# Cake or death? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385 "2006-03-22T01:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/1 "2006-03-22T01:58:33Z")
Well? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/2 "2006-03-22T02:01:29Z")
Death. Dying in instantanious, but cavities last forever. Warts or butterflies? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/3 "2006-03-22T02:04:13Z")
I disagree. Vehemently. Cake always. Um, stumbling into the this or that mode… Butterflies. Rum or coke? ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/4 "2006-03-22T02:05:09Z")
I do hate to be a bother, and I know you only had three bits… ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/5 "2006-03-22T02:13:56Z")
Cake, please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/6 "2006-03-22T02:20:52Z")
Cake. Especially **Death By Chocolate** cake. Butterflies. Coke. Thin & Crispy or Thick & Chewy? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/7 "2006-03-22T02:24:04Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Rum or coke? Rum and Kahlua. > [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Cake always. Au contraire mon amie… Bring pie. Call or write? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/8 "2006-03-22T02:24:45Z")
Cake. Butterflies. Rum. Thin and crispy. Juicy or dry? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/9 "2006-03-22T02:27:09Z")
Cake, Butterflies, rum **and** Coke, thin & crispy, call (I never make it to write), juicy. Hot or cold? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/10 "2006-03-22T02:28:14Z")
Death. Certainly death. Now pie, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/11 "2006-03-22T02:28:51Z")
I’ll have the chicken, please. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/12 "2006-03-22T02:54:52Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > I’ll have the chicken, please. Tastes of human… ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/13 "2006-03-22T02:56:45Z")
Who had the vegetarian meal? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/14 "2006-03-22T02:59:02Z")
um…lets see… in the cake or death bracket…we have cake (it BETTER be chocolate) and pie. nice apple pie, please. juicy and also hot. mmm…hot and juicy…chicken… ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/15 "2006-03-22T03:01:23Z")
Pie. Ala mode. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/16 "2006-03-22T03:10:45Z")
> [@Ensign Edison](#): > > I do hate to be a bother, and I know you only had three bits… Well, so my choice is 'or death’? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/17 "2006-03-22T03:23:32Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Well, so my choice is 'or death’? Can I have the cake anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/18 "2006-03-22T03:25:18Z")
Why choose? I’ll take DEATHCAKE! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/19 "2006-03-22T03:25:56Z")
Oh, alright… You’re lucky we’re Church of England. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385/20 "2006-03-22T03:45:33Z")
Doesn’t it depend on the type of cake? (And the type of death, I suppose…) Butterflies, call, _email_, thin and crispy, dry, and hot. 🙂 Astérix or Tintin? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-death/349385.md?page=2)