A Pie in the Face
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118579)
Gainesville, Florida
March 5, 2023 7:29pm CST
Well, in this case, it was a cake in the face.
I don’t know how or when this silly antic got started, but it somehow has become tradition to surprisingly hit my son in the face with pie or cake on his birthday every year. He knows it’s coming each year, but doesn’t know who will do it or when.
This year, we were all caught by surprise when his girlfriend got him right as he was blowing out his candles. He was totally shocked at who the guilty culprit was this year, and never saw it coming! Thankfully, he’s a really good sport about it all and has a good time with it.
This time, though, he got her back since her birthday is the day after his.
Have you ever been pied in the face, or done it to someone else? Or do you have any crazy birthday traditions or funny stories to share?
Photo is the two lovebirds about to kiss with cake frosting on each of their faces.
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@1creekgirl (40622)
• United States
6 Mar 23
What a funny tradition! Can't think of anything like that that we do.
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@1creekgirl (40622)
• United States
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc A lot of traditions seem to start accidentally. When our kids were little, Santa always put some fruit along with candy in their stockings. Next morning the kids put the fruit back in the fridge. I think Santa finally quit doing that when the kids got grown, although he still fills their stockings.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@1creekgirl You mean the kids didn’t want the fruit on Christmas morning? Haha
I know what you mean. Sometimes traditions are just born accidentally.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
The funny thing is, it wasn’t something we ever planned, it just happened one year and we kept it going for some reason. I don’t even know when it first started.
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@FourWalls (62474)
• United States
6 Mar 23
No, I’ve never done the pie in the face routine, although I remember Soupy Sales being infamous for taking them. I also remember Dan Fielding getting a pie in the face in an episode of Night Court.
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@FourWalls (62474)
• United States
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc — I’d give you some salsa in the face. Better for the sinuses and complexion. 
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
I think the only time I ever got a pie in the face was when I did it for a charity fundraiser. My employees could pay a dollar and pie me in the face. We raised hundreds of dollars that day! Lol
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@FourWalls That would put a little pep in my step!
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
We were joking with the two of them about what we should expect at their wedding. If they’re smashing cake in each other’s faces on birthdays, what’s the wedding going to be like? Lol
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@Fleura It’s a silly thing to do, but I guess it’s just a little way to have some fun on your wedding day.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@rakski Haha, better be careful next time you are around a pue or a cake!
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
A long time ago you say? Well, that means you are due for another pie in the face haha
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@Hannihar (129553)
• Israel
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc
That is a different ritual. I have never heard of this before. I have seen people on TV that have had a pie in the face or have had their faces put in a pie. One needs to be ok with it. Does it happen any other time of the year or just on his birthday?
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
I Mr was never intended to be a ritual or even a tradition. I think it’s just everyone having a good time. The only time of the year anyone ever does this is on his birthday.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@Hannihar I have never seen him do it to anyone else.
Well, he did do it to his girlfriend, but that’s because we were celebrating her birthday too.
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@Hannihar (129553)
• Israel
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc
ok and does he do it to others or is it just done to him?
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@luisga814 (6913)
• Quezon City, Philippines
6 Mar 23
Yes. I don't how it all started that some are very happy specifically to couples with cake frosting filling into their faces. Those cake frost should be eat and not wasting it. Just my opinion.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
Oh, they ate the cake frosting. They licked it off of each others faces! Nothing went to waste.
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@luisga814 (6913)
• Quezon City, Philippines
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc Oh. Good to know that. Is that part of the romantic paradigm?
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@luisga814 I would say no, but apparently but is for them. Haha
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@marguicha (215852)
• Chile
6 Mar 23
This is yet another one of the new adopted new uses in my country. We did not do it when we were young and neither did my children. But now the grandchildren often do it. I confess I don´t find it amusing, specially if part of the cake reaches the best garments.
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@marguicha (215852)
• Chile
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc I suppose it depends on many things. I usually have only one "best dress". And it lasts a lot and I take great care of it. I can´t imagine it full of cake. There are many things that I enjoy on TV but would not like to do.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
Although I would not like to get hit with a pie in the face, but if I did I wouldn’t get angry about it. I would just laugh and have fun with it.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
6 Mar 23
Aww so cute and great photo of them both. Nope, never been caked!
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
It is a great photo of them. They are so happy together, I really hope it lasts. I would love to see them get married someday.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
They are young and in love. They are definitely a good match for each other. Time will tell if that stays true. They recent just hit their one year anniversary of dating.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
They definitely had a good time!
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
We were at his grandparents house, and I was sure they were not going to be happy about it, but they were the ones laughing the hardest!
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@JudyEv (326170)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc That would have been a relief! lol
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
I would probably be upset too, but I’d be a good sport about it. He doesn’t seem to mind; in fact, I think he likes the extra attention.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
6 Mar 23
With cake in the face, I assumed it was a casual attire wedding!
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
Haha, we joked with them that it was practice for their wedding!
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, not that I enjoyed though.@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
Some people enjoy it, some don’t. I hope that you can look back on the incident with a smile on your face.
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@Sojourn (13836)
• India
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc Yeah, now it seems like fun when I look back.
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@LadyDuck (459306)
• Switzerland
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc I am sure he would let you know should he does not appreciate getting a cake on his face.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
He seems to be a very good sport about it, and he laughs and has a good time. I would think that if it bothered him he would have said something to someone. He’s not shy about voicing his opinion.
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@wolfgirl569 (95748)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Mar 23
Poor guy. I feel for him. Glad he is good about it. The only time was at my wedding reception. He had more on his face than I did
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@wolfgirl569 (95748)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc We have those very expensive dresses on too
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@wolfgirl569 That’s true. That’s probably another reason the grooms go easy on the brides when it comes to cake smashing.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
It was that way at my wedding too. My bride got me good. But I held back because I knew that she would somehow use that against me many years later. Nothing worse than a woman scorned! Lol
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
@TheHorse I do not know the penguin in the freezer joke.
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@TheHorse (206597)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Mar 23
@moffittjc Do you know the penguin in the freezer joke? Anyway, I was only thinking ice cream. When kids attack me with sticky fingers from peanut butter, ketchup, candy, or ice cream, I recoil in terror.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 23
They both enjoyed the evening, and were good sports about everything. I like how they always able to joke and kid around and have fun with everything. Life should be full of more of that kind of laughter and play.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Mar 23
@RubyHawk Well, I’m certainly trying to do my part to make life a little better. I try to laugh as often as I can, and I always try to see the humor in things.
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@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
7 Mar 23
@moffittjc Life would be great if we could always find something to laugh about.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
15 Mar 23
This is something that I have never done and hope it never happens to me. Not that it would not be funny. I would just prefer not to have pie or cake or anything smashed in my face. lol. Very funny his girlfriend surprised him...I am SURE he thought she would not be the one to be the giver of good grief. lol
As for any personal family traditions around birthdays, my family has none. But on my wife's side when they sing happy birthday everyone sort of mumbles and slurs all the words, which when combined sounds really weird and gets a laugh every time.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 23
Do they mumble and slur the words because everyone has been drinking? Lol
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Mar 23
@porwest Very interesting family dynamic it seems. Do you get along well with your wife's side of the family? When I was married, I got along with my wife's family better than I did my own. My parents have now passed, and I'm divorced, but my ex-wife's family still treats me as if I was part of their family.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
21 Mar 23
@moffittjc Yes and no. I mean, it could be a little of both. But the mumbling and slurring is as intentional as the drinking, even if the mumbling and slurring may not be a direct byproduct of the drinking. lol
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@Fa_Maverick (9458)
• Australia
25 Mar 23
Thats cute lol. Never had this happen to me no.
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Mar 23
Do you want I should hit you in the face with a pie when I meet you in person? It would be really funny. Well, to me anyway. haha
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@moffittjc (118579)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Mar 23
@Fa_Maverick The question is, would you laugh about it, or would you slap me silly?
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