Scream at your birthday cake

[snopes]

Comment: Can anyone tell me if they are aware of uttering a scream when
cutting a birthday cake - apparently for good luck. I understood that as
the knife cut through- reached the plate/board - the birthday celebrant
had to scream. Everyone thought I was mad today when my boss was
presented with a birthday cake and I insisted this was done - no-one else
had heard of it and searches on the web have uncovered nothing - are my
family and circle of friends off bat?

[Tootsie Plunkette]

This person made it to adulthood and just now realized that nobody else does this?

Now he/she understands why the invitations to birthday parties and weddings have stopped coming...

[Pixiesnix]

The screaming as the cake is cut is the sound of a million crumbs crying out in agony...and suddenly silenced.

[zephyra]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: Can anyone tell me if they are aware of uttering a scream when
cutting a birthday cake - apparently for good luck.

I'm usually aware when I scream. Especially at a gathering.

[Dropbear]

Originally Posted by snopes

- are my
family and circle of friends off bat?

Off bat, off ball, off the pitch, past the stands and the carpark and well into the neighbouring suburbs.

Having said that it was lucky the poster discovered the issue at her bosses birthday - had she been presented with a cake at work and let loose a fullthroated scream as she plunged in the knife the response of her work colleagues may have been uncelebratory at best.

Dropbear

[scrapheapchallenge]

I have heard of this too and was encouraged to do it as a child with my birthday cake, not sure why though, but it may be to do with the "make a wish as you cut the cake" theory?

Kirsty

[Eddylizard]

The scream is only obligatory if you misposition your hands such that you slice into a finger at the same time.

[Not_Done_Living]

I scream en i cut tomatoes (because of the red juice and the old belief that tomatoes felt pain .. but it's purely in fun, and more like a Mr. Bill "OH NO" type scream..

[pob14]

Originally Posted by Pixiesnix

The screaming as the cake is cut is the sound of a million crumbs crying out in agony...and suddenly silenced.

A great disturbance in the frosting there is.

[Phantom]

My friend screamed when she got her birthday cake... but maybe because it was a frozen Pepperidge Farm cake and the icing stuck to the box....

[SatansHobbit]

I scream at the number of candles on it.

[Der Induktionator]

It's bad luck if the cake screams.

[Mad Jay]

are my
family and circle of friends off bat?

Yes, You are suppossed to ululate at the cake

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by Der Induktionator

It's bad luck if the cake screams.

Now I'm thinking of one of those cakes (did they ever exist outside of Hollywood films) where a scantily clad woman is concealed inside and jumps out to surprise the birthday boy.

[Blatherskite]

I scream at my birthday cakes. I have a phobia, it's a problem I must overcome. But the icing... Oh, God, the terrible, terrible icing and there might even be jam.

I'm going to hide in a corner now until the cakes of the mind begin to crumble.

[Der Induktionator]

Originally Posted by Blatherskite

I scream at my birthday cakes. I have a phobia, it's a problem I must overcome. But the icing... Oh, God, the terrible, terrible icing and there might even be jam.

I'm going to hide in a corner now until the cakes of the mind begin to crumble.

Crustuphobia? Seriously?

[BluesScale]

Originally Posted by Blatherskite

I scream at my birthday cakes. I have a phobia, it's a problem I must overcome. But the icing... Oh, God, the terrible, terrible icing and there might even be jam.

The cake is a lie...

[TrishDaDish]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

Now I'm thinking of one of those cakes (did they ever exist outside of Hollywood films) where a scantily clad woman is concealed inside and jumps out to surprise the birthday boy.

You've been watching I Accuse My Parents on MST3K one too many times. ("Here's a helpful, time savings step - I fold my dancer right into the batter before baking...")

Trish "Frank! Get the jaws of life!!!" DaDish

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by TrishDaDish

You've been watching I Accuse My Parents on MST3K one too many times. ("Here's a helpful, time savings step - I fold my dancer right into the batter before baking...")

Trish "Frank! Get the jaws of life!!!" DaDish

Never seen MST3K - AFAIK it has never been aired in our island realm. Though we do have 700 satellite channels, it might be buried in one of those.

[Tarquin Farquart]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

Now I'm thinking of one of those cakes (did they ever exist outside of Hollywood films) where a scantily clad woman is concealed inside and jumps out to surprise the birthday boy.

When I saw that as a youngster I remember thinking it should have been a giant cake, rather than just cardboard with someone hiding instead.