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Michael Vick: It's just a matter of time. He's going to cop a plea and go to jail -- or the Feds are going to slap new charges on him and he'll go to jail (for even longer).
The smart money says he takes a plea, does a year or two and hopes everyone forgets about him so he can return to the NFL after a couple years in the pokey. Hell, a few years in jail might even humanize the guy with fans and the league.
Now, if there are ties to gambling (which everyone assumes there are... you don't get into dog-fighting for the humanity alone), Vick will be done. A lifetime ban isn't out of the realm of possibility.
Speaking of copping a plea, Tim Donaghy reportedly will, too. (Perhaps with the pleas behind them, the Vick and Donaghy stories will finally, mercifully, fade from the foreground of fandom.)
RIP, Phil Rizzuto: Condolences to family, friends and fans. Scooter even enjoyed a moment as a pop-culture icon, via Seinfeld, when George lost his Phil Rizzuto keychain in the asphalt, then had to jackhammer it out.
(That episode is close to a classic, with Elaine moving into the janitor's closet in a neighboring building, just to get the exceptional flounder delivered from a local Chinese restaurant. One of the greatest subtle moments in Seinfeld history is when George, carrying a jackhammer and dressed as a construction worker, and Elaine, dressed as a janitor and carrying supplies, pass each other on the street, nod and continue along their way. Holy cow!)
MLB Stud: Bobby Cox sets the MLB record for ejections by a manager. Not quite sure why we would celebrate a milestone of such appallingly poor sportsmanship, but apparently, this is the Summer of MLB Milestones. Not sure if "Ejection 132" has the cachet of "Home Run 756" or "Home Run 500" or "Home Run 600" or "Hit 3000" or "Pitching Win 300."
Baseball Dud: Jose Offerman, who was arrested after charging the mound and smacking the pitcher and catcher with his bat. This was, of course, in an independent league game, which is why it's a "Baseball Dud" and not an official "MLB Dud." But pretty messed up all the same. (OK, where is the YouTube video?!)
NFL Concussion Watch: Who, exactly, is going to call the "Head-Shot Hotline?" (That's not the real name, but the NFL's concussion phone hotline needs a nickname.) Somehow, I imagine someone will call reporting an injury to the player "Amanda Huginkiss."
CFB: I'm not much of a fan of USA Today sports columnist Jon Saraceno, but how can I begrudge him today after he filed such a slurpishly good dual-portrait of the best college football coach and best college basketball coach in
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Blog Anniversaries: Happy 6-month anniversary to the Ladies... (God, six months already? The Ladies... are best-known for two things: Being the most popular women sports bloggers online and creating the legendary Hot Bloggers Tournament. And I'm not just saying that because I was a No. 1 regional seed.)
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If royal watching's your kind of thing, the next four days are going to be a treat.
Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebration — marking 60 years on the throne — looks like it will be quite a show. Sunday's huge flotilla alone is predicted to be "the most spectacular nautical event seen in London for 350 years."
Want to know when to tune in?
The official website of the British Monarchy, of course, has a ton of information.
For broadcast schedules, though, you need to look elsewhere.
USA Today has, understandably, an American-oriented look at the weekend's TV schedule. Saturday, the queen attends the Epsom Derby and there won't be much for Americans to see. But starting with Sunday's events, here are a few of the highlights USA Today says we in the U.S. will be able to watch:
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-- Monday's Diamond Jubilee Concert, from which excerpts will be broadcast on the American broadcast and cable news networks. Fans in the U.S. won't get to see substantial portions of the performances by Sir Elton John and others, though, until ABC-TV airs them Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET.
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Still can't get enough? The BBC has collected its substantial Diamond Jubilee coverage here. It says the flotilla "promises to be the most spectacular nautical event seen in London for 350 years." The queen and Prince Philip will "travel on a gilded barge — The Spirit of Chartwell — specially decorated with flowers from the royal gardens and furnished in 17th century style."
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
What's Better Than a Hockey Wreck?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
That's right: a FREE hockey Wreck.
Now, I know nothing about hockey. I would not even know this cake was hockey-related if the word 'hockey' wasn't on there. So I asked my hubby John, and he was only too happy to explain the whole game for me. And you know what? It's actually kind of interesting! So for the benefit of you other non-sports types, here's a quick rundown:
See, apparently they play this sport on ice - but they have to make sure the ice is really thick, or else their cleats will scuff it all up. The players wear lots of padding and helmets, and carry little butterfly nets on sticks with which to hit the ball around. The object of the game is to score a triple Hail Mary - which is just another name for a running slam dunk - and consists of knocking three other players down while simultaneously dunking the ball through one of the red rings. Players known as running backs try to kick the ball, but the other team's catchers use their heads and butterfly nets to deflect the ball away from their side's field goal. Any running backs who are able to push the other team's running backs out of the big circle in the middle get what's called a free throw, in which they're allowed to chuck the ball at the head of their least favorite player. If they miss, their team only scores a half-down, but if the ball hits the other player, they score a hole-in-one.
There was also some stuff about yard lines, birdies, and triple-axles, but I kind of zoned out at that point. Still, I think I just may have to check out a hockey game some day; John tells me every time the pitcher serves a kill-shot, the mascot serves hot chocolate. How cool is that?!?
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- bmadd said...
I think the best part about this cake is that it says "AHS Field Hockey" and "Great Season." While, that's a great sentiment for the field hockey team, this is an ice hockey rink. Field Hockey is played on a grass field and has an arc at either end of the field-- no ice or red circles.
Stellar. - October 9, 2008 at 9:03 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
Wow, Jen. Your ability to grasp the complexities of hockey is almost as astonishing as that cake!!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- October 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- Matt said...
I think the best part about this wreck is that the cake clearly says "field hockey" but they designed and ice hockey rink. Field hockey is played on what looks a lot like a soccer field. Fail.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- Concrete Mama said...
does that say "field hockey"? if it does, it's even funnier - the totally wrong kind of hockey!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- Momma J said...
I just love how there's no charge - too funny!
www.crochetbymommaj.etsy.com - October 9, 2008 at 9:07 AM
- Jessie said...
OK, someone explain why this is a Wreck, please...
- October 9, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- pyrajane said...
Waitaminute...does that say Field Hockey??? Are they playing on blue grass?
- October 9, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Amy said...
So great!! I love your site! I just wish I had found it sooner. My baby shower cake was NEON pink and bright purple (my friend who ordered it just said "pink" thinking that they would do a nice baby pink since it was obviously a shower cake) and it read [quote]"Congratulations" Mommy-to-Be [end quote](yes, it had quotation marks!). Plus, the neon pink baby booties (slippers, not real booties!) were a hoot too! If I had only known....I would have taken a better picture of it!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Cari said...
Isn't the biggest wreck of all that it says "FIELD Hockey" on the cake though it's clearly an ice rink?
- October 9, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Eddie said...
It looks like it say AHS Field Hockey... which would make this even more of a wreck. At first I thought, "That's weird, why would it be called AHS Field? Hockey is played in a rink." Then it dawned on me - this cake may have been intended for a field hockey team. Yikes!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- The Imaginary Reviewer said...
Ah, that makes sense now! Could you explain American Football to me next?
- October 9, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- Unknown said...
Does that say "AHS Field Hockey"? If so that's even more horrific.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Here in NY Field Hockey is a game played by girls... on a field. I could see them not charging for a Field Hockey cake that shows an ice rink, when it should have a field on it!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Sparty_Cyclone said...
Since this is Field Hockey and not Ice Hockey, it's played in a field and not on ice. Otherwise, your definition was spot on.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Unknown said...
The best part about this, and probably why it's free... it's for a field hockey team, which as the name implies, is not played on ice at all, but on a... well, a field. The cake should have been green! (and the markings on the ground are all different, too, but... well, there's only so much you can expect from a free cake!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Alison said...
I suspect that part of the reason it was free is because it looks like it's supposed to be a field hockey cake, not ice hockey, unless they have a lot of blue fields in that area!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- Jessica Rabbit said...
It seems more like a water ballet arena or a dolphin training pool to me... "Jump through the hoops, Flipper! There's a good porpoise!"
- October 9, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Hatshepsut Saeed said...
That says FIELD hockey, which is played, well, in a field. On grass. Apparently the decorator didn't get the memo that there is more than one sort of hockey and missed the context clue of "Field". Next up: bowling on a shuffle board deck.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:17 AM
It says field hockey on it too....which is not played on ice. So unless they have been spray painting their field blue there's yet another problem with this disaster lol
- October 9, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- Chris said...
Field hockey or ice hockey? I ask because I see the word "field" on the cake, yet the blue looks like it is supposed to be ice. Confusing! Definitely a wreck! ;)
- October 9, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- Lefty said...
Absolutely amazing! This "hockey" of which you speak is so dynamic. I might have to take a closer look as well.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM
I think I know why that particular cake was no charge. Ice hockey is played on ice.
But the "AHS FIELD Hockey" team probably played field hockey on a field... of grass (which normally isn't blue). - October 9, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- micala said...
I *think* this one is a cake for field hockey though... so no ice on that. I think the middle circle there says "AHS|FIELD" with the hockey part underneath. My daughter's on the high school field hockey team.. I've seen a lot of field hockey games.
It's a disaster any way you look at it. - October 9, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- Craig said...
I think all the stuff about ice may not be so applicable. It looks to me that the cake was supposed to celebrate a "great season" for "AHS Field Hockey" but the words were broken up even more strangely than normal. So rather than ice and triple Hail Marys, it probably involved grass and girls in long socks. (Of course, this would make the blue cake inexplicable, so...)
- October 9, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
Wow. And I thought I almost had a grasp on hockey rules. The thing that cracks me up the most is the "no charge" post it note. I should hope they didn't charge for a field hocky field that's an ice hockey arena.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:25 AM
- Sue said...
Thank you so much for the explanation of hockey! I'd been wondering about how it's played.
Field hockey=green grass not blue ice. Even this native Floridian knows THAT! - October 9, 2008 at 9:31 AM
After the comments, aren't you glad you weren't assigned this cake?
- October 9, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- The Creeper said...
If my friend Cece was a cake decorator, and she was asked to decorate a sports cake, this is exactly what that cake would look like. She is sportsually impaired. I'm guessing so was this particular decorator.
Good thing they didn't have to make one for horse racing. Can you just imagine how long it would take them to stuff those horses in those little race cars?
Bwahahaha! - October 9, 2008 at 9:36 AM
- Rambler said...
Luckily the sarcasm of your misplaced sports descriptions was not lost on your readers. I'm glad they all explained the difference between field and ice hockey. Anyway, at least this cake was appropriately listed under "Misc Bakery". Good times.
Oh and Kansas girl... I'm up for Calvinball. - October 9, 2008 at 9:47 AM
It's obviously field hockey played on blue Astroturf.
- October 9, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Your description of... whatever that was (jigglyball? anyone... bueller?) cracked me up! Classic!
- October 9, 2008 at 9:56 AM
You absolutely make me laugh every morning. Thank you1
- October 9, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Jackie said...
As a Canadian, yes...home country of hockey - ICE hockey for those who require clarification (like the baker of this horror show)...I had to laugh and laugh and laugh...oh dear. Some sad folk out there.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- Unknown said...
My high school is an AHS with a great field hockey team...
I sure hope this cake was for them. Their coach is a colorblind graphic designer. I'm sure he loved it! - October 9, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
I worked at a Dairy Queen once and some of the cakes I decorated should have been free. I would say this was a good start to a good cake, but then I would be lying.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:11 AM
*wipes tears away* Thanks Jen. I'm sick and hurting pretty badly right now and your commentary on this cake is the first thing that really made me crack a smile in the past two days.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:13 AM
I don't know--field hockey, blue field...Does Boise State have a field hockey team?
- October 9, 2008 at 10:16 AM
- JRM said...
Now, let's just wait a minute here! Maybe this AHS is in Kentucky and everyone knows about high quality Kentucky BLUEgrass. Or perhaps their school's pep band was known for playing bluegrass music during the games and they wanted to give them a tribute as well.
Ah, who am I kidding? They should have paid someone to take the cake out of store so no potential customers could see it! It's simply not enough for it to merely be free. - October 9, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Mini Me said...
I guess the decorator really needed Sarah Palin there to explain hockey to him/her.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Shawna said...
Ha ha ha! I didn't get it at first. You see, I am from Boise Idaho, and our football team plays on blue turf!! I just thought it was a really good field hockey team and they got to play on blue turf, too!
- October 9, 2008 at 10:21 AM
That sounds like Calvinball!! Only with more rules.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:29 AM
The Boise State reference is FUNNNNNNY. Too bad there are probably only 5 people who read Cakewrecks who know that Boise State has a blue field.
I love this cake. Even without the whole field hockey debacle, the piping/lettering is simply not good enough to pay for. Not even close. And then when you're taking in the wreckitude of the piping and lettering.... you get to soak in the "oh crap it's field hockey" and it just gets wrecky all over again. Classic. - October 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM
I'm with kansas girl... Calvinball was the first thing to come to mind.
I'll be point guard. Who's pitching? - October 9, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- Poetry Sue said...
Yikes! I never thought anyone would ever confuse field hockey (girls and sometimes boys beating the crap out of each other with wooden sticks to get a little round piece of rubber to the other end of the field) with ice hockey (boys and sometimes girls beating the crap out of each other with wooden sticks trying to get a little flat piece of rubber to the other end of the field)
go figure - October 9, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- Tracy O said...
Beyond the field hockey/ice hockey debate, did anyone else notice there are NO GOALS - how is anyone supposed to win?
Go Gladiators!! (ECHL ICE hockey in Atlanta!) - October 9, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- Angela said...
The random placement of "Hockey" makes it Cake Wrecks art.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- VPIReiner said...
LOL! love the commentary and the explanation for us non-sporty types!
- October 9, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Wreck aside, I'm not sure I'd want to buy a cake from a bakery with a name that translates as "Rock Brothers."
- October 9, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Annimal said...
oops little mistake, the hot chocolate is only served when no one scores. That's the best part!
BTW,you should publish a book. I'd buy it! - October 9, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Um, I love you. Ok no, I'm not that creepy. You absolutely slay me, though.
- October 9, 2008 at 10:55 AM
I would have LOVED to hear the conversation that went on for that cake to be free. I imagine something like:
Decorator: Here's your cake!
Field Hockey Mom: That's my cake?
D: Yep, AHS Field Hockey
FHM: Why is it blue?
D (getting annoyed): For the ice, Ma'am
FHM: Field Hockey is played on a field, not ice.
D: You should have been more specific.
FHM: It's called FIELD Hockey!
D: Let me get my manager... - October 9, 2008 at 10:59 AM
- Leenie said...
Wow. Thats all I can say. Wow.
- October 9, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- Unknown said...
- October 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Cool Cakes and Crafts with Amalia said...
Oh! Thanks to the comments...now I get it! I thought you were being stupid because you thought it was funny but really you are very smart and funny. I didn't get that is was supposed to be Field Hockey, clear diff from the ice kind...and the footbal and basketball references...Der!
You are so witty and snarktastic, I can't keep up! - October 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- sues2u2 said...
I am so amazed @ how knowledgeable you are! Wow!!! Ummm, okay, I was being a bit sarcastic but yeah, hockey is pretty cool.
The only nice thing to say about that cake is that it was free. (trying to do that whole do unto others thing this week. We'll see how it goes!) - October 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Um, people, we only need one person to explain that the cake should have grass and not ice. We all get it now because it's been said over and over and over and over (see?).If we're going to critique cakes, we should use some common sense to prevent critiques on our critiques about these cakes. Geez. :\
- October 9, 2008 at 11:10 AM
- Hilary said...
I went to an ice hockey game to humor my husband, and it was amazing! They ram up against the glass, which was really close to us, and one player even bled ALL over the ice. They all just sat there so I wondered how they were going to clean it up. My husband explained to me that they were waiting for the blood to freeze so they could scrape it off!
- October 9, 2008 at 11:22 AM
No, no..it's a field of Kentucky BLUE grass! :o)
~Amy B - October 9, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Wow. So I didn't even read the word "field" until these comments. In any case, this cake still doesn't look like anything I've ever seen.
- October 9, 2008 at 11:41 AM
- Unknown said...
Cody - comments are monitored, so likely a lot of the people saying the same thing also commented around the same time and were all pending approval (meaning no one could see someone else said the same thing)
- October 9, 2008 at 11:59 AM
- Kat Mortensen said...
What we need here is a big ol' ZAMBONI. (Place cake on ice and let 'er rip!)
Kat - October 9, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- Kat Mortensen said...
Oops! Field Hockey. Got it.
No problem, a lawn-roller will do.
Kat - October 9, 2008 at 12:15 PM
The thing I find funny is the "no charge" sticker. They couldn't provide a PROPERLY decorated cake even though they knew this one was a loss? That grocery is only a few miles away from me, a new store in a ritzy neighborhood. I'll have to check the bakery out more closely.
- October 9, 2008 at 12:20 PM
- ryan said...
The thing is, even if it were for an ice hockey team, the cake still shouldn't be blue. It should be white -- just like an ice rink.
Super Extra Fail. - October 9, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- Nakia said...
To Cody: It's said over and over because comments aren't published immediately as they are screened first, so people cannot see right away that it has already been mentioned by others.
- October 9, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Awesome! I've been to Roche Brothers (pronounced Roach) any number of times, and can totally see why this happened. It's an upscale grocery store in the suburbs of Boston where the employees are mostly Brazilian. I don't think they play either kind of hockey in Brazil, so your description is probably about what the decorator imagined.
Jen - October 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- The Pedgehog said...
I'm with Cody - doesn't anyone who comments read the other comments first? My favourite thing about this Wreck is that so many commenters were stupid enough to point out that field hockey and ice hockey are different, after it had been pointed out about eight million times already! Good job friends.
- October 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- TB Tabby said...
My love of hockey is limited to Ice Hockey for the NES, which I sometimes play on the Wii's Virtual Console. But that love is great. When I saw this cake, I started uncontrollably humming the music from the game.
And even I know the difference between ice and field hockey. - October 9, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Aviatrix said...
Kudos to the baker for recognizing that they screwed up.
I've got to wonder: do you have so many mean-spirited or spam comments that you have to moderate? I don't moderate comments on my blog, just captcha on initial entry and I very rarely have to remove a comment. It's nice to let readers have a dialogue even when I'm not there, and cuts down on everyone saying the same thing. - October 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- nixtress said...
CLEARLY, you're not a golfer.
- October 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM
I used to play field hockey.
Believe me, the field looks NOTHING like that. What a shame.
At least it was free! - October 9, 2008 at 1:34 PM
- Kelly said...
I wasn't aware of the hockey rules, either. That is way more interesting than I thought it was. I will still try to get a man to explain it to me though, so I can use the term "butterfly net" to make him mad.
- October 9, 2008 at 1:45 PM
- Meg said...
Can't we all just get along? It is pretty easy to skim past duplicate comments if they bother you so much.
And to the poster who mentioned jiggly ball - LOVE IT! - October 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM
It seems that the decorator recognized their mistake with the obvious "Field Hockey" writing, and putting an ice rink instead. Hilarious, and I'm so glad you grasped the concept of hockey so well! =D
- October 9, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Seeker: This would be the only thing that Sara Palin coould explain!
- October 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- arensb said...
Okay, hockey makes sense to me now. But I remember hearing that it also involves fights. Is that where the padded gloves and yelling "Adrienne!" come in?
- October 9, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Avicile Mohaili said...
they must have been playing on Boise State University's football field, which really does have blue turf :-)
- October 9, 2008 at 2:17 PM
- Kopperhead said...
1. I would love to see that game you described played.
2. If I had ordered this cake I would be running from the store shouting..."Yay! Free Cake!" At least this wreck looks edible.
3. The first thing that crossed my mind was that the team might be from Texas and playing in a field of Blue Bonnets.
4. PS...I miss the ECHL Pensacola Ice Pilots :( - October 9, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Camille said...
MAYBE... just maybe the decorator is color blind and thought it was green only to finish and show it to a co-worker and get an "oh crap!"
Or maybe BSU is going to start having field hockey games on the blue turf on the off season.
You know, when BSU installed the blue turf they had big problems with ducks crash landing thinking it was water.. I wonder if any ducks will try to land on this cake? Might help it out a little. - October 9, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Linley Dolby said...
Sounds a lot like Quidditch!
- October 9, 2008 at 2:36 PM
I'm kinda liking that bakery, though. I mean, understanding what an unsalvageable disaster they'd wrought, and--before the customer even arrived to complain--surrendering in advance, without even a token fight? That's, well.... almost classy, y'know?
- October 9, 2008 at 2:37 PM
This is what it should have looked like! Too funny.
- October 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Bethany said...
Your hubby needs to not talk about hockey ever again lol.
- October 9, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Poetikat--love the zamboni idea! And Kansas Girl--can we play Calvinball with a zamboni playing?
- October 9, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Alice said...
Ha, I would hope it was free, seeing as the theme of the cake and sports team the cake was intended for don't match...field hockey is played on grass, not ice...can we also point out the decorator's stellar spacing? thanks go there aren't any quotation marks.
- October 9, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Philippa Lodge said...
Aviatrix: Not that anyone looks at my blog other than my mom so it's not my personal experience, but on the busier blogs, you're more likely to get random trolls saying awful things or ads for viagra or whatever.
And I'm with kansas girl on teh Calvin ball! comment :) - October 9, 2008 at 3:01 PM
While it was rather rude of the pedgehog to call the other posters stupid, I do see her point along with Cody's. Even if comments are posted in batches thereby resulting in the same comment being made multiple times, these same comments show up in each batch. PLEASE do your fellow posters (and Jen) a favor and read the previous comments before you add yours. Thanks!
- October 9, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- Kat Mortensen said...
Pedgehog - not everyone has time to read every single comment or indeed, every word of every post. Obviously, you do.
Kat - October 9, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- loisgroat said...
1. You have the best blog ever, and I respect your right to review the comments in whatever way you desire. If people don't like it, then they have the right to NOT POST a comment and/or NOT READ the comments.
2. I found it very amusing that pedgehog's complaint about people saying the same thing that other people were saying was already said many times by other people. So, to pedgehog I quote back: "Good job friend." - October 9, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- Rosengeranium said...
Thanks for writing the most comprehensible description of hockey ever!
I'm living in Sweden, a country that has two seasons; football (ie. soccer - also called summer by the unknowing) and hockey (winter). In the old times all malefolk had to stay in during those season to "watch the game". Nowadays, in these modern and enlightened times, every emancipated woman joins them.
I'm clearly oldfashioned... - October 9, 2008 at 3:42 PM
- manchester fat acceptance said...
hahahahahahahahahaha your explanation of hockey is even funnier than the cake!
- October 9, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Creative blog - good move!
Chessgambiter - October 9, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Aviatrix -- I agree with you wholeheartedly.
~Lea - October 9, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- Red Wolf said...
The design is fairly accurate for a badly-drawn ice rink, but unfortunately they are playing field hockey.
I think the cake decorator should have googled the words "field hockey" before they made this cake... There are plenty of photos of what a field looks like in 'google images'! - October 9, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Just when I think you can't get any funnier, you slay me once again! Thanks for the wrecks, but even more, thanks for the commentary. Those who don't read the comments are surely missing out!
Evelyn - October 9, 2008 at 4:35 PM
What the puck was he thinking.
I bet he was walking on thin ice with his boss
He wishes he had a skate-goat.
Just goes to show that you can't have your feild hockey and eat too.
the mom may have committed a butt-ending penalty on the decorator with barry's booty cake.
Thanks I will be here all week. don't forget to tip you waitress - October 9, 2008 at 4:58 PM
I did not read all the comments maybe this was already brought up but. I would not buy a cake from a place whose name could easily be missed pronounced as roach bros. Thats just gross. must be french
- October 9, 2008 at 5:03 PM
- Dea said...
Bwahaha!!! From the messed up cake, to your hockey rules - WIN!!! :D
- October 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
As a Canadian, I have to say I really enjoyed your description of the rules of hockey. I don't think anyone's ever gotten it so accurate before!
Also, I would take the cake. It's hideous, but hello, free cake! :p - October 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
- Aleta said...
I don't know a thing about hockey, so this was an educational post for me. Thanks for sharing and funny about the cake and what you learn in life.
- October 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
- Ziggyeor said...
oh my I didn't even read it properly to get the full wreckyness! I was puzzled on how they were going to score! ROFL to funny.
And a great opener to the NHL hockey season btw! It starts tonight :D
Ziggy - October 9, 2008 at 5:27 PM
- Julie said...
Too funny! My little bro used to decorate cakes for the same supermarket chain....I guess they need him back!
- October 9, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- Chris H said...
Funny site ya have here! I found ya via another's blog. I am going to be bloody 50 in a week or so and am getting me a big cake, I hope like hell it looks OK!
- October 9, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Hey guys,
Just so you know, moderating comments is HARD. Really, it's not a lot of fun. We read the bad with the good which is sometimes truly disheartening. Occasionally, we even have to find family members to do it for us if we aren't gonna be prompt about it. But Jen made a commitment when she started this blog that there would be no profanity and minimal objectionable material so that, for the most part, the site would be kid safe.
So, yes. It stinks that we get repeated comments. We wish every commenter would be able to express their view without potentially hurting someone else. Or us, for that matter. But sadly it isn't so.
I only ask that you extend us some grace in our efforts to continue to have a great site that is safe and fun for everybody.
Wreck on! - October 9, 2008 at 6:01 PM
I hope the people who said that this post was educational re: the rules of hockey realize that Jen was being her usual funny and sarcastic self when describing the sport. She mashed together just about every sport since hockey is boring and causes her to zone out when her husband is explaining it (at least, that's what I imagine). Those are NOT the rules of hockey. They are the rules of hockey, rugby, football, golf, and who knows what else.
That being said, I love this blog and it brings much laughter to my life. Thank you! - October 9, 2008 at 6:26 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh thats bad. They should have PAID the customer to take it!
- October 9, 2008 at 7:08 PM
- October 9, 2008 at 7:21 PM
I love how you can grow blue grass out in the U.S.A. Now I understand how the game of hockey is played. My husband will be so impressed with me next time we watch the Bulls play.
- October 9, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- E.A.D. said...
LMAO @ your description of hockey. I'm not sure how many sports you managed to smash together there, but that was hee-larious! And I love how the bakery just gave them the cake for free once they realized what a huge mistake they'd made. Now that's customer service. At least the darn thing looks edible.
PS: Calvinball! - October 9, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- Nakia said...
I'm sorry you receive disheartening and critical comments at times. I hope all the hearts YOU lift and the smiles you give so many people all over the world overshadows the few negative ones. Wreck on! :-) - October 9, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Dearest Cody-
Just in case you believe that the sole purpose of this blog is to critique cakes .... I wanted to point out the hundreds of comments added each week that showcase clever interpretations and witty prose. To focus on the technical merit of cake-decorating alone would be far less entertaining!!! - October 9, 2008 at 10:52 PM
- Morgan said...
Was I the only one thinking it was a mis-spelled "Ashfield"?
- October 9, 2008 at 10:54 PM
- AJ and Dexter's Mom said...
If this is your explanation of hockey, I can't wait for someone to design a cricket cake wreck!
I look forward to your posts every day! Thanks so much. - October 9, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- fuzzandfuzzlet said...
I am noticing a trend in all the sports cakes you post... they all look like crop circles. Are aliens taking over bakeries?
- October 9, 2008 at 11:58 PM
- Moose Nuggets said...
Was this done by the same decorator who did the baseball "diamond"?
- October 10, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Rosie Reports said...
This is a great post. I really enjoy reading your blog
- October 10, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Sariah said...
Okay... breathing... I'm okay... oh, wait...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! - October 10, 2008 at 12:01 PM
- Etiquette Bitch said...
not sure if anyone caught this, but i'm fairly sure there was no charge because the Circle was-i'm guessing- probably supposed to be an actual *image* of the field (rink? i'm confused with all this ice/field hocky confusion).
- October 10, 2008 at 7:35 PM
- Susanna said...
I kid you not, It took me until you said the word "kick" for me to realize this wasn't a serious description. No, really. I was actually thinking to myself "why the ridiculously long description of hocky?" by the way, are there really nets on the hocky sticks?
- October 12, 2008 at 2:21 AM
- mousekemom said...
Okay, my question is this...is it supposed to be ice hockey or field hockey? It looks sort of like ice because of the blue, but is sorta set up like field. I guess it is supposed to be field hockey in the school colors? Good grief...at least the bakery realized it was a wreck and refused to charge! LOL
- October 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM
whats the difference between a pitbull and a hockey mom? ;)
- October 13, 2008 at 2:27 AM
- clueuin said...
Answer for Anonymous: A pitbull know what a hockey rink looks like.
Those bakers sure didn't
To all the whiners who are to many to comment on:
Uh, I don't know about ya'll but here in N.Y.C we use this thing called the scoll. -------> Right there on the right, can't miss it!
You see you can scroll and see.
But it really doesn't matter because it's fun to comment.
You remember fun don't you? That when you don't take things so seriously. Like for instance my sarcastic comment.
Now look at the funny and pictures and smile. Smile, darn it, smile!
There you go! :)
P.S, Hey at least nobody's mention the O word. (See first cupcake cake distaster.)
Love your comments Jen!
c.i.n - October 15, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Ah, Roche Bros. of Wellesley Hills, MA. I know it well... that's the grocery store I grew up stealing candy from. I couldn't be more proud.
(And Yes, I can confirm that the name of this grocery store is pronounced like "roach.") - October 27, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- tara said...
Morgan, I thought it must have been misspelled "ashfield," too, but Ashfield is too far away from Wellesley, where the cake was made. though there is an AshLAND nearby, which a confused baker could have screwed up (we all know stranger things have happened), I don't think that's the case. the date on the tag (nov 11th) matches up with the end of fieldhockey season, not ice hockey.
- October 28, 2008 at 2:58 AM
- Jon said...
I'm 80% sure I used to work at the grocery store that made this cake...
NOT IN THE BAKERY THOUGH! I SWEAR! - November 10, 2008 at 8:19 AM
In Defence of this cake you have here 2 problems. ! the tag on the cake has a 31 day code and misc bakery tags have a 3 day code. and the cake decorations is what is called a "kitcake" which the customer orders. Decoorators dont just put this on themselves. So it would seem once again it is the customors fault for ordereding this cake and while not the best looking cake......the whole thing just doesnt add up. I deal daily with people who ask for the most whacked out things on a cake only to cry when they get what the asked for.
- November 12, 2008 at 10:37 PM
It looks more like a crop circle than a hockey rink.
- January 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Most of my experience with hockey involved prancing around on a muddy field at the girls' private school I went to, and my main experience with the American take on hockey was watching episodes of Winnie the Pooh and the Simpsons in which they play it, and, more recently, watching Kevin Smith's movie "Dogma" and puzzling for a while over whether the redhaired ringleader of the demonic kids who go round beating people with hockey sticks was a boy or a girl. I'm still pretty certain that isn't what a hockey rink is supposed to look like.
Word verification: funcruns. Sounds like a cuss. Or perhaps some form of game involving hockey sticks and cake. - May 30, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Llora Jean said...
found your site and love it. cringed a little when I saw this was by my beloved Roche Brothers. Ah well; can't win 'em all!
- July 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Are you messing up hockey and field hockey intentionally?
- October 21, 2009 at 4:28 PM
I would have expected more hockey-related cake wrecks. I mean, you always hear about the players icing the puck...
How could there be 131 comments without somebody adding that one? - November 6, 2010 at 5:28 PM
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Sadness Takes on Cake Form
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Something about the exuberant inscription paired with this pathetic Wrecky mess is totally tickling my funny bone. I'm not sure what Ashley is "Freeeeeee" from, but evidently it's not melting Wrecks with wonky candles and wax drippings.
Thanks to Monique R., Wreckporter extraordinaire.
UPDATE: Aha, we have back story! Thanks to Melissa for providing the original link.
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- Beth said...
How much did she charge when she was 25??
- October 4, 2008 at 4:35 PM
- Jillene said...
That is the UGLIEST thing!! What is up with the boarder? IS it only cool now to have a nice boarder on part of the cake and then let it trail off down one side and who knows where it went in the back--very strange!!
- October 4, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Ok here's the thing, it's true that this is a cake from a store and should have looked professional, but since the official cake decorator didn't show up, what was the choice? No cake at all, or a valiant, heart-felt stab at it? IMO this should still fall under the made with love kinds of cakes.
Btw I love your blog and it has inspired me to start making home-made frosting for my cake-mix cupcakes for all future birthdays. - October 4, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Still, you gotta admit, those candles are pretty cool.
- October 4, 2008 at 4:45 PM
- Mary said...
Without that back story, I was going to say that there is no way that was paid for...I wouldn't have left without a refund and a different cake. I feel bad that these businesses have such a lack of common sense.
- October 4, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Jessie said...
Oh, man! This happened to AshleyG?? I recognize her from Etsy. Wrecks are just so much sadder when they happen to someone you know (or to someone you stalk on the internet).
- October 4, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- ~Amy said...
Awesome! I love the backstory too! Poor girl! ;)
- October 4, 2008 at 5:48 PM
I was going to say that there is no way this isn't homemade, but reading the back story, I'm actually kind of impressed that the shift manager took a stab at it. No way should they have charged her though! Even at its wreckiest, a Ben & Jerry's cake still tastes delcious!
- October 4, 2008 at 6:00 PM
- Kami said...
You know, seeing these professional cakes gone wrong makes me glad I have never, ever ordered a custom cake. :D
- October 4, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- Vincci said...
I like how Ashley is so lighthearted about it. At least her other presents were awesome.
- October 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM
- A.k.a. "Mommy" said...
It seems rare that an ice cream cake ends up on the table without any wreckage. Thank goodness it has ice creamy deliciousness to make up for it!
- October 4, 2008 at 6:31 PM
O.M.G.... Never mind the cake. I must have that cat dish!!! Best part of the whole story. *grins*
- October 4, 2008 at 7:13 PM
- The Creeper said...
OMG, I love how the frosting is just melting off the sides and all.
- October 4, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I'm most impressed by the uniform sheen of glow that appears on the surface of the cake from the candlelight. Yikes.
- October 4, 2008 at 7:20 PM
I love that the kid left in charge took "a stab" at it...and the boyfriend [baby daddy] bought it. Too cool.
It is a complete wreck, but the love is there and the kid at B*J's tried.
Do they deserve their money back? OH yeah, but she seems to love it on her blog, so all was not lost. - October 4, 2008 at 8:21 PM
So bad it's good!
- October 4, 2008 at 8:22 PM
- KMDuff said...
Without the back story it would be hard to believe this was not homemade. It wasn't made by a professional though, so I'm not sure it counts there. The writing is pretty good IMHO considering its a first attempt.
- October 4, 2008 at 8:25 PM
The cake said, "Helllp....I'm melllting!"
Me, Ben, & Jer...my favorite menage a trois!!! - October 4, 2008 at 8:38 PM
- joyce said...
Ben and Jerry's ice cream?? Was there a cake in there somewhere?? Yuck. Icing and ice cream. Double yuck. She should have received the "cake" free of charge, in my opinion. Poor Ashley. At first glance, I thought she might be free of a husband or lover or disease?
- October 4, 2008 at 8:39 PM
- Karen said...
I love how the little pink things look like they're trying to flee the scene. AAAHHH! Run awaaaaaaay!
Go little pink things! Be free! - October 4, 2008 at 8:52 PM
- Erin said...
I know those candles. I wanted something more than just plain candles for my BF's recent birthday and got those at Wal-mart. The first one was unrecognizably melted before we were half done with lighting the rest of the letters :-( They are a cake wreck waiting to happen to some unsuspecting party-planner. Fortunately, I didn't make a cake, though - just un-iced brownies. But seriously, stay AWAY from those candles.
- October 4, 2008 at 8:55 PM
- Mel said...
I love the placement of the candles. It's like "oops, we ran out of room! I guess we'll just drop those last few letters down the side."
- October 4, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- sues2u2 said...
The backtrack totally makes this cake great! Hope that not only did they get their money back but also some extra.
- October 4, 2008 at 9:39 PM
- Amy Ellen said...
Oh my sad sad looking cake. I can understand that someone who does not do cakes would well not do the best job and hey he did spell everything correctly right? Of course you would have thought the manager would have looked at the end resultes said ummm there's nothing I can do about it and at least offered it reduced or free. Oh well....
- October 5, 2008 at 12:49 AM
WreckTACular cake, fabulous birthday story. Definitely one for the scrapbook! :)
- October 5, 2008 at 1:31 AM
- An Apron Straitjacket said...
Why am I suddenly reminded of the Wizard of Oz?
"Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting!" - October 5, 2008 at 6:58 AM
Love the blog, too funny, but seriously what is wrong with people that they buy the cake, take it home, eat the cake! and THEN seek a refund??? If you want a refund get it then and there if you take it you bought it, too bad for you, I hope it tastes better than it looks!
- October 5, 2008 at 8:12 AM
- Suzyhomemaker said...
I'm guessing the white icing is ice cream? Mostly I'm dumbfounded how the border slid off :)
And even if the cake decorator didn't show up, I say take one for the team, call the person who is paying money and say "hey... our cake decorator didn't show up. You don't owe us any money."
And then go to the grocery store and get a pint of B&J and put a candle in it :) - October 5, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Freee! I hope the cake was freee.
~Amy B. - October 5, 2008 at 9:48 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
It sorta looks like the Happy Birthday is missing the d or the a at the end.
But if it's ice cream, I can see why icing is sliding off the sides. - October 5, 2008 at 10:03 AM
If I wanted a poorly done cake, I could do that myself. For freeeeeeeeeeeee!
- October 5, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Rachael M. said...
Wow. WOW. I mean, good on the people for making the attempt when they got left in the lurch by their decorator, but it should have been free or severely discounted!
That original post now really makes me want to make a mustache with a mustache cake, though :-D - October 5, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Is that a bra there in the upper right corner of the photo? Maybe that's what she's free from.
- October 5, 2008 at 3:37 PM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
This site is great.
- October 5, 2008 at 6:33 PM
- TB Tabby said...
And my own 26th birthday is on the 20th. I hope my cake fares better.
- October 5, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- Wolf Woman said...
My own 26th birthday was last month, my husband bought those same candles for me, and he also could not center them on the cake. Cracks me up.
I try to tell people, start with the center letter and work your way out, but do they listen? Of course not... - October 5, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- fuzzandfuzzlet said...
Beth`s comment has me ROTFLMAO ! Omgosh that is too funny.
I think the cake should read 26 and this cake is free.
Honestly, why would someone leave the store with that? Why would any self respecting employee allow that cake to leave the store?
I honestly think either of my kids could have done a better job. - October 5, 2008 at 11:05 PM
- eek said...
Aww... I think it's kinda cute.
- October 5, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Hello, It seems rare that an ice cream cake ends up on the table without any wreckage. Thank goodness it has ice creamy deliciousness to make up for it!
Goji Berries | GoChi - October 6, 2008 at 7:28 AM
- Unknown said...
Okay, to be fair, it can be assumed that although the cake decorator obviously did not exactly go all out on the effort of decorating this...oh my gosh, a star border and some plain writing,...must have raken her all of 5 whole minutes... but the rest of the disaster may have occured in a hot car on the way home.
- October 6, 2008 at 10:26 AM
- Dea said...
BWAHA! The back story is pretty funny, but my naughty mind was DEFINITELY coming up with way more interesting storylines...
- October 6, 2008 at 5:53 PM
There is an Ashley on a cloud.
I like to go there when she's freeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!11
Nobody dares to laugh out loud
When they see Ashley's horriblecakethatlookslikeas***tycloud - October 7, 2008 at 5:42 AM
- Unknown said...
I used to decorate ice cream cakes. Almost all ice cream places universally use a frosting petrochemical called "Better Cream". You have to whip it for just the right amount of time so that it turns from a gloopy, oily mess into a fake-o whipped cream. If you don't whip it long enough, it comes out like this- Shiny, wet plastic. It's horrible stuff.
- October 7, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- clueuin said...
Scott :
One word: Pyrophosphate
One of the ingredients in Betty Crocker Frosting.
I win!
Clueuin - October 7, 2008 at 3:28 PM
- Brandi said...
that looks strikingly similar to the ben and jerry's cake I ordered and was charged for on my 25th bday...I too sought and received a refund....gotta find that photo!
- October 16, 2008 at 8:02 PM
The cake is just pathetic, but the backstory behind it is freakin hilarious! And the fact it came from a large establishment. What happened to stores and restaurants being too embarrassed of letting things out of their kitchens looking like that?
- October 17, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I just want to know if it is a take off on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets where Dobby (the house elf) is freed and he says "Dobby is Freeeee" (ok so maybe I'm the only one with Dobby's voice in my head on this one - blame Pottercast having that clip in their intro (or is it the end - well whichever)
- October 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Krissy said...
Dude, that is just SAD! LOL The back story was pretty hilarious.
- October 20, 2008 at 4:06 PM
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