Eric -
Don't know whether you would want to use this little jewel or not, but I can't resist sending it to you. It was reported as a news item on the radio earlier this week. I've filled in the word that the newscaster left to listeners' imagination:
The mother of a graduating high school boy was so proud of her son for being class valedictorian that she went to her supermarket and ordered a cake. She specified that they write "Summa Cum Laude" on the cake, the traditional Latin phrase for "With Highest Honors."
When she picked up the cake, the bakers had substituted three dashes (- - -) for the word "cum." Instead of recognizing it as the Latin word "with," (pronounced koom) they thought it was the slang term for semen and refused to put it on the cake.
Apparently the woman made quite a fuss. The store gave her a new cake, a public apology, and a gift card.
The bakers explained that they had never heard of "Summa Cum Laude" and thought the words were a perverted celebration of the boy's sex life.
Is that not a gem of ignorance?
Regi,
Yes sir, AND it is graduation time, I can absolutely see this happening, at almost any bake-shop in my area.
E~
That is absolutely the funniest thing I've ever heard! Trouble is, you can tell it to only very few close friends.
ReplyDeletei wonder if the baker would have asked what the word meet in there nationality if then the backer would have then wrote it on the cake.
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