Friday Favs 8/22/14
August 22, 2014 Anyone remember the CW classic, "It a Gril"?
(Ahh, good times.)
'Cuz now we have version 2.0!
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Like most upgrade's, it fi'xed one prob'lem while creati'ng a whole n'ew one.
Two things on this next one:
1) Apparently there's a "Hawaiian Shirt Day"
2) I've never been so disappointed to see someone spell "shirt" right
;)
(Right? RIGHT???)
Of course we've established - many, MANY times - that bakers can't seem to stop making chocolate icing look like poop.
However, I found the one exception!
It's when you ask a baker to actually TRY to make icing look like poop:
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Like an ice cream swirl on a balloon string.
The mind, it boggles.
When this mom requested a Minnie Mouse cake for her daughter's birthday, I *think* the baker tried for a simple 3-circle Mickey logo, like this:
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But instead, it came out like this:
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In the baker's defense, if you squint a little this actually looks a LOT...
...like a consternated Kermit-the-Frog.
So, you know, SO CLOSE.
(Seriously, once you see it... it's all you see.)
So which is worse, guys: that bakers are already making globby Thanksgiving turkeys in August...
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Or that there are only TWO CUPCAKES under that giblet-blasting load of icing?
(It doesn't have to make sense, ok? "Giblet-blasting" just sounds cool.)
Or, Bonus Option C: that enough people are buying these things to keep bakers making them. C'mon, people: TOUGH LOVE. Quit enabling the wreckerators!
And finally, to end on a high-pitched screaming note:
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Let's hope the previous 49 Raymonds weren't so... [deep breaths, Jen, DEEP BREATHS] ...um, shiny?
[hurk!]
Thanks to Jamie C., Stacy F., Alyssa N., Anony M., Briana O., and Linda L. for forcing me to realize how eerily similar the globby turkey and shiny man chest are. WHERE'S THE "UNSEE" BUTTON ON THIS THING?
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Reader Comments (69)
re: the cupcake for two: I showed this to my SF coworker, I'm in Sacramento. We are emailing back and forth:
Her: is it from Alien
Me: I don't know. It says cupcake for two. Maybe its a baby
Her: I don't want to think its a baby. That's too scary.
Was the baker mad at the customer? Did they want someone to get a real great sugar high? These are things we need to know.
I think the cupcake thingy is a Mayan god. I am pretty sure I saw something like that at Copan Ruinas.
I'm thinking that turkey is a sphinx too. It's sand-colored, and those look like paws on the right side.
As for Raymond, that's a torso with the arms crossed in front. See the nips and the belly button? Looks like Raymond's in pretty good shape for being 50 - he's sporting a chiseled six-pack! Maybe he's a body builder who competes, which would explain the shininess. His cake is just oiled up like he would be.
@Birdergirl: thank you...just some quickies today....
@Christi: I had that same thought!
Oh boy. Now that I saw Raymond's chest I wish I could hit unsee lol. And if there are two cupcakes underneath that hideous color I will be shocked. I almost bet they forgot to put any cupcakes under it. It is all frosting lol.
I'm glad someone else also though Raymond was a big fist. I stared at it as look as I could endure the pain, looking for the rest of his fingernails. I used to do cakes as a hobby, and someone asked me to do a male torso, in the "up" position. I told them any male torso that came out of my kitchen was going to have a towel around the waist, as I had three young daughters.
I'm Raymond the 50th, I am,
Raymond the 50th I am, I am.
I found a naked turkey at my door,
it's been rejected 49 times before
and every one was a Raymond,
it couldn't be a Minnie or a Gril.
I'm the 50th turkey-hating Raymond,
Raymond the 50th, what a thrill!
I'm so thrilled that I recognized Kermit before you pointed him out. I win!
also....they spelled "holy" wrong.....
I thought the "turkey cake" looked more like a beheaded baby zombie cake myself. You know, the kind of cakes zombie mothers share a zombie baby showers.
Why is Raymond in a shiny straight jacket? Turning 50 isn't THAT bad! LOL
I thought the "turkey" looked like a frog that had been run over and then dried onto the road. Used to see a lot of those when I was a kid and lived on a busy road.
I wonder if there's "Hawaiian Day" celebrations somewhere, like Greek Festivals or Homecoming Balls or whatever. You know, where people from Hawaii can celebrate with proper rice (as opposed to Uncle Bens) and shoyu (probably still labeled "soy sauce" but whatever) and maybe some authentic food flown in, because you can't get coco puffs from anywhere but Liliha Bakery, sort of thing. So the shirt you wear on Hawaiian Day is the Hawaiian Day Shirt, but why that shirt would merit its own celebratory cake, I don't know.
Still trying to work out what kind of trees those are supposed to be on the beach.
That last one is...looking at me...with its tiny nipple eyes....
The first one makes me want to order a cake featuring a BBQ, the front end of a car, a row of gold teeth, and the inscription "It's a grill!"
No way that design could get messed up! lol
If your s**t is holey, you might want to see a doctor. I'm just saying....
"Consternated Kermit"...heheheh. Yep, totally.
Um so that last one... Was that some small intestines with nipples? So confused.
A rose by any other name smells just like...shirt.
Cupcakes For Two makes me suspect a special order. Let me guess.......the woman REALLY REALLY digs frosting?!
I think that "turkey" one is supposed to be a curled-up baby. See the fingers? (Once you see that, THAT'S ALL YOU'LL SEE)