Thursday
Nov042010
Forget Your "P"s and "Q"s...
November 4, 2010 ...some of us need to start minding our "L"s and "F"s.
[Warning: Parents, clear the room of innocents!]
One cake, two drastically different meanings:
Yes, yes, I know it's an "L." Well, kind of an L/F hybrid, really. In fact, you might say if L and F got together, had a few drinks...No?
No.
Ok, then.
Good juck?Eh. I got nuthin'.
This, on the other hand, is giving me a little too much:
Go ahead, Wreckerator. Tell us how that's an "L."
Or better yet, why don't we all go over the importance of keeping certain letters separated?
I bet that's one office send-off Janet will never forget.And btw, I love that the Wreckerator threw in the towel at the "J."
Like, s/he was all, "Let's see, I nailed that capital L, but man, I dunno if I can pull off the J! Huh.
Ah, screw it."
Thanks to Caitlin B., Christopher P., Chrissy G., Robin S., who agree that all performance reviews should be written in frosting.
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Reader Comments (547)
I could pretend I have something witty to say, but I think you've nailed it. Really, I just want the book.
good luck to you too!
In fairness, I don't think the last one would have been as bad if the frosting string hadn't broken. It's that little bit of break between the bottom and the connector that make it look more f-ish than l-ish.
Ahh, who am I kidding. It was going to look like an f-bomb even if the line had connected through.
And people say my hand writing is bad. At least my L was never mistaken for an F
Good luck indeed.
Hapy Brithday, "Dad".
Oh my goodness--their English teachers must be cringing! Seriously, why not just print if you don't know cursive?
I'm a college student and if I win the calendar I'm hanging it up on my wall!! What a way to help me keep track of all of my tests. :P
Sara O
That last one needs to be part of a sexual harassment workshop or something....
Really...if only they had frosted those Ls a little straighter, they'd have been fine.
*shakes head*
Good truck to me!
WV: Muffe. I just won't go there.
Well, you know ... if said by the right person, those two sentiments can be equally flattering.
Its not the book i wanna win, i have two already! but i want those darn pins on facebook!! they're basically the most adorable things I've ever seen. Ever. Seen.
Buuut anyway, i loved that post. Course I love all of them, but whatever.
Oh, and word verification? Vagcake. Sounds nice huh?
I want your book!!!
Good book. Good, ah, luck. It's all good.
Commenting in hopes of winning cuz I love you guyz and epbot too. I bought a cakewrecks book last Christmas for my SiL and foolishly didn't get myself one. How awesome would it be to have an autographed one (or calendar)? AWESOME!! ^_^ Thanks as always for making me giggle and sometimes outright guffaw (I think my all-time favorite (for now) has to be Inspiration vs. Perspiration.
You know it almost makes more sense if the first one really was an "F." Otherwise that "wow..." seems really sarcastic.
Wow, just wow. This just illustrates the need to read over your work, no matter what!
Oh, and I really want to win! It would this week turn out a whole lot better.
The ellipsis after the "wow" in the first cake makes me read it as a sarcastic compliment of someone's, um, "skills." *Giggle*
I just want a calendar :D
Actually, I'm a little jealous, nobody's ever given me a cake for a good ..... err .....luck.
I know some people who would consider these cakes complimentary...
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I just love checking in sometimes several times a day just to read the post and look at the wrecks!! makes my day every day!-Melissa hayden
Too funny...
Those must have been really embarrassing to serve.
captcha: wandeds
Poor office workers, all dey wandeds was some cake!
Happy Birthday, John! I really want a book!! :)
Wow, no matter how well I thought I did, I've never had someone get me a cake as congratulations. Sometimes a drink or two, or occasionally a movie, but that's usually beforehand...
Sad thing is, I'd start making the suggestion, but then I'd get depressed by either the existance of too much cake or not enough cake! :P
When I glanced at the first cake, I thought it said "Good Suck." Guess that's not much better, is it?
Reminds me of a line in the Elvis Costello song Love Went Mad: "I wish you luck with a capital 'F'".
If only I had the guts to use it.
Gosh, I *may* have been told that in the past, but I never got a cake for it! Bet he ate the cake himself....
I work at a religious institution. I want one of those cakes, just to see people's heads explode and try and laugh it away.
They should make all wreckerators take mandatory handwriting classes!
Thank you sooooooo much for the daily laugh!!!
I don't get why they would use a cursive "L" (quotation marks intended) when none of the other letters were cursive...
I hope my office doesn't get me a good luck cake.
Umm.... This is me speechless.
Nothing is more versatile than cake, whether you're moving on to a new job or just saying "Thanks for...well, you know."
I usually send the funniest of these to our Foods & Nutrition teachers to show their classes how NOT to decorate a cake. In the interest of keeping my job, I think I'll pass today... If I win the calendar, it will give lots of under-appreciated teachers a daily laugh! Good juck to me!
Best. Cake. Ever.
I think if I were Janet, I would be quite flattered.
and I just wanted to say that this is the best LUCKING blog out there!
This post reminds me of a good friend of mine who tried to tell me how much a hoodie cost one day. Her internal spell check was apparently turned off and she proclaimed that the hoodie was worth twenty-five... well, you get the drift.
One expensive hoodie if you ask me!
I want to see the recipients faces as they see their cake. SO funny!
WV:Sessupe
After having dental work they ask what is cooking for lunch, "ses supe?"
Hoping to win, maybe f/luck will be on my side :)
Hilarious!!!
"i"Go ahead, Wreckerator. Tell us how that's an "L."
That had me LOL. IRL. Haha.
I needs me a calendar!!
Karen Tompkins
The L in the Janet Cake doesn't even have a bottom line to it... even if the letter "u" hadn't been so close, it still wouldn't have looked right :)
-Caet
I've had boyfriends I could have given these cakes to...
Wow... Imagine explaining that one to your husband... No really honey, the cake decorator just messed up the L for L-U-C-K..see? Because I was leaving????
Anyways, I would love to win a calendar with sprinkles!!!!
Angie
This made me smile. And wonder how much trouble I'd get in at work if the bakery were to make that mistake on a cake I would order for the office. And if it would be worth it just for the laugh of watching everyone studiously try to pretend it's an L.
Reminds me of a telemarketer I knew who used to end his calls with "F* you very much", because he said no one ever caught him doing it and it made him feel better. Yeah...