Oh, they're feeling appreciated, alright.Or at least in need of some red icing.
Thank goodness the Drink Club found a baker who really gets into the spirit(s):
Double your pleasure, double your pun: Hey, Glendale, your weight is over!
The question is: how do you define, "Bigest Loser?"
The question is: how do you define, "Bigest Loser?"Say, does this next cake remind you guys of anything?
Anything at all?
Just curious.
*headdesk*Laura B., Audrey C., Nicole V., Katherine C., & Dana A., isn't it ironic? Don'cha think?
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That gifted cake actually reminded me of the "Underneat That" cake that started it all!
Re. the Drunk Club cake - he's not just the decorator, he's also a member.
And who gets someone a cake to celebrate losing weight?!
WV word: marmi. I'm getting Little Women flashbacks.
These are fantastic. Well, fantastically bad. And funny.
That Far Side cartoon is one of my all time favorites.
I've swapped the vowels,
from the telephone call,
I've brought you creepy, bizarre, and everything that goes with it,
I've wrecked it all.
But it's been no bed of roses,
just swirls of poo.
I consider it a challenge,
how do you spell that?
I have no clue!
Congratu, gradu, radu lations!
We are cake wreckers, my friends.
And we'll keep on wrecking to the end.
Flotsam and Star Trek,
Barbie and green Shrek.
No time for grammar,
'cause we are cake wreckers
of the world........
Sharon's Edible Art
OMG! Is that third cake from the same bakery as "the cake that started it all"?
Drunck is probably my new favorite way to spell drunk.
ANd I loooveee that Far Side cartoon.
When you said "Say, does this next cake remind you guys of anything?", I was hoping you were referring to that Far Side cartoon. Love it!
I just had to comment because of the word verification.
dudgi--The spelling on these cakes is a little dudgi.
It’s ironic that so many people argue about the definition of irony.
You sure "drunck" and "Bea" weren't jokes?
WV: aingers -- Inexcusable spelling aingers me.
I'm a big fan of Gary Larson, perhaps even the bigest. My favourite is the one when the little Visible Man, who is transparent with all organs, blood vessels, etc. showing through, breaks out of a toy store feeling free and full of optimism yet has no idea that he is about to repulse the world with his visible innards.
The Academy of Richmond County is in my hometown! I'm so proud!
If you like the Far Side, you might like this http://didntyouhear.com/flickr-is-reenacting-the-far-side
Jenniffer said the same thing I was going to!! I think it's the same cake with different writing :D
And does anyone else see the irony in a big chocolate cake for the "biggest loser" anyway?
Me too, Jenniffer!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Don't you realize that this post is highly offensive to all drunck teahers whose gifted students were the bigest losers at a spelling bea? For shame.
normie
So I guess we could say about the 'Underneat That' cake "isn't it iconic?" ;)
What's odd and sad is that I *went* to Richmond Acdemy. (Class of 93)
Imagine my surprise that my high school showed up on Cake Wrecks.
It's gotta be a pun, Jenn.
No doubt young Beatrice (Bea) WON the spelling bee.
I need to believe that.
I love that their celebrating the "bigest loser"- weight loss- with a big freakin' chunk of chocolate cake! Way to support us fatties!!
Anyone else think the chocolate one looks like it says "Glendale Digest Loser?"
Hmmmm, reminds me of the time I misspelled "illiterate" at my college english program spelling bee. Stage fright, nonetheless.
a little too ironic, I REALLY do think....
Well, while we're making fun of people's spelling, there's no such word as 'alright'.
It's 'all right'.
There. Feel better?
Midvale School for the Gifted has got to be one of the most memorable Far Side comic. It's funny/sad that I immediately thought of it without Jen's prompting.
And with the first cake how ironic that they got "Appreciation" right (and it's a big word).
Oh my goodness! When I started going to a "dedicated" gifted school, my second oldest sister copied that comic and gave it to me.
As a gifted student, I'm highly offended. Don't you know how hard it is to be gifted, how people break into a "gifted" accent every time you walk into a room?
Actually, I did go to a magnet high school for science and technology and the school did sell a t-shirt with that Far Side comic on it (with our school's name on the sign). Awesome.
Kate Halleron,
Alright has been in use since the 19th century. It is the same contraction as altogether and already but, for some reason, it's still frowned upon. But, of course, horrible inconsistencies in the English language are the rule.
It always irks me that we quibble over words like this but our kids are still saying "ain't got no."
john (the guy with four English teachers in his life including his mom)
One of my all-time favorite Far Side cartoons. And yes, it made me think of that AND the Cake That Started It ALL (Hereafter only referred to as CTSIA).
Bravo! I didn't even know there was a club for alcholics at school!
these bakers ain't got no excuse for these cakes all right!
I think my "gifted" classroom (the room dedicated to the gifted classes, not that the room was gifted) had that cartoon hanging up. We also had a few Calvin and Hobbes. Memories...
The Midvale School for the Gifted - one of my many favorite Far Side cartoons!!! And Sharon of Sharon's Edible Art - YOU ROCK!!! Great revised lyrics for "We Are The Champions".
Sorry. My 2-cents as a *verbatim* transcriptionist
"All right, who's mess is this?" -- off my case! If it's "all right," then it ain't no mess.
"Alright, who's mess is this?" Like, yeah.
And, all together now, when I say I want royal blue, I don't mean baby blue. Because they're altogether as different as a chihuahua is to a bulldog.
Celebrate Litracy!
@msyendor: That should be "whose," not "who's." :P
WV: bolowig = a combination that I expect a wreck character to wear someday.
OMG OMG OMG!!! I thought of that exact Far Side cartoon when I read the inscription on the gifted cake. That cartoon has been a running joke in my family since the early 1980's.
Big red A+++ for the day!
Holy hell! How can anybody be THAT bad at spelling?! Oh, yeah - icing pipes don't have spellcheck...
Best Far Side cartoon ever. And now, cake to go with it! Hooray!
Good thing we found that errant 'c'.
I love Far Side - and that's even one my husband understood. (I usually had to explain them to him)
We have found copies of the panel taped up in various public places.
The errors on the cakes, however, *ahem*. Are we sure they don't do this on purpose? It seems to happen all too often for it not to be planned.
~~Di
Why are we dogging on alright/all right again? Just say "allllllrighty then"!
wv - fedef - I believe I am fedef with grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes.
Our daughter goes to the local gifted school, and let me tell you, that Gary Larson cartoon is a FAVORITE among the parents.
I think I need to get drunck.
That "Acdemy of Richmond County" one really hits home.
My high school's yearbook for my senior year said, quote, "the acdemy of irving". Yeah. Mmhm.
OH WHAAA I'm a gifted student too. Learn to laugh at yourself! I think these are hilarious!
All together we will henceforth be spelling drunk D-R-U-N-C-K because it's altogether too good to pass up. Are we all ready for a good laugh, already? Everything will be alright when the words are spelled all right!
Yes! Far Side appearances! Also, anytime I see a spelling error I want red ink, icing, anything! I would've been a teacher but it requires more patience than I possess.
I second Jenniffer and anyone else who said the "Underneat That" cake that started it all.
I have that Midvale School For the Gifted cartoon as my phone wallpaper - it's one of my favorites! And you're right, that cake would have fit right in there!!
I'd like to join the Drunk Club... or at least do some quality control... :)
Was hoping you were referring to that Far Side cartoon before I scrolled down to it! One of my favorites of all time. :-)
And, sorry, have to disagree with the argument that "alright" is the same contraction as "altogether" and "already." Altogether is not (at least not anymore) a contraction for all together, in that "all together" and "altogether" are different parts of speech that mean different things. For instance, if I wrote "We are altogether" you would think "altogether what?" -- whereas "we are all together" is a complete sentence in itself. Ditto already, e.g. "We have already finished our exams. We are all ready to graduate." So even if "alright" perhaps *should* be a word in the way that altogether and already are, by analogy, it would actually not mean "all right."
Great wrecks today! I do have to question the choice of Alanis' lyrics with this fabulous collection ... given that her song was about bad luck, and not irony.
Yay! I submitted our "Spelling Bea" cake and I'm so glad to see it up here, because it cracked me up!
No, it wasn't a pun or done on purpose... sadly, the kid in the bakery obviously wasn't a "bea" winner himself!
Dana A
LilFamily13.blogspot.com
Quit whining about "alright". It is in both Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com dictionaries; therefore, it exists. Both sites have a "note" stating that the term is mostly informal but not incorrect. John is 100% correct.
The Midvale School for the gifted is one of my all time favorite Far Sides - thanks for the giggle!
That is my FAVORITE FAR SIDE COMIC of all time!!!!! I love that there's a cake to go along with it.
I think the wreckerator on that last cake was so hopped up on icing (did anybody else notice how MUCH there was??) that s/he didn't notice that "bee" was spelled wrong.
(And I just love how people gotta go and ruin a perfectly hilarious post with grammar critiques...)
"Midvale School for the Gifted"... I have the t-shirt, the hat, and an apron... and the cartoon itself has been on my fridge ever since it showed up on my daily calendar.
Love your blog.
If we're not supposed to ruin the forum with grammar critiques, how are we supposed to ruin it? with politically correct sensitivity rants, perhaps?
...At least Glendale didn't have a "Bigest Losser"... O_o
WV - deste: These wreckerators are deste-iend to go on to great things. No, really. Seriously. (blinkblink)
Haha! More Irony for you all! I went to Midvale!! And that's the exact mistake my peers and I would make!
@ msyendor: I am 100% with you on the royal blue-baby blue thing.
You wouldn't happen to be a fellow Blue Devil would you? :-)
What is a covnty?
When I saw that cake I immediately thought of Midvale School for the Gifted. AWESOME.
I love you Midvale School of the Gifted
Hah, I knew I wouldn't be the only one to notice the alright thing!
It's fair enough to use it colloquially on a blog. Perhaps a bit ironic in a post that's critiquing grammar, but still fair enough.
I used to use it all the time until my editor beat it out of me. It shouldn't be in the formal prose of a book. Even so, a book based on a blog is probably allowed to be more colloquial than a novel. The humour frequently necessitates it.
Now I shall return to writing my characters, who say "all right" but also many other words you would not use on this blog. :D
WV magnity: the baker left the iron spoon in the batter so the cake came out all magnity.
I am a teacher of the gifted and I keep that cartoon on my board. Can't wait to show these cakes to my students.
Dear Alrighters,
The dictionaries of the world say that alright is a word.
The spell checks of the world say that alright is a word.
Many English teachers of the world agree that alright is acceptable.
Alright is used in books and periodicals which are edited by actual editors.
Even basic logic says that if already and altogether are words, there is absolutely no reason that alright should not be correct.
Yet the Grammar Nazis cling to this like it's the shining beacon of elegant, eloquent society.
It ain't worth it.
john
Please--that cake was for Bea, who spelled 2010.
That Far Side cartoon has always been one of my favorites; thanks for giving me another reason to smile!
Regarding the "Teaher Appreciation"cake, don't you know that there's a large faction of people who believe that grading with red pens is detrimental to student's morale? There's been a campaign going on for a few years now to convince teachers--sorry, "teahers"--to grade with purple pens!
I'm not associated with Gary Larson in any way, but I have read something he's posted about how he doesn't want any of his work to be on the internet.
A note from Gary
Just wanted to let you know. :(
Thank you! I needed this! I was having a few *headdesk* moments tonight grading papers. It's nice to know that my students will have a career in cake decorating when I steer them out of nursing.
Last time I checked, the English language and its rules weren't set in stone. Look at the word "ain't". Roughly a century ago, it was a word that even polite society used in lieu of saying "am not". These days, it's looked on as an uneducated expression. Every so often I hear that "whom" will become an archaic expression and it will always be "whom". Not wanting to rant, just wanting to point out that only languages that don't want to survive never alter.
Mispellers of the world, UNTIE!
Anonymous @ 5:44; agreed -- but that was yesterday. Ditto Normie and Anonymous @ 11:50. Serenity Now! :-)
The irony of the 'Spelling Bea' cake is that I have seen an advertisement for 'Aunt Bee's Recipe Book' on a site dedicated to memorabilia from the 'Andy Griffith Show'.
I'm surprised Glendale didn't have a 'bigest looser', given how popular the lose / loose transposition is.
What, no 'to /too' mix-ups? That's to bad. Granted this post is about spelling, not grammar, but a missing (or less commonly, extra) 'o' also counts as a spelling error. That's just an observation, mind -- I'm not about to tell J&J how to run their blog.
The last one was the best....made my night!!
Keep them coming!!! :)
Let me get this straight...
they spelled "appreciation" correctly, but not "teacher"?
...breathe in, breathe out...
I have a feeling after seeing these many teachers will want to join that drunck club lol. Scary where they decide to put C's. I suspect whoever made the drunck cake was imbibing the entire time lol. That spelling bee cake was rather pretty, if not the spelling part. And I happened to love yesterday's post :).
Love the sight.
hoked on fonics worced four me
So it strikes me that quite a few of the cake wrecks come from Kroger/Wal-mart/Megastore bakeries.
However, the cakes you feature on Sunday Sweets are always fancy, professionally made cakes by individuals or smaller baking companies.
Why not give a shout out to the megastore bakers that do a really great job churning out cakes with impressive, evenly-spaced, correctly-spelled frosting goodness? Just an idea, because I know quite a number of bakers at those places that are really good at what they do.
Once again, online enlightenment.
The Far Side + Cake Wrecks. (Swoons)
As soon as I saw "gifted" I knew RIGHT where you were headed.
I was totally with you in your Far Side comment post a ways back, too. That was me, too -- hours on the couch with the collections.
Susana
I wonder if these decorators are the same students who answered the question "What are your plans for the future?" with this answer: I defiantly want to go to collage! :-)
(I am a teacher and I have seen this far too many times from my seniors!)
The Arthur of that last cake has got to be very proud.
Count me among those who thought of "the cake that started it all" as well as the Midvale cartoon.
The big cupcake actually looks pretty good.
yes sprinkles are important especially the patriotic ones i think over sized foods are wrong because i think of the starving kids of the world
I thought of Midvale School for the Gifted too!
Spell check... say it with me " Spell Check!"
LOL.
In the sense of "we are all together," the two sentences "We are all right" and "we are alright" do NOT mean the same thing. The first means "none of us is (or are) wrong," and the second means "we are in good condition."
As for the phonics hater, the sound of the letter "c" has rules, and in "worced," it has to be an "s."
I knew it was only a matter of time before a cake close to my heart appeared.
I am a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County and was in the gifted program.
I also see wrecky cakes everyday and can bet that I know exactly where that cake came from. I recognize the scrawl.
It is "all right," not "alright." Just thought I'd mention it since we're making fun of misspellings.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/all-right-versus-alright.aspx
Your site is more addictive than StumbleUpon! lord help me!
Whew! I thought for a flickering, frightening moment we were heading for an ECPOT.