Tuesday
Jun142011
Dad's Birthday Presents
June 14, 2011 Father's Day is this weekend, so today I thought we'd celebrate the most important thing our dads ever gave us:
Balloons.Yep, nothing livened up our childhoods quite like Dad's special birthday balloons, am I right?
And, sure, they weren't always perfect. Sometimes they were a bit small:
Or a bit big:
Or even shaped a bit wonky:
Sometimes they'd get lost on their way to the party:
Or they weren't durable enough to last once they got there:
Sometimes dad's balloons didn't seem to know if they were coming or going!
But the important thing to remember is that, in the end, dads' balloons always got the job done.
Score three for Dad! Thanks to Kathleen, Jess, Jamie, Pontmarie, Pat S., Denise C., Kevin C., & Julie C. for the beautiful "balloons."
Reader Comments (62)
Uh... Wow.
I read the first line before the pictures loaded and starting hoping that you would go there...
You did.
Thank you.
Triplets!!!
WV: Unoniz- I fear that when the decorators "unoniz" it may be difficult to fire those responsible for these wrecks.
Looks like that last embryo is going to be tetraploid.
(If you understand that comment, you must be a science nerd like me.)
So funny
Balloons. Dad's balloons are responsible for lots of things. Even deadbeat dads seem to have given balloons at some point in time.
Haha. This is an...interesting...if not highly applicable/appropriate tribute for Father's Day! ;D LOL Wreck on!
Such a funny post!
Thanks Jen!
Any man can be a balloon donor, but it takes someone special to be a dad.
please tell me that last one was a baby shower cake for a woman having triplets, that would make my day
OK, I'll admit it... I was halfway through the post before the lightbulb went on. The last one had my co-workers looking at me funny because I was laughing so hard. Well done, as always.
At age 75, Paul's little swimmers look like they are doing really well!
Good for Paul, who still gets to celebrate his birthday with balloons. And at his age, too. ;)
That runny egg white one made me want to throw up! And I get what that last one looks like, but what was is *supposed* to be?
What the... in what alternate world are those balloons O_o
Funny post! Not to criticize, but isn't it Flag Day? Or are you showing patriotism by not posting any more wrecked flags?
Ewwww. Now I know why food service workers wear those cellophane gloves.
Always practice safe cake.
I read on an infertility support board that if we eat that last cake, it increases your chance of getting pregnant, especially if it is pineapple flavoured including mashed-up core*.
* Of course if you read any infertility support group for any length of time you will see tons of anecdotal "evidence" that [fill in this blank] really truly helps you get pregnant regardless of scientific accuracy. http://www.ivfplus40.com/2008/09/pineapple-and-grape-juice.html" rel="nofollow">It's mostly bunk. But I bet you I could successfully spread a rumour that eating that cake would work if I was so inclined!
@Gary See, this blog is read by many science nerds. No worries. :)
I want to thank my dad for giving my mom balloons in May (anticipatory Mother's Day gift???). Re: coming or going...I think his were coming, since I arrived after the traditional waiting period.
wv - woote: celebratory exclamation...woote, woote...sometimes accompanies the delivery of balloons....
This would have only been more perfect if you'd waited to post it until tomorrow...mostly because that's actually my dad's birthday! *giggle*
Momma always said the one thing all father's had in common wasn't something they put on cake. Can't wait to show her this! (Well as I got older she admited they did put them on cakes but somehow never for father's day.)
Ugh, #6! Is that what happens to icing left out for an eternity? That would make an interesting science project.
Ha-ha-ha-ha! @Sharyn - applause on your safe cake comment.
WV: throsub Throsub scary-looking balloons on dose cakes.
Excellent.
I'm pretty sure balloons should be considered an advanced technique, since I've seen it take *cough* someone a year or more to be able to not make them spermy.
OMGoodness... you went there. You totally went there. It was brilliant.
I really don't know what to say about the brown "balloons."
I'm pretty sure something further could be said, but I really don't know what. I'm thinking that's a good thing.
thanks for featuring my son Aidan's cake - he thought they were cockroaches :D
My work gives away "balloons".
Seriously, http://lalisrccc.blogspot.com/2009/04/way-too-much-sperm-y-fun.html (We're not a novelty shop, we do paternity testing/forensic casework)
I think the "balloons" in cake #6 are actually pool balls. Well, if there were more of them and they were different colors and... nevermind. It's "hopeless".
wv: douted. I never douted those were balloons! Well, okay, maybe... the whole time. :-)
There are no words... O_O
"Coming and going" LOLOLOLOL You slay me!
What's the "WV" thing all about?
Gwyndall
Hilarious! Great job!
Oh my, truly LOL! Or, as Dad would say, "Har har har!! *koff koff koff*"
Seriously, in a very odd way I'm thrilled that you found such a great use for all these...balloon decorations. Great job today!
As a geneticist, I might look at that last cake as the excuse for the wreckerator - "I have too many chromosomes to decorate correctly - see!?!"
TracyO (,PhD <== science geek)
Cake # 3. Costco. I can almost guaran-dam-tee it. They make yummy cakes but their icing balloons are .. not quite.. balloony!
ACK! poo and sperm, poo and sperm. Honestly, when will the madness end?!
Just REALLY thankful there were no white umm...BALLOONS. yeah.
Spot on , Gary!
Jen, John, you guys are too too too hysterically funny.
wv: reard- these balloons help a father have well-reard children
Had to post my wv- "chrom", short for chromosome. I wonder if these cakes contain x chrom's or y chom's...
Great wrecks!
wv: wordi.
Not now.
Sunday is also my birthday! I just love it when Father's Day and my birthday co- incicide-it's always a special day for my dad and me. I was also born on Father's Day-since I'm the eldest child, I imagine it as "Happy Father's Day! You're a father!" (I'll let you know if my cake is a wreck...)
Congratulations, you have us all trained.
Gwyndall, the wv is the Word Verification you are required to type in that blank down there in order to be allowed to comment. Sometimes they are just hilariously apropos.
BLAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! "coming or going!" literally laughed so hard the kids thought i was insane!!! of course, i couldn't show them the post... because i'd rather leave them out of the joke than to traumatize them with sperm poo! ROFL
WV: foras. "Foras much as I like cake, I don't think I could bring myself to eat one of THOSE cakes..."
Looks like sperm whales on that 75th birthday cake!
So many questions...when did poo-shaped piles of icing become decoration? Brown balloons? Really? And cupcake cakes...why? Just...why?
Great post! I'm falling out of my chair laughing over here.
I refuse to believe that the wreckorator who made the blue "balloons" had no idea what they looked like. In fact, I imagine that he or she was giggling madly the entire time.
[insert huge grin here]
nothing I say can will do justice to this post
-Barbara Anne