"I had a shepherd's pie for lunch. He was…

A shepherd’s pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato. A popular joke is:

“I had a shepherd’s pie for lunch. He was furious.”

“I ate a shepherd’s pie for tea last night. He was absolutely fuming” was the “Joke of the Day” on The Scotsman on March 24, 2008.

Similar jokes include “I ate a kid’s meal at McDonald’s for lunch. His mom was furious,” “I had a ploughman’s lunch the other day. He wasn’t very happy” and “I’ll have the chef’s salad.”/“That’s so rude. Order your own!”

Wikipedia: Shepherd’s pie
Shepherd’s pie (made with minced lamb or mutton) or cottage pie (made with minced beef) is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato, not pastry.

The Scotsman
Joke of the Day
Published: 09:27
Updated: 09:50
Monday 24 March 2008
I ate a shepherd’s pie for tea last night. He was absolutely fuming.
Finlay Davidson, Marchmont

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Simon Lowe‏
@simonlowe
I ate a shepherd’s pie today. He was very…etc
4:35 PM - 18 Apr 2009

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Catherine Crichton‏
@ccrichton
Replying to @delmonifieth
@delmonifieth and I had a shepherd’s pie. He was livid.
8:08 AM - 27 Apr 2009

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Ian McDougall‏
@IanMcDougall1
I had a shepherd’s pie tonight. He was furious.
2:40 PM - 8 Sep 2015

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Darts Writer‏
@sportswriter94
Replying to @sbunting180
@sbunting180 I ate a Shepherd’s pie last night…
He was raging!
#TeamBullet
10:02 AM - 18 Dec 2015

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Dave Roberts‏
@hi_robb
We had a shepherd’s pie for tea tonight.
He was furious…
4:44 PM - 14 Feb 2016

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UKDAD‏
@YooKayDAD
Just had a shepherd’s pie for lunch.
He was furious!
#UKDAD #dadjokes #theshepherdslife
9:07 AM - 15 Jun 2016

Reddit—Jokes
I ate some shepherd’s pie today
submitted May 21, 2017 by shmough
...he seemed pretty angry about it.

“I had a shepherd’s pie for lunch. He was furious”