"Head" Lines
August 31, 2011 One of the most tragic aspects of the Great Richmond Earthquake of 2011 was that it overshadowed last weekend's top headline. (The horror!) Lucky for you, though, I'm here to drag it back into the limelight:
"Ferry Runs Aground After Captain Stuck In Toilet."
Now, naturally, a title like that evokes a curious need for details. Thankfully, this article has us covered:
"HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish ferry has run aground while its captain was stuck in the bathroom."
Well. That clears that up.
There were a few minor injuries and, tragically, "tableware was broken," so it's safe to say the captain may be feeling a bit down this week.
We should really get him a cake, don't you think?
Oh, look. FOUND ONE:
;)
"Get some swabs down here! The Cap'n just christened the poop deck!"
Thanks to Michelle B. and Rebekah W. for today's crack wreckporting.
Reader Comments (42)
I don't know what I love most about this blog. The wrecks themselves or the fantastic set-ups that you give us before each cake. ;-)
Those, erm, 'bones' look rather suspicious as well...
AWKWARD LEVELS RISING
I can't get the horrifying idea out of my head that the yellow part must be diarrhea. Now I feel seasick.
Ohh for heaven's sake. He must have really had to go!
Hilarious. POOP Deck. lol
I am laughing so hard I can barely catch my breath.
Am I seriously the first to comment? Oh, the pressure! What do I say?
Well, THAT'S something he'll never live down.
Ewwwww.... pirate pooh!
What do you bet someone thinks this is insensitive?
(laughing all the way to the bathroom to check the locks)
Read the article....my question is, how can going to the bathroom be considered criminal endangerment? I think it would be criminal to endanger the passengers by not letting him go to the bathroom ;-) Love the site!
This almost happened to me yesterday. Except for the running aground part.
ewww!
Well done Jen, well done, I was snickering.
Ok, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. Do I need to turn my head upside down or something? WHAT IN THE HECK IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT CAKE??????
I think I need a nap.
I'm thinking the sticker which has "Sheet White Cake With Icing and Kit" needs to be corrected with the two "e"'s in "Sheet" be replaced with "i" for accuracy.
Wreckerator logic: use plastic flotsam for the railings (which are mostly made of straight lines) and the nearly two-dimensional skull-door-plate thing, but make the barrels out of solid icing. Delightful.
Of course, after you eat the cake, you can fashion the plastic pieces into an awesome robot claw. That's called a value added feature.
Oh poop how proud I am to be a Finn.
You can read the full post here: Ferry Ran Aground while Captain Stuck in Loo at the U.K's daily mail or google any of the main words if you want to find one of many articles about the small disaster.
Good one, Jen!
Who knew CakeWrecks would become the place to go for advice on cakes for any situation?
I agree with Aimee!!! :)
I am a bit concerned for the suspicious looking yellow....tapeworms? Remind me not to eat the buffet on that cruise!
Captain Jack has fallen (into a pile of poo) and can't get up!!!! SOMEone, PLEASE! HELP HIM!!!! Oh, the humanity.
Hey, that's MY home country! Greetings from Finland!
what you should have said that was some "Crap Wreckporting" hehehe
That's supposed to be appetizing? D:
Laughing so hard!! I had read the article last week but I like your version better....poop deck! hehe
Feel bad for the ferry captain though. How can he ever out doo this kind of infamy??
Who actually buys these cakes? No one poo poo my question, now!
HAHAHHAHHAHA!! I made one of the cakes with this kit a few weeks ago and was thinking the same thing!! What a horrid cake!
Aye, me (f)hearties... it be the "Poo-rates of the Carribean"!
=^..^=
He REALLY needs to lay off the rum.
Oh, Wal-Mart... Thank you for hiring anyone off the street to work in the bakery. Absolutely no experience required. Actually, it seems that the less experience one has, the quicker they are hired!!
Hope that's a rum cake - or maybe that's what the baker was drinking. I think that's what I need after seeing this.
Jen, you slay me every time! (Though I'm a little surprized you didn't manage to slip in some Veggie Tales Piratey things to that entry...)
Pretty weird!
Those yellow streams...he's just lettin' it mellow.
I find this post insensitive (FluffyCow for the WIN).
our bathroom door lock jammed (with me inside) when I was a kid. for three days there was no door knob as my mom decided if she could repair it or needed a new one...she stuffed a washcloth in the hole for modesty's sake as my brother, sister & I shared that bathroom...guess that's what that boat needs
Jey! Reader from Helsinki reporting to duty! :) Here we take toilet breaks seriously, if you gotta go, you gotta go... :)
thank you for the pirate suggestions, people. I couldn't think what the heck was going on there. Railings? skulls? is this a crypt? is it a CRIB?? very gothic and why doesn't Rosemary's baby wear a diaper? but that looks like water surrounding it. Pirate ship poop deck makes WAY more sense.
ow. my head hurts. and my eyes sting.
My timbers are shivering.
I see the problem.
He's had too much strong rum, or
we've not had enough.