Pork Pie Theory Blown Out The Water

garybirch · 8 Sep 2003, 15:44 (Ref:711979)

The theory that Pork Pies attract cars into posts has been found to not work at Brands Hatch.
This weekend one pork pie was consumed and another half consumed and the rest placed on a nearby tyre wall and nothing happened.
Pork Pies are no longer a threat to marshal's safety (unless eaten whole when death may occur).

EvilPumpkin · 8 Sep 2003, 15:47 (Ref:711984)

It may just be that they're out of season - consuming a bottle of Doctor Pepper on post (you know, Doooctor Pepper, what's the worst that could happen) yesterday resulted in a bike crashing into my flagpost!

Maybe Pork Pies only work when there's an r in the month?

Dave Brand · 8 Sep 2003, 18:22 (Ref:712179)

Quote:

Originally posted by EvilPumpkin
It may just be that they're out of season - consuming a bottle of Doctor Pepper on post (you know, Doooctor Pepper, what's the worst that could happen) yesterday resulted in a bike crashing into my flagpost!

I can disprove that one! I always take three cans of Doctor Pepper with me, & nothing ever happens on my post......

......well, not much, anyway......

......he lied!

Pete Howarth · 8 Sep 2003, 18:46 (Ref:712199)

I put attraction of incidents down to individuals, not the food or beverages consumed on post.

Cynic · 8 Sep 2003, 18:56 (Ref:712207)

It could be that the effect of Pork Pies is not necessarily instantaneous. At the Thruxton F3/GT meeting, we had an incident occur several sessions after the pie had been consumed, which happened at almost the exact spot where it had been eaten. Perhaps we should demand that the MSA form a working group to examine this strange phenomenon.

Dave Brand · 8 Sep 2003, 20:16 (Ref:712291)

Quote:

Originally posted by Pete Howarth
I put attraction of incidents down to individuals, not the food or beverages consumed on post.

I'm going through a phase of nothing happening on 'busy' posts & total mayhem on 'quiet' posts.

steve avery · 8 Sep 2003, 20:44 (Ref:712316)

the rear wheels of my big xj coupe seem to be attracted to these pork pie magnets, please be careful at brands on october the 4th

theracegypsy · 8 Sep 2003, 20:44 (Ref:712317)

..nothing to do with the excellent food parcels we had at Goodwood then.

Thank you Charlie March

EvilPumpkin · 8 Sep 2003, 21:15 (Ref:712352)

typical! Apart from the bike into the post incident, had a very quiet day yesterday. Then coming home from work this evening, happily reading my book and all of a sudden, gasps of horror around the bus. Look out the window and there's a bike and a rider down in the middle of the road.

Guess who ended up sitting in the middle of a main road doing a c-spine stabilisation while my bus trundled off into the distance and we waited for the ambulance...

However, I was reading a cook book at the time.......

Stevespurr · 8 Sep 2003, 22:00 (Ref:712412)

I think its the month for you at Cadwell Pete Sept last year and again this year you do like post 1/12a

neilwaynesmith · 9 Sep 2003, 07:28 (Ref:712717)

Quote:

Originally posted by Pete Howarth
I put attraction of incidents down to individuals, not the food or beverages consumed on post.

My reputation as a car repellent was well and truly destroyed at Donington this weekend, One on Friday (post 1), Four on Saturday (post 12) and Six on Sunday (post 9). I was kind of hoping this car repelling would cancel out the copious amount of Pork Pies the snatch guy was eating but...

So the theory is still open to debate...

Novice · 9 Sep 2003, 10:26 (Ref:712907)

Post 6 at Brands at the end of August, normally quiet as everthing goes into post 5. Not this day, incident after incident. Couldn't understand it, no pork pies no Doctor Pepper, then Snapper Baz was spotted behind the tyre wall. Accident magnet or what. There is only one thing worse, Snapper Baz and Jeff Bloxham together. Await the carnage..........

Sheila M · 9 Sep 2003, 11:51 (Ref:713003)

Quote:

Originally posted by neilwaynesmith
My reputation as a car repellent was well and truly destroyed at Donington this weekend, One on Friday (post 1), Four on Saturday (post 12) and Six on Sunday (post 9).

You'll be earning yourself a bad reputation at this rate! Talking of reputations, I'm sure everyone will remember my husband's bad couple of years when he earned himself the nickname of Magnet. I have to say that this goes with the surname as, since we got married I've now got my own mini-magnet and even the once relatively immune pit lane is fraught with danger. Its even worse when we are at Mallory and he's driving the doctor's car! If Di ever puts him into Donington Pits as IO I'm going home!

Stone-kicker · 9 Sep 2003, 20:08 (Ref:713515)

To twist an old saying:

"If you where to give an infinite number of marshals an infinite number of pork pies, eventually, one of them will have an incident...!"

Last weekend, it was post 2 at Doningtons turn to have the magnetic pork pie.

**Woolley** · 9 Sep 2003, 22:45 (Ref:713631)

Nope, they all bounced off us and went to post 4, despite one of our number having 5 mini pork pies in one day. We have found a successor to Bloxham, though. A nice lady photographer seemed to be attracting all the incident. She wished Muller luck on Saturday before he planted it in the gravel, but he was fine on Sunday when she didn't speak to him. Even the poor pidgeon turned his toes up and died when after she'd taken his photograph in the gravel trap.

bigted · 10 Sep 2003, 06:07 (Ref:713774)

Jeff Bloxham was at cadwell on sunday. low and behold It was all quiet till he decided to visit our post. In the first race a Hillman Avenger decided not to turn for the hairpin and went straight into the barrier.

Thanks Jeff

johndpeat · 12 Sep 2003, 19:26 (Ref:716840)

All you need on post is Bob Miller.He is as good as a hundred pork products.Get Jeff Bloxham as well and head to the hills as all hell will surly break out

Colin_King · 12 Sep 2003, 19:32 (Ref:716848)

What Jeff and miller on the same post? do you have a death wish or something.

johndpeat · 12 Sep 2003, 19:33 (Ref:716852)

You Know I do.

Colin_King · 12 Sep 2003, 19:35 (Ref:716853)

or miller bloxham on post 2a @ rockingham

johndpeat · 12 Sep 2003, 19:36 (Ref:716855)

Na 10a @ the Rock with F.Saloons 5 abrest.

Colin_King · 12 Sep 2003, 19:43 (Ref:716866)

or 10a with leg ends 8-10 abrest

Stone-kicker · 12 Sep 2003, 21:30 (Ref:716957)

Quote:

All you need on post is Bob Miller.He is as good as a hundred pork products.

Are you comparing the good Mr Miller to a pig (product)?

Andrew Hornsey · 15 Sep 2003, 18:12 (Ref:719805)

Wooly - That "Nice lady" at Post 4 last weekend is definatly not a lady! Her name is Claire, and belive me she is a combination of Bloxham and John Gaisford, and will attract more accidents than you can shake a stick at!

She is also a very good kart racer, and if she gets her way, she will soon be racing cars - what a thought, someone that attracts accidents like that actually out there racing!

I feel I can say these abusive things about her, as she is a very good friend of mine!

Sorry Claire

flagwaver · 15 Sep 2003, 18:43 (Ref:719865)

Have spent the weekend on tenderhooks as we had a few Pork Pies in the fridge. But nowt happened. Mind you they were nice on Monday night warmed up with mushy peas & mint sauce.

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