tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post193445004021975865..comments2024-03-29T01:35:45.842-04:00Comments on Cake Wrecks: Great Wrecks in HistoryJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-14722918453438931402011-08-03T14:01:09.015-04:002011-08-03T14:01:09.015-04:00This wreck specifically commemorates the Crossroad...This wreck specifically commemorates the Crossroads Baker test of July 25, 1946. Morbidity and hat hilarity aside, the cake is actually a pretty good representation of the Baker mushroom cloud <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x36wV81B8qA" rel="nofollow">shortly after detonation</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-63712368042277512112009-03-17T16:09:00.000-04:002009-03-17T16:09:00.000-04:00Fantastic execution of the cake, to celebrate a fa...Fantastic execution of the cake, to celebrate a fantastic advance in technology. Harnessing nuclear energy, for any means, is an engineering achievement, and this cake celebrated the successful test of a very complicated machine whose production required an entire industry to be invented.<BR/><BR/>War is hell, but ending wars quickly is better than the alternative. The concept of mutually assured destruction changed the course of history.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, Admiral Blandy was quite the controversial figure at the time. Here's a memorable quote in which he addresses some phenomenally ignorant criticisms, the likes of which are still leveled against basic research today: <BR/><BR/>"The bomb will not start a chain-reaction in the water converting it all to gas and letting all the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom. It will not blow out the bottom of the sea and let all the water run down the hole. It will not destroy gravity. I am not an atomic playboy, as one of my critics labeled me, exploding these bombs to satisfy my personal whim."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-2540877346470274472009-03-10T11:29:00.000-04:002009-03-10T11:29:00.000-04:00I meant, if it sparks a discussion, all the better...I meant, if it sparks a discussion, all the better.<BR/><BR/>And I am a pacifist. In my home area in Germany, they are digging up 50kg bombs until today!<BR/><BR/>I don't wish war or destruction on anyone.sometimes, a cake is just a cake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-22209342469779048482009-03-09T13:55:00.000-04:002009-03-09T13:55:00.000-04:00This is even better than the diaper cake for baby ...This is even better than the diaper cake for baby showers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-86253257569648864252009-03-08T19:27:00.000-04:002009-03-08T19:27:00.000-04:00"We need to remember what nuclear weapons do, and ..."We need to remember what nuclear weapons do, and this is a fun way to do it"!? What nuclear weapons do, as in, destroy countless lives? Call me overly PC, but I have a hard time seeing the fun in that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-69058904318274435412009-03-08T05:22:00.000-04:002009-03-08T05:22:00.000-04:00*laughs* that's awesome. I wonder how it is constr...*laughs* that's awesome. I wonder how it is constructed and whether the cloud part is edible or only the base...<BR/><BR/>That said, political correctness and taboos are not a good thing. We need to remember what nuclear weapons do, and this is a fun way to do it.<BR/><BR/>Besides, you don't necessarily need a nuclear bomb to make a mushroom coud, it's all about the heat in the explosion ;) It's a physics lesson too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-86187305439934348882009-03-07T16:38:00.000-05:002009-03-07T16:38:00.000-05:00It feels wrong and I know I shouldn't be celebrati...It feels wrong and I know I shouldn't be celebrating it, but this cake is completely incredibly awesome.<BR/><BR/>Nick<BR/>(flavourfiasco.blogspot.com)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279530571968525655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-72316797316196716692009-03-07T12:27:00.000-05:002009-03-07T12:27:00.000-05:00at least in those days, you could express yourself...at least in those days, you could express yourself in whatever way you wanted, without every special interest group in existence beating down your door, demanding apologies.i would almost welcome something offensive these days, it would be a breath of fresh air.Motherofmanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207243655246868562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-51950830139477663842009-03-07T02:07:00.000-05:002009-03-07T02:07:00.000-05:00the lady's hat also looks like a mushroom cloud.the lady's hat also looks like a mushroom cloud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-34039818660459022252009-03-07T01:59:00.000-05:002009-03-07T01:59:00.000-05:00I've read the post and all the comments and still ...I've read the post and all the comments and still don't know if you're making that up or not. I'm going with making it up, because that a) gives you credit for being witty and b) doesn't require me to think about people actually celebrating atomic destruction.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-28378257687258541672009-03-07T01:54:00.000-05:002009-03-07T01:54:00.000-05:00It is rather dreadful, but remember that the cake ...It is rather dreadful, but remember that the cake commemorated the testing on Bikini Atoll, not the bombing of either Hiroshima or Nagasaki.<BR/><BR/>I truly cannot imagine that ANYONE would have been crass enough to get a cake commemorating human destruction. I think they were merely going for a celebration of the successful conclusion of extensive work and testing.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying it was appropriate, just that it might not be quite as bluntly cruel as people seem to think.In the Meantimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249361142127424403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-47207228200693673592009-03-07T00:23:00.000-05:002009-03-07T00:23:00.000-05:00Kind of makes me a little ill.Kind of makes me a little ill.My name is Michelle.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09797030924559412568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-77479529595764361342009-03-06T22:50:00.000-05:002009-03-06T22:50:00.000-05:00..aaaannd, if you look closely at the "surface" of.....aaaannd, if you look closely at the "surface" of the cake, it really looks like the surface of the ocean when a bomb is going KABLOOEY. It looks like a very good depiction of foamy, churned-up-by-a-bomb-detonation wavyness! The subject matter totally sucks, but it was well executed none-the-less. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-44093460642910060052009-03-06T22:38:00.000-05:002009-03-06T22:38:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, back then Americans thought the Ato...Unfortunately, back then Americans thought the Atomic Bomb was a good thing; a show of strength and power for the country. A way to protect themselves from advesaries. I don't think they had all the info or really knew the short and long-term outcome of their actions and the resulting consequences. (Nope, I'm not American). Or maybe not; I'm just sayin'.<BR/><BR/>Gotta say that hat is indeed a doozy. The cake..well, if it were indeed totally constructed outta cake, it would be awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-70426441532534276622009-03-06T22:22:00.000-05:002009-03-06T22:22:00.000-05:00Karen, I was thinking the very same thing about th...Karen, I was thinking the very same thing about the French Revolution jewelry.Eunicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692212353227538810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-82866048874366731802009-03-06T20:11:00.000-05:002009-03-06T20:11:00.000-05:00Gad.Gad.Scritzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408387614360929204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-73146369801469996252009-03-06T19:38:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:38:00.000-05:00I thought you were joking about the names, but no,...I thought you were joking about the names, but no, it's really Mr. and Mrs. Blandy.<BR/>wv: mangl, meaning to create poorly made cakes in the male form; see yesterday's wrecks for examples.The Angry Jackalopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02940100553765654040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-25120597403868628442009-03-06T19:07:00.000-05:002009-03-06T19:07:00.000-05:00Marji: it's Shakespeare (The Winter's Tale). But p...Marji: it's Shakespeare (The Winter's Tale). But perhaps Wodehouse made an allusion to it somewhere, I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-68019851950486349222009-03-06T17:18:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:18:00.000-05:00Bikini Atoll was a testing ground--although some p...Bikini Atoll was a testing ground--although some people were sickened and/or killed accidentally (collateral damage), as well as "experimental" animals brought there for the sake of observing the effects of the bombs on them.<BR/>The devastation of the bombs that effectively ended WWII were on a much *grander* scale, compared to this, and probably way more cake-worthy...unless you're the type who would be satisfied just to have a war end without celebrating all of the destruction with graphic bomb replicas. HOO-WAH.<BR/><BR/>What say we get on with our day and laugh and be silly again? This darn cake is too controversial.sendingtheclownshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962195863100862922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-26378799065446212502009-03-06T16:35:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:35:00.000-05:00WOW, um...inappropriate, much?Happy A bomb day, Hi...WOW, um...inappropriate, much?<BR/><BR/>Happy A bomb day, Hiroshima! This one's on you...I mean, in your memory...I mean...ah, heck, just too awful to keep making jokes.<BR/><BR/>So did they screen the guests afterward for radiation poisoning?Jessica Martielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077037157565785969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-77318123543472333512009-03-06T16:25:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:25:00.000-05:00And people thought the 9/11 tribute cake was in ba...And people thought the 9/11 tribute cake was in bad taste...<BR/><BR/>wv - sebarow. What Patrick and Spongebob use when working in their yards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-17456168271535680532009-03-06T16:11:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:11:00.000-05:00It's sad isn't it? But then again, you're looking ...It's sad isn't it? But then again, you're looking at the generation who thought smoking was good for calming the nerves...and seat belts....what are those? <BR/>How wise we all seem now in hindsight.<BR/> And I'm sure a large portion of the cake was cardboard, or possibly asbestos!Suzanne Dargiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348494076832720929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-58251123003043805142009-03-06T16:04:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:04:00.000-05:001946. Too soon? WAY too soon. I certainly hope nob...1946. Too soon? WAY too soon. I certainly hope nobody made any cakes to celebrate any of Hitler's shenanigans.Ms Unreliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119338192240308159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-20870422296355302032009-03-06T16:00:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:00:00.000-05:00It was a different time back then; if you click th...It was a different time back then; if you click the "source" on the post, you'll see they were celebrating the successful testing of a bomb, not the actual bombing of peeps. Hindsight - sure it's in poor taste, but back then, not so much so. Back before people became so politically correct that you can't even sneeze without worrying about offending someone :pBrendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052694151971967733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-38654086972319293502009-03-06T15:49:00.000-05:002009-03-06T15:49:00.000-05:00Ahh Soh. You berry punny.Amazing cake, I want one....Ahh Soh. You berry punny.<BR/>Amazing cake, I want one. And the hat to match is just too too cool. <BR/>Very informative: I didn't know Victor Borge was an officer in the military at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com