Wednesday
Aug202008
Why Are the Children Screaming?
August 20, 2008 "I don't get it - we just brought out the cakes, and poof! Mass hysteria!"
I'm not sure which is worse: Dead "Lips" the Clown or Homicidal Horned Boo-Boo here. On the plus side, I'm guessing any parent who serves these will never have to buy circus tickets for the kiddies ever again. Of course, that benefit might be slightly offset by all the therapy those kids are going to need...
Stephanie L. and Katie H., do you suppose these decorators had TCE's as children? (That's "Traumatic Clown Encounter".)
Reader Comments (90)
It's a two for.
Both hideous and frightening.
I to the Wilton cake decorating course #1 and they had us make equally disgusting clowns with a plastic clown head spike for the top. Simply horrible. Clowns should never be on cakes.
I showed my 3-year-old daughter these cakes and she said, "Scary!"
PMSL... most kids seem to hate clowns, what were the parents thinking!! lol
GAAAAAH!!! Not what I needed upon first waking up! I hate clowns. Hate them. They scare me. They're not funny. The first one reminds me of It, and the second one reminds me of that psycho toy in Poltergeist! Clowns BAAAAAAD!!! >:(
And people wonder why some folks have an "irrational" fear of clowns. Makes perfect sense now.
The first one looks like a blow-up doll from the circus porn store...and the second one looks like the clown who would buy it!
This is an interesting twists on those shirts that say "Can't sleep - clowns will eat me." Maybe someone's trying to get over their phobia? "Ha ha, clown, now I will eat you!!"
eew, eew, eew.
Clowns scare me.
Is that first cake in a fish bowl??
I knew there was a reason I never liked clowns!
My guess is that the second one is a purposely "evil clown" for an ironic-theme party. Which, of course, isn't nearly as good of a story.
Yikes! The 1st clown looks dead w/ the "X" eyes. Isn't that used to denote someone being dead in comic books? Both scare the beejesus out of me!
*shuddering and commenting in a soft whisper*
"Not clowns, anything but clowns."
What is up with the dead eyes?
Maybe it was to show a scared kid that dead clowns aren't really THAT scary anymore?
A BLUE nose? Who ever heard of a BLUE clown nose? No wonder kids don't like clowns!
OMG! I am terrified of clowns in the first place....why would you do that to a kid..
Those are the kinds of cakes that you have to check for razors inside.
I was blessed enough never to see IT. I had no fear of clowns growing up.... Now I am terrified!
Maybe it was a murder mystery party? Guests have to figure out who killed the first clown and it turns out to be BoBo the Homicidal Clown?
Totally brilliant, The Courteous Chihuahua -- you made my day!
Oh my goodness. I am one of those who has an irrational fear of clowns. Yikes! Those cakes just sent me over the edge. I'm off to find a good therapist.
thecourteouschihuahua, I bow to you. That was my gut reaction which I entirely failed to find a way to put into words.
I am filled with gratitude that my parents never tried to serve up a clown cake for my birthday.
AAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Clowns!!!!!!! Why did it have to be clowns????? LOL
Those are diabolical! I might have nightmares tonight.
Oh c'mon! Who doesnt like dead clowns?!
The second one isnt sooooo bad. I mean it isnt like the dead one above anyway
The first one looks like a clown mafia hit... "Bring me the clown's head on a platter."
Wow, I wonder what's wrong with my 3-year-old. She was looking over my shoulder when I loaded this page, and she giggled and said "Funny!"
Hey kids, look, it's Stabby the Clown, and a victim.
Holy hilarious Batman! Clowns are the most terrifying thing on earth....
The first one looks like a safety advertisement using scare tactics.
"This is not a toy. Do not leave child alone with plastic. Do not place plastic over head. Plastic can obstruct airway and cause suffication"
Ha ha! Very timely-I just made my clown cake for the wilton cake decorating classes! I agree, very scary and probably wont be doing it again.
I have to say, I dont remember being scared much by clowns on cakes, my scariest encounter was with a 6 ft kermit the frog while I was visiting my grandpa. I think a lot of comforting and ice cream was involved to calm me down!
All Clowns Are Evil!
All clowns carry knives......
which I guess will be helpful when serving up cake.
Aaaaaaack! Nightmares for me tonight!!!!!!!
What a choice: Dead Clown or Tranny Clown.
I've always hated clowns as I always thought them evil. These cakes prove my point.
Wow, they are creepy... Some decorators are very strange people.
I feel like the first clown, "lips" as you called him, recently joined the red hat society. I mean, is that not what he's wearing? A red hat with purple??
Oh geez. That IS scary. Clowns are weird-scary at best anyway. Definitely these are clown cake wrecks from hell. A child would need years of therapy after experiencing (eating) these cake wrecks!
Again, thecourteouschihuahua hits the nail on the head with the comment! LMAO
Oh, sorry kids- it looks like Lipsy the Clown suffocated in this plastic container...
That first clown's "eyes" need to be tilted only slightly to one side and he'd have the dead-eyes look like when cartoons get killed. Yikes.
Clowns are either incredibly fun or so creepy-scary you have nightmares for life. There's no in-between. These cakes fall into the latter category.
I offically hate clowns now! =)
That lower cake is definitely, without question, The Filthiest Cake Alive! It has John Waters all over it.
My 6 year old said, "I don't like the dead clown".
Thank you for creating this website. Thank you. THANK YOU!
As if clowns were scary enough just by their lonesome, someone makes a horrifying clown cake. Niiiiiiiiiice.
This reminds me of that episode of The Simpsons where Bart is a baby and Homer builds him a clown bed.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Bedclown.jpg
My God. This is the scariest thing I have ever seen. Hands down.
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The first one wouldn't be TOO bad if he did have those "X"s for eyes, signaling that he's dead. Who would want a take with the decapitated head of a clown on it?
that top one is crazy! lol
My almost-4-year-old daughter has an intense fear of clowns (and people in costumes). This would set us back years if she saw this on her birthday! What sort of sicko would design or purchase such a cake?!
Clowns are scary enough as is...