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Pie Farm?

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I hope it isn't an impolite term.

A few years ago I dropped my wife off at a Greyhound bus terminal late at night. As the bus pulled away, a person who had just left the bus came up to me and asked where there was a "pie farm" around here. I thought I had misheard him, and asked him a few times to repeat himself. Finally, he was getting angry and I just answered "There isn't much around here at all!".

I have no idea what he meant by "pie farm".

Any clues?

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Based on the results of an intensive 30-second Google search, it seems to be another name for what we call a "farmers' market".

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Thank you, that's interesting.

When I did a google search before asking the question, I found hits like "Cherry Pie Farm" and "Apple Pie Farm" - some of those might have been farmer's markets, but I read their names like a farm named after a dessert, not a "Pie Farm" named after a fruit.

The person asking me about the whereabouts of a "Pie Farm" might have meant a farmer's market, but I think that would have been strange for late at night. Maybe he was hungry and looking for produce.

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I have no idea what "pie farm" might mean. But, aside from the various fruit orchard references, my search also came by a few that suggest it means something specific, perhaps illegal, perhaps sexual. Other than that, I can be of no service.

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"Pay phone" with a rather thick accent or speech impediment?

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