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23 Apr 2004, 20:06 (Ref:949408) | #1 | ||
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Pork Pies??
I am new to marshalling. On post at Thruxton for the BTCC there was a lot about pork pies going on, I asked and got told it was a car magnet thing, I thought that perhaps this was just somthing to do with that crew but i get the impression it is universal, Where does it all come from. and now i am hungry.
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23 Apr 2004, 20:59 (Ref:949446) | #2 | ||
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lol...yeh where does it come from...i know fluxy used to give pork pies to the marshals and then usually stuffed it in the wall....im not sure where it comes from tho
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23 Apr 2004, 21:04 (Ref:949458) | #3 | ||
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I think you'll find that ALL pork pies, no matter what brand or where you purchased them, have magnetic properties. Every time a marshal, no matter where they are or what they are doing, eats a pork pie, something will go horribly wrong!
I tried an experiment when I spectating at a bike meeting at Donington last year. I wandered round the circuit, clutching pork pie in hand. Nothing happened. I stopped at Coppice to watch the bikes come round on their practice laps. Stuffed half of said pork pie into gob, Yay!!! Three bikes come round Coppice in a lump, bike number 1 gets it all wrong, bike number 2 hits bike number 1, bike number 3 rides over the top of rider of bike number 2. Red Flags! Doesn't matter where you are or what you are doing. You eat a pork pie and the red flags will come out. |
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23 Apr 2004, 21:10 (Ref:949465) | #4 | ||
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LOL>>>> VOODOO PORK PIES....could you imagine the power you could have sheila....hmmmmm...if a driver decides to peeve you off in the pits just shuv a pork pie in you mouth when he leaves the pits!!!!!
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23 Apr 2004, 21:46 (Ref:949516) | #6 | ||
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No, no, it's not what you eat, it's the fact THAT you eat. For some reason marhsals are not supposed to eat, it being a pie in the UK, a Burger in the US, a roll in Holland, or drinking tea or coffee in either country, whatever you do taking a minute for yourself, the boys out there are not going to let it happen. (Not even having a smoke seems to be permitted - check parc fermé - it's going to be 4 weeks this weekend since I gave up.)
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24 Apr 2004, 05:49 (Ref:949783) | #7 | ||
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In addition to Shiela's spectating experiment, there's also the "delayed pork pie" effect which I think is unique to Thruxton. Marshall eats a pork pie in between races. Nothing happens during the next race, BUT, the race after we get two GT's in the tyre wall with the contact that causes it happening at exactly the spot said pie was eaten!
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Previos threads on this subject have proven inconclusive, sometimes it happens sometimes not. I WILL BE EATING MY PORK PIES AT CADWELL TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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24 Apr 2004, 07:59 (Ref:949819) | #9 | ||
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Well Steve it looks like you'll be outside the main gate at Cadwell tomorrow, we don't need anymore magnets!
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24 Apr 2004, 08:13 (Ref:949831) | #10 | ||
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I found that Sainsbury's pork pies don't work so will have TWO of Tesco's finest Melton pies with me at Mallory tomorrow......
Its not just pork pies that work though, I remember when working on snatch at Donnnnnnnnnnnnnington(!!!!) I radioed in to say "back in position and I'm going to finish my coffee now" |
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Hmm, sounds like time for an experiment at the 750MC meeting next week.
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Oulton Park has a Pie Factory about ten miles away!
The smell of them cooking can sometimes waft over towards the track and cause utter mayhem!! |
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26 Apr 2004, 10:23 (Ref:952018) | #17 | ||
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well thanks for all your help on this guys, i ate my port pie stupidly before the second race of the formula BMW at brands yesterday, sadly followed by a wheel dodging moment and then a full extraction, luckiuly by all accounts the lad is ok with concusion but thats if for pork pies with me, i shall mostly be sticking to pepparami now.
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26 Apr 2004, 10:47 (Ref:952045) | #18 | ||
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Dan were you on Post 6 at Thruxton??
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26 Apr 2004, 10:54 (Ref:952053) | #19 | ||
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post 6 at thruxton and post 6 at Brands, wonder where i will be put at silverstone in a couple of weeks??
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26 Apr 2004, 11:14 (Ref:952061) | #20 | ||
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having never marshalled S Stone, no idea even where 6 is, will have a ready supply of pepperami instead of pies though, was my first major incident yesterday, an experience that i don't wish to happen often.
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26 Apr 2004, 13:05 (Ref:952200) | #23 | ||
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yeah i seem to have been given a baptism of fire into this marshalling stuff, had multi car pile ups, a major, plenty of bloody sweeping, still its all experience.
somthing i will never have enough of. but i have digressed from the original thread so i will shut up now. |
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26 Apr 2004, 13:28 (Ref:952235) | #25 | ||
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i am assuming you know them then, which means you are at an advantage to me, were you on post with us? and i think reprobates is a little harsh.......mmmm well maybe not ok, but they look after me though.
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