Getting a Bad Vibe Here...
April 16, 2010 Attn Parents: This post is not appropriate for young children. Or adults, really, but I won't tell if you won't.
Since I know you're curious about the behind-the-scenes workings here at Cake Wrecks, I thought I'd provide you with the actual dialogue between me and John while discussing a cake.
This cake:
Ready? Here goes.Me: [calling to other room] "Hey, you don't know any vibrator puns, do you?"
John: [crossing the distance in approximately .7 seconds] "What are you working on?"
Me: "Oh, it's this one. I've got the 'bad vibe' thing going for the title, but now I'm at a loss. What else do you call these things? Do you know any euphemisms?"
John: [staring] "What's it supposed to be?"
Me: "Beats me. It just looks like a giant pink finger."
[both of us pause]
Me: "Hey, I bet that's one."
John: [unable to speak due to laughter]
John: [getting his breath back] "You HAVE to write this down."
Annnnd that's about it. By the way, I feel this is an excellent time to mention that, yes indeedy, we actually get paid now to do this. Living' the dream, people. We're livin' the dream.
Oh, and neither Lis B. nor I have any idea what that cake is supposed to be. However, since it was in the "kids cakes" gallery on the bakery's website I'm guessing it's probably some perfectly innocent character from a cartoon or something. No doubt many of you are preparing to point this out in the comments, too, so that the rest of us look like pervy malcontents. So, you know, I've got that to look forward to.
Livin' the dream, man. Livin'. The. Dream.
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Reader Comments (345)
With that smile on its long, tubular face, all I can think about is having a "happy period". Sing with me now; "Luuuuv, is a long and slen-der thing......"
it's number one from the number jacks on cbeebies.
The second I saw it I knew what it was - it's the number one character from a UK kids show called Numberjacks!
I thought it was a baby cake, swaddled or something like that. Obviously, poorly done! But all the other answers are FAR more creative than a swaddled baby, so I'd go with one of those LOL
It is definitely Barbapapa. A cartoon based on a children's book from the 70's. It originated in France I believe. Here is a youtube clip of Barbapapa. Why someone would want to make that cake is beyond me....looks like a large pink maxi!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjpNdOBImc
Ha, it reminds me of a kitschy phone receiver.
It's Numberjack 1 from Numberkjacks - a CBeebies programme in the UK.
Can't really see from the angle of the photograph, but does it have bristles underneath?
Looks like the back of a toothbrush to me!
omg that is just plain creepy
it does kinda look like a finger... in a forest... with no trees... and pink animals!!!
It's a number one. What a let down.
Too bad it's a children's cake as after eating it, I would like to say "I'll have what she's having"
I laughed till I cried just reading the comments. I haven't laughed this hard in ages.
Looks like a birth control pill. Orrrr a maxi pad. Yeah, I'd say it's perfect to have "the talk" with!
I almost woke my son up laughing so hard at this one! I can see the "vibe" you got! It also does kinda look like a maxi pad like some people commented on. Then i read the comment about how it looked like a cartoon character named Barbapapa and i followed the link to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbapapa
the picture on there is almost as great as this cake!! you should add the pic!
Ummm I used to sell adult toy products, and I have NEVER came across anything this.....umm.....like this. One that looks like that flower on the side sold for about $8.00, so maybe that pink this is the clean up towel???
It is number one from the numberjacks. very famous british bbc kids programme.
a lady radioactive finger O_O you've got too much lipstick!!!!!!!!!
Femke got it right - see above. My awesome research powers (ok I cut and paste the url into Google Image search) yielded this: http://cakecentral.com/gallery/312393
which tells us what the cake is supposed to be. It's #1 from Numberjacks. Of course!!! (??)
And a further search reveals the source - another creepy computer animated "educational" show from the UK. They have a disturbing need to slap faces on blobbish critters, and make them babble at toddlers. Here's a link about the show.
http://www.numberjacks.co.uk/adults/content/view/108/61/
The actual No. 1 character looks more dildoesque than the cake.
The website tells us some fun facts about our gynelogically inclined friend, who is a 2nd banana character it seems (but take that 3 & 4, you don't got no cake!)
"1 is nice, a bit self-centred and rather immature. She doesn’t jump very much and is still very much at the centre of her own universe. Well-meaning but sometimes the source of the problems, she can make 10 with 0. "
This description really invites more inappropriate comments, doesn't it?
First look before reading the story I thought it was a pregnancy test and they were announcing it was a girl. LOL
It's from the UK kids tv show "The Number Jacks" http://www.numberjacks.co.uk/kids/ and yes it's a number "one" :)
I think it's supposed to be a telephone receiver, like for a teenage girl.
I think it looks like a purple tombstone. Maybe for a kids funeral? Or maybe its a purple happy tampon.
People, people. This is no maxi-pad or er, vibe producer.
Remember, this is a cake. It's obviously a Ladyfinger!
The Map from Dora?! That's all I can think of, and even that's kind of a stretch, though, because I definitely thought it was a Maxi Pad!
Ladies! You disappoint me... Learn what a 'giant pink finger' is... not slang, but really one of those things.
Maybe it's Stick Stickley's girlfriend...
It's definitely "One" from the Number Jacks kids T.V programme, and to be honest who ever made it did a pretty good job, I only saw the thumbnail and was wondering why you were calling "One" a vibrator, oh and yes I have 3 kids so I'm not just a weirdo.
Maybe it is Marzipan from http://homestarrunner.com/vcr_marzy.html?
Is that supposed to be a worm????
You guys are all crazy.....it's just pac man ghost
Funnily enough, in Texas they're called "cake toppers" because there is apparently a law that says you can't call them, um...what they're commonly called. :)
It looks like Numberjack number 1. It's from the kids programme Numberjacks. If it's not that then i have no idea
It looks like a giant tampon to me! LOL
I think it is meant to be a 'Number Jack" a UK kids TV show....it is meant to be purple though, not sure if that would make it better or worse!
Happy earthworm in a garden?
See, now I think I am too innocent. I thought it was a giant, pink, strawberry, yogurt, popsicle thingy. lol. I really must dirty my mind more so I can keep up with society. Too pure for a 30 yr old. I know...I will just read this site more often! lol. LOVE the humor. been reading ALL afternoon! Thanks!
It's Barbapapa, a French cartoon character.
I know I'm kind of late but the moment I saw this cake I thought it was Barbabelle, Barbapapa's daughter, even if the shape was wrong and her naceleck was missing, the face, the flowers and the colour reminded me of her. I suppose Barbapapa was never known in the US but those were popular characters for kids growing up in the 70's and later in Western Europe. I hardly recall the show, but I do remember having some books.
http://www.coloriage-1.com/galerie/barbabelle/166.jpg Obviously some kind of wreck anyway.
Karate Mom (first post) I'm in tears laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even read any more comments just because that was enough funny for me!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone sees this and knows what people mean by wv: TELL ME!
It's a character from a UK children's show Numberjacks! That's "one" :)
Perhaps this cake is a literal take on a "lady finger"? ...
Errm...maybe it's a finger puppet used in a PSA? SA had this add with talking condoms in (it was hi-larious) so I could see that this could be the spokesperson for maxi pads. It still looks kinda yum, though...
Barbapapa!
Hi All, I realise I have entered this at a very late stage but only just found the website. Love it! Anyway I think this may be Numberjack number 1. Numberjacks was a kids TV show about animated numbers (0 - 9) who save the world but it hasn't been on for a while thank goodness. Not sure, but it looks about right.
It’s a numberjack it’s a CBeebies program