Monday, February 18, 2008

Do You Know What A Cake Walk Is?

First of all, let me start by saying I've posted so much stuff today, I feel like my name should be Redeyewire...

Now...my son had a winter festival at school a couple of weeks ago and I mentioned to a friend that the cupcakes my son won at the cakewalk also yielded me a pretty good cake pan.  I didn't understand why someone would send items to the school in a real pan with no identification attached to it.

My friend asked, what the hell is a cake walk?

*enter Scooby "errruh?" here*

What is a cake walk? Are you serious?

So I explained it to him.  A few days later I was telling another friend about that conversation and she didn't know what I was talking about either. So now I'm wondering if cake walks are just unique to my area, I'm extra nerdy for going to the fall/winter festivals at school since grade school or just what is going on.

Do you know what a cake walk is?

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27 comments:

  1. Destiny WFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:04 AM

    Errruh? LOL

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  2. Erin BradfordFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:08 AM

    Yep, I remember those! my mom won some nice cakes from them when me and my brother were in grade school.

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  3. ƥƟȄŢĬĈ ŠĒĐŪĊŦƦƎŠŞFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    ive been to a couple n baked cakes for more than a few

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  4. Destiny WFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    Ummm, so are you gonna explain for us folks that don't know? LOL

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  5. Afrodeezha That's MeFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:35 AM

    Yup, I realized I left ya'll hanging, lol.

    The concept of a cake walk is very similar to musical chairs. You walk around to music playing, except there are numbered or colored pieces of paper on the floor in a circle. When the music starts, everyone walks around in the circle and when it stops, each person must stand alone on their piece of paper.

    Then either a number is drawn from a hat, bowl, etc. or a spinner is used with all of the numbers on it and the person standing on the corresponding number/color wins a cake (or cupcakes or whatever kind of treats were prepared).

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  6. Kristyn WFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:42 AM

    I LOVE IT !
    WHAT A FANTABULOUS IDEA !
    I AM TOTALLY TELLING MY DAUGHTERS SCHOOL !

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  7. Beautiful NikkiFebruary 18, 2008 at 9:46 AM

    HA! Who the heck knew? LOl I didn't know that "cake walks" were actual events! LOl

    I've only heard someone say it in slang. In slang, it means "a simple task" In essence, you would say something like "Getting his phone number was easy...shoot...it was a cakewalk!" LOL

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  8. *Just me *February 18, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    You guys are the only people in the country that have Butter Cows...lmao... So I would say its probably exclusive to your area... lol  I dont know... I've never heard of them... and Im too damn lazy right now to go back and read the comments...But, I noticed the first line of this... I almost feel honored...lol  Dont make me go on another rampage....lmao

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  9. *Just me *February 18, 2008 at 10:01 AM

    Oh,,, and this is why I changed from this page design... cuz you cant read the shizznik... lmao... but it looks good on you...

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  10. Afrodeezha That's MeFebruary 18, 2008 at 10:02 AM

    That damn butter cow is a part of the ILLINOIS state fair! Not the Springfield city fair! You live in Illinois too! LOL

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  11. Afrodeezha That's MeFebruary 18, 2008 at 10:02 AM

    This is my favorite text style

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  12. *Just me *February 18, 2008 at 10:03 AM

    Shhhhhh... dont tell folks I live in Illinois, with the Butter Cows... lmao..

    My guy still trips out over going to see it... almost 10 years ago...lol

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  13. Destiny WFebruary 18, 2008 at 10:40 AM

    Ohhh, ok, that is nice.

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  14. Silk Da Stinga aka Stinger BellFebruary 18, 2008 at 11:09 AM

    Well I'll be damned.... I'd always wondered about the origin of that phrase.

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  15. TNP ATLFebruary 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM

    Well I'll be. I never knew what it meant either. LOL

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  16. Monay MayFebruary 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM

    girl! you coulda told folks it was me that asked you what a 'cakewalk' was... lol

    i'm just trippin that somebody ELSE had to ask too!

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  17. *Just me *February 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM

    Thinking about starting a Gelatin Stroll....

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  18. Afrodeezha That's MeFebruary 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM

    That ain't sayin much, the other person was Tony, LOL

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  19. Monay MayFebruary 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM

    well damn....

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  20. Tw02 ~February 18, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    This is news to me as well. I think this cake-walk biz is only in ur neck of the woods.

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  21. Tw02 ~February 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    LMAO!

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  22. Sunshine STLMOFebruary 18, 2008 at 6:52 PM

    I never heard of a cake walk until last week when I was watching the King of Queens! They had one! LOL!

    Oh, wait...I just read your description. It was a little different on the show. All of the cakes that were baked are placed on a table. The parents/adults walk around the table until the music stops. The cake you are standing in front of is the cake you have to buy.

    They probably made that up!

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  23. MzLaydee GirlFebruary 18, 2008 at 8:05 PM

    NEVER heard of it b4 now. but it sounds really cute! LOL

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  24. Alicia M.February 18, 2008 at 8:43 PM

    I remember those too. I won a few at a school carnival when i was little.

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  25. Starr DusttFebruary 19, 2008 at 5:34 AM

    mmmmmmmmmmmm. cakkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. *drool*

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  26. Afrodeezha That's MeFebruary 19, 2008 at 6:15 AM

    LOL

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  27. Kels from Chitown!February 19, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    I work for a school district in public relations and part of my job is to "report" on the good news happening in our schools. I always see that cakewalk in press releases from the PTAs and in all my years of working here have NEVER known what the heck it was...thanks!!! LOL

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