Wednesday
Mar112009
Today I am NOT Irish
March 11, 2009 Nope, today I'm opting out of my admittedly diluted Irish heritage. I refuse to acknowledge any connection, in however small a part, to this:
Where to start? The hand-shaped pasties? The mannish pectorals? Or perhaps the coin-filled diaper?
I'm guessing this is either supposed to be a pregnant woman, a pot-bellied man, or a fat Irish cherub who dances for spare change. I've yet to decide which of those options would make the pasties least disturbing, though. [tilting head thoughtfully] Hmm. Maybe the cherub.
Erin W., I've heard of a "coin slot" before, but isn't it supposed to be in the back?
Reader Comments (176)
This is horrifying and terribly misguided.
Who wouldn't find, a limbless, decapitated, pregnant torso appetizing? Bring on the ice cream!
I would really like for the wreckerator to come forward and clear up for everyone exactly what that thing is supposed to be. Although, if we all knew the honest-to-god truth, it may be even scarier than some of the speculations....GULP!
WTF?????????
Oh, no! It's the attack of the headless bellydancing Buddha statue that people put money on in Chinese restaurants for good luck. The March "Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day" edition. I don't know whose hands are on his chest, and it's just as well.
(Calling in an extra order of brain bleach.)
Wow! It it appears this cake was modeled after the torso of a pregnant leprechaun stripper.
Hahaha simply amazing!
Totally BIZARRE!!!
Wow, I'm ashamed to be Irish. That has to be the worst thing I've seen in awhile. Pregnant, green and gold coins? It's the Irish,octomom, surrogate cake?
Carly #2
Nice pearl necklace.
-Fae
I....what?? I can't even formulate sentences to express how I feel about this cake. Seriously.
It looks like Rydia from Final Fantasy IV standing on her head
It's the Pot Belly O'Gold, with surgical gloves suggesting some serious life-style changes are in order.
Oh, wow. I thought it was upside down, making it a sort of Irish corpse's head, with some kind of green headrag and the coins supposed to be on the closed eyelids. But then I guess the green hands would have been crossed on its chest.
Are you sure this isn't someone sitting on a green-handed pregnant woman's face? And the green-handed pregnant woman is holding their rear end? Or the sitter may have green hands tattoos.
Dear lord, I am crying with laughter here!!!!
It's actually a very old Irish tradition to place a coin in a baby's hand. It's supposed to bring the child good luck. I'm guessing that's what the cake means although I assure you there is no such tradition about putting the coins in the pregnant mamma's skirt.
I think this is supposed to be either:
1 - A baby shower cake with several attempts at giving it an Irish/St Patrick's Day theme.
2 - A belly dancer cake that is supposed to have a fat belly, as some say "real" belly dancers are supposed to have, which unintentionally looks pregnant instead of, um, flabby.
Either way, I think the small hands and manly torso are the result of poor execution/available supplies rather than part of the design.
i just showed this to my 7 y/old daughter and she says "It looks like a bladder"
pregnant, cross dressing, Irish diaper wearing stripper cake...just what we needed today!!!
I'm pretty sure it's a man with a beer belly....which would be fitting for St. Patrick's Day...Just sayin'
M-Croc
Y'all: it's Erin Go Bra-less!!! ;) (apologies if someone said that earlier, I missed this post and wasn't going to sift through all 171 comments...) :)
Wendy
Finally a picture that make's being Irish not look that great.
It's obviously a leprechaun's "pot-belly' o' gold... ;)
a gravid Irish stripper? Eegaaahh!
It's a potbelly of gold, of course! For a leprechauns baby shower. Kiss it... it's Irish! lol