

[Bolas 5]

Pie rules I grew up with:

Pied for:
100th
1000th
Every 1000th

If you don't get pied, it means no one likes you.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[lisamariewillbe 1]

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If you don't get pied, it means no one likes you

GOOD

Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this

[skydance1954 0]

After hundreds of pies given and recieved at several DZ's in both Canada and the US, I've found that these rules generally apply no matter what DZ you go to:

Pies are given for 100, and every 1,000 thereafter.

Most places use whipped cream on paper plates, sometimes augmented with real pies. Sometimes it's just one real pie.

In rare cases, the "pieing" is done with a combination of nasty ingredients (dog food, honey, flour, mustard, whatever) - personally I don't like this, it's supposed to be an acknowledgement of a milestone and a reminder not to get too full of oneself, not a hazing.

The first pie is the most important. If you land that one, the the rest can come in at leisure. It should be a real pie, FULLY thawed. If you bulls-eye that one, then the lights go out long enough for everyone else to get their digs in. For hard cases, though, one is frequently enough, and easiest to land since only one person needs to get into position to strike. All you need is ONE videographer quietly "filming DZ stuff" to make sure it's recorded for the year end video. And since he is a hard case, he probably thinks he's immune.

There are NEVER any time limits on a deserved pie.

DO NOT EVER hit someone with a pie while in his or her gear, or in the packing area. Definitely not cool.

Cream pies make the most satisfying mess, and look great on impact on video.

Our DZO went his entire carreer and over 10,000 jumps before someone figured out that if he was set up and pied by a bunch of ladies, he'd be helpless. Since he's a gentleman, he would never strike a lady. But if there was ONE guy in the group, he would have beat the tar out of him. SOooooooo - that's what happened. All the guys did was video the event. It was great - a moment in history.
The key is in the planning and the set up. Sometimes it's best to be spontaneous. The unexpected pies are always the easiest to get. MAKE CERTAIN the target is focused elsewhere and will remain so long enough for you to get in range.

Always strike from behind, and be prepared for back splash.

After impact - run away.

Congratulate the victim for their achievement, and perhaps even buy him/her a beer later.

Mike Ashley
D-18460
Canadian A-666

[jceman 1]

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After hundreds of pies given and recieved at several DZ's in both Canada and the US, I've found that these rules generally apply no matter what DZ you go to:


(snipped good observations)


Cream pies make the most satisfying mess, and look great on impact on video.


(snipped good story)


Always strike from behind, and be prepared for back splash.

After impact - run away.

Congratulate the victim for their achievement, and perhaps even buy him/her a beer later.

I've included some pix that illustrate your points; these were in "celebration" of my 500th (our friends figured they'd weren't going to let TLML off the hook as she had done her 300th a few weeks prior):

First one (018_15) is of the initial pie by by the DZO (the late Freddy Brown) -- he came from the front, but came flying so damned fast he practically broke my nose! Note the collateral/back splashes.

Second (018_21) shows the distraction allowing our rigger to close in.

Next (018_22) shows how well a good camera person can capture the moment of impact.

Final one (018_25) shows that I, being the beer slut I am, did a far better job protecting my adult beverage than TLML.

All pix by the one and only Kaz Sheeky.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

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[bozo 0]

HAHAHAHAHA damn, Jack...you take a pie pretty well too.

bozo
Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars.

[yardhippie 0]

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In rare cases, the "pieing" is done with a combination of nasty ingredients (dog food, honey, flour, mustard, whatever) - personally I don't like this, it's supposed to be an acknowledgement of a milestone and a reminder not to get too full of oneself, not a hazing.

yea, Here we acually no longer use dairy products of any kind. it seems as though we dont clean as well as should be and by the next weekend youve got a damn smelly hangar/packing mat/ etc.

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DO NOT EVER hit someone with a pie while in his or her gear, or in the packing area. Definitely not cool.

amen to that. I saw this happen to someone I didnt know at a boogie this year. Looked like well cared for gear at that.
We always wait till later, when theyre changed into street clothes. The anticipation of when/where it happens makes the torment that much more fun.
I'll tell ya, if I ever get hit and ive got my gear on. the fight is gonna be on, and it'll not be pretty. I clean, protect, and care for my gear, sometimes better than my car, I expect the same from my friends. You can expect that from me.

Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD
"What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me
"Anything you want." ~ female skydiver
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[skybill 22]

dear willbe,
There are no rules except "Jungle Rules!!!!" No one knows for sure but I think Dirty Ed did the dirty deed on some dude at old elsinore some many eons ago and the program took off from there faster than a chinese sky rocket,....but don't quote me as the whole trip is lost in a smokey purple haze!!! Basic jungle rule is you can do anything you want to anyone else but be prepared for their wrath!! So,...anyone can pie anyoneelse for anything or nothing at all. There are really no rules except those made up by the foolhardy and accepted by the gullable!! So I am going to make my what-ever-#-jump and you think I should be pied?? Think twice?? Getting pied back with pie in a cast iron skillet is dum-dum ammo!! I'm not too much of a fan of getting pied or pieing!! The best laid plans of mice and men---one day walking back to the packing area at Perris I saw Jan Stone and someone else trying to clean pie off Gloria Dorosko's "Brand New Vector!!!" Dan Polasch was suppose to be the reciepant of the pie but he ducked!! The rig got it. I can still remember seeing the blue flame comming out of Gloria's eyes when she saw what happened!!!!

So, who is this elusive lisa-marie-will-be???????????

SCR-2034, SCS-680

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[chuckakers 426]

>>Are pie rules set in stone?<<

They are generally set in face.

CA

[UDSkyJunkie 0]

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What ever they really are, the people getting pied will weasle out of it...

"You can't pie retroactively"
"You can't pie because I don't know my jump numbers"
"No this isn't my xxx jump"

My DZO had something like 12,000 jumps and had never been pied. Everyone knew it, but noone would pie him because he said he would hunt down and beat the shit out anyone who pied him, and he's the kind of guy who wasn't joking.

So one day he was playing tandem student for one of our up-and-coming instructors. We knew our DZO would never hit a girl, so we got all the women on the DZ organized and when the tandem landed, the TM (also a woman) held him while all the other ladies pied him. It was the stuff of legend!

You're NEVER safe

"Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission."