Thursday
Jun112009
Expressions of "Graditude"
June 11, 2009 Just when you thought you'd seen every possible misspelling of congratulations, Bronwen C. comes along and proves you wrong:
"Contragulations"And...
"Congentulations?"Wait...Remy G., why are you smirking like that?
AAAUUUGGHHH!!! Right. Ok, I sit corrected; that is the wreckiest grad cap ever.
(That's the sound of a sugar paste gauntlet hitting the floor, folks.)
(That's the sound of a sugar paste gauntlet hitting the floor, folks.)
And here's one from last year:
Word dyslexics rock totally!Thanks, Kelly F. & Heather M.!
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Reader Comments (80)
I absolutely thought that the second one said Congestulations, and that it was an illustration of a penis and testicles. It never occurred to me that it was a cap and tassel.
I think I've been studying a bit too much lately.
I think these are the BEST of the graduation cakes you've posted so far!!!
Congurantulations, Cake Wrecks, on making me laugh today!!
The world just astounds me sometimes. Did these people just NEVER learn PHONICS??
I was wondering why a drawing of the Dalkon Shield, in situ, appeared on that last cake, but I much prefer the idea of the Caduceus.
I did like that last one, and I have to admit, it took me a moment to see what was wrong.
What's the purple dragonfly thing on the last cake?
The second-to-last one (a/k/a corncob cake).... I have to admit, on first glance through I thought it said, "Congratulations, even God *hearts* U." Hmm....
I read Evan's cake as "Congratulations Evan, Sod you!" which seemed a bit harsh
Wow, the third one down looks like some sort of home-made swingball.
i LOVE cake wrecks so so much. I also like that people are deliberately trying to have their writing wrong now. you've started a new trend! haha....
I'm not surprised that the last one comes from some sort of nursing graduation.
Wow, these were absolutely terrible.
Congentulations? Yes, I see the resemblence. Erks.
wv: ouperstr...superstar cakewrecked
Your blog is fantastic. We had a great time looking through it last night. Bravo!
Alpha Jenn
The first one is a Carvel cake.. not professionally done. so as bad as the spelling is.. it doesn't quite qualify as a "wreck" does it??
When I saw #2, I thought, "There's...a bomb...attached to the grad hat?"
Oh, and I think the corncob cross one might be a recycled First Communion cake.
I also saw "congestulations" on the second one. That huge slab of icing does look quite congested.
I actually want an exact copy of the top one for when my husband Ian gets his doctorate - He's a huge fan of Cake Wrecks and he'd love it.
Oh lovely despite of their misspelled words..hahaha The last one is better..;D
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Heck, I'm thinking "evan" maybe was a misspelling for "even"....as in "Congratulations, even God loves you!"
And now I can actually go out into the world and say, "Contragulations, Chucknuts!". Hahaha-hohoho-heheeee!
Thank you so much for the fine education -- my tuition check is in the mail!
Is is sad that on the last cake, I didn't really notice the mix up of words until I read the caption? I knew I was a little dyslexic, too, but dang!
"Contragulations" needs to be on a shirt!
Mortarboard/graduation caps are silly-looking enough as they are; what the heck is up with these cakes (or CCCs)? I'm still scratching my head over the one with the tassel that's as big as the cap...
Fraggles Rock! The tassel is as big as the grad cap. Hee! The blue grad cap looks like one wonky paddle ball toy.
What's the purpose of CCCs if the little guys are going to buried in a gob of frosting that's thicker than they are tall? (I know it's not quite a new question ;)).
Did anyone else notice that the last cake was made of stacked cakes, a la "Watch a cake being wrecked"? (Nov. 10, '08) The last thing people need is a NEW way to wreck cake!
Mini corn cobs.
Oh Jen. We MUST do mushrooms together sometime.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Gurl... you are a hoot.
Greg said...
So, I don't know that this makes it any better, but I think that last cake with the Medicine symbol on it was supposed to say "Class of 2008 of [symbol for medicine]"...so maybe technically the "of" is placed correctly, but they ran out of space to put an OF between class and 2008?
I'm done trying to defend it. Either way, it is a grammatical cake wreck.
It took me almost 5 minutes to realise the dyslexic cake moment you were talking about. backwards works brain my think I.
I.Cannot.Breathe.
Evan God, the mini corncobs...Can't handle it. Must get oxygen now.
Its dead now, but as I'm sure this will crop up again, "Contragulations" is a gag from Homestarrunner.com. A character, Senor Cardgage, speaks using nearly correct, but clearly wrong, pronunciations.
Contragulations, Elizagirth!