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"Cleuless" is Right
December 8, 2008 Although you gotta admit, Laura C, that it was written in blue...
(It's supposed to be a Blue's Clues cake.)
December 8, 2008 
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Bules Cleuless...NIIIIICE!
*dances* "We are looking for Bules Cleuless we are looking for..." oh heck it just doesn't work.
I don't know which one makes me sadder...this one or the Ghost Busters cake. What's wrong with these people?
Bules Cleuless? Come on, somebody at that bakery is just dying to get on Cake Wrecks.
OM-freaking-G. These kinds of things make me weep.
Word verification: "nonogyp," as in you get the two-for-one special: a no no and gypped!
Sweet! I bet Steve would have told that decorator off!!
Bules Cleuless sounds like an Eastern European winter Olympian.
Poor cake dyslexic cake decorator - wasn't there anyone else you could have asked to check the cake? And was there supposed to be a drawing instead of just the stupid words?
Also, I see it's an oldie - the date stamp on the photo says 1999.
WOW. Unbelieveable.
How do they get jobs in the bakeries???
I love the smell of obliviously ironic self-referential wreckitude in the morning!
I'm guessing Kylie is a little kid...what a bummer of a birthday cake!
Wow - that misspelling is atrocious. Were they trying?
THAT IS SOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
How sad! Blue probably could have done a better job on the spelling.
Where do these cake decorators come from???? Under rocks?
Oh My!
Hey Alix, I'm sure you -- like the rest of the planet -- have no idea about this, but "gypped" is actually a racial slur against Roma people (more commonly known as "gypsies"). It's my personal pet peeve so I like to call people on it when they use it, precisely BECAUSE most people don't know what it means.
That said: yeah, I'd ask for my money back on this too.
Well, it DOES have the blue paw prints...
$28.99 for a cake that cost all of $1.75 of ingredients and $4.50 in labor. Unbelievable.
awwww come on...they spelled happy birthday correctly. Give them a break...that's a lot of letters to write.
Bev
Bules Clueless..sounds like a dumb bull. Hahaha
Amy B
Wow Alix,
You get picked on A LOT!
Ya know, I'm not sure I should publish comments from "Anonymous" anymore, especially if they are critical of one of our faithful readers. It seems to me that if you believe in something enough to comment on it, you should be able to stand behind it by putting your name on it. Something for us to consider.
Oh and Alix? I didn't know either.
Good idea, John...
Notice Anon. didn't say he/she felt compelled to educate folks on the word's origin, but that he/she "likes to call people on it." Big difference.
I did know the gypped thing and it bugs me, too. Why not just not use it if people have problems with it? It's not a biggie to you to use a different word, and it's not insulting anybody.
I had a long post about anonymous posters who like to "call people on" things they are obviously unaware of rather than "educate" them. Then I decided this site was about cakes and didn't want to belabor the issue.
Then I realized my word verification was "iming" . IMing. Way too good to pass up. So I will just ask which 3rd grader on the field trip they asked to do the decoration on this poor, sad cake. I hope the mom didn't pay for it!
Wow. Maybe decorators should attend a quick pop culture class before being allowed to touch the shiny tips and colored icings. That might stave off some of these kinds of wrecks.
Wait ! What am I saying ? Then, I wouldn't get my morning crack-up.
Your Honor, I withdraw the suggestion. =D
Ninereil -- when the third rail just isn't quite enough.
*sigh* And these people are allowed to reproduce...
Why would you pay for this cake and take it home? I would at least demand some plastic toys to stick on.
Someday, no one will be able to speak any words at all just in case a word has some unknown origin that is offensive to someone else. We will all just smile and nod at each other and live in a perfect PC world. Blogs like this will no longer exist because humor is too dangerous and offensive :(.
Orrrr we could just consider what is being said in the spirit of its expression rather than technicalities and obscurities, searching out a reason to find offense.
I better enjoy the wrecks while I can! ;)
Word verification: buquo. Umm I have no idea, but I bet it's offensive!
Poor kid! Expecting Blues Clues and getting a wreck instead...
I wonder from what part of the country these wrecks come. That scares me...
What, we can't teach/learn proper English anymore? I understand using the lingo in texting and such but c'mon...that's why other countries laugh at us.
But then again, where would Cake Wrecks be without stupidity?
Why on earth would they walk out of the store with that? Its clearly at the party, I can't imagine paying for that!
Anonymous at 10:47
Thanks for the cultural history lesson, but actually I am familiar with the word origin. I learned it a year ago in Rome where we were warned about gypsies! Regardless, what's the big deal? You a gypsie with a chip on your shoulder?
Wow...just...wow...
sort of makes me sad to think that to be able to get a job, I need to be not only illiterate, but also not follow directions...hmmmm...
And the paw prints look like... well, I don't know what they look like. Not paw prints.
hahaha.
this is great.
maybe the decorator got the spelling by Blue herself?
lol. =]
Bules Cleuless - wasn't he the guy who was convicted of trying to kill his heiress wife, Sunny?
The upside to the cake is that, with any luck, the birthday kiddo is too young to read cursive.
wow---I am a grannie, and I know about Blues Clues.
word verification was just too tempting: nutlyst: when you are not up on the current little kid shows, you are the nutlyst of them all.
Okay, first of all, I don't use blogger (for a variety of reasons), and I wasn't sure what the whole name deal was about. I don't have anything to link to so I just clicked "anonymous." I'm not afraid to back things up with my name -- especially when they're not offensive, which this totally wasn't. I phrased my "history lesson," if you need to call it that, nicely and respectfully.
Neither is it reasonable to reply with "ZOMG everything is offensive PC OMG!" Some words *are* racial slurs. "Gyp" is. Why would you use it when you know it's a racial slur with its only basis in being awful to a group of people?
I'm sorry, I just assume that people *don't* know, because most people don't. It wouldn't have occurred to me that someone would *know* it was an offensive term and use it anyway. So I respectfully, nicely pointed it out, and I won't do so again, trust me.
Kthxbai.
To Anonymous 10:47 - you said you were sure Alix, like the rest of the planet... -- so you aren't of this planet?? And if you are the only "person" that knows the "real" meaning of gypped - then is that really the real meaning?
About the cake..seriously? That's just pure laziness.
And ALSO also, I didn't understand what Alix meant by "word verification." I thought nonogypped what what s/he was saying about the cake. So it *wasn't* just unconstructive random complaining, in my mind. I heartily apologize for that and I promise I will not post again.
Wow..that's some serious fail. I mean from beginning to end there. Even the paw prints..just wow!
To Craig,
Your comment was awesome and I accidentally deleted it. I am actually really bummed. Could you please rewrite it so I can post it.
You're the best!
john
Allie,
Well now I feel bad. You weren't out of line but I do get weary of the many anonymous comments we get that are critical. Please feel free to post again because, oddly enough, the controversies make it fun.
One final note, however. This is one of my pet peeves. Here we go...
Racist= Loving ones race above all others, kind of like the Nazis.
Bigoted= Hating someone because of their color, religion, sexual orientation etc. Example: the KKK
Prejudiced= Assuming something about a person based on color, religion, sexual orientation etc.
Your pet peeve is most like this one in that it is based on the presupposition that all Gypsies are thieves or ripoff artist which is untrue. It is, I believe, described as a hasty generalization and it isn't fair.
That said, comment away.
john
That is just so wrong!
To Anonymous:
FYI:Gypsies are not a "race".
The Cake Decoration Community need to send scouts to Spelling Bees ... do a little head-hunting.
Hopefully Kaylie (or Kayleigh or Kaylee or Kreeatif, who knows what the original name was supposed to be!) had a happy Kirthday anyway.
Chances are, a kid who's into Blues Clues won't be able to read cursive, anyway... As long as the parents don't say anything about the fact that it's wrong in front of the kids, it'll be fine.
Oh, for the love of Pete. I'll just change my name and everyone should quiet down.
Hugs and kisses all around!
Oh, the poor kid!