World Custard Pie Championships In Photos: Flour Power In Kent

TO Coxheath, near Maidstone, Kent, for the world custard pie championship. Any world title is worth winning – the Americans with their World Series of basesball taught us that. Anorak laments the fact that the IOC has not deemed chucking a pie, and the equally tricky skill of taking a pie in the face, an Olympic Sport. The one let down is that the custard pies are, in truth, mere mushes of flour and water. It’s a low-fat pie-chucking contest. but let us not be too hard on them. These people are athletes, dammit. And the more custard you eat, the bigger the target. Think on…

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Competitors take part in the World Custard Pie Championships at Coxheath Village Hall in Kent. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday May 28, 2011. Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

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Posted: 28th, May 2011 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink