Who Ate All the Pies?
Who ate all the pies? is a chant sung by football fans in England and Scotland, roughly to the tune of "Knees Up Mother Brown". It is aimed at supposedly overweight footballers, officials or opposing supporters. It is believed to have first been sung at the Aston Villa player Mick Quinn.
The lyrics of the chant are:
- Who ate all the pies?
- Who ate all the pies?
- You fat bastard,
- You fat bastard,
- You ate all the pies!
One popular variation replaces the second line with "The burgers and the fries."
The Vegetarian Society have used a variant of this, "Who ate all the peas?", as a slogan. They displayed it on promotional hoardings in football grounds as part of their "Men and Meat Campaign", intended to combat the idea that vegetarianism is "something for women".
External link
- "Hitting the Headlines" - an article from the Vegetarian Society's website, used as a reference