A term used by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. Richards wouldn'
t go onstage until he had ritually sank a knife into the crust of a fresh shepherds
pie. Should someone dig into his
pie, he would become hostile and uncooparative until a new one was sourced.
Now often used in a threatening way to cut
short an argument before a fight ensues, akin to saying 'don'
t piss me off'. Also known to have been used as a warning to encourage an individual to get off of ones case.
"I'm telling you man, i'm pissed off already, don'
t bust my crust." "Well get off of my cloud then man!"
"Ok i'll do it, geeze
woman, don'
t bust my crust!"
*Mick Jagger on seeing some pie missing - "Do you know the rules? You never, ever, take the shepherd's pie unless Keith's broken the crust first."