Word: pie
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...days is merely to indicate how out of it one is. My father's generation seemed to be surprised by everything--a TV set, automatic shift, snow--and to be enchanted by the smallest event. "A martini!" my father would say, as if he had not mixed it himself. "Pie a la mode!"--with a lusty accent on "mode," as if he were recalling a village in France and not a scoop of ice cream...
...though never ostentatious, New York City restaurant. In dresses, hats, jackets and ties, we would trudge through the heavy, reluctant revolving door and enter the place of civilization and ceremony. "This way, doctor." This way to the weighted silver plate and the thick linen tablecloths and napkins, and the pie a la mode...
...Imagine that bacteria ate apple pie in order to live. If you have millions of good bacteria gobbling down huge pieces of the pie, there isn't much left for the harmful bacteria. But when we use all of these antibacterial soaps and lotions, we're killing off the good bacteria, and leaving more of the pie for the dangerous ones...
PETER POST, co-author, The Etiquette Advantage in Business: You can't let the pie thrower gain anything from the event. Ranting and raving and expressing great indignation, in nice or foul terms, would only get more publicity for the pie thrower. So either keep silent, or say something like "Damn! This is good pie...
CAROL BURNETT, actor, comedian: The way to take a pie in the face with style is to immediately grab the person and kiss them all over their face so they get it too. You're saying, "Thank you. I understand your point of view, and here is mine: Kiss your enemies...