Once in a Lifetime Wrecks
April 13, 2010 Sometimes, something so noteworthy, so unique, so rare, so sparse, so infrequent, so atypical, so uncommon, so "totally rad" happens that there are really no words to explain it.
[*And by "professional" we mean "have access to - and no fear of using - a thesaurus."]
Halley's Comet whizzes through our skies once every 76 years. Something tells me this fiery gem will still be on the shelf in time for the next sighting in 2061.
Suggestively Hairy Graduation Cheese hasn't been spotted since he handed little Tommy Silverstein his 3rd grade diploma at Jameson County Elementary back in 1873.
It seems obvious that the Loch Ness Monster would receive a beautifully constructed cakey fanfare after her famous reported sighting back in 1933:
However, photographers rarely catch old Nessie in what would later be described as her "Can-of-Beans Pose," in which Nessie approaches the surface with an open mouth and an old-timey telephone cord protruding from her head. Very rare, this shot. Very rare.
Lesli W., Anony M., & Brandi M., you guys are great, significant, exceptional, extraordinary, humongous, ample, notable, redoubtable, dominant, imposing, majestic, splendid, killer, hunky-dory, and swell.
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Reader Comments (103)
It kind of looks like what I imagine the devil's guitar to look like. Not that I've imagine that, but I just thought about it.
Oh! A pencil! Never would have guessed that....
didn't catch the bass. funny
I would have never figured out that was supposed to be a bass if you didn't fill me in! I prefer the Nessie interpretation LOL
That first one brings to mind the pictograms used for the "100 Worst Guitar Solos Of All Time" list compiled by Guitar Player mag in Dec. 2008. This cake seems to fit right in there.
Thanks for the explanation -- I'd have never guessed the pencil or the bass!! -- Julie
Okay, I understood the guitar, but loved the Haley's Comet explanation more. I thought the pencil was an acorn...but what's it holding? A thermometer, a hypodermic needle, half a sharpie? I just don't get it. I thought the bass was a shackle on some kind of telephone-cordish leash...
Makes me want pie.
I am laughing so hard. Funny!
(ps thanks for the identification on the bass)
I think that first one may be Epcot on fire being hurled through space! (wink, wink - evil grin)
WV: urgliss - Those are some of the urgliss cakes I've ever seen!
And I thought the pencil was just a face with a Simpsonian skin tone and a goatee, probably to represent the cake's recipient. Of course, with the little arms added, the goatee looked more pubic....
I'm glad you put the explanation at the bottom because you KNOW that some smarty-pants know-it-all is going to come on here and say "Tsk! Duh! Don't you KNOW that's supposed to be a guitar and a pencil and a wide-mouth bass? Might want to fix your post. I'm smarter than you."
As for the pencil, I thought it was a poorly done Spongebob!
Okay, I see the guitar and the pencil...but I totally would not have known that was a bass! Yikes!
Okay, the guitar and the pencil were identifiable despite the wreckiness. I assume that is a Graduation Pencil with a mortarboard and diploma? But the bass...NO idea. Was thinking some sort of monster from the lagoon!
I like how the pencil appears to be holding a pen. Wha???
It looks like the "Wide mouth bass" has an umbilical cord coming out of it's head.
You guys are featured in the Manchester Guardian today!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/apr/13/wedding-catering-food-nightmares
I think you mean large-mouthed bass.
I had to click on the pencil to see it larger. At first I thought the diploma it is holding was a knife jammed into the cake, and since the cover was still on that would make it part of the design...
Did anyone else think the first cake may have been celebrating the burning pain of an STD?
Thanks for id'ing the bass. I thought it was some sort of cookie monster-gone-bad cake.
I'm glad the commenters pointed out that the pencil (which I also first thought was a badly done Spongebob) is holding a diploma…. My first thought was, “Why is the pencil holding a writing utensil?”
The bass….. um… ya, never would have guess. Srsly! Why does it have teeth on the OUTSIDE of it’s mouth?? Or is it wearing one of those awesome dog-collar chokers?
I (sorta) see the guitar and the pencil... but has that 3rd decorator ever actually SEEN a largmouth bass?!
I did not get any of those right! Wow. The first one looks like a... (To risk an Epocot, although no one said it yet unless unmoderated) a... rather fiery stylistic man part or a substitute thereof.
Name Withheld to protect the gutterbrained
the graduation cheese makes me think of the "I'm only a bill" song from School House Rocks
That's a pencil??! I totally thought that was spongebob all grown up with a goatee! Really!
enlightening post Number1! I perceive you have a proclivity for the grand eloquent...
haha. I didn't catch the pencil or the bass. Thank you Jen. We'd be lost without you.
Gosh, it's good that I come to Cake Wrecks every day, because I learn valuable information about the world around us. Thanks to that first picture, I now know that Haley's Comet is really a flaming poo ball! Now I'll be ready in 2061.
Thanks Jen! :)
I want your thesaurus. It will make my life seem better, improved, ameliorated, more gooder...(see? I need it!)
No mortar board? No problem! Just stick a square of black plastic on top of a plastic TOP HAT.... there you go.
Nah, no one will notice. Just wondering, though--what is it, exactly, that a "pencil" (with brown lead & eraser--really?) graduates FROM?
The guitar accomplishes one very odd thing for me: reminding me of the fiery, searing, red-hot pain in the gut of advanced labor. Only because it looks strangely like a human pelvis. To me.
Just leave me alone.
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So instead of a telephone cord as Nessie's hair accessory, it's a string of fish poo trailing behind???
A pencil? Wow, I was way off. I thought it was a constipated "Spongebob".
I'm not so sure about the bass, I still question the validity of that one.
Tree Stump of the Apocolypse!!
I think the guitar looks alot like a pin I got from the Phoenix Hard Rock Cafe a number of years ago.
Also, is it a CCC? I am so glad I am no longer a "professional" cake decorator for a grocery store... I just could not abide by those cupcake thingies...
Yikes!
Can you guys do anything about the scrolling adds for cookbooks on the left hand side of the screen. It's so distracting and annoying that it makes it hard to read your hilarious posts.
Love this blog!!! :)
Ah, a PENCIL! I thought it was a really bad attempt at Spongebob!
I wish I could see the cake that's beside the blue thing (on the right side of the photo). I see part of a ruler, and something that resembles a giant, pointy pencil lead...
Ohhh... I get it.
It's almost time for school to be out!
So, OF COURSE every business establishment has to start the Back To School merchandising campaign. (!!!)
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Hey Becky,
Yup. That one was bugging me too.
Bah Bye.
john (the idiot who put it up in the first place)
But isn't the pencil holding a pen?!? Sooooo confusing!!!
The guitar and the pencil I got. The bass, though, not so much. I have faith in your research though, so I'm trusting your judgment.
I immediately thought of Schoolhouse Rocks for the pencil, too.
**Suggestively Hairy Graduation Cheese**
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Thank you so very much for that! Made my whole day!
The pencil looks more like a Beatnik banana. "Cool, man. You graduated." *snaps fingers*
The rest...wow. Wreckiness at its...finest(?) Especially the bass! Neat concept with points for effort but gets an "Huh??" for execution.
My first thought upon seeing the bass cake was, "Release the Kraken!"
As a teacher, I knew the "pencil" (and the quotes are warranted here) right away, having seen some of the worst pencil-themed gee-gaws at teacher supply stores. I knew the guitar right away . . . well, because I'm rad, OK?
But the bass? No way. I thought perhaps Kermit the Frog's head had exploded.
I don't understand why the "guitar" has random cupcakes in the corners. The pencil looks like it is holding a straight razor and is about to shave off its goatee.
I saw a match on fire in the first "cake".
And Marcie, I can imagine you are not well liked at your job....
I agree with Rebecca F. The first cake appears to be a striking match.
Would NEVER have figured out the bass cake. Thanks for putting me out of my misery. Great cakes from true "PERFEZIUNALS".
Hmmm...that last cake looks quite a bit like a certain outdated internet meme...Y'know, the kind that 4Chan thought was hilarious when it first came out but has since been so overused that it can't even be used in an ironic way?