Thursday
Sep112008
Don't Do It, Billy!
September 11, 2008 
Disaster was narrowly avoided at the Smith household today, when 3-year-old Billy took the instructions on his birthday cake a little too literally.
"You could tell he was aiming for the giant '3' candle," said a local relative on the scene, "but fortunately his mom caught him just in time!"
Gee whiz, Dora T., that was a close one.
UPDATE: To the many readers helpfully pointing out that "your" is a misspelling: uh, that's kind of the point, guys. See, he was going to "wee" on his 3, 'cuz that's what the cake said to do - get it? [shaking head]
Reader Comments (79)
Bwahahaha! There should be a required course for all new cake decorators.... "Your and You're 101: The difference between the two."
Oh wow, that took me a second! lol Just goes to show that even the most common mistakes COULD have hazardous results.
Shouldn't that be "whee" not "wee"? Just Sayin'
This cake is a hot mess. "Whee, You're Three!", right?
Wee Your 3. OMG.
Classic.
Hehe
Way to teach a 3 year old the wrong use of your/you're. I'll bet you his teachers will never be able to undo this. He will be the 30-year-old writing the same thing on his child's cake...
why are there so many candles for a 3-year old?
The thing that really drives it home on this one is the improper use of "your". In days of yore, your teacher taught you when you're to use "your".
Shouldn't it read "wee you're 3" not "wee your 3"??? Unless they are celebrating a 3 that Billy has possession of. Hmmmm....
And there was a misspelling!
The text brings toilet training to mind.
Tee hee! After yesterday's bizarro image I was almost afraid to see what you had for us today...
Did we completely miss the fact that "your" is incorrect usage here??
-Ami
Interestingly enough, my last cake was inscribed, "Sh*t! You're old!"
I've heard of some great potty training tecniques, but this one really takes the cake... he he.
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I especially love the "your" instead of "you're". Makes the message all the more funny.
All that red---yuck ! Poor Billy. And what super hero are we featuring?
LOL....I'm guessing they meant "Wheee...you're 3!" Although the implications of this are much more amusing.
They could have at least used the correct "your, you're".
Too funny! First the "Wee" and then the "Your." I chuckled out loud on this one.
I wonder whose fault this really is- the decorator's or was this a written request, where Mom & Dad were also clueless grammarians?
Laughed so hard I nearly pee'd my pants!! Wait...
Does one of the plastic things on the cake say "BLOOD?" Wee your three and watch your back, kid. Yikes.
Aw Billy, "you're" getting an early start on bad grammar!
I'm guessing that this was an "Incredibles" cake, based on the little I can see from this angle. I'd also argue that this might be filed under "Poor Punctuation" as an exclamation point and different spacing might have helped separate the text.
Remember in grade school, if you finished the test early, the teacher would tell you to use the time to go back and check your work? (Okay, she NEVER said this to me, but I heard her tell the smart kids) Why don't these people check their work? Or at least show it to a coworker?
Not only the "Wee", but they got "you're" wrong too! Cake decorators should have a spelling cheat sheet or something.
I get it, that it's an "Incredibles" cake, with Mr. and Dash there in the middle (uh, off to the left of the middle?). But why the freaky candles with the black stars on top?? I thought at first they might be street lamps, until I enlarged the photo...
Ugh! You get what you pay for I guess.
But...but, why not add a few "eeeee"s to the "whee?" Why not have the plastic road piece with yellow lines on it line up with the rest of the yellow lines on the road? Why not use blue rather than pink on a boys cake? Why not just check whether "you are" is contracted as "your" before etching it in stone?
No, you know what, if you want a cake done right don't go to the Piggly Wiggly. Otherwise, if it comes out like this don't complain.
How else was Billy supposed to get the fire out on the candle so the cake could be consumed? Oh..blow out your three....I guess. That sounds kinda dirty though, so wee (although actually is very dirty) would be the pc choice.
"your" is spelled wrong... unless the instructions are to wee on your three. But I'm reading it as wee, you are three, so it should be spelled "you're".
Rebecca
Even without the double meaning of WEE, what does that 'cutesy' statement have to do with BATMAN? So confused
haha.
oh no! not only is the directive on the cake a little odd, but they used the wrong form of "your"... i mean "you're".
A+ for effort <3
That was hilarious! Thanks for your humor!
Ah, the classic your/you're confusion. I might have to steal this one for Apostrophe Catastrophes at some point. Hilarious!!
Maybe they should've done yellow icing???
~Amy
I think he was aiming for the misspelled "Your". Little Billy is boy after my own heart.
I'm just wondering why there are 7 small candles in addition to the big #3 candle. Isn't that going to confuse the kid?
This cake is another maddening example of how way too many people do not know the difference between "your" and "you're". Big pet peeve of mine. Love the "wee" though.
Too funny!
Too funny...and of course there's that maddening your/you're debacle. Really folks, it's not that hard! I think that when applying for a cake decorator job, one should have to take one of those multiple choice #2 pencil tests like we all had to do in school. "Which one is the correct sentence?" That would clear up a lot of these wrecks.
Maybe his nickname is Wee. But otherwise, its a bit Captain Obvious! Its his birthday cake for crying out loud! I hope he know how old he is!
Your? I think they mean you're, the contraction for you are three.
Lots of problems with that one.
The action figure left of center looks like an Incredibles toy, and I can dig that, but...apostrophe, anybody? I'm not gonna touch the ridiculousness of that misspelling.
hilarious!
not to mention that "your" isn't even spelled correctly.
I think the grammatical error really does it for me.
Hahaha!
Not even a mention of the incorrect grammar!
Can the lil guy read? Will he know how to "wee" his "3"?
Wait, does that sign on the far right actually say 'BLOOD'?
:-o
Ok, so I only left this as an attempt at the first comment. :)
The decorator needs remedial grammar too. It needs to be "You're" not "Your".