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May112011
The Words Get in the Way
May 11, 2011
My friends, there's an epidemic sweeping our nation's bakeries that I think you should know about: SPATIAL AWARENESS DISORDER.
And believe me, it's SAD.
It starts innocently enough.
First you might notice a few odd gaps in their writing:
Then they decide to just keep going:
The next thing you know, the bakery's sense of scale is swinging wildly from one extreme to another, ranging from the microscopic:
To the titanic:
"We had to bake three more cakes to fit it all in, but we made it!"
Thereby making it worse.
Occasionally a wreckerator might recognize that s/he's made a mistake:
Thereby making it worse.
In its final stages, the SAD affect can get doubly bizarre:
Bakers lose all sense of gravity, distance, and direction...
Thanks to Chris S., Rebecca M., Marina C., Rachel P., Cindy E., Marc, Trish M., & Alison for finally exposing the third rail of cake decorating.