Let Me Count the Ways
April 20, 2010 Loyal Wreckies, I am positively giddy to share one of my favorite collections of wrecks with you today. You see, with "birthday" arguably being the second most common word written on cakes these days ("happy" being the first) I'm always amazed when Wreckerators spell it wrong. Which means I'm amazed a LOT.
Then I started wondering: Just how many ways can you accidentally misspell "birthday?"
Thus began my journey. And so far, it's had some surprising destinations, lemme tell ya.
First, there's the expected stuff:
Ah, the ol' two letter switcharoo. Probably the most common misspelling out there.
Ok, so they forgot the 'H.' Also extremely common. Next!
They forgot the 'R'? Ok, now I'm curious: Do you think we can find cakes missing every letter in the word "birthday"?No?
Aw, c'mon, you doubting Thomases. This'll be fun.
Do I hear a missed 'T'?
Woohoo!The "th20" in the upper corner is like the dyslexic cherry top on.
Now how about a missed 'H'?
Even better!A missed 'D'?
Aww, yeeeeah. Now we're cookin'.Let's get a little crazy. You think anyone's ever missed the 'Y'?
"Y" not?Ok, but surely - SURELY - no one has ever forgotten to write the 'B' in 'birthday', right?
Right?
Right?
(Are you guys as excited about this as I am?)
Drum roll, please!
Ta-da! Now that's what I'm TALKIN' 'bout.
(Also, check out the white roses masquerading as clouds. Impostors!)
Poor Aaron.
That's some good clean fun, right there.And would you believe we're just getting started? That's right, it's allll downhill from here. You'll have to tune in tomorrow, though, because John starts getting this funny little eye twitch every time I post more than half a dozen Wrecks at a time, and right now they're kind of bulging out in a way that simply can NOT be healthy. (His eyes, that is - not the wrecks. [Although, truth be told, some of them are kind of bulgy.])
So tomorrow, then. Be there, or be without amazingly hilarious misspelling of "birthday." And then where will you be?
Lia F., Lea G., Megan M., Keisha S., Diane C., Lex, Sandy, Erika K., Lauren, & Brian D., if you're keeping score, we're currently up to an imperfect 10. And if not, well, we're still up to 10.
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Reader Comments (147)
Classic. Totally classic. This belongs in the greatest wrecks! One of your best posts ever.
I thought th20 was maybe Theo with the e backwards and of course missing the capital T.
wv: agited. I tend to get pretty agited when wreckerators misspell a simple word like "birthday".
The th20 cake looks disgusting - is it a mustard cake?
Thank you for another lesson to use with Jr. Hi about the importance of spelling and legible handwriting!
Oh, now I've gone and done a spit take all over my desk. How can you pick a favorite amongst these? Thanks for a great post, you guys!
On the butterfly cake -- is it the 'r' that is missing, or perhaps a 'c'?
Kinda takes you on a different path...
Hilarious!! I continue to be amazed as well. I Love It!!!
I rather like Bethday. I think I shall have to start celebrating this... (my name is Beth). Then I also got to thinking, one could add a "C" to the one with the missing R, and end up with Happy Bitchday. Yup, that would be good, too.
I read your blog daily, but don't post often. Just had to say that I laughed out loud today. My co-workers wonder what's so funny about numbers, but it's a welcome break! Keep up the good work!
On the one with the missing "B", the "B" is actually somehow stuck in the balloons to the left...so not a total wreck I suppose :)
I have to admit, that I have committed the "Bithday" error on a cake I made for my father. In my defense, I was 10 at the time and just starting to learn how to pipe cursive writing.
Not only were the cakes wrecks - each and every one of them - they also misspelled birthday. It's like the apathy applies to everything.
On the happy birday diane cake, one of the balloon strings does not even lead to its balloon. That whole cake just screams "I don't. Give. A crap." Try a little harder! Use a capital letter for a proper name!
Anonymous said...
"... I could lay icing better with my, well...any part of me really."
Good! Can I watch?
i believe the "th20" is a dyslexic version of "20th" ....hence the original comment!
great wrecks!!
*Sigh* That's bad. This last Saturday I ran to our local Albertson's bakery to grab a cake for my daughter's 8th birthday. (I know I'm lame, but we've been painting the house, etc..blah blah) So, picked up a premade cake and asked if they'd pipe, "YOU'RE 8!" on it.
I got back YOUR 8...I looked at the cake and then looked at the woman and said "Are YOU sure you want me to take this?" She looked at me as if I was daft. So, I told her she used the wrong YOUR...blank stare. You need a comma and re... OH Light Bulb moment.
Shaunery
The cake missing the "y" actually looks photoshopped. I can see a blurry outline of a "y" a the cake.
Or perhaps the decorator spelled it right, then thought "Oh wait, there's no 'y.' The 'a' is long!" and then smudged the "y" out.
Looks like the bath day of he last cake recipient does not happen very often, & thus all their long suffering friends are celebrating the great occasion.
OY! Whether that cake was for Aaron or Arun, I think the decorator started out sober(so pretty around the edges, no?)and had repeatedly hit the hard stuff by the time they got to the writing bit. Sheesh!
Kathy
I can't tell you how many times I've heard it pronounced "birthay" - especially by the host of a local children's show that ran when I was a kid, who every morning would read a list of names and then wish them all a "Happy Birthay!"
*LOL* Wow ... although, I will admit to laughing more at the mental image of his eyes bugging out. :O)
I also felt the need to point out that there was no missing "A" on any of those cakes..
@The Boob Nazi....I just had to laugh at your post. You may have checked it for misspelled words, but you still missed a WRONG word! You didn't "doubled checked" your post, you "double checked" it! Only one D for Double! Thanks for the laugh! :)
Absolutely unbelievable! The handwriting on poor Alexis' cake is atrocious.
Double Bonus - the missing H cak is missing the T also.
wv: riosses
The riosses are masquerading as clouds.
"Happy Bathday" is actually a really good Japanese toiletries brand. http://www.happybathday.net/
I doubt the wreckreator knew that, but with the roses and everything it'd be perfect!
The butterfly cake would have been a beautiful cake if it hadn't been for the misspelling. Geez!!! I think some of these bakers might want to consider a career change, but then who would mess up cakes for our amusement?
On the cake with the missing B, it looks as if poor little B jumped onto a nearby balloon...alphabet acrobatics?
These are "professional" cakes?
It's a sad, sad world.
Oh. My. Gosh. These are hilarious. As always Cake Wrecks, you have totally made my day. I will NOT be missing tomorrow's post!
Regarding the one missing a "B" - I think they actually misspelled Earth Day :)
I'm really starting to think some of these wrecks are a pro-am collaboration. Some are so beautifully decorated but have truly dreadful writing that I think (I hope) that someone bought them from the case along with a tube of do-it-yourself piping and went at it. I can't believe even Walmart (aka the Angry Bear/Mickey cake of yesterday) would allow someone that untalented behind the bakery counter. I would seriously question their sanitary practices.
Your blog is the best. It's one of the few things I read online that consistently makes me laugh out loud... and a lot. My neighbors probably think I'm schizophrenic. Keep up the good work!
I want to commission a cake that just says "HAPPY" on it just for you.
Wow! A whole day just to celebrate me! I''m so honored!
Is it just me, or do misspelled cakes also make me wonder if they forgot... I dunno, to wash their hands or add eggs to the batter, or either, neither, both, something else 'forgotten', etc... Know what I'm saying here? It's seems more than trivial and makes me question the whole thing.
While there are drugs I can take for this sort of paranoia, I choose to come here, instead. ;)
Validation?... Anyone? BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!
When you mentioned at the top of the post you would try to find cakes with every letter missing, I thought you certainly couldn't find a missing B! I was pleasantly shocked that you actually did! As always, thanks for the laughs!
My father is from New York and still has a bit of his accent; thus, each year on Dec. 30, I am treated to the "Happy Birthay" song. That sans-D cake? Shoulda been mine.
Just HOW did they manage to forget the B in the last one???
I'd say now I've seen it all, but apparently there's more to come... that's actually kind of frightening when you think about it.
Every day is "Bethday" in my house!
First, the "dyslexic cherry on top," and then the missing "B." I think I just herniated my diaphragm.
To be completely fair the "Happy irthday" one DOES have the "B" it's just flipped over and on top of the yellow balloon on the left of the cake. Though, how they did that I'm just not quite sure.
Anybody?
Yiskah (highly confused but somehow slightly impressed)
Well you know, Bathday is missing an 'I'.... :)=)
No way! That's awesome. I had no idea that people had misspelled "birthday" in so many different ways!
I'm confused, though...who's Aaron? All I see is UR THE BESTARUW and then Happy Bethday.
WV: butsess
I hope some decorators got their butsess fired for these awful mistakes!
But irthday is a national holiday! I hear it's on April 22nd.
I don't suppose the one with the B left off was in honor of Earth Day, by any chance.
@boob nazi
you spelled 'double' wrong...
"hahaha these are hilarious. I mean, how hard is it to spell such a common word! (I just doubled checked this five times to make sure everything was spelled correctly.("
So Owl wrote… and this is what he wrote:
HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY.
Pooh looked on admiringly.
“I’m just saying ‘A Happy Birthday’,” said Owl carelessly.
“It’s a nice long one,” said Pooh, very much impressed by it.
~excerpt from "Eeyore's Birthday" by A.A. Milne.
I once made a large sign (letters at least 18" tall) for a friend. HAPPY BITHDAY CINDY It's easier to do than you think! Amazingly, I was the only one that noticed.
The missing be is stuck to the balloon to the left of the word.