No real pies were harmed

I got a letter at work this week I have to share with you.
An Exchange magazine reader very upset about the pie fight. "What a waste of time, money and energy...Hope you can both come up with a better idea as you mature... Help in a soup kitchen..."
Well, no real pies were used. No food was wasted. Most of the "pies" were plates with shaving foam. Some special ones contained chocolate cream filling donated by a local bakery which would have toosed the filling as it had expired.
And, oh yes, we raised $800 for charity.
And, 125 people laughed their asses off for half an hour, with many of our friends telling us after that it may have been the most fun they had ever had.
Which is one of the reasons, I think, the pie fight became an international story. The other is the fact that my friend Dan and I have maintained a friendship for 32 years and have honored this long-ago made promise.
I wondered if it would be snarky to suggest that this letter writer could benefit from a pie in the face, but really, we all could.
For more follow-up to the pie fight, go to the pie fight Web site.