Editing Custard pie (section)

==As a comedic device==
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[[File:Custard_Pie_Flinging.jpg|thumb|Custard Pie Throwing at Coxheath, during the World Custard Pie Throwing Championship]]
In [[British English]], pies thrown or pushed into the face are usually referred to as "custard pies".<ref name="guardian">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/20/culture-flash-custard-pies-murdoch|title=Culture flash: custard pies|first=Tim|last=Jonze|authorlink=Tim Jonze|date=July 20, 2011|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=December 25, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130645/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/20/culture-flash-custard-pies-murdoch|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/custard-pie|title=Custard pie definition and meaning &#124; Collins English Dictionary|website=www.collinsdictionary.com|access-date=2018-01-08|archive-date=2018-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063806/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/custard-pie|url-status=live}}</ref>  Custard pies are used as a comedic device by clowns in many circus performances,  in practical jokes for harmless fun and also for throwing into the faces of public figures as a sign of disapproval. UK Saturday morning programme [[Tiswas]] had custard pies as a regular feature and even had a character called The Phantom Flan Flinger, a masked man who pied people.<ref name="guardian" /> The World Custard Pie Throwing Championships take place annually in the village of [[Coxheath]] in [[Kent]], [[England]].