birthday cake

treeseed commented on the word birthday cake

The birthday cake is traditionally highly decorated, and typically covered with lit candles when presented, the number of candles signifying the age of the celebrant. The person whose birthday it is makes a silent wish and then blows out the candles. If done in one breath, the wish is supposed to come true (but only if the person keeps the wish to himself or herself). It is also common for the "birthday boy" or "birthday girl" to cut the initial piece of the cake as a newlywed couple might with a wedding cake. If the knife touches the bottom, or when withdrawn from the cake comes out with pieces of cake adhering to it, the birthday boy or girl may have to kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.

_Wikipedia

February 11, 2008

whichbe commented on the word birthday cake

SHUT UP AND EAT

TOO BAD NO BON APPÉTIT

SHUT UP AND EAT

YOU KNOW MY LOVE IS SWEET

Yes, I'm cooking for my son and his wife

It's his 30th birthday

Pour berries into a bowl

Add milk of two months ago

"It's moldy . . . mom, isn't it?"

I don't give a flying fuck though

It's food nouveau

It's the shape of love

Beat it! Beat it up!

Extra sugar Extra salt Extra oil and MSG

You were born in the 60's

We made a war with the Vietnamese

We loved LSD We died easily

Can we just say c'est la vie?

So what! Say what! For your own sake

Do you have a headache or heartbreak?

Are you made or broken by the birthday cake?

You may be slow on the uptake

I pour pot in the birthday cake

So what! Say what! For my own sake

Watch out yo! Here I come yo!

I'm gonna change to a rattlesnake

Turn up the TV! Do you agree?

I'm talking turkey Take it from me

I'm gonna show my love for my dove

"But it's moldy . . . mom, isn't it?"

Extra sugar Extra salt Extra oil and MSG

-- Cibo Matto, "Birthday Cake"

September 29, 2008