Article: Drainspotting!; What some people REALLY get up to in their spare time Anorak's guide to the world's oddest hobbies.(News)

Article: Thompson in Pie-Throwing Fracas
The Malay Mail;  January 28, 2006 ;     357 words ... ... ACTRESS Emma Thompson (below) sparked a pie-throwing melee during her appearance on talk ... career, really. I didn't know that pie-throwing was so cathartic. It's heaven throwing ... Thompson set off a chain reaction of cream pie throwing involving bandleader Paul Shaffer ...

Article: Popularity of pie throwing prompts in-your-face ...
The Scotsman;  May 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... from their clothing. "Pie throwing is definitely back in ... in the humble art of pie throwing lies in Belgium. The ... Italian leader of the World Trade Organisation ... The recent rise in pie throwing among British students ...

Article: daysin thelife of Clown Ian "Taffy" James who was last week ...
The Sunday Herald;  April 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... serious issues, among them custard-pie throwing and clown museum funding. An avalanche ... arbitrary public water splashing and custard pie throwing be tolerated within a civilised clowning ... it may seem. Not all clowns are the pie-throwing sort, anyway. Takes the joy out of ...

Article: Pie throwing contest held at Harper Hospital. (NEWS ...
PR Newswire;  March 21, 1990 ;     451 words ...-- NEWS ADVISORY -- TO CITY DESK: PIE THROWING CONTEST HELD AT HARPER HOSPITAL Employees at Harper Hospital ... Hospital will be on hand to volunteer their faces for the pie throwing contest. Employees and others can toss a pie at their boss ...

Article: Pie throwing was not a waste
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 11, 2006 ;     285 words ... ... School, and I feel a need to respond to letters about our pie throwing. First, the pies were not expensive. They were pie crust ... cream. Second, most of the classes didn't attend the pie throwing. The gym and dance classes held at that period got to watch ...

Article: Custard pie throwing world championship ...
The Hindustan Times;  June 20, 2008 ;     364 words ... ... pies at each other to help charities in the world custard pie throwing championships. This innovative charity event ... raise money for local charities in the 41st world custard pie throwing championships, reports The Mirror. Inspired ...

Article: Pie throwing batters SIU's image further.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  May 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... remains under investigation, although no additional arrests have been made. A student affiliated with Roberts said the pie throwing was a well-planned attack by the student group. And it wasn't just a stunt, it was the moral thing to do, said Michael ...