From Not Always Right: This Bakery Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Customer: “Excuse me, but I wanted to ask about a custom cake order.”
Me: “Of course!”
Customer: “Well, it’s a retirement cake for my dad, who is an English professor. He’s a grumpy old git at the best of times, and he said he doesn’t want a cake. We said it would be good for the party, so he said he would be willing to have a cake as long as the bakery could write this on it.”
Me: “We don’t do swear words or anything explicit.”
Customer: “Oh! No, it’s nothing like that. It’s… well… Read it for yourself.” Hands me a note
Note: “A sesquipedalian’s favourite word is floccinaucinihilipilification.”
Me: “I see.”
Customer: “He’s being an a**e, I know. He knows it wouldn’t fit.”
Me: “We could make a loaf cake? It’s long and thin and, dare I say, perfect for extra-long words?”
Customer: “Oh, really? You can do that?!”
Me: “Just be lucky we charge per word and not letter!”
The cake was made, and it came out lovely, if I do say so myself.
A few weeks later, the customer is back, this time with an older gentleman.
Customer: To the old gent “This is the woman who made your cake.”
Yakety Sax 28 days ago
From Not Always Right: This Bakery Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Customer: “Excuse me, but I wanted to ask about a custom cake order.”
Me: “Of course!”
Customer: “Well, it’s a retirement cake for my dad, who is an English professor. He’s a grumpy old git at the best of times, and he said he doesn’t want a cake. We said it would be good for the party, so he said he would be willing to have a cake as long as the bakery could write this on it.”
Me: “We don’t do swear words or anything explicit.”
Customer: “Oh! No, it’s nothing like that. It’s… well… Read it for yourself.” Hands me a note
Note: “A sesquipedalian’s favourite word is floccinaucinihilipilification.”
Me: “I see.”
Customer: “He’s being an a**e, I know. He knows it wouldn’t fit.”
Me: “We could make a loaf cake? It’s long and thin and, dare I say, perfect for extra-long words?”
Customer: “Oh, really? You can do that?!”
Me: “Just be lucky we charge per word and not letter!”
The cake was made, and it came out lovely, if I do say so myself.
A few weeks later, the customer is back, this time with an older gentleman.
Customer: To the old gent “This is the woman who made your cake.”
Older Gent: Narrowing his eyes “Touché…”
NOT my story!
phritzg Premium Member 28 days ago
The only bombs I know that birds make are the ones you find on the picnic tables and benches you want to use.
ladykat 28 days ago
Now, you’ll have an excuse for not eating your breakfast.
Steverino Premium Member 27 days ago
This strip is pretty crummy.
daleandkristen 27 days ago
Bon appétit.
Impkins Premium Member 27 days ago
Hey Hoover lips! You missed a fry! :)
Kirk Barnes Premium Member 25 days ago
“more crumbs than a bomb in a bakery” has been added to the lexicon. Subject awaiting opportunity to dispense.