Wednesday
Mar042009
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
March 4, 2009 Passive Aggressive Notes, eat your heart out. ;)
How, Mary L.?
Smilies make everything better. Here, I'll show you:I despise you all, you bunch of idiots. ;)
See? The little ;) shows I'm joking! ;)
Also, last I checked California was still attached. Just sayin'.
UPDATE: Yes, my loyal and attentive Wreckies, I DID see the apostrophe is in the wrong place on this cake. Rest assured I am not advocating some new radical apostrophe-placement coup. It's bad. Baaa-aad.
Q: Hey, what's better than a mean goodbye cake?
A: One that's misspelled! Duh.
"That's nice of you to say, but it does seem like you're a little biased, being the seller and all..."
Chris, Heather, Ellen F., Mike, & Erin M., are you guys still here?
Reader Comments (109)
ha! That last one cracked me up!
If I may suggest a soundtrack for this post:
Get Back to Russia by Easterhouse
Leave in Silence by Depeche Mode
Get Back by the Beatles
I like that the Jersey cake also has candles. Is it like an Advent Calendar? We blow out one candle every day until you're gone?
I did a double-take on the Fudge Brownie one, b/c I thought it said "F*** Brownie." LOL
Do they think the cakes will make the insults sweeter?
~Amy B.
Question? On the "Good Buy Amy" cake... are those cigarette butts or joints?
These cakes remind me of that "Get out ... no, really ..." cake from a while back ... Ha ha ha!
HEY DID YOU KNOW THE APOSTROPHE IS IN THE WRONG PLACE ON THAT ONE...
Oh, you did?
Can I point out that "riddance" is also misspelled?
Maybe on the Nordic cake the error is in spacing. Maybe the "Honoree's" name is Hoo Ray.
What's with Tiger Lily in the first one???
LOL My word verification is "Forsting". Frosting, forsting - it doesn't matter to a wreckorater!
Okay, so we in California are having issues. But last I checked we weren't leaving the country . . . *sniff* Mean cake people.
Amy's good buy does look kind of tasty. I would have to agree with the cake.
I think the person leaving would be REALLY happy to be leaving behind such horrible spellers.
I have to admit, I'm pretty impressed with the font work on the California "Good Riddance" cake, if it was done with icing!
I thought it said GOOD BUY, AHOY. A sort of nautical bon voyage.
;^) Jan the Gryphon
http://gryph-wotd.blogspot.com/
"Good ridance" is also misspelled, just saying. It's missing a d unless I really can't read the writing.
You know, on the "YOUR'E" cake, I was so proud that they used the right kind of "you're" at first, I didn't even notice the apostrophe misplacement... one can only dream...
The California cake reminds me of that "End of the world" Flash animation that was all over the interwebs a few years ago.
Why are there tar filled-cigarettes on the last cake? I've never seen rolled wafer cookies put to such waste.
Maybe the farewell was so good, everyone needed a cig afterwords?
The California cake is nicely done!
Oh wow, my "Good Ridance" ice cream cake made it! I'm a big shot now! :D
The girl misspelled "Riddance" even after asking us to spell it for her!
While detached, the California was fairly well-executed.
I have to agree, California is still attached. I hope so anyway. I want to go to Disneyland in the future. It's just my favorite place of all time.
This cracks me up! Some of those cakes remind me of my http://oliveshoot.blogspot.com/2009/01/chinese-menu-list.html" REL="nofollow">"Chinese Menu List. I just love this stuff!!!
I believe I know what the California cake was trying to say. More jobs have left California than any other state in the last 10 years, mainly because of their insane policy of taxing small businesses to the point that it is counterproductive to hire an employee.
So, they weren't saying that California was leaving, but they were leaving California for a place that less resembles Stalingrad.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned how unappetizing the grey cake looks. It resembles asphalt...yum, ASPHALT!! Can I have two pieces?
Ah.... I can FEEL THE LOVE...
I can think of a few co-workers over the years that deserved those cakes ;)
was Amy a heavy smoker ?
i'm just saying ....
I'm wondering if the Denmark one was a gift to the entire country from the EU after the signing of the Maastricht treaty.
Just. Plain. Funny.
I'm thinking the California cake isn't really about something happening to CA. I'm thinking all of CA is happy to be rid of whoever the cake is for.
I LIKE THAT "GOOD RIDANCE" IS ON A HIGH CHAIR TRAY! So, if you were, like, riding the high chair with wheels, it would almost make sense?
heyy i´m biggg fan of the blog, yestarday i recive from a internet order a horrible barney cake but i dont know how to send the pict to you
oh, goodness, as a Cold Stone cake decorator, I recognize this as one of our older "Midnight Delight" cakes, although we changed the kind of pirouline on the top years ago. Rest assured, most of our cake decorators (or at least me) are more educated in homophones than this.
-Katie
Well, considering the state of the economy, perhaps giving goodbye cakes is considered a bit more kind than giving a pink slip. Eat cake, THEN clean out your desk.
It would help if they spelled it right, though.
And I adore the border on the California cake. I'm asking for that border on the next cake I get. Very well-executed cake, even if I can't figure out what the heck it means.
Word verification: charifs. If these cakes are left in your chairifs, you're in trouble. Hasta la vista, baby!
Writing "How" under the cake that's really upsetting about indigenous people is the most offensive thing on this post.
The second most offensive thing is that apparently everyone is more freaked out by apostrophes than by racism.
Oh my. I lived in Denmark for three years and returned to the states mid-February, so that cake could've easily been for me. Although it probably would've said "Tillykke, og godt rejse." At least, I hope it would've.
are those cigarettes on the "buy" cake??
also, I'm gonna need several dozen of those Go Back To Jersey! cakes. for reals.
I can't help but think of the following when I look at the second cake (the "Good Riddance" cake with California on it). There used to be a punk band from Santa Cruz, CA called Good Riddance. They were pretty awesome. Info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Riddance
Maybe the cake-wanter was a GR fan?
Thoroughly enjoy your blog. I have laughed myself into tears many times on it.
Oh wow - I love the Good Riddance smiley face cake. Classic.
I'm pretty offended by the racist cake, and the more racist commentary.
wow, it's surprising that more people weren't offended by this.
I suppose it's too much to hope that the Danish cake is actually for someone called Hooray...
(Not exactly likely though!)
I didn't notice the "How" caption before A & S mentioned it. eep.
okay, I want to know the story behind CW1. Why the Indian? Or Native-American, if you're pc.
these were pretty hilarious.
Whats with the Native American face on the first cake? Was Pat part of a tribe and had a teepee for her desk and nobody liked it? Or maybe she scalped her boss? Odd.....
-T-
WOW, why would you even waste your time buying the cake if you were that excited to get rid of someone. OUCH!!!! These take the cake.
The drawing of California is pretty good.
The last one appears to be covered in joints. Maybe they meant Good Buy as in "Way to buy some great weed, Mary!" Am I the only one who sees this?
The California cake makes sense if you watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE
Perhaps it is a cake from the rest of the U.S. to California!
Are the candles on the Danish flag cake letters spelling out "yay"?
I can see California, Jersey, and Denmark as all cheerful: someone is going (away from CA, to Jersey, and to Denmark) and is happy about it and their friends are celebrating with them. Even the Don't let the door... cake could be, if it's an in-joke - as, promoted to a better job. The wistful Indian isn't necessarily racist; it may refer to the metaphor of the number of chiefs vs regular Indians, and someone's promotion.