Tuesday
Nov182014
Obama's New Groove
November 18, 2014 One of Mike B.'s friends ordered an Obama cake for another, more politically-inclined friend. You know, something like this:
;)
But apparently the baker didn't hear him right over the phone, because instead...
they got this:
;)
;)
Yes, a llama. I swear I'm not making this up.
According to Mike, once she discovered the mistake the baker offered to replace the cake for free, but the guys wouldn't let her. Because, c'mon, that is one awesome llama.
Hey Mike B, squeakity squeakers squeak squeak 'um.
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Reader Comments (97)
Yes, Newb, my kids use the same box reference ALL THE TIME. I can't say, "Box" or "Hammer" without the references.
AAAAHHHH!! Demon llama! Demon llama!
@FM: I love Ogden Nash, though few people anymore even recognize the name. My favorite Christmas book was his "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't" in which the hero is--really--Good King Wenceslas.
I also have always loved "The 13 Clocks", in which you find out what a Golux--"the only Golux in the world, and not a mere Device"--is. But possibly my favorite sentence in the entire book is "The brambles and the thorns grew thick and thicker in a ticking thicket of bickering crickets; farther along and stronger, bonged the gongs of a throng of frogs, green and vivid on their lily pads, while from the sky came the crying of flies, as the pilgrims leaped over a bleating sheep creeping knee-deep in a sleepy stream, in which swift and slippery snakes slid and slithered silkily, whispering sinful secrets."
Yes, it's all one sentence. Try saying THAT three times fast!
And these are wonderful books if you've never read them. Nash didn't just write verses.
Too bad you couldn't have voted for the Llama. The crocheters and knitters of the world would have been pleased
There were llamas at the venue where my best friend got married, so we fed our bouquets to them for the pure photo-op of it. Llamas are awesome. Even when you're not supposed to have llamas. Right, squirrel? Squeak squeakity squeak squeakum indeed! (Or, if your squirrel is Norwegian, "Nøtt nøtteli nøttum" instead {because of course I asked a Norwegian friend how THEY speak squirrel ;-) })
Squeak squeakity squeak squeaker squeak squeak-um--Obamallama. (Love, love, love "The Emperor's New Groove--happy to see that I'm not alone!)
Maybe someone threw the baker off his groove.
I don't see a difference...lol
I'll take two of those and a duck cake, please!
Best Llama cake ever!!!! (And thanks for the Emperors New Groove reference)
At least the llama doesn't look scary beyond all reason.
Does the first cake count as a wreck too, as the apostrophe is misplaced?
All I could think while looking at this is the Llama video that, apparently many other people also thought about. Llama, llama, llama, llama, llama, llama, duck. That is seriously the funniest video I've ever seen. I also love the suggestion that Llama cakes are the new thing...best.
Obama-llama-ding-dong!
Good for the baker for offering to replace it free of charge.
So, my mother has always maintained that llamas will spit in your eye and you'll go blind. We can never go past one anywhere without her saying, "Oh! It's a llama! Be careful, or it will spit in your eye and you'll go blind!"
So, watch out for this cake, or you'll go blind!
Haha! So glad someone referenced "llama llama duck." I think you ought to narrate that song with cakewrecks sometime - you certainly have cakes of all the different parts of the "video."
This is too, too funny. I think someone ought to actually tell the President - I'm guessing his sense of humor would be pretty tickled.
Hmm. Obama. Golf. Llama. Oh, it all makes perfect sense! "Hey, Lama!"
http://youtu.be/X48G7Y0VWW4
Here's a Llama, There's a Llama and another little llama, fuzzy llama, funny llama, llama llama duck.
If you haven't seen it just google llama song by burton Earny. Hilarious!
My Chihuahua, Yzma, approves. But she thinks she would be a better cake decoration than the llama.
They ordered an "Obama" cake. They got an "o llama" cake.
At last, my llama's come along
This post was pure perfection
I can't find one thing wrong
At last there's nothing left to do
My words can only ruin this
So I'll just say thank you...
My son and I are just laughing out loud at this. Too perfect!
Oh, and I watched The Emperor's New Groove for the first time a few months ago - purely because of the recommendations from the Cakewreck's crew the last time there was a reference here! We loved it too - and now such phrases as "Why do we even have that lever?" and especially "Demon llama!!!" are part of our regular vocabulary.
Now I'm going to go find myself some Ogden Nash books.
I get so much out of this site. Thank you, Jen and john and all! =-)
hi Jen
Thank you for making me laugh out loud. This is such a great mistake.
@SaraCVT, yay! Another Ogden Nash fan, too!
I love "The 13 Clocks" as well, but that's not Nash--that's my other favorite writer, James Thurber. For those of you who have never read any James Thurber, you are really missing out. Some of the funniest short stories ever (try "There's an Owl in My Room"), as well a cartoons, essays, and a few serious pieces as well (the story "The Man on the Train" makes me cry every time).
Good stuff!!!
All you llama fans may enjoy reading the classic children's books
Is Your Llama an Obama?
and
Llama, Llama, Cake Obama
The lama should have looked a little more like a donkey. That would be more fitting.
The Llama song fits well here. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yyU-ObRBEnE
This isn't even a wreck, it's made of magic and win. And it's actually a damn good llama cake. I'd love to see a Slightly Dead Bakers feature because the hilarity would be off the charts.
Noo, that was supposed to be Slightly DEAF Bakers. I swear I'm not a total psychopath...
All I can think of after this post:
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Oblama-190451256
A certain genius on deviantART made the connection a looong time ago. The internet is a mysterious and beautiful place.
Hi, I'm an Incan cake decorator.
I'm not allowed to sacrifice llamas any longer. Health regulations, blah blah blah.
So now when I get a cake order for anything or anyone, I make sure I incorporate a llama somehow.
Stay calmer,
When you order a cake of Obama,
He'll look like a llama.
They pimped his alpaca
I love Kronk and Yzma!!
If you like your llama, you can keep your llama.
Lol I think the llama looks pretty good. At least it looks like a llama and not a space creature or deformed mutant CCC.
SCREAMING with laughter at 11:45 pm! This is a riot!
And yes, I remember the fateful day that my son told me to look up the llama song. Llama llama duck.
I think this is the first cake I've seen here that I would actually buy (I never buy cakes). They should have this decorator make them for the display sale cakes. It is completely awesome.
My sister, my best friends and I still randomly quote The Emperor's New groove, as it pops into our heads on a weekly basis at least. So many quotables in that film. Great post and comments. I'm going to have to go watch this movie again now.
@FM: OH MY GOD! I am SO embarrassed that I made that mistake. I had "The 13 Clocks" in my hand--it sits on my shelf next to "The Thurber Carnival" and I totally brain-farted on the author's name! BTW, "Snapshot Of A Dog" is the one that always makes me cry and as for laughing, I laugh at all of them, but I think "The Black Magic Of Barney Haller" and "The Night The Ghost Got In" have the edge.
After all, you've just got to respect the man who wrote "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" (which has hardly any resemblance to the movie).
This is seriously the best thing I've seen all week. And now I will be quoting Emperor's New Groove lines in my head for the rest of the day. Not that this is a problem. (I agree that it is seriously the most underrated Disney movie EVER, and my two best friends and I have so many jokes that tie into it!)
Everyone loves llamas.
No, the baker heard him perfectly.
I thought this was so funny I was going to write a poem. Then I saw how many people used the word "epic" and the improper use of the word "fail" (it's "failure" people") and decided to roll my eyes and move on.
@SaraCVT: The sentence "It's an old zither our guinea pig used to sleep on," still makes me laugh out loud.
Watch out for the grotches in the woods . . .
Maybe they should have said PRESIDENT Obama. Or BARACK Obama. At least they didn't get an Osama cake.
they're actually OK cakes but switching "Obama" with "Llama" is so, so funny
I hope that Mr. President reads this
Obama-- "Secretary!!! Log me onto Jen's blog! I must see wrecks!"
SO SO SO FUNNY!!!!! :D
I cannot stop laughing at this. So funny!!!
"I swear I'm not making this up." Was that a super subtle reference to Dave Barry? I hope so because you've already referenced one of my favorite movies & Dave is my favorite humor writer.
My husband and I laughed so hard at this that we both were in tears. That llama... omg. Just too funny. Still laughing.