A blueberry tart, miniature grill with steak, tin fryer and bowl of cereal on burgundy theatrical syrup form a small row.

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Gordy

As he dove into his second pie, Lard Ass started imagining he wasn’t eating pies. He imagined he was eating cow flops, and rat guts in blueberry sauce.

— Stand By Me • 1986

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What it means

Our interpretation.

As he continues eating pie, the boy imagines disgusting substitutes with blueberry sauce. The gross-out narration describes an imagined association, not the food’s actual ingredients.

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