June 26, 2015: Del Rio News-Herald * Guest Editorial * Wedding cake conundrum
Letter to the Editor,
Wedding Cake Conundrum
Adam, Eve, Madam and Steve walk into
Chappie’s Bakery at the same time.
Mr. Chappie: How can I help you?
Adam responds, “We would like to order a
double couple wedding cake.”
Mr. Chappie: Do you mean that you want two
wedding cakes, one for each couple?
Steve: No, we want one wedding cake with
two couples on top of the cake. Madam and I are a couple and Adam and Eve are a
couple and all four of us will be getting married.
Mr. Chappie: Sure, I can put as many
couples on a wedding cake that you want. That’s no problem.
Eve: But do you believe in double couple
weddings?
Mr. Chappie: Does it matter what I
believe?
Madam: We think so. We want the baker who
bakes our wedding cake to bake it with love and affection to celebrate our
union of commitment.
Mr. Chappie: Well in that case I have to
be honest. I believe only one couple should get married.
Eve: Thank you, but we will be looking for
another baker who believes in double couple weddings.
Mr. Chappie: Sure, good luck.
Peta walks into Chappie’s Bakery carrying
her two miniature poodles, Prince and Princess.
Mr. Chappie: Excuse me Ma’am, but health
regulations forbid animals in bakeries unless they are service animals.
Peta: Prince and Princess are not just
animals they are my precious children.
Mr. Chappie: Sorry Ma’am, rules are rules.
Peta storms out of the
bakery. Later in the day Peta returns to Chappie’s Bakery without
her dogs.
Mr. Chappie: How can I help you?
Peta: I would like a wedding cake for my
children who are getting married.
Peta shows Mr. Chappie pictures of Prince
and Princess and explains, “I would like a wedding cake with their picture on
the cake.”
Mr. Chappie: Oh, how cute, a doggie
wedding.
Peta: Excuse me, they’re not doggies, they’re
my children whom I dearly love and adore. When I die I will leave them
everything I have.
Mr. Chappie: Sorry, I didn’t mean to
insult them or you. Of course I can put their picture on their wedding cake.
Peta: Do you love dogs?
Mr. Chappie: Sure, I like dogs.
Peta: The baker who bakes the wedding cake
for Prince and Princess has to love dogs in order for them and their creature
friends to feel the love you put into making it.
Mr. Chappie: You mean animals are going to
eat the cake!
Peta: Why, of course. Their parents will
have salads. I say parents because I detest the word owner. No one can own an
animal. How would you like me to call you the owner of your children? I’ll just
find a baker who loves dogs.
Mr. Chappie: Sure, good luck.
Mr. Chappie walks in the door to his home
after work.
Mrs. Chappie: How was your day, dear?
Mr. Chappie: You wouldn’t believe the
people who came into the bakery today!
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.