The bride wanted something tall and dramatic. The cake delivered on both counts, just not in the direction anyone expected. The guests are still arguing about whether it was art.
Where It All Went Wrong
Every fail has a moment where things could have been saved. This is our respectful, slightly giggly autopsy.
- Step one: confidence was high
- Step two: instructions were optional
- Step three: physics had other plans
Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process.
E. B. White, A Subtreasury of American Humor
Nobody was hurt, except a little bit of pride and one very surprised cake.
A quick note on how this post came together: the idea arrived in our tips inbox, survived two editorial meetings, one argument about whether it was actually funny, and a vote that was decided by the office cat walking across the keyboard. We cleaned it up, checked every detail, and added only the jokes we could defend in front of our mothers.
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