…just for an excuse to have this wedding cake.
(Don't worry, Mary—I want the bride to be the same person I married the first time.)
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Posted on: October 2, 2006 10:28 AM, by PZ Myers
…just for an excuse to have this wedding cake.
(Don't worry, Mary—I want the bride to be the same person I married the first time.)
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Comments
Posted by: Silmarillion | October 2, 2006 10:59 AM
Wow! I wonder if Ankh-Morpork is curry flavoured.
Posted by: Myeca5 | October 2, 2006 11:16 AM
No, it would be represented by a carbuncle...
Posted by: aiabx | October 2, 2006 11:48 AM
As catered by CMOT Dibbler. I'll pass, thanks.
Posted by: Son Of Slam | October 2, 2006 11:51 AM
The sad part is that, off the top of my head, I can name the turtle, and two of the elephants.
Posted by: Hans | October 2, 2006 12:04 PM
I thought it was "turtles all the way down," or am I confusing this with another story?
Posted by: Molly, NYC | October 2, 2006 12:15 PM
Little Known Fact: You don't actually have to get married to have cake. Not even tortoise-shaped cake. Or tiered.
If more people knew this, the divorce rate would go down.
Posted by: The Ridger | October 2, 2006 12:56 PM
Hans - you are confusing it with an anecdote. The Discworld rests on four elephants on the back of the Great A'Tuin, who rests on nothing - she swims through space.
Posted by: Rick @ shrimp and grits | October 2, 2006 2:05 PM
Hmm. Leave the elephants and the disc off, and my wife would absolutely love this cake.
Posted by: BlueIndependent | October 2, 2006 3:21 PM
You eat endangered sea turtles?! I thought only Republicans did that!
j/k
Posted by: jackd | October 2, 2006 5:29 PM
Never mind the geek factor - that cake is beautiful, just as a model. That it's edible is either amazingly wonderful or criminal, depending on how you feel about the ephemeralness of art, I guess.
Posted by: jan andrea | October 2, 2006 7:58 PM
My sister sent me the link to the artist's home page this morning. You have to see the construction phases, too, to really appreciate this cake. *Amazing*. And correct, too, by the looks of it.
http://homepages.tesco.net/~janefisk/discworld/discworld.htm
Posted by: Kristine | October 2, 2006 9:02 PM
Very, very cool. You know, that cake at the U of M for Darwin Day needed some oomph--this gave me an idea for a Galapagos cake, in the shape of one of the islands, with turtles and birds. But it would definitely have to be edible. Just use lots of marzipan.