Flying the Hungry Skies
December 23, 2011 "Excuse me, Ma'am, is this your cake?"
;)
"Um...yes?"
"Well, I'm going to have to confiscate it."
"What? Why?"
"This so-called 'frosting' is clearly a 'gel' and therefore threatens national security. Move along.
"But, but..."
"NEXT.
"Whoah, whoah, whoah. Sir, I'm going to have to take that delicious-looking...er...I mean, that dangerous looking Santa cake.
;)
"It looks suspicious."
"But food is allowed through security!"
"Yes, but this obviously isn't 'food.' It's some kind of weapon. And I'm hungry.
"Oh, did I say that last bit out loud? Haha, silly me. NEXT.
[munching] "So, what have we here?"
"Just a little gift for the family back home."
;)
"I'm sorry, but there's no way for me to know that's really a cake and not some kind of zombie snowman capable of terrorizing your fellow passengers. I'll have to take it off your hands."
"No, look! I can take a bite! See? Yummy cake!"
"Nice try, terrorist. Now we'll have to extract that. Sergeant? Take him away. (But leave the cake.) NEXT.
"No, no, I'm sorry, animals aren't allowed."
;)
"It's a reindeer CAKE."
"We can't be too careful.
"Hold up there, Miss. Do you have a permit R2D2C3PO for that item?"
;)
"There's no such thing!"
"Of course there is, Miss, and I'm the official gingerbread cake confiscator." [flashing badge]
"Did you...did you just flash a Subway rewards card at me?"
"No."
"Yes, you did!"
"No, I didn't. Gimmie the cake."
"So I guess you'll be taking my cake, too, then?"
;)
"Nope, that one looks perfectly harmless. Have a nice flight!"
Thanks to Mark & CJ, Naureen, Kelly D., Brooke F., Kittie L., Sandy K., and the TSA, who really have started confiscating cupcakes because the frosting is a "gel." Enjoy those flights, everyone.
Reader Comments (41)
OMG that last cake D: as for the other ones hehehe.
Sweet! And the gingerbread man is a re-tooled Easter Bunny!
Gave me a good laugh...as usual!! love this site!
If you buy these cakes, the terrorists win...
That last cake has me singing, "Do You See What I See?" :-)
Much as I hate to suggest it, let's approach these from the TSA's point of view. I mean, look at these specimans:
1. That black stuff is clearly gunpowder.
2. Ninja Santa Cake. Everyone knows they're full of throwing stars.
3. Frosty has most definitely swallowed a bomb.
4. That reindeer is wrapped in wires. Yes, reindeer profiling is wrong, but this guy's clearly up to no good.
5. OK, so TSA may have blown this one out of proportion -- there's definitely something wrong with proportion here.
6. Tragically, the weary traveller who brought this cake probably wanted it to be confiscated. Wouldn't you?
Now, were can I get on of those cupcakes-in-a-jar? (Don't worry. We're staying home for Christmas, so you're all safe.)
R2D2CP30 Form bwahahaha I love it!
the bottom part of the first snowman is a hidden mickey! it probably still threatens national security though.
LOL...great story line, Jen! Thank goodness I'm not traveling any time soon.
2 funny! I can only say it again: WTF (what the frosting)! And I loved the article about the cupcake and the TSA! my sister, Redacted, (no, that's her name....) works at the local airport, and I have been worried sick about this very issue! I am so relieve to know that our government is on the ball...and...on the cupcake.
ps -- you still have a Subway rewards card....? Lucky...stopped those here years ago.....
Those are hilarious.
As I won't be on for the actual day, Have a great Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, Yule, Solstice, or any other I have missed.
Those security attendants should take a Rorshach test. I don't think they should be working such a job like that.
@mel: "What the frosting" is my new favorite phrase.
I believe that the #3 cake looks more like a Zombie CHICKEN Snowman...What the Frosting indeed!
Is it just me, or does that last cake look like Waldorf (or would that be Statler)?
Once again, "Handy" the snowman (cake #3) defeats "Floppy" the reindeer (cake #4) in the annual Feats of Strength. During the Airing of Grievances, Santa (cake #6) felt that he received more than his fair share of criticism.
Happy Festivus everyone!
What do you get when you cross a gingie with a T-rex?
Apparently cake #5.
AHAHAHAHA!! Do you have a Permit R2D2C3P0?!
Thanks for the laughs! I loved this one ...of course, I love all of your posts!
The TSA is inconsistent, which I think is the whole purpose. Though the "zombie" cake might have a few hidden baseballs in there ... won't get through Atlanta if they're known signatures [son had a signed ball that we had to argue to keep; I think the agent was a Cardnials fan!]
That happened in Denver this week. Lady brought jelly or jam through security and they stopped her! Article in the Denver post (and if I wasn't writing on a phone I would link for you).
Yay! The Kr*ger Gingerleg Man I found made it up and got a SW reference! My Xmas wishes have all come true! Now to apply to be a TSA food tester... i mean security agent...
cake #2 is a cake i emailed ! the picture i took was at COSTCO !!! can you believe that!!!! i had to take a pic and send it!!!
Happy Festivus!
I'm going to create "permit R2D2C3PO," sell it on the internet, make mega bucks and then lose them all when the Great Lucas sues my hot patootie for infringement. :) A girl needs a plan, even if it stinks.
P.S. the Santa Ninja is not an employee of the DOC.
#6 (the last one) SAW mask
By far the best posts!LMBO
Happy Festivus!
That last cake looks like it saw the ghosts of many Christmases past and decided to throw in the towel lol. Wow to the scary pregnant looking snowman with turkey legs for hands. What on earth are these wreckerators drinking while making these??
They ought to confiscate CCCs on general principles.
If I need to be x-rayed, poked, prodded, chopped, flaked and formed, I'll go to the doctor's office, not the airport.
@Barbara Anne, good catch on the ninja Santa, but he wasn't carrying a piping bag. I've seen lots of guys carrying piping bags at Highland games, but that's a whole other story, dinna ye ken.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
I should have known that you were on top of all things cake related! I mean, that news story came out yesterday morning and less than 24 hours later you have a post on it! You know you are amazing, right?
Happy Holidays!
R2D2C3PO form! LOVED it!!!!
Merry Christmas, ya'll!
What is up with the saggy gingerbread boob cake? it looks like old-lady porn + cake + wrecktastic decorating meets poo.... outlined in white icing.
I couldn't believe when I saw the Fox news article, today:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/24/cupcake-deemed-security-threat-confiscated-by-tsa-at-las-vegas-airport/?test=latestnews
That last cake looks like Zoidberg in a Santa hat. Hurray, a Zoidberg cake!
I introduced my cousin's kid to CakeWrecks at the family Holiday party. He was looking at it on his phone and flinched a little. His sister looked at him funny and his response was, "Sorry, just saw a cake of Jack Nicholson dressed as Santa." I think he was referring to #6.
The gel frosting thing really happened! http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/security-theater-tsa-confiscates-womans-frosted-cupcake-161059325.html
So, my two year old is watching Sesame Street videos on one half of the screen while I skim through pages. She looked over at the last Santa cupcake and went "Oooooh, want that Mama!"
I had that happen to me as well! I was coming back from a year in New Zealand, and had a 10in tall solid chocolate egg in my bag. They confiscated it when I got to security! And then I saw them take it into the next room (with a WINDOW into it!) and start cuting off pieces and eating it! Needless to say, they got a very angry letter, though they never gave me a new chocolate egg like I asked.
To whoever was asking, the one that was confiscated was from a place in MA called Wicked Good Cupcakes.
http://www.wickedgoodcupcakes.com/
Interesting thing. I was listening to the news last night, and they mentioned the confiscated cupcake story. It only took them 4 days to find out about it.
Why?!???? Why? Why???????? -sob- when will it end!?!? (But in the meantime I will laugh my guts out at Jens storyline that she so kindly provided for our amusement.)