'National Pie in the Face Day'

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From: Breaking the 5th Wall

Thursday 30th April is
'National Pie in the Face Day'

It's time to shake off the Autumn chills and have a laugh when the best comedians from New Zealand and around the world hit Wellington. And what's funnier than a random pie in the face?

Comedy acts Breaking the 5th Wall and Nic Sando are celebrating the arrival of the 2009 New Zealand International Comedy Festival with their own special event: the first annual ‘National Pie in the Face Day’!

Watch out for comedic chaos on the streets of Wellington CBD as the ancient art of ‘pieing’ is hammed up for all it’s worth. You won’t know where or when a tin full of creamy goodness may fly right into a face near you.*

We suggest keeping your eyes peeled between 12 and 2pm around the Lambton, Thorndon and Cuba quarters.

Pieing is the act of throwing a pie at an authority figure, politician, or celebrity as a means of protesting against the target's political beliefs, or against a perceived flaw — arrogance, hubris — in the target's character. 'Pieing' was originally a staple of slapstick comedy where it originated in the "pie in the face" gag first popularized by movie director Mack Sennett around the year 1914 in his Keystone Cops silent movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_in_the_face

* Note - Pieing will only occur between willing parties – no animals or humans will be harmed (or creamed) during National Pie in the Face Day!

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