# Once a Dick, Always a Dick **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548 "2013-02-27T20:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/1 "2013-02-27T20:11:07Z")
If you are a baker with a, ahem!, [questionably shaped baking pan](http://consumerist.com/2013/02/27/how-do-you-re-use-a-naughty-cake-pan-to-make-something-less-naughty/), can you really re-purpose it? I say no. Possible NSFW. Link broken. http:/ /penispans.com/page2/ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/2 "2013-02-27T20:16:44Z")
I agree. No way you can make a cake in that thing that won’t look like a dong. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/3 "2013-02-27T20:24:19Z")
If people see dicks in all sorts of things that aren’t dicks, what are the odds that someone is going to be able to look at a dick and see anything else 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/4 "2013-02-27T20:31:36Z")
Ok, the palm tree is unmistakably a penis. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/5 "2013-02-27T20:34:01Z")
The palm tree is cracking me up. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/6 "2013-02-27T21:04:24Z")
The ones that are curved are WAY more difficult to disguise. I think the alligator is perhaps the most successful. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/7 "2013-02-27T21:26:03Z")
You see, this is the kind of cake you serve without acknowledging the phallic nature. Just so you can see how people react. The palm tree should have been given coconuts. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/8 "2013-02-27T21:35:44Z")
Bake two cakes and put them tip-to-tip for one big bone (heh). ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/9 "2013-02-27T21:37:38Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The palm tree should have been given coconuts. It was. It didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/10 "2013-02-27T21:38:31Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The palm tree should have been given coconuts. Look again; it’s got 'em. Two great, big, hairy ones. I’m not sure how you missed them. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/11 "2013-02-27T22:44:37Z")
This makes me remember an old episode of _Barney Miller_, in which there were complaints made about a local bakery. Some of it’s products were alleged to be obscene. The best part about that show was that the items were never shown and never described. All you saw was people’s reactions when they looked in the box. As Det. Yemana said “I never would have thought of putting poppy seeds _there_.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/12 "2013-02-28T01:56:56Z")
The crocodile comes closest, but it still doesn’t make it. And the palm tree looks like they were trying to make it _more_ phallic, not less. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/13 "2013-02-28T02:11:27Z")
> [@the person in the page linked to in the OP](#): > > My favorite is the lighthouse. OK, I swear, even before I clicked on the link, I thought to myself “Well, maybe you could [use it to make lighthouses?](http://www.cracked.com/article_16556_15-images-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped_p2.html)” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/14 "2013-02-28T03:56:05Z")
[Obligatory Cakewrecks link](http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2010/6/2/nothing-to-see-here.html) Warning: site will be addictive. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/15 "2013-02-28T04:06:44Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Look again; it’s got 'em. Two great, big, hairy ones. I’m not sure how you missed them. Perhaps he thought they were part of the root. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/16 "2013-02-28T14:20:15Z")
Carvel Ice Cream shops used the same pan for [Fudgie the Whale and Santa Claus](http://www.democraticunderground.com/blogbox/05/044_04.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/17 "2013-02-28T14:26:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Carvel Ice Cream shops used the same pan for [Fudgie the Whale and Santa Claus](http://www.democraticunderground.com/blogbox/05/044_04.jpg). This was my first thought. Only this would be more like Fuckie the Whale. Once you’ve seen that shape, it’s hard to ignore, no matter how you rotate it. And trying to disguise it as a Palm Tree by giving it Big Hairy Cocoanuts? What were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/18 "2013-02-28T14:28:38Z")
Looks perfect for making banana bread. I think I’d own it just so I could say _“I got yer cakepan hangin’ right here…”_ I do wonder how you’d market it. There’s gotta be something with more of a ring to it than **Dick Mold**. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/19 "2013-02-28T14:39:16Z")
Actually, since the problem is the shape, the logical solution is to perform some minor cake surgery on it to remove that offending shape, and hide the crime under layers of icing. The most obvious thing to do is to geld that object, and maybe make it symmetrical. Then you can have a DumbBell Cake for that Gym Rat: [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoKngai9R9GIAey2JzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Ddumbbell%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Ddumbbell%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D97&w=380&h=400&imgurl=www.vectorstock.com%2Fi%2Fcomposite%2F44%2C79%2Fdumbbell-vector-204479.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vectorstock.com%2Froyalty-free-vector%2Fdumbbell-vector-204479&size=35.1+KB&name=\Dumbbell+\<%2Fb\>vector+204479+by+smeagorl&p=dumbbell&oid=86b8c8753e9ff92657b2f5b5690b28a7&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=%253Cb%253EDumbbell%2B%253C%252Fb%253Evector%2B204479%2Bby%2Bsmeagorl&b=91&ni=240&no=97&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=125q6bo39&sigb=13ilc2ft1&sigi=120tt1a1r&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoKngai9R9GIAey2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Ddumbbell%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Ddumbbell%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D97&w=380&h=400&imgurl=www.vectorstock.com%2Fi%2Fcomposite%2F44%2C79%2Fdumbbell-vector-204479.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vectorstock.com%2Froyalty-free-vector%2Fdumbbell-vector-204479&size=35.1+KB&name=%3Cb%3EDumbbell+%3C%2Fb%3Evector+204479+by+smeagorl&p=dumbbell&oid=86b8c8753e9ff92657b2f5b5690b28a7&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=%253Cb%253EDumbbell%2B%253C%252Fb%253Evector%2B204479%2Bby%2Bsmeagorl&b=91&ni=240&no=97&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=125q6bo39&sigb=13ilc2ft1&sigi=120tt1a1r&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH) [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoKkAay9R\_GIAmymJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Ddumbbell%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Ddumbbell%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D47&w=700&h=700&imgurl=www.kongcompany.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2FDumbbell-700x700.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kongcompany.com%2Fhu%2Fproducts%2Ffor-dogs%2Fsqueezz-safestix%2Fsqueezz%2Fsqueezz-dumbbell%2F&size=43.6+KB&name=Squeezz+\Dumbbell+\<%2Fb\>-+Kong&p=dumbbell&oid=4ec4e2c53c48c7968e82fdf7a9e906a5&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=Squeezz%2B%253Cb%253EDumbbell%2B%253C%252Fb%253E-%2BKong&b=31&ni=240&no=47&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12qipj4ak&sigb=13ifjb8dm&sigi=123v19qkb&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoKkAay9R_GIAmymJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Ddumbbell%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Ddumbbell%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D47&w=700&h=700&imgurl=www.kongcompany.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2FDumbbell-700x700.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kongcompany.com%2Fhu%2Fproducts%2Ffor-dogs%2Fsqueezz-safestix%2Fsqueezz%2Fsqueezz-dumbbell%2F&size=43.6+KB&name=Squeezz+%3Cb%3EDumbbell+%3C%2Fb%3E-+Kong&p=dumbbell&oid=4ec4e2c53c48c7968e82fdf7a9e906a5&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=Squeezz%2B%253Cb%253EDumbbell%2B%253C%252Fb%253E-%2BKong&b=31&ni=240&no=47&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12qipj4ak&sigb=13ifjb8dm&sigi=123v19qkb&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH) Or you can make the two ends either assymetrical, and use it as a Diatomic Molecule(symmetrical diatomic oxygen) or Molecular ion (Like Cyanide) for a nerdy Chemist: [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoVxYay9R1BkASOKJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Ddiatomic%2Bmolecules%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D3&w=277&h=300&imgurl=www.oxygenie.com%2Fdiatomic-oxygen-molecule.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxygenie.com%2Factivated-oxygen.php&size=14.3+KB&name=Diatomic+Oxygen+Molecule+-+O2&p=diatomic+molecules&oid=bc9b7fa56ee4f49aab9475bb40166c58&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=Diatomic%2BOxygen%2BMolecule%2B-%2BO2&b=0&ni=240&no=3&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11c433bps&sigb=13gi2d0tj&sigi=11dt7n2rb&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoVxYay9R1BkASOKJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Ddiatomic%2Bmolecules%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D3&w=277&h=300&imgurl=www.oxygenie.com%2Fdiatomic-oxygen-molecule.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxygenie.com%2Factivated-oxygen.php&size=14.3+KB&name=Diatomic+Oxygen+Molecule+-+O2&p=diatomic+molecules&oid=bc9b7fa56ee4f49aab9475bb40166c58&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=Diatomic%2BOxygen%2BMolecule%2B-%2BO2&b=0&ni=240&no=3&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11c433bps&sigb=13gi2d0tj&sigi=11dt7n2rb&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH) [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoV24ay9RIjoAUzCJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dcyanide%2Bmolecular%2Bion%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D28&w=400&h=600&imgurl=cdn.physorg.com%2Fnewman%2Fgfx%2Fnews%2Fhires%2F2009%2F1-hotandcoldmo.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews171173633.html&size=11.7+KB&name=Scientists+have+long+known+that+molecules+dance+about+as+the+temperature+rises%2C+but+now+researchers+know&p=cyanide+molecular+ion&oid=9c60037ebed04daa0eb106330c6bb685&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=Scientists%2Bhave%2Blong%2Bknown%2Bthat%2Bmolecules%2Bdance%2Babout%2Bas%2Bthe%2Btemperature%2Brises%252C%2Bbut%2Bnow%2Bresearchers%2Bknow&b=0&ni=250&no=28&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=112b7bld7&sigb=13kadthkl&sigi=11teq2dob&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoV24ay9RIjoAUzCJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dcyanide%2Bmolecular%2Bion%26fr%3Dyfp-t-200%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D28&w=400&h=600&imgurl=cdn.physorg.com%2Fnewman%2Fgfx%2Fnews%2Fhires%2F2009%2F1-hotandcoldmo.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews171173633.html&size=11.7+KB&name=Scientists+have+long+known+that+molecules+dance+about+as+the+temperature+rises%2C+but+now+researchers+know&p=cyanide+molecular+ion&oid=9c60037ebed04daa0eb106330c6bb685&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-200&tt=Scientists%2Bhave%2Blong%2Bknown%2Bthat%2Bmolecules%2Bdance%2Babout%2Bas%2Bthe%2Btemperature%2Brises%252C%2Bbut%2Bnow%2Bresearchers%2Bknow&b=0&ni=250&no=28&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=112b7bld7&sigb=13kadthkl&sigi=11teq2dob&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH) Although there are some diatomic molecules you’ll want to avoid, if you’re trying to not get sexy: > ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548/20 "2013-02-28T15:46:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Carvel Ice Cream shops used the same pan for [Fudgie the Whale and Santa Claus](http://www.democraticunderground.com/blogbox/05/044_04.jpg). Big deal. The lady from the OP used one cake pan to make both Ron Jeremy the Lighthouse and Mandingo the Palm Tree. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-a-dick-always-a-dick/651548.md?page=2)