LORELAI: [reads] “Faux Poes foes.”
RORY: Very clever, Kirk.
KIRK: It was an inspiration. But they’re not selling much better than the “Babette ate oatmeal” shirts.
In North American English, “oatmeal” is used to mean “porridge” – rolled oats boiled in water, usually eaten for breakfast.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 