The Cake Is A Lie

Me: “Okay, would you like the cake to say anything?”

Customer: “Like what?”

Me: “Happy Birthday? Happy Tenth Birthday?”

Customer: “Oh! Well, if you could teach it to sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ that would be great!”

(I thought the customer was joking, so I wrote “Happy Birthday” on the cake as usual. Later on, the customer called in complaining that his cake didn’t sing when the candles were lit!)

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