Monday
Feb202012
Wait. This Calls for CAKE.
February 20, 2012 Jill S. writes,
"This cake was just sitting out at the local [name withheld so they won't sue me], where they evidently set (celebratory? awareness? cautionary?) cakes out for (forgetful? vengeful? thankful?) shoppers to buy. Other than that, I really have no explanation for the cake. At least it was properly spelled and punctuated."
Now, I'm not really sure what I was expecting when I opened the attached picture...
but it wasn't this:
;)
Sooo...
should I bring the ice cream?
Reader Comments (76)
[Editor's note- Yo mindy1. I'm really happy that you got the first spot and Imma let you finish but I need to borrow your comment for a moment. K, so I let all the memory loss comments go through even though Jen and I avoided them like the plague but I know you guys are more creative than that. I believe in you. Also, Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! (hands mic back to mindy1) -john (thoJ)]
Huh?! O_o
Maybe it's a way of saying "sorry I forgot your birthday but have some cake".
I was going to comment, but I forgot what I was going to say.
Oh dear, I hope this does not start a trend...
So random. Gotta love it. And you know, I would forgive a lot for sprinkles.
The optimist in me hopes it was made for a charity event. But the cynic in me thinks it's an attempt at offsetting food guilt: like those pink ribbons that pop up everywhere ad nauseum - buy a dessert but still feel righteous thanks to this little squiggle of icing!
Maybe it was for Alzheimers awareness day but they forgot?
Ummmmm.....I just use the excuse that I forgot my amnesia pill, but I'm sure this excuse tastes better.
Isn't it nice, though, that they got sprinkles.
I reckon they were going to write something on the cake, then wandered off.......
Happy belated... um... ooh, cake!
So your turnaround time for new wrecks is about three months, I see.
It's a lot more tasteful than most of the pink ribbon merch I've seen. As to how it ended up in the display case: somebody probably custom-ordered it... and then forgot.
Maybe Mr. Alzheimer forgot to pick up his cake.
Alzheimers Disease must have been named after someone, right?
I'm guessing they were going to write something more celebratory on the cake, and forgot what it was?
The customer actually asked for "Plague" or perhaps "Aneurysm", but the decorator really wanted to show off his cursive Z.
I'm not really sure whether I should laugh or be insulted. I'm gonna go with that awkward smile you have when things are just....awkward. I was gong somewhere with that but it seems I forgot my train of thought.
I'm not sure how putting an " 's" makes it properly punctuated.
Does Alzheimer own the cake?
Tau proteins tangle.
Plaque up your veins and brains with
Aricept frosting.
Haiku Joy, I'm impressed. I wouldn't have been able to come up with a suitable haiku for today. Bravo!
Maybe it was an "Over the Hill" cake in disguise?
Alzheimer's... what? Alzheimer's Day, Alzheimer's Society, maybe?
I cant understand how they spell this right but mess up things like "happy".
Who are you, again? And what am I doing here?
"I forgot why I was going to the bakery...wait a sec...maybe it was to pick up a Blandle of Joy?"
Thank you, Muria. And who knew about brain plaque and tau protein tangles? I didn't until wikipedia told me. I learn more through researching for Cake Wreck haikus.
D.B. - so this could be an herpes cake joke gone even more wrong? I love it.
Well, it is a lovely colour...and has sprinkles.
I guess the doctor figured this diagnosis required a little more than a free sucker at the end of the visit. O-o ?!?
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In my experience (admittedly limited--yay!), this condition is not something you celebrate? memorialize? announce? console? with cake. But at least they got sprinkles...?
Should I be insulted by that comment??
John, for a second I went blank on the Beyonce reference but then... it hit me. Funny... and demented.
Maybe it was made and set out in case anyone was going to be watching "The Notebook" and wanted to have a theme cake. Oh... should I have said "spoiler alert"?
Sorry Jill S. who sent the picture....it is NOT properly punctuated. There is no apostrophe in Alzheimers.
You guys make me want to reinvent myself as the person who shows up with random cake. I think I could totally pull off being "Random Cake Lady". And really, who doesn't like someone who brings cake to every party? No matter what it says, right?
...they forgot the candles! ;)
No one ever picked the cake up
I want mine to read "diabeetus"
I know when this cake would have been appropriate: My story: on Saturday my wonderful husband tok our 10yr old daughter to buy the iPod she's been wanting for about forever. I guess he was so excited (or exhausted ) from her constant chattering about her new toy, he left the keys in the ignition of my car, all night long. Sunday morning I go to start my car, only to discover said keys still in the ignition, IN THE "ON" POSITION, battery DEAD! VERY DEAD! And he did not remember leaving the keys in the car. So you see, this cakewreck would have worked perfectly in this situation!
The purple color is correct for Alzheimer's Awareness, so perhaps it was for that, or for an Alzheimer's Walk.
Laura, how do you know the cake doesn't belong to Mr. Alzheimer? :-p
"Hey grandpa... We got your test results back. Guess what the doc says you have?"
I guess poor Al Heimer was not impressed when he went to pick up his cake...I take it there was a half price sale that day
TOO EASY...lol
Laura C.: Alzheimer's actually does have an apostrophe.
Actually, there was a Dr. Alzheimer. He was a turn of the century physician who first documented this form of dementia and for whom the disease became known, hence Alzheimer's Disease. The punctuation is correct... the cake itself is... well... hmm.
I'm sure it's available so you can customize it by adding your own message, like "sucks" or "is not what you have" or "Awareness is cool!"
It is an explanation of all cakewrecks produced by (anonymous instantly recognizable grocery chain) bakery: Customer " WHY is this NOT what I ordered?!?"... baker silently points at this cake and rolls eyes.
no Jen, you should FORGET the ice cream! hehehehehe
Like many high school students, our grocery store cake decorator wanted a job in order to finance her various social activities. Her parents said she could keep the job as long as she kept her grades up. Spelling has always been her weak area (as is prerequisite for all grocery store cake decorators) so, in order to satisfy her parents, she studies at work. "Alzheimer's" is just one in a series of study-cakes. Other cakes available include "alchemy", "alliteration" and "Alcestis".
The cake looks decent and the text looks decent and is spelled correctly. Maybe Alzheimer's needn't to be feared after all.
Wow. Really? Maybe they're trying to start a new trend. You can put whatever you want to on a cake as long as it's spelled right.
Ice Cream? For what? :)
This is the excuse for forgetting what occasion the cake was for? Or, who it's for? They were so proud of spelling that word correctly the rest of the message went out of their head?