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I want to get married again...

Category: Weirdness
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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#1

Posted by: Silmarillion | October 2, 2006 10:59 AM

Wow! I wonder if Ankh-Morpork is curry flavoured.

#2

Posted by: Myeca5 | October 2, 2006 11:16 AM

No, it would be represented by a carbuncle...

#3

Posted by: aiabx | October 2, 2006 11:48 AM

As catered by CMOT Dibbler. I'll pass, thanks.

#4

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.

#5

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?

#6

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.

#7

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.

#8

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.

#9

Posted by: BlueIndependent | October 2, 2006 3:21 PM

You eat endangered sea turtles?! I thought only Republicans did that!

j/k

#10

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.

#11

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

#12

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.

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