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Having a 'noticing floaters' kinda day.



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THIS is a pie floater- a good ol' Aussie meat pie floating (usually inverted) in thick pea soup and (more often than not) garnished with tomato sauce. It might look revolting, but it sounds like it tastes anything but.

by Sagacious in Six-Word Memoirs on Feb 15, 2013 | add favorite | T-shirt

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catsmeow says,

One word for us... OLD!

oopsalittle says,

I don't know what I'm thinking but first thing I thought of when I read this is - do you mean poo?

Sagacious says,

Speak for yourself, puss, I'm still sub-fifty. ;-)

Sagacious says,

Hi oopsie. You jumped in ahead of me. I'm more into 'PIE floaters' than those of the excremental variety. Teehee.

oopsalittle says,

I'm laughing at myself - of course I would get it wrong!
In my defense pie floaters not big in Melbourne lol

jl333 says,

Pie floaters? Okay, now I'm lost. I initially had the same thought as oopsalittle

Sagacious says,

I've never actually eaten one, but they look deelish. It's Googlable.

catsmeow says,

OMG, that is disgusting looking, Sag. And yes, I know you are just a babe in the woods, but I figured you were old enough to have the kind of "floaters" i envisioned, the ones that often happen by ones forties when you get these odd floating shapes appearing in your line of vision on occasion. And most of the time you can ignore them, but sometimes they are all you notice. So, the Six fit, in my imagined scenario.

catsmeow says,

At least I didn't think of poo!

Sagacious says,

I never knew poo was referred to as 'floaters' but, according to Google, it certainly is. You learn something new every day.

oopsalittle says,

Great memoir - one word gave many different meanings. Normally I don't comment when I'm not sure, worried I'll get it wrong. Glad I did this time - this might help reduce my 'commenting' anxiety lol

KharisJo says,

first thought, eyesight. second thought toilet bowl. then saw the photo, third thought- i have never heard of anyone in Australia eating a meat pie this way before. green mushy peas on top, yes, but swimming in soup,,,, perhaps this is a Sydney variation of the dead horse (pie and sauce)? Bon appetit, Sag :)

Sagacious says,

This is definitely about the shapes that are in your eyeball. Re the poo, there are (I'm led to believe) floaters and sinkers. I wonder if Dr. Karl has ever been asked why some poo floats and others sink. I'd be curious to know the answer.

catsmeow says,

Such uplifting conversations we have here.

ba_miracle says,

I admit my grade school mentality went to poo, my darker side went to death (fish, people floaters) and that does not look good (but neither does shepherds pie...yumm).

I don't think I'll find anything like that in my area. I can't even find Pho noodles or decent Asian food around here.

lillybrook says,

And here I thought this might be about corpses. Thank goodness it's not!!! Too many crime shows to watch here in winter Minnesota, USA.

lillybrook says,

(and BTW, that does not look good to me) Enjoy!

lillybrook says,

I think I'm more into "coffee cup cooking" -- you can check it out on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/colamama2/coffee-cup-cooking/

oopsalittle says,

Corpses too.... OMG - how many more different types of floaters are there

KharisJo says,

could there be a subtle link between this photograph, dizziness, excrement and dead bodies bobbing away downstream......?

Sagacious says,

This photo isn't actually mine. I typed 'pie floater' into Facebook's search and found this one among others.

DynamicDbytheC says,

I have so much to look forward to when I finally get to Australia.

mzejay says,

I first thought of the #2 variety also. Should I ever make it to Australia, I'll try one.

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