# Bride cake: life-size replica of herself. Ew. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527 "2011-03-30T17:31:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/41 "2011-03-31T14:16:02Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Eat me!” > > ? > **[The Edible Woman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edible_Woman)** > > The Edible Woman is the first published novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, published in 1969. It is the story of a young woman, Marian, whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming separated. Marian begins endowing food with human qualities that cause her to identify with it, and finds herself unable to eat, repelled by metaphorical cannibalism. In a foreword written in 1979 for the 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/42 "2011-03-31T15:15:01Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Who gets dressed up in her wedding gown to celebrate 10 years of marriage anyway? > > Tacky all around. Somebody who wants to demonstrate that they can still fit in it after 10 years? Fits with the “Worship at the confectionary altar of _meeeee!_” vibe that’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/43 "2011-03-31T15:17:35Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > And what, exactly, are your guests supposed to think or feel or know in response to this? “I’d like a piece of that!” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/44 "2011-03-31T15:21:37Z")
When we got married, my soon to be brother in law sprung for one of these cakes for his soon to be wed sister. Except he had it made of crab cakes. I think he was trying to warn me about something. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/45 "2011-03-31T15:25:41Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > The article says > > I call SHAM for the whole thing. Most of the “Cake” isn’t even cake. The Cake is a Lie ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/46 "2011-03-31T15:37:18Z")
“It’s just part of their culture, and we should understand and celebrate it, not mock it” post appearing in three … two … (FWIW, [they’re Nigerian](http://www.pcnidfw.org/Members.htm); search for “Chidi” on this page.) ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/47 "2011-03-31T15:43:17Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > “It’s just part of their culture, and we should understand and celebrate it, not mock it” post appearing in three … two … > > (FWIW, [they’re Nigerian](http://www.pcnidfw.org/Members.htm); search for “Chidi” on this page.) _Is_ it part of their culture? I did a quick Google of “Nigerian body cake” and nothing came up. Sometimes, tackiness transcends cultures. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/48 "2011-03-31T16:37:47Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > [The Edible Woman - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edible_Woman) > > 😃 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/49 "2011-03-31T17:28:05Z")
Well, Nigerians do like to eat the body parts of sapient lifeforms\*. This one just want a facsimile of herself. \*Source: the documentary District 9. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527/50 "2011-03-31T18:48:04Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > [GEEK][This](http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Phantasms_(episode))episode of Star Trek: Next Gen comes to mind. > > Mmmm Mint Frosting[/GEEK] D’oh! I totally meant to post that I preferred cellular peptide cake with mint frosting. As usual my goldfish memory and short attention span didn’t last past my first …hey, what’s that over there?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bride-cake-life-size-replica-of-herself-ew/576527.md?page=2)