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People around the world are watching anxiously to see the reaction in the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities to Thursday's "smooth military coup."
"Leftist and liberal Egyptian activists" have called for demonstrations, al-Jazeera reports, starting after midday prayers in that Muslim nation (Egypt is six hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast).
Al-Jazeera adds that "the April 6 Youth Movement and Revolutionary Socialist" announced they will join together to protest "against the smooth military coup" — their term for the decisions announced Thursday by the country's highest court. It effectively dissolved Egypt's parliament and ruled that a former top aide to deposed President Hosni Mubarak can remain on the ballot for this weekend's presidential runoff, despite a law that had barred members of Mubarak's regime from holding office.
As the BBC writes, "the court said last year's parliamentary vote — the first free and fair poll in decades — was unconstitutional, and called for fresh elections. The decision effectively puts legislative power into the hands of the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (Scaf)." And the court may have put former Mubarak regime Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in position to win the weekend runoff against the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi.
From Cairo, NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson tells Morning Edition that the youth groups that were so crucial to the overthrow of Mubarak feel "they may have lost the revolution."
There were some demonstrations on Thursday after the court's rulings were announced. Today, we'll watch the news and update as we get word about what's happening.
Al-Jazeera is live-blogging, as is The Guardian.
Update at 11:35 a.m. ET. Still Gathering:
According to the Guardian, people are still gathering "for a planned protest" in Cairo's Tahrir Square. But it adds that there's a sense among some Egyptians that the square is no longer the place where they should gather for such demonstrations because the military has essentially "sanitized" it and turned Tahrir into a place for protesters to let off steam but accomplish little.
Update at 11:15 a.m. ET. Security Forces Surround Parliament:
The New York Times writes that "Egypt's military rulers formally dissolved Parliament Friday, state media reported, and security forces were stationed around the building on orders to bar anyone, including lawmakers, from entering the chambers without official notice. The developments, reported on the Web site of the official newspaper Al Ahram, further escalated tensions."
Update at 8:55 a.m. ET. Calls To Boycott Election:
Reuters reports that there's a growing movement among Egytians to "boycott the election or spoil ballots" in protest over what's happening.
Among those who won't be voting: Mohamed ElBaradei. The Nobel laureate, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and one-time presidential candidate in the Egyptian elections tells the Guardian that:
"We are going to elect a president in the next couple of days without a constitution and without a parliament. He will be a new emperor, holding both legislative and executive authority and with the right to enact laws and even amend the constitution as he sees fit."
Update at 8:35 a.m. ET. "Great Uncertainty" And Apprehension:
The BBC writes that correspondent Lyse Doucet, who is in Cairo's Tahrir Square, says there is "great uncertainty and a certain amount of apprehension" about what will happen next.
Update at 7:35 a.m. ET: According to the Guardian, about an hour ago "a few protesters [were] starting to gather in Tahrir Square, but it remains pretty empty." But al-Jazeera is saying there may still be a "mass rally" there today.
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5. Glue nose onto face & using brown paint add spots
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BILLINGS — The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change — a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals the government says will lose crucial habitat as temperatures rise.
Federal wildlife officials Friday proposed Endangered Species Act protections for the wolverine in the Lower 48 states. That's a step twice denied under the Bush administration, then delayed in 2010 when the Obama administration said other imperiled species had priority.
It likely means an end to trapping the animals for their fur outside Alaska.
But federal officials said they won't use the animal's status as a means to regulate greenhouse gases blamed in climate change. And other human activities — from snowmobiling and ski resorts to timber harvest and — would not be curtailed because they do not appear to be significant threats to wolverines, officials said.
There are an estimated 250 to 300 wolverines in the contiguous U.S., clustered in small, isolated groups primarily in the Northern Rockies of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington. Larger populations persist in Alaska and Canada.
Maxing out at 40 pounds and tough enough to stand up to grizzly bears, the animals will be no match for anticipated declines in deep mountain snows female wolverines need to establish dens and raise their young, scientists said.
In some areas, such as central Idaho, suitable habitat could disappear entirely, officials said.
Yet because those losses could take decades to unfold, federal wildlife officials said there's still time to bolster the population, including by reintroducing them to the high mountains of Colorado.
"This is a species there is still time to do something about," said Mike Thabault, ecological services director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's mountain-prairie region.
Wildlife advocates, who sued to force the government to act on the issue, said the animal's plight should be used by the Obama administration to leverage tighter restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions.
As with the polar bear, the government is sidestepping that thorny proposition with the wolverine, and said in Friday's proposal that listing the animal as threatened "will not regulate greenhouse gas emissions."
Thabault said the agency would be on tenuous scientific grounds if it tried to draw a link between specific emission sources and impacts on wolverines.
Advocates expressed disappointment, with Noah Greenwald from the Center for Biological Diversity saying the administration "should not be exempting greenhouse gas emissions from the Endangered Species Act."
A Washington, D.C., attorney, John Martin, who represented the energy industry during litigation over polar bears, said he expects no change in the administration's policy against using endangered wildlife to regulate emissions.
Friday's proposal also allows Colorado's wildlife agency to reintroduce an experimental population of wolverines that eventually could spill into neighboring portions of New Mexico and Wyoming.
It would shut down wolverine trapping in Montana, the only one of the Lower 48 states where the practice is still allowed an annual quota of five animals.
This year's trapping season was blocked by a state court order, but Montana officials hoped to restore trapping next year.
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim said the state will review the federal proposal and had not settled on a response.
Once found throughout the Rocky Mountains and in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, wolverines were wiped out across most of the U.S. by the 1930s due to unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns, said Bob Inman, a wolverine researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Society.
In the decades since, they have largely recovered in the Northern Rockies but not in other parts of their historical range.
While reintroducing the animals further south might seem counterintuitive, Inman said Colorado's abundance of 14,000-foot mountains would make it well suited as a refuge for the animals as warmer temperatures set in at lower elevations.
Only one wolverine currently inhabits the state, a male that wandered down several years ago from northern Wyoming's Teton Range, about 500 miles away. Inman said Colorado has enough high-mountain territory to support up to 100 more of the animals.
"That's like a 30 percent increase in their population size," he said.
Any reintroduction into Colorado would require approval from state wildlife commissioners and the Legislature, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said.
Representatives of the state's ski and agriculture industries in the past have raised concerns that bringing wolverines back could hurt their industries. Hampton said no decision has been made and it could take years to work out all the details.
Other areas where wolverines once roamed also could serve as future refuges.
Those include portions of Utah, Oregon's Cascade Range, Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, said Shawn Sartorius, a biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Service based in Montana.


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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
What's THAT Supposed to Mean?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
...but apparently, "He just wouldn't listen." So here's Monica smiling in a way that says - through gritted teeth - "Take the picture already...and then get that camera and other breakables as far away from your face as possible."
I don't have the story on this next one, but the underline is six kinds of ominous, don't you think?
And here's my favorite:
Personally I find this hilarious - but then I also think it's fun to introduce John at parties as "My first husband, John." Keeps him on his toes.*
Photography Tip of the Day: Unless you want people to think you topped your cake with stewed prunes, you might want to rethink photographing those glazed strawberries in black and white. Unless of course they ARE stewed prunes, at which point photography should be the least of your concerns. [shudder]
Today's Wrecks brought to you by: Monica B., Meghan R., & Anony M.. Thanks, guys!
*Love you, Sweetie!
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- Taylor (My Older Brothers) said...
I love introducing my wife with, "This is my first wife, Katie."
It's a family tradition. - August 4, 2009 at 9:32 AM
My guess is that the person ordering the first one is a fan of the comedian Patton Oswald. Listen to his piece on Carvel Ice Cream cakes and you'll get it. I adore him, and if my husband had gotten me that cake, I would not have been able to stop laughing.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:35 AM
My husband wanted to be a Dentist when we were in college, and I had a friend's mom tell me "It's great to be the first wife of a Doctor"...what an assumption!!
WV: ullyzerv. As the first wife of a doctor, ullyzerv all the alimony he can afford. - August 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Wide Awake Wife said...
I didn't realize that the last one was a black & white photo until I read the comments. I was sitting here trying to figure out how they got the strawberries black! Duh!
mysleepinghusband.blogspot.com - August 4, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Christina M. said...
Thanks for asking my question of whether that last cake was photographed in black and white. I was getting worried... And yes, the "your" underlining on that coffin pic is, erm, concerning...I would have that cake tested first.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- August 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Sara said...
Hopefully that second cake was for someone starting a career in undertaking or opening a new funeral home?? Hopefully :)
- August 4, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
Thanks for the photography tip, because I DID think those were prunes adorning that cake.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- FelixAndAva said...
Why do I have the impression Monica's husband is going to be sleeping on the couch for a while? ;)
- August 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Is that whale cake supposed to be a copy of Fudgie the Whale from Carvel Ice Cream Stores? Or does Carvel still exist and it's the real thing? Kate
- August 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM
hee hee..
stewed prunes!
hee hee
first husband!
awesome post. - August 4, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- A Paperback Writer said...
Oh. Strawberries. Is THAT what they are? Thanks for clearing that up.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Ironically enough- my dad could use that third cake. He remarried his first wife, and they did celebrate their "first" marriage with an engagement party for their "second" marriage. *gag*
WV: ephie- I think this whole marriage thing is kind of ephie... - August 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
The whale of a wife cake is great-direct homage to the Simpsons! I would have loved to get a cake like that!!!
- August 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
The whale cake is from The Simpsons, Homer got it for Marge when they had their wedding. And I can't believe I remember that.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Brittany said...
Not to be picky, but if you're going to call your wife a whale on a cake, at least make it a big cake and make it look edible... the bushy eyebrows are unappetizing, and the whale is so small it's almost saying "you wish you were a whale but you're just a fish pretending to be a whale, wife"
>snicker< - August 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Firt Comment! :)
- August 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Matt Weiland said...
First one's a Simpsons reference.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I'm pretty sure that "To A Whale of a Wife" is a reference to the wedding cake Homer got a pregnant Marge on The Simpsons.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- MMCQuarterback said...
OK, so, to be fair to the husband in the first one, that's a Carvel Fudgy the Whale cake, and they used to have an ad campaign for Father's Day that said, "A Whale of a Cake for a Whale of a Dad."
Which, come to think of it, wasn't exactly complimentary to Dad.
Nevermind. - August 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- Emily said...
Ha. That's funny that you put in the comment about the b&w photography. I didn't even think of that. I was thinking it was sad that their first marriage (anniversary?) cake was iced in the death colors of black and gray.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM
ha ha I always joke about my husband being a "GREAT first husband." Great minds!
- August 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Lol, your first husband, John. I love it!
- August 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM
OK, on the whale cake, my theory is that they are both Simpson fans, and this is a little inside joke (possibly others before me have spotted it already, so apologies if this is repetitive), and about the second, I'll say Mandy's just landed a job at a funeral parlor... at least that's what I want to think. Actually, I'm weird and twisted enough that I'd be delighted to get a coffin cake from somebody who knows me well.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Well, the first one could be a reference to the Simpsons; I believe Homer and Marge's wedding cake looked just like that. If that was the case, I would have to refrain from committing violence upon my boyfriend's person if he gave me that cake. Otherwise.....Shred him.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:53 AM
The Whale of a Wife thing is a reference to a Simpson's episode, so it was probably meant as a joke.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Do you think they served that coffin cake laughing maniacally, or they got Vincent Price to appear at the party?
WV- shabilly The coffin cake, however inappropriate to us, was not shabilly done. - August 4, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- c3 said...
I had a friend who always introduced "my first wife, Betty Lou." She remained is first wife for over 60 years, until his death, and still likes to refer to herself that way sometimes.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Now, we have Fudgie the Whale as a constant birthday treat at our house, but I think if anyone gave me a Fudgie cake with THAT inscription on it, they would get their face slapped clean off their head.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Many years ago I specifically asked my husband to get me a Fudgie the Whale cake with that same inscription..."To a Whale of a Wife." The Carvel guy tried to talk him out of it. I thought it was hilarious. That was my first husband, by the way, but the cake had nothing to do with the divorce!
WV: PsOMadge--My friend Madge who has psoriasis, not my friend Madge who doesn't - August 4, 2009 at 10:17 AM
That's awesome. I hope I can be Jen's first husband for 60 years but I'd probably have to give up steak burritos*. MMMMMMM
john (the hubby of Jen)
* Ya know. 'Cause my arteries are gonna slam shut and I would die.
This has been a translation for the comment impaired. In case of an actual emergency, someone would slap you, shake you vigorously by the shoulders and sarcastically scream at you "REALLY!?!?!" - August 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Unknown said...
The whale cake is in reference to the Simpson's episode where Marge and Homer get married. That is the cake that Homer gets for Marge who is by the way, pregnant.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Is the first cake a wreck considering the bakery tried to talk the husband out of buying it?
- August 4, 2009 at 10:39 AM
My guess for the coffin cake is that Mandy just finished her degree in mortuary science.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:40 AM
it seems to me that the coffin cake might be for someone who just became certified as an undertaker
- August 4, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Belle Epoque said...
That coffin cake is a first...(and maybe a "last" for person/persons)...
- August 4, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Koi said...
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh I didn't realise that cake was photographed in B&W XD But it gave me a great idea for a greyscale cake!
- August 4, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Shylah said...
My mom used to date a guy who introduced her as his future ex-wife. He's the same guy who sent her flowers at work - COD.
- August 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Hilarious! But what's wrong with stewed prunes on a cake? Am I the only one to actually like the things?
- August 4, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Fanny said...
Ha Ha Ha! That was hilarious!!!! At first I didn't realize the picture was in black and white but than when you said something I started cracking up!
Ha Ha Ha!
Sarah - August 4, 2009 at 11:11 AM
i dont care if the whale cake was a joke about the simpsons or not; if my husband gave that to me hed be sleeping on the couch for a week!!
can you tell i just woke up though, i realy thought that the first marrige cake was black roses and gray icing.
like a goth wedding or something.
oh well.. - August 4, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
Lol :P Pretty awesome cakes.
- August 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- R2P2 said...
I'm guessing that coffin one is for someone who just opened a funeral home or maybe just became an undertaker? Still...rather...um...morbid.
- August 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- FoodieCrystal said...
As for the second cake, I sincerely hope that Mandy is going into the casket-making business or just became a mortician. Please let it be that!!
- August 4, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Raine said...
So funny! I like to allude to all of my future husbands. I hope to be like Elizabeth Taylor!
- August 4, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Christina said...
I'm guessing I'm the only one who thought that the "First Marraige" sounded rather presidential. ;p
WV: antis-the antis on the last post, not this one. - August 4, 2009 at 11:32 AM
If someone got me a Fudgie the Whale cake, I wouldn't care what was written on it. Those cakes are delicious. : D
- August 4, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Unknown said...
The coffin one actually makes sense for me as a French native: what y'all call a Hen's nigtht (party for the future bride and her friends) is here "l'enterrement de vie de jeune fille" (burial of the life as a maiden).
- August 4, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Amanda L. Woade said...
The whale cake also appears to be a Fudgie the Whale cake, where they are commonly advertised as Father's Day cakes with the inscription "To a Whale of a Dad". "Whale of a wife" may play off of that, even from the Simpsons.
- August 4, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Kelly said...
That coffin lid is all wrong... should be the same shape as the top of the coffin.
Kelly - August 4, 2009 at 11:39 AM
This has nothing to do with saving whales or marriages - I just wanted to let you know I'm coming to Orlando (to see your barf bag) and I'm having a heckuva time coming up with a cupcake design for the contest. Everything I've thought of so far, while hilarious, is either completely obscene or grossly offensive. Curse you, Borders, for being family friendly! Back to the drawing board...
- August 4, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
I'm sure you've gotten this a hundred times (and I'm at work and in a rush so I can't read all the comments, sadly) but I'm hoping that first cake is a reference to The Simpsons. Homer buys Marge a cake like that in one of the tellings of their wedding story.
- August 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM
The only way I think of that would make that coffin cake appropriorate would be if Mandy, as someone else has mentioned, just finished mortuary school. Or just became a vampire.
- August 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- Emily said...
Also, the whale cake, in design and inscription, is what Homer Simpson gave Marge after their marriage in a casino chapel, saying something about a "first class wedding reception" as he put it down on a picnic table. I've been really quite shocked lately, that a blog that is certainly part of pop culture seems to be so completely ignorant as to the rest of it.
- August 4, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Maybe Mandy got a role on "True Blood"
- August 4, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Cara said...
I notice he gave his wife a butterknife to cut it with...probably a smart move.
@ Emily at 12:03...I guess we all have better things to do than keep up with every blessed episode of what you deem to be pop culture. I've seen my share of the Simpsons but had never seen the marraige episode. I guess that's what we have you for though :) - August 4, 2009 at 12:22 PM
- bodoba said...
Stewed prunes. Nothing sounds more like a party than that!
- August 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Emily said...
My friend and his wife had settled on naming their unborn son Jonah, until my friend was stupid enough to say "you know, because he's in the belly of the whale!" to his hugely pregnant wife. I almost died laughing!
- August 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM
@ tencats/Kelly:
Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one bothered by the fact that the coffin lid is is the wrong shape! And also not flat. - August 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- learp17 said...
That last one reminds me of something that happened to me when I was engaged to my now-husband, 10 years ago. My boss's cousin (quite a character) was visiting and I was giddily recounting the wedding prep we had done over the weekend. The cousin said to me, "Oh, you're engaged? How nice! Is this your first?" I just about fell on the floor! I was 24! I was like, um, YEAH!! To this day, he remains my first and only. Let's hope it stays that way! LOL
- August 4, 2009 at 12:35 PM
LOl I have seen a lot of Simpsons episodes and I didnt reconize that cake till I read the comments so not everyone knows everything. I know a lil about a lot, and a lot about a lil!!
Now I think the coffin cake is for someone just got divorced!!!! - August 4, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Jess said...
Emily's comment (Jonah) had me laughing harder than the cakes! (The cakes had me laughing, too.)
- August 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Pooh's Pics said...
at first glance I thought those glazed strawberries were frosting rats and their leaves little tails.
- August 4, 2009 at 12:42 PM
I would think the coffin cake would be for someone coming out of mortician's school.
Also, what does the WV- mean? Where people use made-up words in sentences? - August 4, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Nonna said...
As soon as I read that Whale cake, my Hubs would be wearing it !
- August 4, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- Jan Holt said...
Learning about the Fudgie the Whale Cake from Carvel made me need to do some yummy research. And then I found the Cookie Puss cake underneath Fudgie. It scared the putrid prunes right out of me!
Have a look here! - August 4, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Katie said...
My husband and I jokingly refer to each other as "my favorite husband/wife" (this is our first- and planning on only- marriage)
Thanks for the laughs! - August 4, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I'm pretty sure that first cake is supposed to be Epcot.
- August 4, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Katy said...
I'm glad you mentioned that the last photo was black & white. I thought it was just some very poor cake color choices!!
- August 4, 2009 at 1:12 PM
I'm sure I'm not the first today to say this, but the first cake is a classic Carvel cake: Fudgie the Whale (for a whale of a dad - it's a father's day cake, tradionally). Fudgie is in good company with Cookie Puss (who the Beastie Boys rap about), Cookie O'puss, and the Santa cake (the Fudgie pan turned sideways).
While these cakes are sort of wrecky, they are not wrecks. They are an institution for anyone raised on the east coast. Plus they are ice cream and have chocolate crunchies in them. Nothing wrecky there.
And remember, Wednesday is Sundae at Carvel! - August 4, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Jen said...
Whoah, Emily @ 12:03, the gloves come off when I miss a Simpsons reference, huh? Yeesh.
And in my (meager) defense, Monica never mentioned anything about the Simpsons or the cake being an inside joke. Maybe the husband meant it as such and she didn't get it? Heh, that *would* be rather awkward. :) - August 4, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Unknown said...
The "first husband" reminds me of one of my friends, who liked to annoy her mom by introducing her parents (who have been married for 30 or so years, and never to anyone else) as "this is my mom, and this is her husband, Jim", as if her real Dad was her step-father.
- August 4, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- C.L. Young said...
The whale cake was from the episode of The Simpsons where Milhouse's parents divorce and Homer worries that Marge will do the same (it's from season eight and the episode is called "A Milhouse Divided).
The scene was a flashback to the part from season three's "I Married Marge" where Homer and Marge get married at that quickie wedding chapel after Homer knocks up Marge at the golf course (the actual scene with the whale cake wasn't on "I Married Marge,"; it was just a new scene they added for "A Milhouse Divided"). - August 4, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- lisadh said...
This is for Whit:
The WV is indeed a made up definition/sentence for the word verification needed to send a comment. Hilarity can ensue. :)
wv: guesmo: I guesmo color is needed for the last cake. - August 4, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Jennifer Good said...
lol. "My first husband" When I get married, I'm going to do that.
- August 4, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- Cyndi said...
When I was dating my now ex-husband, he introduced me to his parents as his "future ex-wife." He seemed to think it was hilarious.
The marriage only lasted a little over a year. (To my defense, I was 22 and stupid.) - August 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- kimbalaya said...
My mom introduces me to people as "my daughter from my first marriage". She's only been married once - for 39 years. I've actually had people turn to me and say "Oh, Ray isn't your Dad?" Yes, actually, he is. LOL
- August 4, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- ashley said...
I told my boyfriend that he HAS to get me a "whale of a wife" cake. Simpsons FTW!!!
- August 4, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Donna said...
My hubby and I always joke about who will be our second spouse-usually celebrities so completely far fetched.
And he got me a "to a whale of a wife" Fudgie the Whale ice Cream Cake on my 30th. Unlike the sweet girl in the photo, I was quite pleased! LOL - August 4, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Inventing Weddings said...
A Whale...seriously? She could always return the favor and give him a donkey cake that reads, "to one donkey of a "first" husband."
- August 4, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Typhoid Ashley said...
Love the whale/Simpsons one. Hubby said he was going to get me one of those one day.
- August 4, 2009 at 2:14 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
Fudgie the Whale strikes again! XD
- August 4, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- Morgan the Muse said...
oh, is that what those are on the last one, strawberries? To be completely honest, I am not feeling very observant, and I thought the cake was in black and white and gray icing and that those were just big blobs of icing.
- August 4, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- Little old me said...
In regards to that last cake, it reminds me of an anniversary card my husband once got me that said...
To which I replied, what is that??? One of many??? Lesson learned, now he only gets me cards that say "To THE one I love!"
WV: Paryph...I better be the only one you love or you're gonna get a paryph knuckle sandwiches! - August 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM
To all the wanna-bes out there...The "Whale of a Wife" cake was indeed featured in an early episode of The Simpsons. However, its appearance was inspired by, as someone else mentioned, the Carvel ice cream cake portraying Fudgy the Whale. The joke was it was horrible for a Father's Day cake, to begin with, let alone for a wedding cake directing what could be construed as an insult to your new wife's physique. And yes, the Simpsons parody came long before Patton Oswald's ripping on Carvel. L2 pop culture people. Really. You'd think camp wasn't cool or something.
...And no, I don't think a Simpsons reference can be considered an "in-joke", Maggiethecat. Nice try, though. - August 4, 2009 at 2:42 PM
@Emily 12:03 - Holy cow. She's got Dr. Who, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and god knows what else under her belt and you get snippy because she missed a Simpsons reference? Aren't we being a tad bit critical?
- August 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- DeAnn said...
I'm going to start introducing my husband that way. Love it.
- August 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- Laurie said...
On the bright side, the grammar on the coffin cake is FABULOUS!
- August 4, 2009 at 3:03 PM
For some reason, my first comment didn't make it through (I'm certain I got the WV right, though. Weird.)
Anyway, as I am strictly an anti-Simpsons fan (can't stand the show, although my husband loves it), I didn't make any kind of Simpsons connection with the first cake.
In fact, the first thing I thought of was the idiom "a whale of a time." While I do agree that it's kind of inappropriate to give a whale cake to your wife (unless you have an inside joke), I just figured that her husband really enjoys spending time with his wife and that he thinks she's a lot of fun.
Also, since she doesn't particularly look pregnant in the photo (although it is kind of hard to tell from the angle), if it was a Simpsons reference, wouldn't it have been more appropriate if she was? - August 4, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Personally, I think it's a disturbing sign of the times if we're joking about "starter" marriages at parties. o.o
As for the first cake, it's only REALLY offensive if harpoons are mentioned. ^_^; - August 4, 2009 at 3:24 PM
PS: The Simpsons' Whale of a Wife episode was in 1997, and MY Whale of a Wife cake was in the 1980s.
WV: amptooki--Yoda confessing to the theft of band equipment - August 4, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Dawnspring said...
I think the fact they used B&W photography on that last cake makes it even wreckier than it would be otherwise. That's just NOT an appetizing look.
re:yesterday's post -
Last night I went to the grocery store and checked out the bakery to see if the giant ant toppers really were a trend and sure enough, EVERY cake AND cupcake pack had those giant ants all over them! The cupcakes had a watermelon deco pick to go with at least but still. I wish I was able to get a picture. - August 4, 2009 at 3:32 PM
- Fanboy Wife said...
I thought the last cake was an ode to "one bonbon is poison."
- August 4, 2009 at 3:32 PM
- Anniesartbook said...
One of my friends' friend wanted me to make a 3D whale( the Mom) and a baby whale on the side for our mutual friend's baby shower.
She was utterly surprised when I refused. LoL - August 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- Etiquette Bitch said...
subtext of cw2: "it's *your* funeral."
- August 4, 2009 at 4:00 PM
The first photo reminded me of a birthday cake we got for my late grandfather some 21+ years ago. He was a huge ice cream fan. He was turning 70-something, and it said, "Happy Birthday to a Whale of a Dad," and was quickly inhaled. I remember little else about it...but I agree, a whale of a wife would not go over as well.
Shannon - August 4, 2009 at 4:17 PM
@Whit.. regarding WV and silly phrases:
You have to type a word verification to submit your comment. Phonetically use that word in a sentence.
My word is manter... It don't manter if you know what you're doing, the bakery will still hire you as a Wreckorator. - August 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- Cara said...
Right before our wedding my mother-in-law threw a huge party for her grandchild. Everything, and I mean everything, was labeled with "Aiden's First Birthday." She decorated for our wedding and our joke was that everything was going to say "Jon's First Wedding."
- August 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Oh! Oh! I know what the coffin cake is all about!
Remember the SIMPSONS episode in which Marge discovers that Homer is having an affair with ...ah...that girl...name of Florence Honeydew. Anyway--Marge sends that coffin cake to the floozy. Oh, and she had put poison in it. Yeah. The tramp was really stupid; she actually ate the cake without even knowing who had sent it . Then she died.
I love that episode.
(Season X, episode D18,007--as I'm sure EVERYONE who is ANYONEalready knows.) - August 4, 2009 at 5:14 PM
- StuffCooksWant said...
Love that last cake. My husband does that too... introduces me as his first wife. I usually have some snarky response like "Not for long if you keep that up." He just smiles as if to say "You're not going anywhere and I know it." Ha.
- August 4, 2009 at 5:20 PM
- Burwell's Bits said...
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When we were younger and misbehaved my mother would always explain that we were her husband's children from his first marriage. She would refrain from saying that she was his first wife. - August 4, 2009 at 5:42 PM
In Shakespeare's time "stewed prune" could also mean "whore". So yeah, whole new level there.
- August 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh. I thought those were prunes. Ick.
The guy who bought the whale cake outta be beat. LOL
~Amy - August 4, 2009 at 6:12 PM
- Alison said...
Oh, oh, oh!!! I love the "this is Phil, my first husband!" Going to copy that!!
- August 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM
- Eric said...
Where is the test taster for the coffin cake? I'd be worried about poison.
- August 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM
To funny!
*Lucia - August 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM
I used to send flowers to my husband at work on VAlentine's Day and sign it Your Other Wife.
It drove the staff there crazy. - August 4, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I just thought it was a sad cake with grey frosting script and lumps o' coal as decoration, since it sounded like they might be looking forward to their 2nd or 3rd...marriage instead.
- August 4, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- Kathleen said...
hahaha! Way to go, Monica's husband. *lol*
- August 4, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I was trying to figure out what those nasty black blobs were. Thanks for clearing that up.
- August 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Rachel Erstwhilely said...
i thought the strawberries were perhaps lumps of coal
- August 4, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Unknown said...
My husband bought me the Fudgie the Whale Cake for a birthday (at my request) and was too embarrassed to have them write "to a whale of a wife" on it, so he did it himself. And yes, I asked for that too because of the Simpson episode. Because I thought it was hilarious. One of my favorite b-day cakes!
- August 4, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I know a couple that's been married 40 years and she always introduces him as her "First Husband"!
- August 4, 2009 at 11:45 PM
thanks lisadh and julie! very funny now that i know what people are doing.
- August 5, 2009 at 1:17 AM
- Jenna Lynn Cody said...
"To A Whale of a Wife" is the cake that Homer got Marge on "The Simpsons" in a flashback to their shotgun 'Elvis chapel' wedding while she was heavily pregnant.
WV: paniz - as in, "paniz what I would use to hit my fiance on the head if he ever got me that cake while not pregnant" - August 5, 2009 at 2:53 AM
- jackie31337 said...
These are hilarious. They're an excellent example of wrecks that are otherwise quite well done, but make you wonder what on earth the person who ordered them was thinking.
Also, I never would have known those were strawberries (or that it was a black and white photo) if you hadn't told me. I was wondering if they were supposed to be lumps of coal or something. - August 5, 2009 at 3:27 AM
- jackie31337 said...
Anonymous @1:11 PM said I'm pretty sure that first cake is supposed to be Epcot.
No, it's Epcot Center. Jeez, don't you people know anything?! :P - August 5, 2009 at 3:44 AM
- Beckie said...
Stewed prunes...CLASSIC!
- August 5, 2009 at 8:25 AM
- Unknown said...
The first cake is a Simpson's allusion, I believe. Still...funny!
ME - August 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM
I had a friend who was really struggling with a big scary birthday (the kind that ends in "0"). His sense of humor was such that it was easier on him to have friends mourn the end of his youth--complete with black suits, flower arrangements, and a coffin-shaped cake and beer cooler--than a more conventional birthday party.
- August 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- MB said...
Kate -
That was a Fudgie the Whale cake. He drove an hour each way to get it.
For the record, I thought it was hilarious. The year he gave it to me, I had lost over 50 lbs. Had he given it to me the previous year though...
Monica B. - August 5, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- MB said...
The Simpsons episode actually aired 4 years after that picture was taken. Maybe I deserve royalties!
Actually the whole thing started with Carvel. It was traditionally a Father's Day cake that said, "To a Whale of a Dad."
Monica B.
PS That whale meat was delicious! - August 5, 2009 at 2:30 PM
The whale cake gives a whole new meaning to "fail whale". - Lauren
- August 5, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Sihaya said...
Hmm, what if those really are stewed prunes? If the wedding was celebrated at a nursing home, then the cake is utterly hilarious.
- August 5, 2009 at 3:19 PM
To A Whale of a Wife
is actually a Simpsons joke. It's the wedding cake Homer bought for Marge for their roadside wedding reception.
Why do I know this?
I am not a busy girl. - August 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I believe the "To A Whale of a Wife" sentiment is an ode to "The Simpsons" Homer got Marge the same cake on the night of their wedding. Also, That is a Fudgie the Whale and carvel stores do still exist
- August 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- MeganS said...
Isn't that the same whale from the "Syphilis Blows" cake on the "Story of Amber" post?
- August 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Halie said...
I always see that Fudgy the Whale cake from Carvel and make fun of it, so we got it for my dad for his birthday and had them write "To a whale of a dad" as a joke.
- August 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- JennyF said...
I had a great-uncle who always introduced his wife as "my current wife." They were married 55 years and she was always his "current" wife.
Love that. - August 6, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Melody said...
Oh my gosh, that is awesome!! I am so going to introduce my husband that way now! Makes up for the gazillion times my husband has said "Melody is my 2nd wife. I thank God everyday my first marriage didn't work out." Makes me feel like a homewrecker (I wasn't).
- August 6, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- bubbasmom said...
That first cake reminds me of the time when my husband got me a cake with a dead pig on it. What was really funny was his trying to talk the decorators into actually MAKING the dead pig cake.
- August 7, 2009 at 10:31 AM
My parents could use the "First Marriage" cake. They married and divorced (and Mom left the country). They eventually got back together and then I showed up.
- August 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Back in Black said...
I would SO accept the "Whale of a Wife" cake because it's from one of my favorite Simpsons episodes! And I will say that the wreck in question is a pretty dead-on recreation of the cake in the episode...the only thing that's off is the color (it should be blue).
- August 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Mandy must be a Twilight fan. Some poor sucker (heh heh) covered in glittery white pancake makeup is about to jump out of that cake.
- August 12, 2009 at 6:16 PM
The coffin cake could be congratulating someone on the recent graduation from mortuary school.
- September 27, 2009 at 1:11 AM
- rhea said...
I made this for my friend who specifically requested it, with cheezy writing too...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3579926929_3c6c2a3587.jpg - October 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- October 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM
The first one may or may not play off of the Simpsons or a Carvel commercial, but Monica's expression belies such theories.
"I'm a whale, am I?! Chow down, dude -- this one's all for you!"
Her husband was seen a short time later, wearing a whale cake on his face and muttering, "Why didn't I listen to the decorator? Why??" - July 11, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Jeeze people!
To a whale of a wife is a Simpsons reference! That cake is pure win! That's the cake Homer got Marge when they eloped because it's all they had, except the one on the show was blue. - May 25, 2011 at 12:50 PM
CatTrampoline said...
the date on this is 2009. It is 2011 and Carvel Ice Cream is STILL selling these things. They sent out advertising coupons for "Whale of a Dad" Father's Day cakes. In Texas, many men are plus-sized and we were all laughing and suggesting sending that one in to Cakewrecks. - June 9, 2011 at 3:10 PM
Ripley says:
I thought that the person with the coffin cae waas being congratulated for completing mortuary school! - June 24, 2011 at 9:46 AM
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Report Of Death Listings Contain Name, Age, Address & Date Of Death
As Reported To The Bureau Of Vital Statistics For That Day
3 Reasons Why You Might Want To Request A Report Of Death |
1) Reports Of Death Dates Can Be Used To Search For A Death Notices |
2) Reports Of Death Give Age & An Address, Most Death Notices Don't |
3) Children & Infants Fall Through The Cracks & In-between Census, Often Families Didn't Pay To Put Death Notices In The Paper For Infants But An ROD Would Be Filed & You May Find Someone You Never Knew Existed |
3,380 Names in volume: V25
A + In The Info Column Means I Have That Item |
( Part ) Indicates That I Only Have Part Of The Item |
If The Info Column Is Blank I Do *NOT* Have The Item But |
I Can Go To The Library & Try To Obtain The Item By Request |
To Request A Scanned Image Email [email protected] |
Please Include Volume #, Date & Name In That Order |
Example: Vol. 37 5/9/1909 SMITH-DOE - Jane |
Death Notices, Obituaries & Article Scans Are $4.00
Report Of Death, Missing Person & Cards Of Thanks Are $2.50
E-Mail Requests: [email protected]
Under No Circumstances May The Information Contained In This Index Be Sold Or Added
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