Tuesday, October 23, 2007

When English is your second language...

From a friend of Jon's:

One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered a cake. He told them to write: "Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that, write "We will miss you." Here's the cake that was delivered:

9 comments:

Dancingirl said...

Not sure whether to laugh or cry! (...I laughed!)

carrie said...

This is too funny! Thanks for the laugh.

Steve said...

Jooly:

As the kayk manajer at WalMart, I resent yor makin fun of owr professonal work. We went to USC for for yeers to lern owr traed.

You blow.

Cincerely,

WalMart Kayk Creeashuns

Eileen said...

Julie, This is just hilarious - and I find it especially so because my dear, late mother helped raise 5 kids by decorating cakes. I'm trying to remember if she did anything this funny -- of course she did speak standard English (as we Ohioans like to think that we do), but still...

Julie, I'm new to your blogs and find them simply delightful. Happens though that I do live overseas so if you see on your site statistics a surge in hits from *far, far away* you'll know (at least part of) that it's me!

Also - I'm requesting permission to post your cake annecdote on my own blog (address below) and of course I will credit your site. In fact, by the time you read this, it might already be posted. It's simply to good not to share. =)

Thanks so much, Eileen (http://russiawithlove.blogspot.com)

Brian said...

Hilarious!

David Blakeslee said...

That's pretty classic... I expect to see that cake again in some mass fwd email of "funnies" that a few relatives and friends are fond of sending me from time to time. It seems destined for a life of its own on the internet.

my15minutes said...

This is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile.
Under neat that
Thank for you make my laugh.

Unknown said...

Hi Eileen. Feel free to post it. Jon got it from a friend and I didn't see forwarding on it, but it certainly could have been from a forward.

I just had never seen it and it made me laugh.

Chatty said...

OMG...a first...I am at a loss for words...