Huey Driver Loc: Texas

THE CHURCH LADIES' "WHITE LIE" CAKE



Have you ever told a white lie?

Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Methodist Church Ladies' Group in Tuscaloosa ,
but forgot to do it until the last minute.
She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and
after rummaging through cabinets, found an angelfood cake mix and
quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, and helping her son pack for scout camp.
When she took the cake from the oven, the centre had dropped flat and the cake was horribly disfigured
and she exclaimed, "Oh dear, there is not time to bake another cake!"
So, being inventive, she looked around the house for something to build up the centre of the cake.
She found it in the bathroom - a roll of toilet Paper.
She plunked it in and then covered it with icing.
Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it looked perfect.
Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and head for work,
Alice woke her daughter and gave her some money and specific instructions
to be at the bake sale the moment it opened at 9:30 and to buy the cake and bring it home.
When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found the attractive, perfect cake had already been sold.
Amanda grabbed her cell phone and called her mom.
Alice was horrified-she was beside herself! Everyone would know!
What would they think? She would be ostracized,talked about, ridiculed!
All night, Alice lay awake in bed thinking about people pointing fingers at her
and talking about her behind her back.

The next day, Alice promised herself she would try not to think about the cake
and would attend the fancy luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a fellow church member and try to have a good time.
She did not really want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more than once
had looked down her nose at the fact that Alice was a single parent
and not from the founding families of Tuscaloosa .
But having already RSVP'd, she couldn't think of a believable excuse to stay home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper crust old south,
and to Alice 's horror, the cake in question was presented for dessert!
Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the cake!
She started out of her chair to tell the hostess all about it,
but before she could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife said, "what a beautiful cake!"
Alice, still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess
(who was a prominent church member) say,
"Thank you, I baked it myself."
Alice smiled and thought
To herself,
"God is good."

White lie cake

Samuraiz Loc: Central Florida

I have always enjoyed that story.

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

Hey Hey, Looka me... I heard this long before you did....

Hey Hey, looka me....thats photoshopped...

WHY

Samuraiz Loc: Central Florida

I'm sorry venture9, but many of the interesting, thoughtful, poignant and thought provoking stories, messages and cartoons have been making the rounds long before we have had the commercial internet.

Heck, I remember the first time I saw the GM diet it was making the rounds by Fax.

If you find it troubling that I imply that I may have heard this information before, I will limit all my responses to "Thanks For Sharing"

Also, the one and only time I typed " It is Photoshopped" was in rely to a poster that submitted an interesting composite of a dog peeing on a sun bathing girl. The Original Poster wanted opinions on whether we thought if it was photoshopped. I mentioned that the lack of shadows where there should be shadows indicated the strong possibility serious post production.

OK?

GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain

Well, I hadn't heard it before and it's funny.

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

I should and will apologize if it bothered you.. IF..is that really an apology....??

I am 74 and my Grandmother, who basically raised me, always told me that if I had nothing good or informative to say, to keep my mouth shut....

I Belong to another forum whose main claim to fame is to deny that a particular politician actually said what they actually said.... There is seldom anything intelligent there (sort of like the Political arguments here) and of course it is TOTALLY on party lines...

Then as a SIDE NOTE,,, FAUX news... how intelligent does one have to be to use that term...... not very! Sorry Grandma....

Then I belong to another Photo Forum where at least 10 of the participants have only one word comments... PHOTOSHOPPED and that is it. I am not the greatest fan of Photoshopping, but I do not care if you use it or not. I have over 72,000 images collected since I FOUND my first "real" camera in 1954 under the back seat of a car I had bought... I have scanned all the photographs into Digital format and the others are Digital from the camera... NONE are photoshopped.... which only means that I am more interested in out of the camera rather than out of the software.. Doesn't make it wrong, just isn't for me..

So, sorry for the RANT, just didn't have anything else to do this afternoon in Southern Illinois

Samuraiz Loc: Central Florida

If indeed this is directed at me, then No apology is needed or expected. You only expressed an observation and I provided a reply and explanation.

I happen to agree with your Grandmother.

I imagine that in Southern Illinois fall is right around the corner with cooler weather and great photo opportunity. I guess for me, Autumn is the one season that I miss since moving south 26 years ago.

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

I lived in Florida from 1957 through 1976 and it had great seasons... BROWN and BROWNER.... VERY happy to get back to where you don't have to look at a calendar to tell what time of year it is...LOL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

:lol: :lol:

SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

I know we're skating on thin icing, but this really takes the biscuit.

I really can't sink my teeth in it, cause it's more than I can chew.

DennisK Loc: Pickle City,Illinois

Sometimes it's just wise to keep one's mouth shut. :thumbup: