"Chicken pie, you black rascal!" the customer replied. "Chicken pie? Why, there's not a piece of chicken in it, and never was."
"Dat's right, boss—dey ain't no chicken in it."
"Then why do you call it chicken pie? I never heard of such a thing."
"Dat's all right, boss. Dey don't have to be no chicken in a chicken pie. Dey ain't no dog in a dog biscuit, is dey?"
See also Dining.
FOOTBALL
His SISTER—"His nose seems broken."
His FIANCEE—"And he's lost his front teeth."