Friday
Aug142009
There, I Fixed It
August 14, 2009 "Aw, rats. I forgot to capitalize the H on this birthday cake."
"Hm."
[scrapescrapescrape]
"There! Perfect.""Madison did such a great job, earning her brown belt in Karate! Oh, but wait...she's a GIRL, isn't she? Oops. Huh. This graphic has two boys on it."
"Well, no problem. I've got it covered."
"Yep, that was a hairy problem, but I sure got it covered. Heh. Aheh."Wrong name? Nooo problem.
[whispering] No one will EVER know.Nelia, Elizabeth F., & Rachael,
- Related Wreckage: Supermom VS the Diabolical Decorator of Doom
Reader Comments (92)
The karate kid girl on the right looks like Polly Pocket. (I'm sad that I know that.)
In my defense, my sister loved those.
myolderbrothers.blogspot.com
Where do they hold the annual "International Ying/Yang Wig Kicking Competition"? In this corner, we have Blondie who will be facing off in the circle against her arch enemy, Brunette! I guess we'll really see who has more fun now!
Josh Metcalf
http://thedmt.blogspot.com
oh, clever!
the karate cake was my favorite.
the hair looked like the little magnetic polly pocket hair. obviously fake, but strangely adorable.
LOL!! Please tell me that first cake isn't a professional one. That's just sad.
Personally, I think the icing wigs are not a wreck at all, but pure hysterical genius!
I love "There, I fixed it." But usually the fix-ups there are a bit more creative than these Wreckerators could manage.
And I totally just added "Wreckerator" to Firefox's dictionary.
What, no comments on the first cakes misspelling of Birthday? Happy Briday?
~Tiffany
Whew! That was close. And the smudge under the H will distract people from noticing it's a Briday cake.
The first cake is really terrible, an awful presentation. I think I'll go cry in a corner.
OMG, sooo funny! Yes, the smeared out H is way better now...just home no one notices briday isn't a word.
I ordered a cake for my daughter's bday party tomorrow and sent in a picture to the bakers for guidance. I am hoping that it doesn't become fodder for your website. If so (ie if it's a wreck) look for an email/pics from me on Sunday!
At least we didn't see any duct tape.
That the trouble with cake making, no edit feature.
Cheers
"No one will EVER know..."
Psh, yeah, RIGHT.
The karate touch-up job actually wasn't too bad, though the color scheme was a little odd. The rest, though... *shakes head* Sad, sad, sad.
yeeaahhh, cuz the 'h' is what was wrong with the first one.....good thing they caught that before the customer got there!
The karate one is actually kind of a cute idea. Sort of.
That purply-pink thing is just terrible for so many reasons. I don't have time to go into them all, very busy here and all that jazz.
Becky
good morning, I totally followed that "There I fixed it link" WOW!
I thought the karate girls looked ok to me. It was genius really, it didn't look overly sloppy.
I actually thought this post *was* from TIFI when it came up in my feed reader. :P
I'm so surprised that you didn't mention something about the first cake saying Happy Briday. I liked the "scrapes", though. Nice.
Those karate guys..er...girls sure are cute.
My jaw dropped when I saw that first one. I'm thinking that the 'H' repair turned out so badly there wasn't any reason to even attempt to fix the 'Birday'! Wow!!
mysleepinghusband.blogspot.com
Happy Briday? Is that like Friday? Or Bride-day?
Oh, my! The pigtales are actually kind of cute, but the bleeding letter is sad. And what's with the 2 globs of frosting on the last? The first glob just didn't cover it enough, so they had to add another?
There's an extra dubya in your dubyadubyadubya.thereifixedit link. :)
Not only did they scrape the H off... but... BRIDAY? happy briday... hm.
Dang. The last cake would've looked pretty good if not for the name cover.
Jen, I'm surprised you mentioned only the wiping of the H on the first cake. "Briday" is very sloppily lettered, and I'm not sure if it means "Birthday" or "Friday." Maybe a portmanteau word. And of course, the lime green is icky.
My husband's and my rehearsal dinner cake had my name spelled wrong, despite my MIL spelling it for the bakery. She fixed it with a butter knife. Turned Amy (wrong) into Amie (right)...
(writing) "h... a... p... (are there two p's or one?, Hmm, let's go with two) p... y... aww crap I forgot to capitalize H. (fixes, sorta) B... r... i... d... a... y. Happy Briday! Yup, I think they're are going to LOOOVE this work of art! Wait, what there's supposed to be an r, t, and h in that word. Nah, that'd look silly!"
really? How the hell does one figure that birthday is spelled like Friday with a B?
Hey, I think the karate cake is a little awesome, at least for a Wreckerator. Yeah it looks kinda dorky, but I think that's the laughable kinda dorky, not the lamentable kind. :)
h/Happy Briday!?
This is excellent, I love that the decorator went to all that trouble to fix the 'Happy' on the first cake and didn't even bother to spell 'Birthday' correctly! Maybe it was getting all a bit much for him/her?
wreck 1. it just makes me sad.
wreck 2. i rather like the pink hairbows in the impromptu hair. however, one should never use orange and pink together. ever.
wreck 3. whaaa?! why didn't they just go ahead and write another name on it?! in its defense, i think it's a lovely lilac-y color.
terry lee
Happy Briday to Everybody! Go out and celebrate! Call off work ~ it's Briday!
haha! OK, I feel that the karate one is not that bad. They probably could not find a template of female martial artists to use due to existing gender bias....ok the hair didn't have to be so poofy, but the entire cake looks pretty well done.
I miss my karate days. My knees are wrecked and the surgeon sternly told me to cease and desist. :(
The other two are just insanely bad!!! Once again, even the shell borders are messed up! How do they hire these inept dummies when people with actual skills are dying for a job?
Hey, that karate kid cake is AMAZING. I kind of want it.
Thanks for a giggle this morning. Love the first one. Your captions are what make me laugh. The cakes make me sad.
Actually, "Happy Briday" is for a wedding that takes place on the bride's birthday.
My daughter will love the first cake! Her Birthday party is this weekend and since she's Brianna, but goes by Bri, this would have been perfect to put on her cake since the day is all about her. I better get on the phone with the baker pronto and have the cake changed. Hope there's still time...
The "wrong name" cake is fantastic! Just keep piling it on, there, wreckorator, pile in on thick.
WV- worsel- They couldn't have done it up worsel, could they? Hmm.
Guys, I'm pretty sure Jen noticed "Briday." I think she was being tongue in cheek by saying that post-scraping, it was "perfect."
It's hard to decide which is wreckier-- a wal-mart cake with a horrible correction/misspelling (I mean, once you see that round confetti, your expectations drop) or a decently decorated cake with a name blotted out in a DOUBLE LAYER of frosting applied with the cake icing tip!
Uh, guys?
The joke that Jen was making with the first cake was that "correcting the H" was the only thing the decorator saw wrong. Not the terrible handwriting, not the misspelled "briday", not the interesting color choices...
Jenn
wow... some people who read your blog are so slow. it's SARCASM people. yes, Jen can read. she is AWARE that the first cake says "briday." man, i'd hate to be stuck in a room with some of these people!
I actually think the karate wigs are kinda clever. Yes of course they look out of place, but they look adorable. Hiyaa! or whatever. I'm never good at spelling sounds.
These are true CW classics! My workday is already a little brighter!
Too funny!!
tee-hee haaaaaa haaaaaa!!!!!
I actually think the karate cake was a good save. :D
Why assume "Briday" is a mistake? Perhaps they just got a nice bottle of Briday burgundy and the thought of having it with cake made them happy. Cake and wine, I'd certainly be smiling. :-p
Haha I actually kind of love the karate cake. For a second I didn't even see the problem. I think the decorator was pretty fast on his/her feet to think of it and it blended in decently (sort of). Not a wreck =)
Note to self: Don't drink and decorate cakes!
What about the fact that the first cake said "Briday" instead of Birthday?!?
It looks like the cover-up blob on the last cake was even airbrushed a bit, either to camouflage the lump or maybe make it look intentional.