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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I can't bring to mind a Lewis Carroll verse about pie, or I'd quote it now. Perhaps there isn't one.
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There is, in
Alice in Wonderland. It's the second stanza to "'Tis the voice of the lobster...":
‘I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye,
How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie:
The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and meat,
While the Owl had the dish as its share of the treat.
When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon,
Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon:
While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl,
And concluded the banquet by—’