Wednesday
Jul282010
Name That Wreck!
July 28, 2010 I grew up with friends named Shannyn, Jesica, Jaison, and Aiyrunn, so I'm used to spelling names all "modern" and "stupid-like." Still, this is getting ridiculous.
Maybe it's Russian?
Well, at least they spelled "Birlhday" right.
We really hope Uncle Boon likes his cake; it was a joint effort.
When you're weeding out the bad cakes, shouldn't this one be high on the list?(And does anyone else have the munchies?)
Ah, finally, a cake that describes the cake's consistency AND the birthday girl's skin tone:
Still, it kinda pales in comparison with other cakes, doesn't it?
Do you think this cake contains nuts?
Because it certainly has the berries. (HEY-O!)
Meghan, Michelle R., Matt A., and John C., I'm glad you all have pretty standard names, since now I have to have our intern, Gaffudga Selph (she's French), send out an apology for my insulting all of the Aiyrunns out there.
Dear Reader,
UPDATE: From the desk of Ms. G. Selph:
Dear Reader,
Please note that the authors and employees of Cake Wrecks™ and all of its subsidiaries, including but not limited to Cake Wrecks Footwear™ and Cake Wrecks Plumbing and Air Conditioning™, in no way mean to imply or construe that any or all names used in today's post are in any way, shape, or form "stupid-like." (Even those that are.) We apologize for any confusion.
Sincerely,
Gaffudga Selph
Reader Comments (69)
Thank you for making my day...every day. The sack cake about sent me over the edge. You are brilliant and lovely and funny and all other good things.
Oh my god! Happy birthday Sack!
The "Pasty" cake made me think of my daughter, Betsy. I'd be rich if I had a dollar every time someone spelled her name as "Besty"!
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That first wreckerator needs to cross his "T"s and dot his "I"s!
AW
the word "birthday" may be spelled on Kvein's cake if the "t" was crossed.
hooked on fonics workd fur me;)
Uncle Bong's cake has to be my favorite, if only because of the joint jokes. xD
(Also, I wanted to share this: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/cupcakes-and-6-other-food-trends-that-have-lost-their-cool-2143737/#photoViewer=1
Are they seriously bashing cupcakes? Now, if it was CCCs *patooey* I could understand, but to call cupcakes a fad is ridiculous -- they're dessert!)
Come on. We all have an "Uncle Bong" don't we? And we much prefer him to "Uncle Windowless Van."
Gaffudga? See, I would have thought that was a Norwegian name. Maybe her mother is from there.
That last cake looked pretty nice and at least birthday was spelled properly lol. Poor Sack if that is in fact their name spelled correctly. Then again I have seen weirder names. As for that pasty cake I think they meant party or the birthday girl needs a tan lol.
Friggin' DUH! Hello! These people are like jack o'lanterns, the lights are on but clearly, no one is home. I wonder how many of them think "They probably won't notice."? I also wonder what the wreckorater was thinking about when he was writing the lettering for our uncle. I wonder a lot of things, and I don't want answers either.
What on earth is Aiyrunn supposed to be? Not Aaron, surely? Sad.
Birthday was spelled right, but they still forgot to cross the "t" and dot the "i"!!! ;o)
DK @ http://sweetsbyd.blogspot.com/
I know I'm showing my age, but when I saw the last photo, I thought someone had made a cake for Sad Sack, the old army cartoon character created by George Baker.
While I was too naive to share any of your dirty thoughts about the reference to "nuts" and "berries," I did recall how ol' Sad Sack's name was short for "a sad sack of s--t." (Which is just a different kind of dirty, I guess.) At least poor Sack got a nice-looking cake.
I just have to say I love your comment "(And does anyone else have the munchies?)". I was thinking just before I scrolled to see that line, “man cake sounds really good right now. Maybe I can run to the store and go get some.” I guess there is something super subliminal in your postings ;-)
Thanks for all your great postings!
My mom recently misspelled our aunt Patsy's name the same way...brought a lot of humor to a difficult situation. Ah, the little things.
Thanks for the clarification on the "stupid-like" names. Thought, I think those names are kind of self-evident.
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Heh...I actually had a great-uncle who was nicknamed Sack :) I think it might be a southern thing, but around here when you get a nickname it often replaces your real name for the rest of your life. (Where his nickname came from, though, I have no idea--I have yet to find out.) Anyway, I would've absolutely expected that if someone had gotten my G-Uncle Sack a birthday cake (back while he was still alive), it could've looked just like this.
However, I suspect that my family is probably that "exception to the rule", and I'd be willing to bet money that this was a real Wreck and not some strange nickname convention like his ;)
~Wen
WV: detrip - my family is really detrip, for sure! if you think the nickname 'Sack' was funny, then you'd probably get a kick out of my other great-uncles Dink and Jabo (actually *another* part of the family!) ;)
Gaffudga Selph... snicker... teehee... I see what you did there. (wink,wink)
To all the people continuously getting bent out of shape over cakes and/or witty commentary, I have but one thing to say: Gaffudga Selph.
:D