Personally, I've always wondered how the coyote paid his mail-order bills to the acme company... one possibility: he sued them for product liability and they settled by giving him unlimited store credit if he promised not to sue them anymore...
regarding the pie fight, I say pies don't burn people, people burn people... any talk of making pies illegal would be seriously misguided... if pies are outlawed, only outlaws will enjoy delicious pies!