It Was a Shoofly Pie Moment (standard:humor, 897 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 05 2020	Views/Reads: 1133/860	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The older I get the more things I see that I need to “shoo” from my life. At times, it’s difficult, but the end result is what really matters. One last pie would be the “Shoo-Sin Pie.”

During holiday seasons, I enjoy indulging in special food. My favorite
during this time of year is the Shoofly Pie. Nothing hits the spot 
quite like this. 

Although the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage restricts this kind of
culinary activity during the rest of the year, I tried to get a pass 
for it during the holidays. I don't care what holiday it is, a holiday 
is a holiday and deserves special food. 

I don't remember when I had my first shoofly pie, I only focus on my
next piece. 

When I first brought it into the home, my wife asked me what in the
world it was. I told her it was a Shoofly Pie.. 

Looking at me rather quizzically, she said, "What is a Shoofly Pie??" 

Not even thinking about it, I smiled and replied, "It is a piece of
heaven this side of heaven." 

Then she wanted to know where in the world that name "Shoofly Pie" came
from. 

Not really knowing, I "baked up" a story I thought would please her. 

The story went something like this. A lady in Pennsylvania was trying to
make a special pie for her husband. It took her several days to figure 
out how she would make this special pie. Finally, she came up with 
something she had never seen before. 

When presented to her husband, he was dumbfounded and said, "What is
that pie?" 

Before she could answer, a fly seemed to hover over the pie, and she
swatted it and said, "shoofly." The husband looked at her and said, 
"That is marvelous. Whoever heard of a shoofly pie? You're a genius." 

And thus, the Shoofly Pie adventure began. Whether that comes near the
story or not, it sounded good to me at the time, and I presented it to 
my wife. 

Where we live, it's tough to find any Shoofly Pie. Typically, I have to
order it from someplace up north. 

Once we were at a nearby restaurant, I talked to the waitress about the
Shoofly Pie of which she had never heard. My wife had the recipe, so we 
shared it with her. She wanted to surprise us with a homemade Shoofly 
Pie. 

When she gave it to us, it was nothing like a real Shoofly Pie. We
joyfully took it, but it really wasn't the real thing. 

As I was thinking about this shoofly pie mystery, I thought of how this
concept would work in other aspects of life. 

For example. I would like to develop a Shoo-Politician Pie. Perhaps this
would be a great experience for us. Every time we see a politician, we 
present him with a Shoo-Politician Pie. How much greater our life would 
be if politicians would not be the center focus of our life. 

When a politician gives a speech, he or she will be charged one dollar
per word. After all, one dollar isn't much and neither is there speech. 
Of course, this would need to be paid upfront. As soon as the 
politician reaches the end of his word count, everybody would say, 
"Shoo-Politician." 

I think this would bring a lot of sanity back to our country today. 

Then I thought of another pie to develop. I'll call this the
Shoo-Telemarketer Pie. This is second only to politicians. 

To date, I have received over 1 million calls that said, "This is the
last call you'll get to renew your car warranty." 

I have searched my dictionary to discover what the definition of "last


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