Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Origin
No Cake!
It started out as a short-hand code, a distress signal, among friends in college. Whenever things were particularly dire, you'd send out the "no cake!" signal to mobilize the troops.
Example: "Sweetie, I'm in a bind. New York Telephone is about to shut off my service; I think the boyfriend is cheating; and there's NO CAKE! here." Those two little words deployed troops to Gristedes for Entenmann's and Ben & Jerrys, popped corks of the cheapest merlot to be found and in extreme cases, sent undergrads on rum runs.
No Cake!
It brought out friends - it brought comfort, solace and a shoulder to cry on. But more than that, it set you on the right path and cleared away some of the clutter.
No Cake!
Let the healing begin.
It started out as a short-hand code, a distress signal, among friends in college. Whenever things were particularly dire, you'd send out the "no cake!" signal to mobilize the troops.
Example: "Sweetie, I'm in a bind. New York Telephone is about to shut off my service; I think the boyfriend is cheating; and there's NO CAKE! here." Those two little words deployed troops to Gristedes for Entenmann's and Ben & Jerrys, popped corks of the cheapest merlot to be found and in extreme cases, sent undergrads on rum runs.
No Cake!
It brought out friends - it brought comfort, solace and a shoulder to cry on. But more than that, it set you on the right path and cleared away some of the clutter.
No Cake!
Let the healing begin.
