My dad insists that a slice of cake be placed on a plate "left to right towards the icing", does this make one iota of sense to anyone else?
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Cyndi Ninja
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nooooo, you could just turn the plate around. Or am I not understanding? Never heard of this.
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He may just have that quirk, we all have a touch of OCD. Mine is that I can't stand ketchup since I found out (at age 6) that they were made from tomatoes, and I love tomatoes! How silly?
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No. I think it is time to put him in a home.
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Im unsure, as im not a cake cutting pro ;3
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I don't get "left to right" on a round plate. Are you saying he eats the icing first? That's the correct way to do it.
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Dad is just saying He is the King, and He wants his way. I bet he sits at one end of the table opposite from the entrance to the kitchen.
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At first it didn't, then I started LMAO, and now I think I know what your poor old dad means. It could be that he wants the pointy end of the cake slice pointing to the left and the broader side with the icing pointing to the right. At first I thought, "Isn't the icing on top of the cake and isn't it usually served with the icing side up?" However, I understand your consternation and sometimes I get so frantic when I serve myself cake that it looks more like a misshapen wad of yumminess than a slice! :P
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Yes. It means he likes to eat his cake from left to right and finish with the icing. Makes perfect sense to me,...though I could personally care less how mine is served...(lol).
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No, it doesn't make sense. Several others have mentioned OCD. Does he have other things that he insists upon?
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I think dad's been hitting the sauce;)
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No..not to me. Is he an engineer by any chance? They tend to be very precise in their thinking. I'm a retired accountant and I don't give a darn if it's served icing down, up,sideways or inside out..as long as the cake is good! :)
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You do make sure when he uses scissors, that he uses the rounded tipped ones, right?
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That seems just a bit over the top, in my opinion. You can always turn the plate around. I'm afraid if someone were THAT picky about how something is placed on a plate, he could cut and place it himself..or do without. Unless, of course, they are elderly and/or senile..then I would probably just humor them.
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Tell him that on ships in rough seas, the icing MUST be on the bottom to help it stick to the plate. And what if you eat with the other hand?
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Dad needs a hobby yo...
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I don't get it.
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As long as he passes me a piece, I don't care how he puts it on the plate.
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Yes, it does. All of my food is eaten in the same way. This is too funny. Remember Matlock? He actually solved a case one time because somebody ate breakfast differently than he did. He went through the order you eat breakfast with the police there, and because the eggs were eaten before the toast (or whatever it really was) the man must have been murdered. All the police agreed with him, in that everybody eats their breakfast food in the same order, and if it is varied, foul play must have taken place!!!
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