Foiled Foliage
November 16, 2009 "Hello, Miss? I wish to make a complaint about this cake I purchased not half an hour ago from this very bakery."
[looking cake over] "Oh, yes, that's our Norwegian Leaves design. What's wrong with it?"
"I'll tell you what's wrong with it: these are real leaves, that's what's wrong with it."
"No, of course not! Those are just icing. Look!" [shuffling leaves]
"Look, Miss, I know real dead leaves when I see them, and I'm looking at some right now."
"No, they're icing. Remarkable leaves, the Norwegian ones, aren't they? Beautiful foliage."
"The foliage don't enter into it! You put real leaves on my cake!"
"No, they're not real, they're just shining in accords."
"Shining in accords? What does that even mean?"
"I dunno; I'm just trying to stick to this Monty Python sketch as closely as possible."
Emily E., it's like a pun. Or a, what you call it, palindrome. Yeah.
NOTE: Yes, folks, they really are real leaves. Kinda gives a new meaning to "all natural ingredients," doesn't it?
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Reader Comments (127)
Kudos on the MP reference...FYI...John Cleese and Michael Palin totally just did today's CW commentary in my head! ::wipes tears from eyes::
Um, I know that fiber in your diet is supposed to be good.. But um not when I'm eating cake..
This must be from a bakery in Notlob, yes? But the real question, I suppose, is, "Does it talk?" 'Cause that'd just be freaky. ;-)
::hearts you::
Now that's recycling!
WV desesedd The leaves on that cake are desesedd.
That. Is. Gross.
PS. Waiting for you to parody the Tobaccanist Sketch here next!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7j-jS9Vuec
old crusty leaves for old crusty dudes? Sorry Bryan and Milton. But the fiber might be helpful, too. although, the leaves might just be asleep...
Mmm...crunchy.
AAAAAGGHHH!!!!! I love EVERYTHING about it! monty python forever.
Ew. I can taste the dirt already...
Poor, poor leaves... Pinin' for the fjords.
I cannot even imagine a scenario in which putting dead leaves on a cake could make sense. I would love a glimpse into this wreckreators head, just for a second!
How old was the decorator? Looking at the handwriting he couldn't be much younger than the two birthday "kids"...
(singing) Dead leaves on the dirty cake...
Yuck - maybe it comes with bonus bugs on it too. Also, what's with the icing being different colors? This is a true wreck!
They are leaves, and not even pretty leaves. I mean if they at least were pretty leaves it wouldnt be as bad.
Or...
Maybe if they were not thrown on the kake in an ugly pile they wouldnt be so bad?? Or...
what is the concept? Just dump them in the middle? no pattern, no design? did they try to carry it uncovered and the leaves blew onto it?
is it a reference to the decay and wilting life of the old men? is it for roughage (they may need it)?
Hahaha
To be fair, by that age, Milton and Bryan probably could use that extra, er, "roughage." Although it's probably never before been worked into their diet this way.
Never thought I'd say this, but I think I'd rather eat Grape-Nuts on a cake. Or gravel. Wait- same difference.
Here's hoping they washed them.
wv: dond: now we dond our autumnal apparel
Did...did they WASH them?
I kind of thought those were birth years, not ages. Hm.
Those would be "Ex-leaves".
Any effort to further the cause of the "parrot sketch" is fine with me!
Not sure I want mouldy dead leaves on my cake though, yuk!
For when you want your cake to be high in fiber!
WV: shondela - If Martin Short and Nelson Mandela were in a relationship, the media would call them 'Shondela'.
Did one of these old guys tick someone off at the bakery? Too many Saturdays spent taking advantage of the free coffee refills, complaining loudly about their wives?
wv: degestso- Thattharcake lookshardta degestso Iwonteatit.
If the two birthday boys are as old as the cake would leave us to believe, perhaps they're too senile to notice.
Let's burn 'em.
WHAT THE HELL. A dog could have peed on those. AAAGGGHHHHH
Not only is it bad that they put real leaves on the cake, but it's just UGLY. Yuck!
For a future wreck, do you think you can conjure 'Eric the half bee'? That's one of my favorites and downright singable too!
Ewwww.
Is that even legal? How unhygenic!
Wait....where's the palindrome?? O.o
Haha, I saw that first line, and smiled because the phrase "not half an hour ago" just reminded me of the Dead Parrot sketch for some reason.
And then you said "Norwegian Leaves," and I realized that thinking of the Dead Parrot sketch was not a coincidence.
"Yeah, I wanna order either a pile of dead leaves, or else you can pipe on, 'The autumn of your life is over. Bwahahahaha.' But I think the leaves are more subtle. Either way, don't sugar-coat it."
I've eaten maple leaves at a Japanese party. They had been baked into the center of cookies... I gather they were to be considered a bit of a delicacy or maybe our hosts were pulling our leg, it's really hard to know but they tasted mostly of cookie.
I hate not getting the reference! Can someone post a link to the skit?
I feel like an outsider, which is something I come to the blogosphere to avoid!
Hooray for Monty Python!!! Love it, love it, love it!!
A cake with DIRTY leaves and a modified Monty Python skit makes me love you even more.
Thanks for helping me start my day with some awesome. ♥
heh heh heh, beautiful foliage.
Very nice. :)
Jenn
Ew. Not only is this cake extremely ugly, but it looks really lazily done, like someone slapped it together when they realized "Oops, we forgot to make this order!" Unless there's some kind of inside joke we don't know about, anyway.
WV: carless. When bakers keep delivering wrecks, they soon find themselves carless. And businessless.
This could be a failed spin-off of carrot cake-- 'limp leafy salad greens cake.' They should put some jockeys on it.
But do you think it's vegan?
WV: 'antranit'-- The bedbug couldn't finish the race, so the antranit instead.
"It's not a palindrome. The palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob!"
I see what you did there... that was too good for words!
I'm not sure what makes me the bigger nerd, getting the Monty Python reference or recognizing that there were (most likely) Norway Maple leaves on the cake...
Classic! Though I did wish you had seen the whole routine through to the end. Would've been so cool!
And another question: is this for one person or two persons? Because if it's just one, is he turning two ages at the same time? Quite a feat!
To me, the true idiocy of this is that it probably took just as much time to go outside and collect the leaves (which, albeit not pretty, at least appear intact and not crumbled or bug-eaten)as it would have to roll out some fondant and cut with a leaf-shaped cutter... and THAT, at least, would have produced an edible cake.
It's not a pun, it's a PARROTY! Ahaha! What do I win?
Some leather goods, you say? A belt in the mouth and a boot in the...
Everyone should start their day off here. Not during breakfast, tho; that can get dangerous, what with the spitting of beverages and/or upchucking of solid foods. ;-)
(Of course, now I'm going to waste a good chunk of time over at youtube watching MP skits.)
LOL - This post is funny on so many levels. One of your "best."
Perhaps the bakery thought that they meant "leaves" with four M's and a silent Q.
They're not even ATTRACTIVELY ARRANGED! I have ceased my Walpoleing activities and went in search of tasty comestibles. Or something.
The best part of Monty Python were the skits that didn't make it to AMerican TV.
Maybe the recipient is meant to run and jump into the cake?
I am not a Monty Python fan in the least, so I think I missed the in-jokes of the commentary, but as far as the cake goes... further proof that the United States is not a culture that values the elderly.
This would never have happened in Japan. :)
--kate