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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Babel Fish Needed

You know that optical illusion that looks like an old woman one way, and a young girl the other?

Well, this cake is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike that.

So far I've assembled a list of 42 different words that this might be, including "@Loehoe," "Soekuc,"and "Slartibartfast." And yes, so far as I know, this is supposed to be "English."

Anyway, I've given up.

In fact, I can't help but be impressed by this individual's cryptography skills. Hey NSA, I've got your next Enigma machine right here! Think about it: for the cost of a piping bag and some chocolate, you'll never have to fear Wikileaks again. Eh?

So long, Jackie W., and thanks for all the fish.


Achtung!!! Es tut mir leid; Ich bin eine Sachertorte! Fahrvergnügen! Neenër neenër!
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267 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    "Seeker"?

    - chante

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  2. weirdmomMarch 30, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    I see a few options:
    EPCOT
    Daisies
    King's Cake

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  3. Anna from UKMarch 30, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Yeah for the Hitchhikers reference!

    Don't forget your towel!

    No idea what the cake says though.

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  4. FerralynMarch 30, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    I do like the way the fiddl-y bits look a little like fjords on this cake, though.

    And yeah, no idea what it says. Maybe it's Klingon?

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  5. SallyMarch 30, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    I think it says "Sadie"

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  6. ailurophileMarch 30, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    I think it's supposed to be "Sacher," as in sacher torte.

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  7. Marissa and AidanMarch 30, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    42!!!!!!!

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  8. SDLantosMarch 30, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    I'll bet my paycheck that says "SACHER"... of course I'm "self-employed", so really it's not giving up anything...

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  9. vonna513March 30, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    Aloha. Spelled REALLY poorly.

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  10. Gloom RaiderMarch 30, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    At first, I thought it said "Lecher."

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  11. de Pe a PaMarch 30, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    Seeker to me too

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  12. sara ezzykMarch 30, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    i have to agree that it says sacher... very poorly written (and baked for that matter) but its a sachertorte...

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  13. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    It is definitely "Sacher" you know, the Austrian chocolate-cake?
    ^^

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  14. HPomMarch 30, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    After wrestling with the meaning of that cake I'm going to need a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster....

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  15. A.J.March 30, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    Speaker?

    Ford Prefect?

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  16. LitLaurMarch 30, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    My guess is "sacher" too, but if I didn't know what sacher torte generally looks like, I would have said "Slartibartfast" was the best option.

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  17. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    I think it looks like "twelve."

    Maybe it's like one of those inkblot tests, and whatever we think it says says something deep and important about our psyches.

    Or maybe the wreckerator was stoned. One or the other.

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  18. JustineMarch 30, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Sacher... that makes sense! I was wondering if it was upside-down or maybe some sort of mirror writing!!

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  19. NikiMarch 30, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    geesh...it looks like "loeber" or "soeber" to me...either way the cake actually looks like it would taste good...anything is better covered in ganache!

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  20. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    I think it says "Seeker". : D

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  21. LauraMarch 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    It looks kind of like "Sseko" with an extra swirl or "e" on the end. Sseeko's are a fabulous pair of sandals I just received for my birthday with interchangeable straps... Still, I'm not sure who could read this!

    WV: "ilars" the wrecky version of "liars"??

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  22. MonicaMarch 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Amongst the horrors that we've seen on this blog, I hope that we could agree that this one is mostly harmless. However, I would like to see your list of 42 words that you are considering. :)

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  23. JaredMarch 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    My money's on "Locker."

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  24. Ann OnimousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    I'm thinking "sister" without the T crossed.

    And if it were a king cake, it would look more like a donut. :)

    WV: berate. It's so easy and fun to berate these cakes.

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  25. LibbyMarch 30, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    Don't panic... we'll find the hidden meaning behind this one. Perhaps it's God's second-to-last message to mankind? Or maybe an example of Vogon poetry? Someone dig out the Scrabble pieces; if we draw them randomly out of a bag, I'm sure we'll come up with the answer.

    In the end, though, I'm seconding the "EPCOT" suggestion. This post = Epic Win.

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  26. DorothyMarch 30, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    Maybe it says
    Ashley
    ?

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  27. Kris McDermottMarch 30, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    I agree with "sacher," although considering the amount of time I just spent studying it, it could also be "Sucker!"

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  28. Turi BeckerMarch 30, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    I keep seeing "Ivanhoe", for some reason.

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  29. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    I know this is really bad, but I kept seeing the word "alcohol" written... I kept wondering why someone would write that on a cake to begin with, but I've seen enough on this sight to know not to even start to wonder about anything!

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  30. Michelle KrassanMarch 30, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    If you trace the lines from start to finish (which I just completely had my 6th grade class do. Put this on the overhead projector in class last 5 minutes... used markers on white board, then turned projector off. Scientific experiment, right?)

    We got Loeber. Class of kids all agreed on it. It must be so.

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  31. JessicaMarch 30, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    My wv was salis. Maybe that's it.

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  32. PennieKMarch 30, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    Socker? Maybe they were going for soccar?

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  33. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I saw the word, "sucker". Now I can't un-see it.

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  34. KimberlyMarch 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    It says "sacher". It's a sacher torte..but it's very poorly written for sure.

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  35. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    It says "Lover."

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  36. StudyaidMarch 30, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    I thought it said aleeve, it sure is giving me a headache trying to figure it out.

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  37. Loo-E Loo-IMarch 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    I'm dizzy trying to decipher all those loops!

    I read "aSeeeher". Maybe it's Huttese for "I see her" ;-)

    wv: pututic: A cake or CCC that makes you want to wretch "Patooie!" is pututic.

    Heck, even this word could be what is written on that cake for all I know!

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  38. Isolder74March 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Teacher??????

    Feature

    Creature

    I'm stuck. What can it be?

    A Vogon name in triplicate?

    Dolphin for more fish please?

    A cake after using the infinite probability drive and it never recovered?

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  39. JanineMarch 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    I see "teacher" written really badly with an old-fashioned cursive capital T. If it does say that, I hope the recipient didn't teach penmanship.

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  40. Sharyn in SuperiorMarch 30, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    It's "Belgium" -- used most gratuitously on this cake -- and WOW, am I offended. It was clearly written by a mattress named Zem in the script of Sqornshellous Zeta between willomying and flolloping floopily.

    So long, and thanks for all the cakes.

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  41. Mary KirklandMarch 30, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    To me it looks like, saeeheo...maybe they are speeking Klingon.

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  42. AshleyMarch 30, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    I very distinctly see "Sucker" with an ugly U and a frilly R.

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  43. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    I am guessing Jackie since that is who submitted the picture. But still, the writing is very fancy schmancy. ;)

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  44. KaorinMarch 30, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    I thought it says "Later", but after reading the comments i might agree with Sacher, but that's no fun at all!

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  45. TisforTonyaMarch 30, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    no idea... but now I want to re-read my Hitchhikers books!

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  46. PeaceLoveMathMarch 30, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    I've never commented before, but I just had to share this time:

    I usually get your nerdy references, because I am a pretty big nerd. But today I am especially proud of myself, because before i had scrolled down enough to see anything but the first 2 sentences and the first cake, I already knew you were doing Hitchhiker's only because of the "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike that" line. I guess the babel fish probably had my brain unconsciously going in that direction anyway, but anyway.

    Related story you might be interested in: a while after Douglas Adams died suddenly, they did a related story on BBC World Service News Hour with Owen Bennet Jones, who at the end of the hour would always read a couple of listener e-mails that had come in during that show. I was quite sad about Adams' death, so I dashed off an e-mail about how I'd be re-reading all of Adams' books right now if it weren't for the fact that I had to re-read all the Harry Potter books before the next one came out, and what a loss his death was, and Owen Bennet Jones read my e-mail on the air! I about peed myself with excitement. I'm just a little American nerd, and here was my e-mail on the BBC World Service News Hour! It is one of the nerd highlights of my life.

    In conclusion, YAY for HHGTTG. Love.

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  47. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Soehoe?

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  48. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    I'm seeing Soiker or Loiker?

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  49. MonicaMarch 30, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Argh. All of the Hitchhiker's Guide references I can think of have been used already.
    ;-)

    Wait! It says "Stavro." As in "Stavro Mula Beta." Yeah.

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  50. Hannah BMarch 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    I am also going with "sucker." Maybe the cake is full of plastic babies hidden amongst the chocolate, lurking and waiting for their next victim to bite.

    wv: bedentic - The condition in which one finds oneself when one's bed is suddenly smashed by a bulldozer.

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  51. Viewtiful_JustinMarch 30, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    Looks like "sucker" to me. I think we've all been had, staring at this cake for an hour trying to figure out what it says! Sucker, indeed!

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  52. Drew ThalerMarch 30, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    I read it as "Speker". Intended to be "Speaker", but with both the A and the descender of the P missing.

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  53. melMarch 30, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    I see this: "Hey, which of you pre-schoolers wants to come and squeeze out the last of the icing onto this cake?"


    wv- hurthari: She dropped the vase and now hurthari.

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  54. Michelle LeeMarch 30, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    It's Sacher, as in Sachertorte, a Viennese chocolate cake.

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  55. JazzbeauMarch 30, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    It's likely Sacher. The apricot filled tort. DON'T PANIC!

    Jazzbeau

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  56. SlartibartfastMarch 30, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Definitely Sacher, but I had to use my Babel Fish to get that one.

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  57. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    It says "We apologize for the inconvenience."

    Thanks for the Hitchhikers theme!!

    -Lisa

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  58. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Satchel.

    Let's run over it with a bulldozer.


    wv: corqu: UK swear phrase.

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  59. MomcatMarch 30, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Gotta be "Sacher", Austrian for "very dry chocolate-ish cake that looks like it might be good but isn't." They make so many of these cakes for tourists, looks like they've given up trying to make them readable.

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  60. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    I first saw a misspelled "Sleeve". Seelve?

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  61. eniko76March 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    I am also inclined to see Seeker, although that looks NOTHINg like a snitch!

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  62. scyllacatMarch 30, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I had "teacher" then I saw all the votes for "Sacher" and apparently, it does LOOK like a Sacher torte and they frequently write it on said tortes.

    Although I want it to say "daisies" now.

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  63. AmandaMarch 30, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I'm with Amelia, but that may just be because I'm dieting and my first thought upon seeing chocolate cake was "Hello, Lover." And for some reason it sounds like Barry White's voice in my head.

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  64. MollyMarch 30, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    You just made my morning with the Hitchhiker's references :)

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  65. Pretzelogic in PhilaMarch 30, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    Maybe it says "So Long!" (And thanks for all the fish?)

    WV: "pelab" - where they should have tested this wreckerator for drugs.

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  66. RogerBWMarch 30, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    That's disgusting! You should remember that children might see this blog, and they don't need to be exposed to words like that.

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  67. kathrynMarch 30, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Pretty sure it says "AloeHoe"
    whatever that means..

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  68. DonnaMarch 30, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Aloehoe...for someone addicted to aloe?

    wv: torfl - because it's as much of a word as the inscription on that cake

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  69. BrilliantpantsMarch 30, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    I'm impressed! Four Hitchiker's Guide refernces in such a short post!

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  70. DebbieMarch 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    It's been so long since I read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Love the reference!

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  71. bassgirlMarch 30, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    I agree it could be "Jackie", since that's who submitted it. Whoever produced it, they were sure skimpy on the chocolate frosting!

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  72. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    ALOHA??

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  73. KSLS RocksMarch 30, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    2 words: Band logo. Slartibartfast is one of my favorite names ever since I read Hitchhikers, but it makes a poor name for one's offspring. Band name is a totally different story.

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  74. Oldish LadyMarch 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    But why would a sachertorte have to have sacher written on it? And wouldn't it say sachertorte?

    And why am I trying to think like a wrecker?

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  75. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    it's definately, beyond a doubt, Sacher...when I saw this picture I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it until I read the description. Just because you don't know what a sacher torte is doesn't make this cake a cakewrek.

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  76. FrankN.SteinMarch 30, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Freddled gruntbuggly?

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  77. RedMarch 30, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    People are commenting it says "sacher" meaning a type of cake.... do people really label their cakes by type? I know carrot cakes often have carrots (with or without the babies) on them, but no one actually spells out "carrot" on them, do they??

    No way you're going to find out for sure what it says and end all our wondering is there?? I've already wasted too much of my time today staring... O:-)

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  78. No Cake Fo' You!!!March 30, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    What the heck does that say, I refuse to give myself a headache trying to figure that one out...

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  79. GaryMarch 30, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    This looks exactly like what preschoolers produce when they pretend to write-- which makes me want to turn in that bakery on suspicion of violating the child labor laws.

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  80. Sam GamgeeMarch 30, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Yep. Definitely Belgium.

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  81. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    I like the Rorschach idea. It is a test designed to make you think about life, the universe and, you know, everything.

    HHGTTG FTW!

    Why would a sacher torte have the word "sacher" on it? Really, people.

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  82. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Could it be "Lecker" (= yummy, in German....)?

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  83. LauraMarch 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Oh Douglas Adams... So inspirational. I think the word is Vogon for 42.

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  84. J. R. W.March 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    So, I hear you have a list of 42 names?

    SHOW US!!!!


    (and look out--sacher is becoming the new EPCOT)

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  85. MystykMarch 30, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    First time commenter, long time follower. First thing I saw was "Seeker", Harry Potter reference perhaps?

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  86. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    I think it's "sochop" - no not "so chop" but "sock hop" only spelled wrong...

    Maria

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  87. NiteNurseMarch 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Thanks so much for today's giggles. The mice will be pleased.

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  88. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    I am turning *42* today and have often had my first name LeeAnn misspelled.. (Really... you'd be SURPRISED at the number of ways there are to modify and otherwise bungle what was designed to be an easy, two syllable name, my favorite thus far being 'Lean'.) So I'm choosing to believe that cake could *possibly* have been meant to have my name on it. After all, starting today, I can begin to enjoy the ULTIMATE ANSWER to life, the universe and everything!

    Have a great day everyone! Jen, John, and everyone that make Cake Wrecks possible have just given my birthday a great start, as they do daily. (it's always someone's birthday somewhere, right?) Keep up the great work!

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  89. H LynneaMarch 30, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    I can't pronounce it, but I'm pretty sure it's a word that means "something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."

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  90. PearljammiesMarch 30, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    It's definitely Salker, they just forgot to add the "Fatherhood."

    a wreck upon a wreck thrice removed!

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  91. geeky HeatherMarch 30, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    This post made me very happy.

    I think it says, "DON'T PANIC", but those are NOT large, friendly letters.

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  92. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Hate to disappoint but it's just a Sacher torte........you know, that stuff some of us Krauts make.

    ncd1011@verizon.net

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  93. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    following the writing i think it has to be Loehoe? no idea what that means

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  94. TARAMarch 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Whatever it says I'm sure it'd taste better with a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster!

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  95. AnneJMarch 30, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    I'm sure it says Ivanhoe. Well, nearly sure.

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  96. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    This is the cake served at a psychologists convention....mmmm, rorschach cake.

    Andrea

    wv: hellf - hellf I know what that cake says!

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  97. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Looks like Sucker to me...

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  98. LesleyMarch 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    I think it's my name!

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  99. EllenMarch 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Great post and great comments!

    Why is "Aloha Oe" running through my mind?

    Perhaps the person decorating that cake was trying to boldly split infinitives that no man has split before.

    Perhaps it was decorated by a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

    In any case, we should not be surprised. The plan for this cake was clearly displayed in the basement of the bakery for months.

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  100. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    i think it is supposed to be a "sacher" torte. a badly done sacher torte.

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  101. AngelaMarch 30, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    My first thought was "Loeher", but now that I've read the comments, it's definitely "Sacher".

    Mmm... I could go for some Sachertorte right now.

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  102. StephanieMarch 30, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    *squints* Hmm, I think it's... umm... nope, I got nothin'.

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  103. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    I say it's SOEHOE.

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  104. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    Imagine, the little label in the pastry case that reads: "Sachertorte". Next, imagine hundreds of customers pointing at the cake and asking "What kind is that?" [brief interlude with chocolate script] Now, the pastry chef can glare at the cusdumber, smile politely and say "See?? It says the name there on the cake! Can you not read?? Eh??"

    - Rev W

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  105. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Yep, it's a Sacher Torte. For some reason, it's traditional to write that on top... Imagine if we did that with ALL desserts!

    -Amy

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  106. Tara/BunnyMarch 30, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    I know, it says Sookeh!

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  107. johnMarch 30, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Best served with Advanced Tea Substitute.*

    *Note: To facilitate categorization, this is an attempt to be witty by including a Hitchhiker's reference.

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  108. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Ivanhoe?
    ~Diana

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  109. johnMarch 30, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    @Monica: truly, a mostly harmless wreck. Nicely done.

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  110. emilyMarch 30, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    I agree with the "Sacher" vote, although I'm also liking "Sucker" (which I think would be hilarious) and @Lecher. Or @Loehvl.

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  111. VeggieTMarch 30, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Epcot, definitely epcot...

    I'd say this baker succeeded, I don't notice the spelling errors at all...

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  112. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    That's a Sacher torte!

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  113. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    I laughed as soon as I saw this -- even before all the Hitchhiker's references.

    When I was a cake decorator, they hired a lady who came from what she considered an upscale bakery. Everything had to be done like it was done there. One thing she liked to make was a sacher torte, and, yes, she had to write "sacher" on it in big loopy letters. Not because anyone in our little grocery store would know what that is. Just because that's the way they did it at "s" bakery.

    Jen

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  114. minMarch 30, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    @Anon at 11:19 - Forgive my ignorance, but unless the Sachertorte tradition also requires the icing label to be illegible, I'm sticking with considering it a wreck. And a darn good one at that! =0)

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  115. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    i got the references! so proud of myself! lol

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  116. StaceyMarch 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    This hoopy frood is going with 42!

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  117. Adorably DeadMarch 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    Kudos to you for actually finding words in that...I got nothing.

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  118. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    It says Sacher, its the traditional way of finishing a Sacher Torte

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  119. AllisonMarch 30, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    I'm pretty sure it does say "Slartibartfast", but I told you it wasn't important.

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  120. DelightMarch 30, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Soho spelled incorrectly as "Soehoe"

    _dee_

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  121. Jessica GardnerMarch 30, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    It's got to be "Twelve" spelled out in cursive.

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  122. AlisonHMarch 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Ummm, chocolate. Good bite, and thanks for all the fishing for references! Dolphinitely!

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  123. rachelMarch 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    im pretty sure its just random squiggles.
    i got nothin'

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  124. JaunnetteMarch 30, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Hooray for Hitchhiker references!

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  125. Betty CynthiaMarch 30, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    It says 'Sacher'. It's a Sacher Torte...and that's what they always say on them

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  126. DJMarch 30, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat?

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  127. Bekah TuggyMarch 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    I think someone threw the icing at the ground and missed.

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  128. DJMarch 30, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of piping bags . . .

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  129. SusanDMarch 30, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    Well, it's definitely NOT 'Sacher' - if the first letter is a fancy S, then the 2nd doesn't look like an 'a'; and if the 'a' is within with 'S', then there's too many letters. Plus, why write just 'Sacher' on a Sachertorte? I like the suggestion that it's Jackie, with the 'J' and 'e' getting a little out of hand :-)

    I loved all the Hitchhiker's refs!!! You're a nerd's angel :-)

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  130. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    It says Sacher ,its a traditional sachertorte, austrian cake and that is how you decorate them.

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  131. jbreckenMarch 30, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I think the picture of the cake is upside-down.

    If you rotate it, it clearly says "Znjoago."

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  132. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    oh and it is gratifying to a middle aged Brit (who actually listened to the radio series when it first came on and watched it on BBC tv etc)that you bolshie ex-colonials are so appreciative of such British humour.Do you get the bits that take the p*** of you?

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  133. Jessa KennedyMarch 30, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    No, no, you guys, it's one of those three dimensional cakes, where the letters stack on top of each other! So instead of being a single word, it is indeed a whole phrase, which if you have the proper knowledge and technology to read would say:

    Attention Lemmings:
    Immigrating
    Lungfish
    Keep
    Unfortunate
    Lightsabers

    It's clearly from Canada. *firm nod*

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  134. msyendorMarch 30, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    New category: carpel tunnel syndrone [sic]

    A restriction of the humor nerve due to repetitive restatement of corrective "facts"

    A good sacher-punch need only be delivered once. Any further constitute cake battery

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  135. CathyMarch 30, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Maybe it says: Sacher? As in type of cake Sacher torte?

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  136. Loo-E Loo-IMarch 30, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    And out come the informers....at what level EPCOT are we now? ;-D

    It's probably Zaphod's 'autograph'.

    wv: ductrola: When all else fails...ductrola it!

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  137. the ginabeanMarch 30, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Oh, GOOD! I'm not the only one without a clue as to what the what that's supposed to say...

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  138. TAMarch 30, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    I'm going against the (Epcot) flow...

    I think it says, "Seder," but I'm not Jewish, so I don't know how likely it is that a Seder cake would be labeled that way.

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  139. HeatherMarch 30, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    I have always loved you, but the Hitchiker's references just made me love you even more!

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  140. johnMarch 30, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    Informer warning (plus highly superior):

    When I was in Austria last summer, all the Sachertortes were plain, even those from the Sacher hotel.

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  141. BB, MiamiMarch 30, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    I hate to admit this, but I actually see the "Sacher". The thing that looks like a duck is an S, the thing that looks like a peach is an a, the thing that looks like an e is a c, the thing that looks like someone was testing a pen is an h, the second thing that looks like an e really is an e, and the thing that looks like the gear fell off your spirograph is an r.

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  142. AngieMarch 30, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    I don't know why fifty million people all gotta tell you the same thing, but then again, even if I squint really hard, turn my monitor upside down & my head sideways, I still can't see "sacher" in that writing. So what do I know?

    I love you guys.

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  143. Hadassah's FateMarch 30, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Soerer?

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  144. ConleyMarch 30, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    I'm thinking this person either loves or hates True Blood, because that cake definitely says "SOOKEH!"

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  145. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    YES! Thank you for the HGTTG references!

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  146. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    The mice made that one for Arthur

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  147. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Looker?

    That's my best guess.

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  148. MicalahMarch 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Only one cake?

    Where did you get the German from???

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  149. deborahMarch 30, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    I agree with the other poster that it looks like" twelve" to me. The First letter is supposed to be a fancy "T", not an "S".

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  150. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    It is a Sacher torte. It is a traditional cake, and only true sacher tortes are allowed to have 'sacher' written across the top. Though now everyone does it. Obviously this one was poorly written

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  151. chaiteaMarch 30, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    @ diddleymaz

    Says the middle-age bolshoi ex-colonial:

    Shall I read you some of my poetry?

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  152. GinaMarch 30, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    OMG...I ran across a total "The Storyteller" comment as I was reading them...didja see it? Didja, didja? Huh? I thought it spelled "Sober" and we were celebrating someone's 12 Steps. ;) Have no idea what the heck a "Sacher Torte" is, but apparently tens of people say that's what it is.

    wv: dineu (French for "no knowledge of") as in, "I dineu what that cake says."

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  153. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    The more I look at it, the more it looks like "Sacher."

    Upside down it sort of kind of looks like "Lopez."

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  154. Slartibarfast42March 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Well, dontchya know, it's the first ever Word Verification Cake! It spells out a different nonsense word for everyone!

    wv: sconitis
    While WV tells me this cake says 'sconitis', it's more likely the baker had come down with a bad case of sconitis while making this cake, poor dear!

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  155. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    You guys are some really hoopy froods! Brill post! First though: Seeker, but Slartibartfast is so much better. Then again, it is not important. Now I must hurry to make a brew, or I shall be late. As in the late...

    So long, and thanks for all the laughs!

    A Yorkshire lass in SCOTLAND!!

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  156. Maxine DangerousMarch 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    I'll bet if you get drunk and squint, you could be led to believe the cake says "alcohol." Hell, I'm sober now and I believe it. ;)

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  157. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    I see "Seeker" too.

    - Samantha

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  158. CraigMarch 30, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    #1 The message was to have been 'Share and Enjoy', but something happened during the Great EPCOTs of 2011 so that it now reads: 'Go Stick Your Head in a Pig.'

    This is why torte reform is needed.

    [Gratuitous sequential label for categorization purposes only.]

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  159. St0n3hengeMarch 30, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    I left my Babelfish on Vogsphere, but I think this says Soeber. Maybe someone is celebrating a successful graduation from a twelve-step program.

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  160. SiouxzrMarch 30, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Ach Du Lieber! It is a sacher-torte that says Loeber!
    Now the big question-- is it an Eduard Sacher-Torte or an Original Sacher-Torte? Legal battles have been fought for years over the question.

    wv tingshel-- By tomorrow the Epcot will be over and tingshel be better.

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  161. AvalynMarch 30, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Sailor! Or... Sacher

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  162. FionaMarch 30, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Having stared long and hard, necessitating a visit to the optician cos that really hurt my eyes, I think that it's supposed to say Sookie.

    Ah, Hitchhikers - must read that again soon.....

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  163. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    Okay, it's post-because-of-the-wv time again!

    Merry at Annie's Book Stop/Sharon, MA

    wv: thell - "What thell does that say????"

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  164. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    Locker?

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  165. StaciMarch 30, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    I think it says Soehoe!

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  166. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    I saw right away it says "Sacher". But I have lovely, undecipherable handwriting so I guess I have an unfair advantage.

    wv: pardes
    Pardes-moi ma 'andwrighteeng, mon petit Loechoe...

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  167. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    I really think the word is "Teacher!" I am a fourth grade teacher, and I am therefore exceptionally good at deciphering code-like penmanship.

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  168. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    "Lopez". I love it!
    And BB Miami, you are the thing that sounds like a very funny person.

    It's "sacher". And I'm going to start labeling everything too: "carrot", "cup", "pointless use of food coloring velvet".

    wv: photted. What the decorator did as he used the piping bag.

    --Blondie's Mom

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  169. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    BEEHIVE?

    -Lisha

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  170. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    Looks like Seeker to me.

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  171. MinervaMarch 30, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Where's "The Informer" when you need them?!

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  172. Let Them Eat CakeMarch 30, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Sitting here drinking a Hurricane in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

    Some of these comments seem like a set-up after yesterday's post. J, J & 1, ya'll must be laughing like mad fools.

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  173. elecblueisMarch 30, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    I see "Sucker" and no one can change my mind!

    Except for Loo-E Loo-I @2:45 who said it was Zaphod's autograph, and then I totally saw that on the cake.

    But then Slartibartfast42 @5:07 explained that this was the first word verification cake(FTW), bringing me back to my first guess, "Sucker."

    Now, MsYendor @2:35 diagnosed the Epcot problem as a "restriction of the humor nerve." Now that we've got the diagnosis, we just need a cure so that posting can continue on a regularly clever basis.

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  174. Jamie Kline (Bookerella)March 30, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    It looks like the @ symbol followed by some squiggles

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  175. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    I says Aleive!

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  176. IrmaMarch 30, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    Love Hoe??

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  177. littlefoot76March 30, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    "Soeber" because clearly the baker was too drunk to spell properly.

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  178. Anonymous, for now March 30, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Yay for the Hitchikers ref! woot woot!

    I am thinking it is in the language of the original settlers of the planet 'Now What'. This may be their substitute for swearing similar to our $#*%%%@
    ?

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  179. tinypurpleelephantMarch 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Happy Birthday??

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  180. CasparMarch 30, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    This was the perfect follow-up post to yesterday's! You guys are the best - Love and kisses, Zaphod.

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  181. lizdiniMarch 30, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    It looks to me like something Wonko the Sane's wife made just before going outside to get out of the rain.

    But in all fairness, I'm not a hyper-inteligent shade of blue, so what do I know?

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  182. SharellMarch 30, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Parakeet?!

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  183. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    Sacher! As in sacher torte. I smell a culinary school in-class assignment that needed to be checked off!

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  184. SylphMarch 30, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    another vote for "Seeker". Maybe they've seen that SyFy version of a really great fantasy series?

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  185. RuthMarch 30, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Love the hitch-hiker's guide references :) Maybe you should try an HHG2theG theme......unless you have already and I missed it lol

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  186. EmilyMarch 30, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    I bet Mike Johnson knows what it says

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  187. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    love the Hitchhikers stuff! (I'm a bit of a BBC geek girl - Red Dwarf rules!) but I'd be especially impressed if you do any Dirk Gently references. My embarrassing story on meeting Douglas Adams: he came to California for a book signing. I got to the book store after it was already crowded with fans, so I was sort of in the back trying to see what was going on. A man starts to muscle his way past me to get up to the front. I gave him a dirty look and proceeded to watch him go up to the podium to speak. Yep, it was Mr. Adams himself. Doh! During question time, I kept asking him when he was going to write more Dirk Gently books. He brushed aside my questions (it seemed like he really just wanted to talk about making Hitchhikers into a movie) and gave me dirty looks. Later during the book signing, I noticed he was chatting with every single person who came up to have their book signed. When I came up to him (excited to have the chance to gush about how brilliant he was, how much I loved his writing, etc), he took one look at me, quickly signed my book, gave it back to me and turned to the person after me and started chatting. I guess I deserved it, since I had apparently turned into an annoying possibly stalker fan. {sigh} BTW - his book Last Chance To See - amazing non-fiction tales of endangered species and his travels to see them. Best part of the book: the Australian snake venom expert who kept "fairy cakes" for tea in the venom fridge.

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  188. Uber Idea GirlMarch 30, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    This cake is obviously from Bill Compton. It clearly says, "Sookeh."

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  189. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Seeker. Definitely Seeker.

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  190. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    Hitchhiker's references on my 42nd birthday! Reason enough to post a comment for the very first time, though I've loved your blog for ages!

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  191. crowleyancantoMarch 30, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    I think it just might be a person's name. Oh well, it's probably all gone now and at least we have the cryptogram pic to remember it by...

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  192. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    okay, that definitely does NOT say "sacher" in any alphabet that I know how to read...

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  193. exquisite redMarch 30, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    I thought it was Twelve. And apparently only one person agreed. Ah well.

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  194. AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    It definitely says seeker. Of course, it probably looks like that to me because I have too much love for harry potter or something.

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  195. Raine CountrymanMarch 30, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Maybe speller? Like as if someone won a spelling bee or something? Oh the irony in celebrating a spelling bee win and the baker not spelling speller right! :D

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  196. Mel V.March 31, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    Even though I could follow the jist of your post-script, I ran it through Google Translate to be sure. Imagine my surprise to learn that 'Fahrvergnügen' means 'Driving pleasure'. I didn't think it was *that* kind of wreck! Either I have a very dirty mind, or you do.

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  197. Jo-anne BlossyMarch 31, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    seeker?

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  198. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    Note!!! I'm sorry; I am a Sachertorte! Driving pleasure! Neenër neenër!

    Driving Pleasure??
    I think something is wrong with my babelfish

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  199. Wolverine GirlMarch 31, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    Sacher schmacher - it's clearly a freddled gruntbuggly. Unfortunately, the wreckerator's writing is a little hard to read, and has been ever since they were rended in the gobberwarts with a blurglecruncheon, wielded by a mildly irritated Arcturan Megadonkey who had imbibed one too many Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters.

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  200. GinnyMarch 31, 2011 at 12:59 AM

    I'll sit in the trench with the others who see "seeker" as that was what I thought before deciding to look at what other commenters were saying

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