Wednesday
Feb032016
Evolution Of A Big Bird Wreck
February 3, 2016 Stage 1: Excitement
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"...now simply pipe seven thousand individual strands and you're done!"
Stage 2: Compromise
;)
"Well, it's still kind of feathery..."
Stage 3: Apathy
;)
"Meh, just spray it yellow."
Stage 4: Passive Aggression
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"We call it, 'Big Bird In A Snow Storm.'
"And that'll be $37.99."
Thanks to Anony M., Rose T., Anony M., & Shannon B. for finding the face of despair. (Seriously, the longer you look, the more depressing it gets.)
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Reader Comments (19)
Abandon all hope
As Big Bird sinks in the mire
Still wearing a smile
Cake decorators can't even......
While his body shifts
His visage remains the same
Big Bird, is that you?
What are the red things on the cupcakes in the second picture? Embryo Big Birds?
Just... wow.
Is that a piece of carmelized bacon adorning Compromise? Not that it matters; ugly is ugly. The last 2? Without context, the "decor" appears to be an off-color alligator. Once again Ian confused and entertained.
I think the pink/bacony things in Compromise are Abby Cadabby head picks. But it looks like parts of Big Bird might be crushing her.
Heh. The logo on the price tag for Compromise looks like LOL. Fitting!
I thought it looked like a very warped version of the Cheshire Cat.
Today's Episode is brought to you by the letter "C" as in crap and the Letter "E" as in Egads what were they thinking", and the Number "2" for obvious reasons. Poor big Bird.
You don't pipe out each strand individually. It's called a grass tip and it pipes out about 10--15 strands at a time.
Look long enough at the last one and it's no longer Big Bird - that line on the nose turns into a small frowning mouth, and it's a sad twiddlebug with a red belly and missing limbs.
@jbrecken: I see it now. And what has been seen cannot be unseen. Poor Twiddlebug.
Does anyone else find it scary that Big Bird faces are available to the trade? And think it looks like a happy snake?
What do you mean, "depressing"? Disappointed children for the win! They cry even more entertainingly than disappointed brides!
The last picture looks like Big Bird got trapped in a snowbank.
@Sarah, I think they know about the grass tip (I love it and the one with 7 star points on it to speed up decorating.
Too bad though these "decorators" don't know it or are willing to spend a paltry $5 (I think) for one to decorate Big Bird. Yeah, they may end up like the second one but they at least WOULD be trying.
I've seen them for as low as $2.
The thing about that is that even with the tip it would still be a lot of work to cover the cake with the 'feathers' that the pattern calls for. How many of these Sesame Street flotsam are there? I'm pretty sure that Elmo, Cookie Monster, Harry, etc would all work with the same face. Bert and Ernie have similar noses but different hair. I'm going to have to look this up now aren't I….
Oh man lol. Why even bother putting a face on the last one? I really wonder if the wreckerator was even awake when this happened lol.