TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — House lawmakers were locked in a tense debate that Wednesday threatened to rock the chamber. Voices rose. Fists went into the air. Brows were furrowed.

The question: what should be Florida’s official pie? . . .

“Ol’ nasty key lime pie,” said Rep. Dwight Stansel, R-Live Oak. “I can’t understand how anyone in the world can present a bill making a state pie from a fruit that’s not even grown in Florida.”

Stansel’s passion aside, the tangy dessert prevailed, 106–14.

“Let’s bring key limes back to Florida—and bring sunshine back to the state,” said Rep. Mitch Needelman, R-Melbourne.

—Local6.com, Central Florida, May 3, 2006. From the Associated Press.