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Today's doppelganger comes from... a wedding cake. A Texan had her nuptial confection constructed as a giant version of herself.
Amazing pastry work.
But one has to wonder about the psychological... complexity of it all, with images like this:
Curiously, the psychomachia-causing bride, Chidi Ogbuta, mentions that she once wished to have a doll made in her likeness, which recalls several previous Infocult posts.
(thanks to Brenda Landis!)
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that is one half embarassing, one half delicious! you jsut have to be careful where you cut!!
i thought this game summed up the cake situation nicely:
http://www.fyrebug.com/displaygame.php?gameid=1294
Posted by: WhY sO seRIouS | January 08, 2008 at 13:12
You're so vain; you really thought that cake was about you...
Posted by: Alexandra Kitty | January 09, 2008 at 12:22
Great catch, Joker man. So quickly the game appears.
Alexandra, that's the best line of the week.
Posted by: Bryan Alexander | January 12, 2008 at 13:23